Pets in rented property

David-Brent_2

olly300 wrote: »

If you keep posting like this you will get banned.

Really...I'll just keep on 'posting like this' then.

TakingControl

David-Brent wrote: »

So you have no problem with your pet pooing on a public area followed by yourself picking up that poo and putting in a bag. Can you tell me about what happens to the surface where the poo landed? How about folks then walking, jogging etc. on that surface after your dog's poo has been on there?

You see that is what I'm getting at, the very fact that you pet owners think it's perfectly fine to let your pet defecate wherever it likes but that it is ok just so long as you pick it up...believe me, you will have missed millions of nasty micro-organisms which will remain on that surface. Now think of that scenario but in a rented property where some other person will have to live.

Like I said, anyone who wants a pet ought to own their property with their own piece of land where it can empty its bowels to its heart's content! Why do people think they have the god given right to just 'own' a pet and then moan when Landlords tell them NO PETS.

Again you have no idea what I and my dog do or not do so you are only generalising. Not everyone lives in the city or town and lets their dog do the business on pavements.

And this whole micor organism on a public footpath/pavement, come on, that could be equally a 'someone dropped a bottle of milk, it was half hearted cleaned and there is some sour milk residue', you going to ban milk bottles next?

I get it, you HATE pets and I am assuming you are one of those people who would love to have a law that 'owning' (by the way I hate that term) a pet is illegal.

Just accept it, there are good and bad owners. There are good and bad tenants irespectively of being a pet owner or not. There are good and bad humans, some are social, some are serial killers.

Ever heard of the inocent until found guilty?

@Conrad: I do actually agree that cats are to a certain degree a danger to wildlife, i.e. birds etc but then equally in more rural areas they do help with keeping the more unwanted wildlife like rats/mice for example under control.

Manchee

I've gotta say, you really seem to hate animals David. And I think you need to accept that people own pets

David-Brent wrote: »

Anyway, you need to accept the fact that you do not own property therefore you cannot house a pet. Renting property is basically hiring a property and that property needs to remain in good condition for the next tenant, why is that so hard for you to accept? Why can you not accept that you do not own the property therefore you must accept the landlords rules?

Ok for starters not all Landlords disallow pets. It is not a straight matter of 'if you don't own property, you don't own a pet'.

David-Brent wrote: »

So once more: get your own property = do what you like. Rent a property = you cannot do what you like. So the name of the game is to strive and get what you want, not moan and impose your needs onto the property of others!

Harsh, but that's life.

Yes because buying a property is just that easy for everyone, isn't it? Good thing not everyone has as ridged a view point as yours. An no, thats not life, not for all the people that do rent with pets.

David-Brent wrote: »

And whilst we're on the subject of bags of dog poo, when these dogs curl one out the turd actually hits the deck and then is scooped up by the 'responsible dog owner' BUT the turd has made contact with a surface which will then be walked over by other members of the public thus people dragging in the contents of a dog's bowels into their homes!! Why is this allowed? So to those who are about to use the "I pick up my dogs mess" bollo just remember that as soon as it hits the deck the dangerous organisms are out in the world waiting to be picked up by someone's shoe! Nice!

So what you are saying now is that noone should be allowed to have animals outside of their home that they own. I'm guessing you grew up about as far away from the farm and nature as you can get. Animals live in the world. Animals poo. It happens. Minuscule partials of dog poo after it has been cleaned up are nothing compared to all the other toxins and germs in the world. "Watch out! Theres a tiny fleck of bird poo on the pavement!" - it just seems a bit ridiculous. I don't know about you but I take my shoes off at home.

katykerbs9

Landlords are suppose give 24hrs notice before visiting your property, plenty of time to hide a cat, slightly bending the rules, just dont blame me if it goes wrong!

ognum

It sounds like you believe that landlords don't know you break the rules, of course they do!

When I was a tenant I had a cat and shouldn't have. Life goes on!

TakingControl

Personally I wouldn't 'bend' the rules and hide a pet as this is exactly what makes Landlords who might have been open to pets reconsider.

Lilith1980

TakingControl wrote: »

@Conrad: I do actually agree that cats are to a certain degree a danger to wildlife, i.e. birds etc but then equally in more rural areas they do help with keeping the more unwanted wildlife like rats/mice for example under control.

Not all cats are a danger to wildlife - come and meet my cat lol. The most he ever brought in was an actual steak (looks like someone lost their lunch). He doesn't poo outside he will only use his litter tray (he's weird like that) and unless birds/other wildlife have a tin of cat food attached to them he isn't bothered

grifferz

David-Brent wrote: »

I have no idea what it is with some people and their freaking feeling of entitlement when it comes to them imposing their stinking pets onto the rest of us?

In some ways I agree with you (bad pet owners are a menace), but do you not think that at least as tenants you are much better off than if your property-owning neighbours were bad pet owners?

Many of the things you complain about must surely be breaches of tenancy agreement if not freeholder's lease and you absolutely should take it up with the landlord/freeholder if a polite word with the offending parties directly does not improve matters.

By comparison if this was being done by property owners you would have virtually no means to stop it.

If you are not just trolling, have you actually taken any steps to resolve these issues?

jimjames

harpoboy wrote: »

This is precisely why I never allow pets.

Every prospective tenant will assure you that diddums is absolutely immaculately behaved, but unfortunately it's just too much of a risk to hand my property over to someone who would let a flea ridden animal into the house.

If you want a decent flat, lose the cat.

Last rental we rented to tenants that had a cat. Once they left we found the sofa had been scratched to bits and the house was full of fleas. Unfortunately the fleas were found after the moving out so was too late for deposit deductions.

I know not everyone is like this but sadly it has clouded our view for renting to pet owners in the future.

Fire_Fox

A tenancy agreement is a legally binding contract, nobody here should be advising you to breach the covenants it's against forum policy. Landlords don't like pets due to fleas, hair and dander, scratching, poop and I have a good deal of sympathy for that. Damage deposit does not cover the time and cost required to resolve such issues.

Unfortunately too many are not responsible owners, either through laziness or lack of knowledge. We frequently see threads over on the Pets board from people who have flea infestations from using the wrong products.

For clarity I am a cat slave and dog fan. I've also moved into a house that was flea infested, it took THREE visits from the professionals to clear it. :eek: