UGH! So week before last, I met our neighbor. She told me how they had a problem with what she called "tree rats" last year (or the year before). Had to get their house sealed. I have had the heebie-jeebies since she told me about their experience. I had never heard of tree rats before, and I kind of wondered if she meant squirrels. So last week, in the middle of the night, DH and I hear something running around above our bedroom. It was hard to tell if it was on the roof or in the attic. He goes up in the attic the next day and finds some droppings. GROSS! I keep hoping it is just squirrels because, well, squirrels seem better than rats. (SICK!)
So today is when the exterminator people could come. The guy left a little while ago, and he said it is RATS--called them roof rats (also called tree rats). He also said the appointment just before ours was with someone else in our area with the same problem. They are going to seal off the attic to a tune of $1300. UGH. I am so grossed out, I could vomit any minute.
When can I move back to our condo?
Re: I may throw up any minute now. GROSSED OUT!
$1300 isn't that exorbitant. If your exterminator is having to do any repairs (holes chewed, etc.) to the roofline or anywhere else, the costs start going up. Not to mention, you're paying for them to lay traps and retrieve the animals caught. Sealing the attic is a big deal.
We had to pay Tru-Tech to come rid our attic of squirrels and they charged us almost $400. Between the 2-3 trips the tech made to set traps and empty them and the couple patches he installed in our attic, the cost racked up. We couldn't afford to fix the real problems with our roof at the time.
I'm so sorry this is happening. Rodents are no joke! Yuck.
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Peace of mind is well worth $1300.
I swear sometimes being a home owner is highly over-rated. We owned our condo up north, but I still called maintenance for the big stuff and never once dealt with a tree rat.
(I was adamant we buy a house with no trees near it.)
That is money well spent...no need to have those little buggers lurking around!
Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!
I'm so sorry! If that $1300 comes with a promise that those buggers are sealed out for good I would hand it over with a smile. It's lousy that they got in in the first place though
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Yes, I agree--it is well worth the money to get those things taken care of. I hate even thinking about it. I wish they could have gotten started today, but Friday was their first available appointment for sealing the attic. They said it would take most of the day to get it all done.They will come back and check their traps every week and the price includes a three-year guarantee. After three years, you can extend the warranty on an annual basis for $150.
And I agree--home ownership IS overrated. We owned our condo but still had maintenance staff we could call for problems in our unit/building.
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Kristin - LMAO...
Karen - our neighbor sealed up his place to the same tune. It's pricey. Well because they can. Sucks!
We just had the same thing happen with squirrels or something in the attic. Our price was 1200. We went with
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