Letting with pets

caronoel

Guest101 wrote: »

(usually tenants cant get a reference because of LLs such as yourself, who feel they are 'above' tenants - even though they're paying your mortgage...)

I would NEVER accept a tenant without pristine references, it is reckless to do otherwise.

Only ever refused to give a reference for one either, who was a right moany old git. Kicked him out after six months, for his constant whinging.

Any relation?

:rotfl:

Guest101

caronoel wrote: »

I would NEVER accept a tenant without pristine references, it is reckless to do otherwise. - Like I already explained, you've alienated yourself quite substantially already. Other Landlords dont follow your protocol. You are only left with the protected characteristics, which i presume are next on your list to alienate?

Only ever refused to give a reference for one either, who was a right moany old git. Kicked him out after six months, for his constant whinging. - How did you kick him out after 6 months? This would be legally impossible

Any relation? - No. No relations living in this country.

:rotfl:

At least you're cheerful online.

HappyMJ

caronoel wrote: »

What a tall story! Independent means, but living with mummy?

If you can find someone that gullible, please pass their details on.

I know a rich prince in a far off land who wants to "rest" $250m in a bank account for a few days. He will make it very much worth their while. Please send bank details and a copy of signature.

I was living with my ex-partner in her house which did count as family. I do also own a house of my own and have tenants of my own (that income does not as income). I needed to move away from my ex as the relationship had broken down and couldn't wait 6 months to get my tenants out to move back into my own house so I'm renting a flat as a tenant. I did find it difficult initially explaining to agencies that I don't work (I do but I'm part time self employed showing little profit-not enough to support a tenancy on it's own) and they did initially think I would pay the rent using benefits but when I explained all the rent would be paid upfront they were then relieved and fine with that.

Guest101

caronoel wrote: »

What a tall story! Independent means, but living with mummy? - Read self employed.

If you can find someone that gullible, please pass their details on. - roughly 1 in 6 people are self employed in the UK, pick 6 names in the phone books.

I know a rich prince in a far off land who wants to "rest" $250m in a bank account for a few days. He will make it very much worth their while. Please send bank details and a copy of signature.

Suspect this is what was meant

caronoel

Oh dear - I seem to have really upset the lunatic fringe today.

Suffice to say, I've been a successful landlord for many years now (as has my wife) and we have never had any problem in attracting and retaining decent tenants.

So long as both parties are straight with each other in terms of no pets / no small children / no smoking - there should be no problem

There are always those like Guest101 and HappyMJ who will try to deceive and defraud, but this is why I always do thorough checks.

6 months up front, with no visible means of employment or rental history? How whiffy is that?

ripplyuk

It seems that some landlords don't want real people with real lives. What they are actually looking for is an unpaid full time caretaker for their property. And someone who is willing to pay off the landlords mortgage at the same time.

OP, I have friends who have rented for many years and have two large dogs. They never mention them until the last minute, when they're signing for the tenancy, if at all. It seems to be the only way to get a house if you have a pet.

I've been refused properties due to having a small pet rabbit, in a hutch/run in the garden. I'm not sure what damage they think he will cause. He doesn't even live in the house!

HappyMJ

caronoel wrote: »

Oh dear - I seem to have really upset the lunatic fringe today.

Suffice to say, I've been a successful landlord for many years now (as has my wife) and we have never had any problem in attracting and retaining decent tenants.

So long as both parties are straight with each other in terms of no pets / no small children / no smoking - there should be no problem

There are always those like Guest101 and HappyMJ who will try to deceive and defraud, but this is why I always do thorough checks.

6 months up front, with no visible means of employment or rental history? How whiffy is that?

How can a person coming out of a relationship living in a house owned by their partner have a rental history? Impossible.

Unless of course you don't take one member of a separating couple...relationships break down all the time and usually there is a need for rental accommodation. Oh well your loss. There isn't any need to declare my relationship status to a landlord anyway so not sure how you would know.

MandM90

We just fibbed about it as no letting agents in the area would accept pets. For first few checks we took our two cats to my mums house (luckily they're very settled cats!) for the day. Once they'd seen that our house was pristine and we'd not only maintained the garden, but cleared the 3rd of it which was so overgrown it was basically unusable, I sent a polite email to the letting agents requesting permission to have two cats. I've paid extra deposit, keep them flea free and the LL has let us put in a cat flap. If he'd asked us to pay for/replace the door at the end of the tenancy we'd have happily done so.

We've paid our (£1000 pcm) rent on time for well over two years and taken excellent care of the property, including having the carpets and oven cleaned professionally twice already, and getting a gardener friend in to (with permission) prune the 8 lovely apple trees behind the house. Pet owners aren't always nightmare tenants, but I do understand the hesitation.

Any possibility of leaving the cat with the MIL for the time being then nicely asking for permission further down the line? A LL may be pleased to see you settling in if you pay on time and are no trouble.

Guest101

caronoel wrote: »

Oh dear - I seem to have really upset the lunatic fringe today. - I suspect you upset people on a daily basis, so you should be used to the experience.

Suffice to say, I've been a successful landlord for many years now (as has my wife) and we have never had any problem in attracting and retaining decent tenants. - Good for you, keep them and other people can avoid you as a Landlord

So long as both parties are straight with each other in terms of no pets / no small children / no smoking - there should be no problem - Did you not read the link i provided? Whereby your contract could likely be unenforceable anyway? Oh...

There are always those like Guest101 and HappyMJ who will try to deceive and defraud, but this is why I always do thorough checks. - Of course. Now can you explain how you kicked someone out at 6 months? Do you have a succesful case for S.8 G.12 eviction for one of your criteria, can you share please.

6 months up front, with no visible means of employment or rental history? How whiffy is that?

Thanfully i conduct thorough checks on potential landlords

charliewocka

When I moved back to the UK I came with my two dogs and cat (and a dependent brother!) and there ARE properties and landlords who will consider animals. I used a homefinding service (as this was a work relocation) and he just called the letting agents in advance, told them my background and had no issues. I lined up 8 properties to view in one day, all pet friendly. Some of the letting agents simply called the landlords and told them my history, and some of the 'no pets' became willing to accept them with additional deposit.


I'm happy to accept that I will potentially have to do a full carpet clean on leaving the property, but I care for the property and my animals and have no issues with landlord or letting agents coming around to inspect.


We are getting ready to rent out my boyfriends house and having considered it, we are going to accept pets (no large dogs as it's a very small cottage) with no additional deposit.