White goods nowadays can be silvery stainless steel, or traditional white. What are they? Fridges, fridge freezers.
If a couple or a widow live in a house, the white goods can last up to twenty years. If the tenants are away travelling a lot, white goods can last longer.
If a family with three children move in, have another two children, the white goods last half as long. So do the carpet, and hinges on doors, runners on drawers.
One tenant was visited daily by her two sisters. One sister's family of four live round the corner in a one bed flat with two sleeping in the lounge. So they washed their sheets and clothes daily in the bigger flat. ,
When large numbers of both residents and visitors use the white goods, the new white goods such as the washing machine don't last more than a day after the one or two year guarantee expires.
Rats And Wiring
Then the tenants' extended family used to eat on the floor, leaving crumbs. Rats got in. Rats ate the wiring of the white goods.
If you have a garden, they say you are never more than twelve feet from a rat. Any hole around pipework can let them into the building so they can race along and find kitchens. Rats can't read supermarket warnings. Wring has no warming, not suitable for rats.
Rats ate the wiring on our car parked on the front drive. They are out there. That's why restaurants have to cover food left out overnight. No good leaving food in an open top box in your garage. Or an open top box inside a restaurant annexe.
Also, the rat catcher from the council advised, keep fruit bowls covered, or put fruit in a fridge or cupboard overnight. Even fruit on a table, with a nearby chair as a step is an invitation to a rat. Put the fruit on a high shelf. And cover it.
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