Thanks for the steal wool tip. I will probably need to invest in shares of the company however as I'll be there for a month plugging all the holes.

Trillian thanks for the advice. The place is vacant now so I should get to work before moving anything in.

Naenae I haven't seen a snake yet but I guess where there are rats and mice there are bound to be snakes. Plus I have seen a snake skin And the old tennant showed me the front door where a rat kept trying to chew its way into the house.

So I guess its of to the shops for plastic containers, baits and steal wool.