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We’ve been renting a floor-thru in a brownstone for a year and a half. We saw a mouse when we first moved in, but after plugging in some holes we went an entire year before seeing another one. Five months ago, we started seeing a mouse and/or droppings almost everyday. We suspect it is because the next building over had construction work done. We’ve plugged more holes. Our landlord had a handyman come in to plug additional holes.

We have used glue traps and poison, but neither have worked. We keep the kitchen super clean and throw out the garbage regularly. The only thing that was effective was peppermint oil but only for about a week.

Our landlord does not want to hire an exterminator. She doesn’t seem to think mice are that big of a deal. “This is NYC” she says. Also, she thinks an exterminator will just lay down poison which she could do herself.

Any other suggestions for things we can do? Is it worth us hiring an exterminator to just work on our floor or is it only effective if the whole building is done?