Just wanted to run this by you all so I know where I stand. In simple terms, I live in a 4th(top) floor flat. Have a locked loft which is not included in my tenancy but is accessible within my hall and covers the full area of the flat. A few weeks ago the block management did some work to facias and stuff and coincidently the council start tearing down some garages over the road. Sunday evening I notice some weird noise from above, put it down to wind or water pipes etc, had been cold so things act up. 3 hours later ive got this uneasy feeling and there it was flying across the lounge, a little mouse. Lounge joins onto the kitchen so I decided to lock the door on the other end when I went to bed so hopefully to keep him in the kitchen. Get up next day and no sign but I have a look and notice some droppings on work top where my cake was. In my lock up I had 7 snap trap things so I got those and 9pm monday lay them down with some Nutella and wishing 3 mins 1 goes off. Blocked the kitchen shut and left 1 trap in the lounge then went to bed. Woke in the morning, nothing in the lounge but 4 in the kitchen. Left traps down again 2 more nights and nothing. Fingers crossed thats it but the noise in the loft suggests theres some damage and more importantly they got in so im sure more can get in. Question. Where should I go from here and how should I approach it?, I can smell them but the noise has stopped and no more in the traps. Can I really be held responsible?. I know mice are bright but I dont think they could smell my cake out of 50 flats, I suspect they were spooked by the workmen and decided so find somewhere new, loft was quiet and warm with some food near by and stayed. Ideally I want the landlord to get the loft checked and cleared, then get him to get some pro cleaners in and get it checked for gaps. Is that a reasonable request?. I should say that my tenancy is up in 10 weeks and the agents are pestering me to sign up again(with price increase). To stress I live 100 feet up, have no doors other than 1 on the other side of the building which comes through a communal porch, up 3 flights and a private front door. Windows are shut other than a couple literally 3mm.

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/mouse-infestation-closes-supermarket-41346/ I like one of the comments from readers of this article.