Renting with birds?

helenut

I'm just about to start looking for a place to rent with my boyfriend, I am in my family home at the moment and it would be the first time (apart from when being a student) I have ever moved out.

The problem is I have lots of birds; 2 cockatiels, 2 lovebirds and a budgie. How hard do you think it would be to find somewhere that accepts them? In some places does the "no pets" rule only allow for dogs and cats? My birds - especially the 'tiels are very loud in the morning, I can control how early this would be by modifying their daylight hours but they will still be moderately loud for a proportion of the day.

Should I just go out specifically looking for a place that allows pets, or should I personally ask the landlord / owner if they would allow it? And if so should I mention the volume my birds can get to??

As I said, it is my first time looking for a place, so any help/advice is greatly appreciated!

mkaibear

helenut wrote: »

I'm just about to start looking for a place to rent with my boyfriend, I am in my family home at the moment and it would be the first time (apart from when being a student) I have ever moved out.

The problem is I have lots of birds; 2 cockatiels, 2 lovebirds and a budgie. How hard do you think it would be to find somewhere that accepts them? In some places does the "no pets" rule only allow for dogs and cats? My birds - especially the 'tiels are very loud in the morning, I can control how early this would be by modifying their daylight hours but they will still be moderately loud for a proportion of the day.

Should I just go out specifically looking for a place that allows pets, or should I personally ask the landlord / owner if they would allow it? And if so should I mention the volume my birds can get to??

As I said, it is my first time looking for a place, so any help/advice is greatly appreciated!

Speak to the Landlord, offer to pay an increased deposit, offer to have the Landlord inspect the house after (say) 3 months / 6 months so they can check you're not making a mess, offer to show your Landlord your current place so they can see how you keep the birds.

And please try to find a place where you minimise the disruption to your neighbours - you may be willing to live with the noise but it's unfair to subject neighbours to it. Noise pollution is the quickest way to end up in dispute with your neighbours.

KingElvis

Lovebirds are cute but that's a lot of birds LOL

tyllwyd

Apart from the noise, if I was a landlord I'd want to know if you let the birds fly free inside the house - I'd imagine cockatiels have the potential for doing a fair amount of damage?

KingElvis

tyllwyd wrote: »

Apart from the noise, if I was a landlord I'd want to know if you let the birds fly free inside the house - I'd imagine cockatiels have the potential for doing a fair amount of damage?

The strip and steel the copper cables and pipes, eat all the food in the fridge, try all your clothes on and make long distance phone calls :rotfl:

evoke

Jeez.

Now it's birds. Whatever next? LOL.

helenut

They have never really been very destructive, I suppose birds are messy but I've been hoovering around the cages once a day and clean the cages 2 times a week so I don't think it would be that much of problem mess-wise!

The worst thing they have done is unstitched the curtains, I didn't realise until they fell off!

I was looking for a place where I would not disrupt that many neighbours, I found an extended semi / garage conversion that had added a 1 bedroom "grannyflat" which would have been perfect but that was rented out the day I found it!

Aberdeenangarse

My birds had a cockortwo

dander

If I were a landlord I'd be far more likely to be accomodating about birds than cats and dogs - they're far less likely to do any actual damage as long as you are good at keeping them clean and less likely to make the place stink, so I would think it's worth enquiring. But I don't think the volume is a matter for the landlord really, I think that's more something that you need to be aware of when choosing places that would be suitable.

poppy_f1

dander wrote: »

If I were a landlord I'd be far more likely to be accomodating about birds than cats and dogs - they're far less likely to do any actual damage as long as you are good at keeping them clean and less likely to make the place stink, so I would think it's worth enquiring. But I don't think the volume is a matter for the landlord really, I think that's more something that you need to be aware of when choosing places that would be suitable.

you think?
my mums cockatiels will chew anyting thats lying about even wood from the windows lol

evoke

It's all cruelty though, isn't it? A bird has wings and is supposed to be free and fly around in the open air. Yet, some human beings choose to put it into a tiny cage for their own pleasure.

It's the same with dogs - try living with what is effectively a noose around your neck for most of the day and being kept inside a tiny area.

The human race has a long way to go before it becomes civilised.