Ants in rented accommodation

Jeapy

2 of my friends want to leave their house. Its a small old 2 bedroom flat. One of the 2 rooms has suddenly been infestested (she can count them walking around on the ground) with ants. They want to leave because of it and the fact that it's very damp, but don't want to lose their deposit.
They have been there for 6 months out of a 9 month lease and have an agreement to give 4 weeks notice before they leave. Do you think that this counts as grounds for terminating the lease and getting their deposit?
Do you know of any website, helpline that could give more information on this?

sorella

Oh YUKK!!!!

See

PTRB and Threshold.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/housing/renting-a-home/private_residential_tenancies_board

and

http://www.threshold.ie/

This house breaks tenancy laws; call Threshold for advice?

Jeapy

sorella wrote: »

Oh YUKK!!!!

See

PTRB and Threshold.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/housing/renting-a-home/private_residential_tenancies_board

and

http://www.threshold.ie/

This house breaks tenancy laws; call Threshold for advice?

Thanks for the reply! I'll pass on the info!

RollerGirl

They've been there for 6 months and suddenly the ants have arrived.

Are they leaving food out or anything?

You can get sprays and powders that easily get rid of ants. They're still not nice tho..

sorella

Spring is coming, simply.

The mild weather will have brought them on; like ticks on cats etc etc etc.

And there are HSE regulations re rented accommodation.

Where damp and infestations are concerned.

RollerGirl wrote: »

They've been there for 6 months and suddenly the ants have arrived.

Are they leaving food out or anything?

You can get sprays and powders that easily get rid of ants. They're still not nice tho..