However dog stuff can attract rodents.Snacks like chew bones or rawhide or pig ears, open dog food bags or food left out in the bowl, dirty dog bowls especially if you feed wet or raw and leave scraps in the bowl etc are easy food sources for ants, roaches, rodents.If none of this is an issue it's more likely the rats found their way in and are munching on human food or trash and nesting in cabinets, furniture, etc.I can only give an opinion that the property owner should be responsible for making sure the house is properly sealed and safe.

A pic of kitchen showing cabinet color and floor color might help.

You could end up with paint splatters all over your flooring, trim, cabinets, and fixtures, a mess for edging around the ceilings and trim, peeling paint where the trim wasn't adequately sanded or deglossed, poor uneven wall texture if repairs are not made and sanded, and/or nicotine bleeding through the new paint, etc..

Complete gutting of the unit we are living in, new wiring, cabinets, drywall, etc.

Kitchen cabinets all open, then all closed.

Paint the cabinets and replace the cabinet pulls3.

. $2,200,000 duplex on 915 Tillery has white subway tile backsplash, polished concrete floors, french oak floors, lower budget range that kitchen costs $190,000.  3197 square foot Even though you think contemporary is less expensive as is minimal,, not necessarily true$789000 duplex 1301 St Edward has older style granite and off the shelf of builder's supply oak veneer cabinets smaller house 1972 square feet that kitchen though it looks dated is basic would cost $60000$549000 5813 Spring Meadow kitchen has popcorn ceilings, same stove and the lux duplex on Tillery stainless sinks you can buy off shelf at Home Depot ugly laminate counters they spent $22000 $543000 E Croslin that whole house needs to be down to the studs, there will be plumbing problems, old electrical panel, they painted the concrete slab with a can of grey speckle paint to hide something there, house has dry rot, can't see roof.

I was taking out kitchen cabinets and snapped the pipe going to the sink.

, updated light fixtures, painted kitchen cabinets, replaced old appliances with new ones.

Millwork (cabinets and countertops) can also be bought from large millwork companies that do not do--or subcontract out--installation.