Renting a house with a cat?

BitterAndTwisted

Running_Horse wrote: »

Giving my opinion based on personal experience as a cat owner.

When we were selling we laid a new carpet and ended up with barriers and pieces of wood in every corner and gap, to prevent a much loved but un-toilet-trained rescue cat from peeing all over it. On one occasion he shat on the carpet minutes before a viewer turned up.

I'm not sure why I'm bothering to respond because I suspect that Fire Fox is correct about you being a troll.

In my opinion there is no such thing as an un-toilet-trained cat! All cats are innately fussy and clean and will not soil where they sleep or feed if they have a choice which is why when trying address these issues cats are often confined to a crate which includes their bed, food and litter-tray in a very small space which severely restricts their choices.

If your cat pees or soils in your home then I would say that there is something profoundly wrong with it and is highly suggestive that either a physical illness or behavioural issues are the root of the problem and both are your responsibility to address. Anyone who tolerates this behaviour and does not seek a vet's assistance are guilty of neglect in my opinion.

Fire_Fox

Running_Horse wrote: »

Nearly all cats will pee on the carpet sooner or later, and due to the background cat smell you may not even know until it has been happening for several days. This will cost you money when you leave and make it really hard to find another place. I love my cat, but wouldn't allow one if I were a landlord protecting my investment. Cats are a long term commitment of 15 years or more, and may not be suitable if moving every couple of years.

Running_Horse wrote: »

Giving my opinion based on personal experience as a cat owner.

When we were selling we laid a new carpet and ended up with barriers and pieces of wood in every corner and gap, to prevent a much loved but un-toilet-trained rescue cat from peeing all over it. On one occasion he shat on the carpet minutes before a viewer turned up.

One house we looked at buying had a tenant with a dog, and despite a huge plastic sheet covering the living room carpet, the place stunk. The prospect of finding dog urine soaked floorboards was enough to make us not buy.

I love animals, but not everyone does. And most houses with cats do smell and do get damaged.

So extrapolating from your one cat who you failed to train/ de-stress/ seek veterinary treatment/ keep the tray clean "nearly all cats" toilet outside the tray? And based on one house which stank of dog most houses with pets have a "background cat smell"? Either trolling or incapable of reasoned argument, you choose. :rotfl:

cavework

Running_Horse wrote: »

Nearly all cats will pee on the carpet sooner or later, and due to the background cat smell you may not even know until it has been happening for several days. This will cost you money when you leave and make it really hard to find another place. I love my cat, but wouldn't allow one if I were a landlord protecting my investment. Cats are a long term commitment of 15 years or more, and may not be suitable if moving every couple of years.

and 50% of humans with toddlers will also experience the same problem if they are honest.
I am begining to wonder if there are some landlords who really don,t want other people to live in their rentals unless they agree to stop breathing , get sterilized and agree not to walk on the flippin 'white' carpets that some of these numbskulls insist on installing before letting.

Running_Horse

Fire_Fox wrote: »

So extrapolating from your one cat who you failed to train/ de-stress/ seek veterinary treatment/ keep the tray cleanEither trolling or incapable of reasoned argument, you choose. :rotfl:

Where did I say I failed to take him to the vet? Where did I say I failed to keep the tray clean? Where did I say he was stressed? I did say they were rescue cats.

Sticking a laughing face on your inaccurate post is not reasoned argument. Please stop trolling this discussion just because someone does not agree with you. Many landlords do not allow pets...for a reason.

Several tenants here have already admitted their pets cause damage.

cavework

I am begining to think some landlords would refuse ' The Stepford wives' as a tenant.
Running Horse .. both cats of mine are rescue cats and they don't pee on the carpets.
By the way some of the worst odours to get rid of in a rental are tobacco and cooking oil.
But any odour problem can be dealt with. There are lots of products and solutions on the market if you are in my line of business.
Some landlords are so precious about their rental properties , its unbelievable!

BitterAndTwisted

Rescue cats are rarely incontinent and if yours was I'm sure you would have given us this precious information already. To my knowledge rescue cats are not often soilers either, regardless of whether they've been feral or not. I suspect the problem is with you and your unwillingness to tackle it sensibly.

Goodwill_2

shane42 wrote: »

i rented a house with a cat once, but he never paid any rent so i kicked him out!

HAHAHAH :T That's cheered me up!!

I would consider it if the prospective tenant had excellent references and agreed to replace damaged goods and cleaning of carpet/soft furnishings.

You also have the option to post/publish wanted accommodation that allows pets.

PS I occasionally cat sit for my friend and her house is impeccable so not all !!!!!!s are smelly and badly behaved .

pusscat

We rented with cats for a while - we actually had no problems!

The Landlord was a professional landlord (and also a really nice guy) - he has plenty of properties, likes good, reliable, clean tennants and as far as he was concerned he was happy for us to have the mogs in the flat.

We offered an additional "cat bond" incase they scratched the carpets (they don't but he did not know that) he was happy without it. The only issue was that as they used the toilet window as a cat flap there were some muddy paw prints on the cream wall. We offered to repaint but the landlord would not hear of it- he said that the whole flat would be repainted for the new tennants anyway. We did actually give it a quick coat of magnolia anyway.

They are both treated with Program so there was no flea problems.

Some landlords are great - this one was.

It is always worth asking!

Puss
xx