I live on a farm so have mice, tips I have is to use steel wool to try and plug up as many holes as possible. We have done around the dishwasher pipes, around bottom of laundry trough pipes, toilet bowl etc. Also look for small gaps between architraves and floors especially in the corners as our old has shifted and in a few stops there was a tiny hole enough for a mouse to get through. The other thing we invested in was mouse bates, we have them mainly in the laundry as this is there main point of entry behind the deep freeze and washing machine, they eat the bait and then are meant to go looking for water which takes them outside again where they die. We haven't had any dead in the middle of the floor, and its safe with the kids as they can't access them.
I also second a cat, we had one but it was unfortauntely useless at catching mice, it has passed away and I'm considering getting another one just to help keep the mice down.
We live on a farm and there are 7 cats here andwe STILL have a Mice and Rat problem. We have put bait in the roof but thats about all we can do, there are no mice holes IN the house that we can tell and really have not seen them unless our cat brings them inside but in the sheds and in a few of the trees at night you hear them and see them.
We also have a snake problem because of the mice and rats so we need to keep the yard as clear as possible.
I don't know what the solution is aside from traps and baiting in the roof etc but good luck
Meg has a lot of good tips - before you move any furniture in go over every room with a fine tooth comb and find every gap and hole that you can and plug it up. Mice only need a space of 8mm to squeeze through so even the smallest crack or hole is still an entry point for them. The only other suggestion is don't have clutter around that they can get into - have toys and everything in rubs with lids and make sure they can't get into your drawers etc.
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