A New House Full of Rodents?

Yes, I have.
I rarely do those first quests with broken, messy stuff at the start...just click ignore and move on.

I get these occassionally, one is where the house is a mess, another where the plumbing is broken, there's one with lots of ghosts.
For the mess, the maid comes and helps clean it up for free, same with the plumbing, the ghosts I don't know how to fix it lol.

Yes, I have a mod to increase the chances of the move in scenario. I think they're fun. My favourite is the Ancient burial ground ... it virtually gives you instant haunted house and a bunch of collectible gemstones.

To get rid of rodents, you simply click on the trash piles and choose the available options, which are either "clean up" or "shoo rats"
Usually in the trash laden house scenario, you also can pick up a bunch of random vegetables lying around, like tomatoes etc, and I believe a maid will also arrive and help you clean up if you choose to let them help.

The Burial Ground has a Ghostbuster ( he looks like the repo man and you don't need ambitions for him to show up ) arrive and ask if you need help busting your ghosts and the Leak scenario spawns a handyman to offer to help fix your leaks.
The meteor scenario has the local fireman show up and offer to help you clean up and the bug ridden house scenario has a scientist show up and ask if they can collect some of your bug samples.

There should be tombstones somewhere on the lot when you have the Ancient Burial Ground challenge. If there aren't, then it sounds as if something has gone wrong.
The challenge isn't one that can be beaten as such; you either accept the Ghostbusters help, and he takes the ghosts & tombstones away, or you refuse and the ghosts / gravestones stay on your lot and you have a haunted house.

I find those ghosts can be a little bit buggy. Normally on my lots, when this happens, the ghosts stay out all day and all night long for the first two or so days, then they disappear off the lot, and sometimes I never see them again.

@mw1525 - Here's a pic especially for You! Enjoy! :D

https://i.imgur.com/ZiqpbgM.jpg

@mw1525 - I've been experimenting a little with this "moving-in-surprises" thing, and so far my poor sims have experienced several meteor incidents, broken waterpipes, insect infestations, weed plants, ghosts and house occupants leaving lots of thrash behind, but no rodents, so I guess that must mean that rodents are much rarer than all the rest of the surprises. Who knows, maybe I'll never get to see it?

"mw1525;c-17208821" wrote:
@SuzyCue72 - I don't think it's ever going to appear for me either :(. But, at least I now know that they are indeed a part of the game...so in a way, there's still hope :).

@mw1525 - Now I've tried it for a while in Starlight Shores too, and still no sightings of the elusive "rodent residents", only the other types of surprises/accidents. I really wish I knew why... oh, well, I'll try some more, but if they keep refusing to show up I guess we'll have to make do with whatever the spawners generate, like on the photo below:

https://i.imgur.com/IFq8dFh.jpg

Interesting thread. I read it's only unfurnished homes that get this opportunity. As I usually buy the starters with furniture, it doesn't surprise me that I've never seen any of this.

@Turjan I have had opportunities when I have moved my sims into furnished homes although I never accept any of them.

Ah, good to know. Thanks.