We are starting our house search and trying to decide between a high end condo\/coop and brownstone. We are up for the general maintenance associated with a brownstone in terms of constant repairs, etc. However, one thing that keeps giving me pause is the rodent issue. <\/p>\n
So I wanted to ask those of you who have brownstones to describe what type of mouse encounters should be expected.<\/p>\n
If we buy a house that is in great condition, is it still a guarantee that we’ll see mice annually when the weather turns cold? Or is it more just a common occurance? We live in Manhattan now in an old building and have encountered mice but it was just once and they have not turned up again after we caught them.<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are starting our house search and trying to decide between a high end condo\/coop and brownstone. We are up for the general maintenance associated with a brownstone in terms of constant repairs, etc. However, one thing that keeps giving me pause is the rodent issue. So I wanted to ask those of you who…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-19114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/02\/brownstone-owne-1\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Brownstone owners- do you always encounter mice?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/02\/brownstone-owne-1\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/02\/brownstone-owne-1\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Brokers","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"brooklyn08"}],"creator":["brooklyn08"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2008-02-04T00:28:47Z","datePublished":"2008-02-04T00:28:47Z","dateModified":"2008-07-28T16:27:50Z"},"rendered":"