请问房子里发现老鼠是谁负责？

情有独钟

你好大律师，我的一个投资房租给了一对洋人夫妇，一年合约，已经住了半年，今天发短信给我说在厨房发现老鼠，根据health and safety act他们已经不能使用厨房了，要求我降房租或者他们要终止合约。像这种情况作为房东我需要负责么，还有他们可以以这个理由来终止合同么？谢谢

withwell

You could both be responsible. The house may have places that allow mice to get in. You may be leaving things out that attract them. Don't mean to imply that your house isn't clean, but very little astonishes me any more when it comes to what tenants do. You don't say where the mice are--are they in your kitchen cupboards or where? You are the landlord  should at least come over and have a look at the problem, If there are any gaps at all, take some tinfoil and stuff the gaps with it as tightly as you can.or kinda "mice"control commercial treatment.
nothing to do with the rental price!