Be aware renting whilst house for sale

PottyHouse_2

Shame on me - I had a cat once and went on holiday frequently !!

Chiara, I would expect to return to my home in the condition I left it.

Fortheloveofmoney

Chiara wrote: »

Our cat had a litter tray, was not fed through the window as our neighbours had a key to let him out throughout the day, so was just evenings he came in (a huge out thouse too with blankets etc provided adequete shelter if it rained). Our neighbours also petted him and are very fond of him but due to allergies in thier house could not physically take him in, he was happy enough as a is more an outside cat rather than in house pet.
Outside the property was properley secured with bolts as well, window is too small to allow anything apart from air!.

The way I read the post was that the window had been left open so the neighbours could feed him/her. I apologise for jumping the gun. I couldn't see another reason why the window would be left open tbh.

Fortheloveofmoney

PottyHouse wrote: »

Shame on me - I had a cat once and went on holiday frequently !!

Chiara, I would expect to return to my home in the condition I left it.

Yep hang your head in shame I too am a cat owner and go on holiday however I do provide care for the cats whilst I'm away. My original interpretation of the post was incorrect as I thought the window had been left open for the neighbour to feed the cat and that the soiling meant toilet facilities hadn't been provided. I've apologised to the OP.

pie81

I'm not clear whether the agent knew about the cat or not. If they did, then yes you'd expect them to be careful about closing doors.

If not, then there is no way you can reasonably expect them to leave every door in the same position they found it. Why didn't you tell them you had a cat for goodness sake?

JQ.

pie81 wrote: »

I'm not clear whether the agent knew about the cat or not. If they did, then yes you'd expect them to be careful about closing doors.

I don't agree I'm afraid. We regularly do what the OP did, albeit with a catflp rather than leaving a window open. I wouldn't want to pass the responsibility of our cat's welfare onto an EA. If my cat had been excluded from the rest of the house for a few days and someone opened the kitchen door, he'd been completely hidden in about 10 secs - be it under the bed, in a wardrobe, on top of the wardrobe, behind the TV and getting a complete stranger to then remove him from his comfy new home could be a dangerous operation, for all concerned. Moral of the story is the OP should have refused access and if they insisted then they meet the cattery fees.

Lesson learned by the OP - we've all made mistakes. We hadn't had our cats chipped when we first got them. It's only when one went missing for 5 days (trapped in a neigbours garage) that we realised how much easier it is to get Vets, the RSPCA and Cat Sanctuarires to check a cat's identitity if they've been chipped. The eldest one got run over 2 years ago and it's only because he was chipped that the vets were able to inform us - his collar had been ripped off. Not a pleasant experience but better than months of "what ifs".

missile

It was nice of you to give access for viewings and it has back fired on you. An expensive lesson, get accidental damage insurance asap. Do you own the sofas?

I am surprised LL let you keep a cat.

maninthestreet

It's a nightmare when your p-ussy runs riot.....

Chiara_2

Thank you for all the various responses!

Perhaps we shouldnt have allowed viewings, but being nice people and expecting same from others, I would expect same in return without having to make a full blown list out at this point on what to do and what not to do when entering the house...it really goes back to respect and common sense. It would have been quite apparent all doors were closed...cat, dog etc...come to think of it I wish it had been a doberman or some pitball (obviously walked and fed)as would have been apparent then...as it was a 20 second call to say we were overseas and yes do show people around, not yes do but please watch out for dog/cat/close doors in case of fire/gas leaks etc etc..sorry but anyone in our position would be pretty miffed on returning to .what looks as if someone has walked in mud everywhere, torn sofas and stink of cats wee...

Yes sofas were paid for, insurance companies do not pay for pet damage in general (ours not and as cat is not allowed in main house would be pointless), property agents agreed to one cat on basis we had carpets cleaned on leaving which would do in anycase.

Hey ho..happy days holiday from hell thats turned out to be, more stressed than before we went.

Now want out of the house and not agreeing to any viewings and charges for early release are another 1k!