Renting with animals - why is it almost impossible?
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That sounds like a great way to get evicted.
Ouch sorry your struggling years ago when I had been a tennant I possibly had to home a relatives dog. They asked for a second deposit. Which I thought was reasonable £335 if I recall.
But I did wonder if this was because I had been there a few years and a trusted tenant
But I did wonder if this was because I had been there a few years and a trusted tenant
Why don’t you follow the thread and you’ll read that’s exactly what we are planning to do?
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Fair enough. Make the landlord an offer he/she can't refuse then. There's bound to be someone who'll take the money.
Probably the case. But the law has since changed; landlords cannot ask for more than 5 weeks deposit now.
We tried that with the last application. Rental was for £1500. We offered £1700. Agency said we were “very close” but someone else got it. I suspect someone with no pets offered more maybe. Or as it appears — that might not have been enough.
We wouldn’t offer more than £2k. As we are paying £2.5k a month at the moment and the point of moving is to reduce that a little to save more towards our own place.
But we will continue to try offer more on rental as we can’t offer more on the deposit due to laws.
Sickening. A whole thread defending landlords preventing people living normal family lives with a pet.
A nation of pet lovers? Nah, a nation of ******* landlord lovers
I wouldn’t go that far — some have made valid points. We just need to suck it up and continue saving.
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Where are you based? That's a heck of a lot of money every month, pets or no pets. Move North?
Speaking as a landlord myself it's a cost issue. I am, like many, allergic to cats, so I'm going to have to have my property deep cleaned when the current tenants (who have a cat) leave. I may have to have the place re-carpeted. This is extra expense.
That's interesting.
Edit: I'd also ban dogs for possible noise issues as this near an airport and there are people who have to get up super-early living nearby.
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In order to keep "a" pet under the new legislation you will need to buy pet insurance for each of your pets covering all damage. I bet that won't be cheap.
You could alternatively also have to cover the increase in insurance costs for the landlord as their insurance costs will go up, as simple things like fire risk and accidental damage goes up.
You could alternatively also have to cover the increase in insurance costs for the landlord as their insurance costs will go up, as simple things like fire risk and accidental damage goes up.
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Sickening. A whole thread defending landlords preventing people living normal family lives with a pet.
A nation of pet lovers? Nah, a nation of ******* landlord lovers
Yes, it’s a lot and it’s why we really want to buy our own place. But we are stuck essentially until we can save enough for a deposit. Since we owned property abroad; we don’t qualify for first time home buyer either.
We are in East Sussex and want to stay this side due to family.
To be fair the rental price isn’t terrible for what we have. 5 bed detached place with own drive. It’s way more than we need. But we had no choice.
It’s still a lot of money though, definitely.
Thanks for insight and that’s understandable. It’s been difficult to conveyed to potential landlords that we are willing to replace carpets and deep clean when we move out at our expense.
Unless you pay up front for that to be professionally, I'm not sure why they would bother with potential hassle.
You will need to essentially say you are willing to pay £200 a month extra, or something like that, to entice a landlord.
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In order to keep "a" pet under the new legislation you will need to buy pet insurance for each of your pets covering all damage. I bet that won't be cheap.
You could alternatively also have to cover the increase in insurance costs for the landlord as their insurance costs will go up, as simple things like fire risk and accidental damage goes up.
Yes, all reasonable requirements.
Also you say “a” pet. But as you quoted - “insurance for each of your pets”. The law makes no provisions for only allowing a single pet. But that’s not really the point of this thread.
Agreed. And yes, we would be willing to pay upfront for the cleaning and an extra £200 per month. That seems reasonable.
But landlords dont seem interested. And that’s their choice.
Only if a landlord was willing to inerpret the legislation as allowing more than one pet.
The main reason this legislation is being introduced is because in the UK for a lot of people, their pet is one of their only companions. It's therefore being treated as a human right.
But 6 pets?
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