Being pestered by mice? Cleaning service offers chance to foster a cat to chase away rodent invaders

A cleaning service is using its app to offer London home owners with mice problems the chance to foster a cat for free to get rid of rodent invaders.

Handy, a cleaning and DIY service, has partnered with animal charity Wood Green to offer rescue cats in need of temporary foster homes, as their very presence and scent - undetectable to the human nose - has been proven to scare away mice.

Users of Handy's app will be able to choose from a selection of cats available, and foster one for free.

Each of the cats shown in the app come with images and their own "life story", and Wood Green say it is a good opportunity for them to spend time away from the rescue centre.

Pete Dowds, Handy's UK manager, said the new scheme has been created as a result of an increasing number of requests from Handy customers for cleaners to bring in cats with them in order to help scare away mice.

While fostering is free to any user of the Handy app, customers are encouraged to a make a donation to the charity, or consider making the fostering a temporary adoption.

Handy's app is available to download for free on both iOS and Android.