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New rules for tenants with pets
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pinkteapot wrote: »Just throwing this out there so any new landlords reading this might consider pets on a case-by-case basis...
We just rented for a year after relocating (moved out a few weeks ago). We have one cat. Our cat severely limited our choice of rentals and we paid a higher deposit - we knew both of these would happen.
One cat does not smell. We were inspected every 8 weeks and every single inspection report said we were keeping the home immaculate (their word). At no point did the agent mention any smell. On moving out, we had our deposit returned in full. We're a professional couple with no kids and I'd argue it's easier to keep a house clean and tidy with a cat than with young children!
I'm guessing landlords have more than enough prospective tenants so it's easier to just blanket ban pets. Our landlord isn't an automatic yes to pets but was willing to consider on a case-by-case basis. I get that one cat is different to six large dogs!
This tweet sums up how we felt trying to find a rental: https://twitter.com/cox_tom/status/1020932576557584384
Trouble is not everyone keeps the house clean or smell free. And Allowing pets is just one more problem the landlord does not need.
btw I am not actually anti-pet lol . I am anti bad tenants with pets lol. Any tenancy agreement I have issued has always said no pets.0 -
We’ve always had pets but I wouldn’t want pets in our rental property. All of our dogs have lived to 16-18 and a few of them became incontinent at the end. I had to confine them to a room with a tiled floor and had to sluice the floor down and disinfect daily. I don’t want that in my rental property nor do I want people who leave their dogs alone all day because they get bored and anxious and often destructive. I won’t be using the Model Tenancy Agreement.Sorry to resurrect an old thread but can’t find anything more recent.0
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@pinkteapot font worry landlords like to discriminate against small children too and big ones. My youngest was 6 last time i needed to rent - way past the drawing on walls stage and still plenty were quite open about what an issue he was0
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Angela - pinkteapot's post was a year ago....
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