"They (the rats) ate through everything that was downstairs, the lounges, the furniture, the clothing, anything at all they just ate."
A year ago the median Sydney house rental was $650. Today that figure is an all-time high of $720, an increase of 10.8 per cent in 12 months.
Brad Power and his partner struggled to find somewhere to live as they have two dogs but eventually found a place for $1200 per week in Glebe in February. "Everything in storage under there we lost, they just ate through plastic… Outside you can see they have eaten through the garbage bins."A pest exterminator who inspected the property told the couple he had "never seen an infestation so bad".
Gavagna said they had done everything they could to fix the issue but it was coming from the property next door.
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