Soylent Yellow posted:

I've never bothered with this. I find that putting a bit of poison in the wall cavities myself far outweighs the inconvenience of having to call the landlord and tidy everything up in preparation for his visit. I do sort-of unofficially do all of the pest-control where I work, which lets me steal industrial quantities of anticoagulants. Having a greatly reduced sense of smell also helps, because decomposing rodents in the loft space smell terrible (or so I'm told).

Seriously, find where the mice or rats are moving, and leave some poison there. Make sure they have no other sources of food, and that your pets can't get at it. Check the poison regularly to see if the mice are taking it, and keep on checking it once the initial infestation has gone. If you keep your bait station stocked, you ensure that any future visitors have already signed their own death warrants by the time you notice them.