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About to rent my property, barking dog issue.

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  • Red-Squirrel_2
    Red-Squirrel_2 Posts: 4,341 Forumite
    moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »
    I'm sorry you have a problem with reading "being more exact".:cool:

    But you weren't 'being more exact', you were changing the story to sound more dramatic! :rotfl:
  • bertiewhite
    bertiewhite Posts: 1,904 Forumite
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    PhilE wrote: »
    And barking dogs can ruin peoples lives. They affect work, sleep, they affect children's performances at school.
    If you'd ruin another persons life because you want the luxury of a barking dog, if you'd knowingly disturb a kids sleep, your unfit for society as far as I'm concerned.

    That must be me then. I live next door to a holiday cottage which is adjacent to the owners residential property but the holiday cottage uses an access driveway next to my house so that the owners don't get disturbed (nice for them). Because my dogs see strangers going up and down the driveway week in, week out at all times of the day (even when kids are asleep) - they will bark and what's more, I want them to bark at people they don't know.

    I had the police round following a complaint from holiday makers at the weekend and when I explained that the dogs were barking because strangers were walking up and down the boundary line, they agreed with me and left.
    PhilE wrote: »
    As for the old burglar alarm theory, what if the burglar alarm went of 3 times per hour for no reason?

    That is not the same as a dog barking when someone they don't recognise is near my property.
  • Out,_Vile_Jelly
    Out,_Vile_Jelly Posts: 4,842 Forumite
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    My boyfriend lives in a mid-terrace, with owners of large noisy dogs either side. They don't bark incessantly, but quite a lot and quite loudly first thing in the morning, most mornings. I can only assume dog owners get used to the noise, like they do to the smell in their homes. These are small houses and neither dog seems to get enough exercise- I feel sorry for them. There are a lot of really bad pet owners in Britain.

    OP- I would market your house as "tenants with pets welcome". This is rare in rental properties, so you may get a lot of interest, and can choose ones with a dog, who presumably are used to barking noise. Just charge an extra deposit for scratching damage and flea-removal.
    They are an EYESORES!!!!
  • Rosemary7391
    Rosemary7391 Posts: 2,879 Forumite
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    I feel like choosing a tenant with a barking dog is likely to backfire on the OP - if they don't train/entertain dogs sufficiently to not bark, what else do they not train them about? Plus they'll bark at each other - feel for the neighbours caught in the middle... If you do do this OP, remove anything that you don't want chewing.

    I don't recall my Grandma's dog barking much at all in the house. Just one small woof (one!) to let us know that the postman was there. He didn't like kites, but they weren't inside!
  • moneyistooshorttomention
    moneyistooshorttomention Posts: 17,940 Forumite
    Red-Squirrel wrote: »
    But you weren't 'being more exact', you were changing the story to sound more dramatic! :rotfl:

    :wall::wall::wall::whistle::doh::doh::doh:

    Oh right - you know my mind and the meaning of my words better than I do myself obviously:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

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  • moneyistooshorttomention
    moneyistooshorttomention Posts: 17,940 Forumite
    Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »
    My boyfriend lives in a mid-terrace, with owners of large noisy dogs either side. They don't bark incessantly, but quite a lot and quite loudly first thing in the morning, most mornings. I can only assume dog owners get used to the noise, like they do to the smell in their homes. These are small houses and neither dog seems to get enough exercise- I feel sorry for them. There are a lot of really bad pet owners in Britain.

    OP- I would market your house as "tenants with pets welcome". This is rare in rental properties, so you may get a lot of interest, and can choose ones with a dog, who presumably are used to barking noise. Just charge an extra deposit for scratching damage and flea-removal.

    ...and new carpets afterwards.

    I've had carpet passed on to me before from a house that I know is kept clean (ie my parents house) and I shampooed and shampooed it and could still catch a "doggy whiff" at intervals.
  • ScorpiondeRooftrouser
    ScorpiondeRooftrouser Posts: 2,851 Forumite
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    moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »
    :wall::wall::wall::whistle::doh::doh::doh:

    Oh right - you know my mind and the meaning of my words better than I do myself obviously:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

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    Here you go being ridiculous again.

    Being more exact is adding detail. What you did is contradict yourself. The two are mutually exclusive.

    I could add a lot of laughing faces, but I don't think that really adds much to the strength of an argument.
  • Red-Squirrel_2
    Red-Squirrel_2 Posts: 4,341 Forumite
    moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »
    :wall::wall::wall::whistle::doh::doh::doh:

    Oh right - you know my mind and the meaning of my words better than I do myself obviously:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

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    I know the meaning of your words because I can read and understand English!
  • moneyistooshorttomention
    moneyistooshorttomention Posts: 17,940 Forumite
    moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »
    ...and new carpets afterwards.

    I've had carpet passed on to me before from a house that I know is kept clean (ie my parents house) and I shampooed and shampooed it and could still catch a "doggy whiff" at intervals.

    Back on topic....
  • ScorpiondeRooftrouser
    ScorpiondeRooftrouser Posts: 2,851 Forumite
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    Rosemary7391 wrote: »
    I feel like choosing a tenant with a barking dog is likely to backfire on the OP - if they don't train/entertain dogs sufficiently to not bark, what else do they not train them about?

    I don't imagine anyone was suggesting they choose a tenant with a "barking" dog, as in they vet them and insist that their dog barks uncontrollably. That would be extremely strange. The suggestion was that a tenant with a dog of any description would be more likely to be understanding of a dog that barks occasionally.
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