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Alonzo L | Why do most apartments not allow pets? |
It ticks me off cause you have all of these poor animals in the animal shelter that needs a home.I am responsiable. They make the excuse that a dog will tear the apartment up.Whatever.Humans are the worst stinkers and poluters of this environment.That's why there are so many lonely and screwed up people out there cause they don't have pets that they can love and that can love them back.I mean I can trust an animal more than I can a human. |
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Responsible people make sure they can provide housing before they obtain pets. If you do not want to buy rent from a facility that allows animals.
I am a landlord and I allow pets, up to 2. But, I rent homes, not apartments.
However I do have some duplexes, and I can tell you, that with just 1 neighbor pets cause problems. "Her cat is digging in my garden" "The dog barks all day". And, the all time favorite, which I get every damn time, "They do not clean up the dog ****." I can imagine what it is like for apartment managers, I am sure a nightmare.
The most heartbreaking thing to me people who sneak animals in. They are determining their "want" of an animal is more important then others rights to an animal free environment. Many people choose pet free homes on purpose, aside from allergies, they may simply like a cleaner, quieter place to reside.
No one is "lonely and screwed up" because apartments do not accept animals. Other then the fact that they decided on their own to live in a pet free complex, there are lonely and screwed up pet owners as well.
I could go on and on about animal damage. People can be really disgusting, letting their animals piss and **** inside the house! I can't understand that, completely gross. I have several pets and can not imagine one of them doing this. I am sure my dogs would choose death over peeing on the carpet. They will not even use grass, which makes walking them much more pleasant.
Since you love animals so much you should buy you own place, with a nice big yard and not worry about the rules other property owners have. |
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Ross
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I have rentals and I allow pets. I charge an extra deposit. EVERY TIME there has been something the pets have screwed up. Sometimes it is as simple as filling in a couple holes in the yard other times it is as expensive as replacing carpet that has been peed on and the stink doesn't go away. I just replaced a door where a dog had chewed through part of the frame.
ADD: Bottom line is allowing pets will lead to more money out of pocket which leads to less profit that I need to take care of my family with. I either loose my homes or make money out of them, this business. More cost to me means more costs to my tenants. NOTHING IS FREE, and nobody goes to work to loose money. May sound heartless but taking care of my investments, which takes care of my family, comes first. Providing quality housing for my tenants is also important, for my ego and my business. Pets can cause damage, even from the most responsible pet owners. That has to be figured into the equation if you are a landlord. |
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Expert Realtor
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Oh, you have it wrong sweetie.
Your question should be: Why do people get pets, knowing that they have to rent a home, and that they don't own one and then care so little about it that they just drop it off at a shelter like it's nothing?
That irresponsible pet ownership. I love dogs just as much as the next person, but when I was in college, no apartments permitted animals and I WAITED until I BOUGHT a house before I purchased a dog.
That is responsible pet ownership.
Don't blame the landlords...they aren't the ones that purchased the animals. |
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bostonianinmo
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I could use up a ream of paper detailing the damage done by self-professed "responsible" pet owners.
The tenant with 5 cats (I agreed to ONE only) who could not smell the urine in the carpeting and who screamed bloody murder when I charged her $2,200 for replacing the carpeting in the house.
The dog owner who put in a pet door in the back door and allowed the dog to chew on moldings. He couldn't understand why I charged him $350 for a new door and nearly $1,500 for trim work and $250 to de-flea the carpeting. The lease clearly stated "no pets" and he disregarded it completely.
The dog owner who kept a (huge) dog outside, thinking that that bypassed the "no pets" clause, whom I had to evict because the dog destroyed $3,500 worth of fencing and became a neighborhood nuisance.
The worst was the pigeon owner who kept the coops in the utility room. I had to bring in a HAZMAT team to clean the house from top to bottom; there were pigeon droppings tracked throughout the house. That was a 5-figure job! (Pigeon droppings carry over 60 diseases, may of which can be fatal.)
I'm not saying that YOU personally are in that group, but when I was a landlord the irresponsible pet owners outnumbered the responsible ones 4 to 1 based upon my personal experience. I had damage done by humans to be sure, but not nearly to the dollar amounts as done by the "responsible" pet owners. |
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BELIEVE®
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Most apartments allow cats. They don't allow dogs because when you live so close to other people the landlord doesn't want the headaches associated with a tenant and a barking dog. Dogs can be loud and messy, thats why they don't allow them in a nutshell. |
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Mr. Goodkat
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Most humans are not gonna crap on the floow, chew the walls up or use doors as a scratching post. Most humans are not at risk to run and bite someone if they get outside. |
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Rain on Fire
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This is a completely reasonable request to have a pet and it doesn't always have to do with the animal tearing up an apartment. Apartment complexes are open to all peoples wanting to rent an apartment and those peoples may be allergic of have a phobia of dogs or cats or whatever you might want to be getting. Most often it is easier and cleaner for apartment landlords to manage their complex without animals.
It is very noble of you to want to adopt an abandoned pet :) |
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mary z
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Because if a landlord has one bad tenant who is an irresponsible pet owner than that pet owner ruins it for everyone. Plus, it is hard to find homeowner insurance that will cover certain breeds of dogs. |
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Marie
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Oh I hear you, really I do. I want a cat more than anything, but as it is the renting rate is so sucky where I live I'll be lucky to get an apartment that I can even afford (even with a roomie).
Sadly, there are people out there who screw it up for the rest of us. TRUST me. My mum works in the business and I've heard horrible stories of carpets being entirely stained and back yards being knee high in feces. These irresponsible idiots just plain old suck and deserve to be publicly whipped. You think I'm kidding? I am sooooo not.
Plus, if you live in a highly rented area with a low vacancy rate (like me...) than landlords and apartment managers can be as fussy, picky, and bitchy as they want because they know we'll do it. They, also suck.
There was actually an article in the paper the other day, the writer commented that you always see the 'NS/NP' (no smoking/no pets) when looking at adds. But when was the last time a pet was banned in a public place (here, you are no longer allowed to smoke in highly public places)? When was the last time you heard of a dog accidentally causing an apartment fire? When was the last time a cat's smell disturbed the neighbours?
It's all so stupid and it's people that make it that way. |
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Im stuck in your brain
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On the surface it doesn't make much sense. They usually replace all the carpet when you leave anyways.
But on a more practical note, I am glad that mine does not, for the simple reason that I don't have to put up with barkers. I have lived in apartments with "lax" pet rules, and had to put up with the people downstairs always coming back very late, and while they're gone the dang dog never stopped barking.
And it would sometimes just start up again in the middle of the night, I guess if they stayed the night elsewhere.
I love animals, but after a couple months of it messing with my sleep I was about ready to go down and set the pooch on fire. |
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LuisJr
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You have all the rights to have your pets in your apartmentys. Just make it inbound. |
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Cyn
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Children are much more destructive than any pet I've ever owned but it would be inconcievabe to ban children. I think as long as you put down a deposit for your pet to protect the landlord from potential damages then pets should be allowed. |
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whocares
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All your answers about waiting to buy a house is stupid!! now a days who can afford to buy a home? so people that rent can never own a pet? if that is how everyone did it, millions of animals would not have homes |
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Keith
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I think it not that the property owners don't like pets, it's just they don't want the hassle that deals with them. Another important thing that wasn't mentioned is if pets (such as a viscous dog) bites another tenant or person it's on them to payout on their property insurance. This could include lawsuits. Many people are allergic to pet dander and the new tenants are going to want new carpets or flooring to protect their allergens. In Los Angeles, in the small places that allow pets, the trend is to include a deposit and 'Pet Rent'; an additional monthly fee the tenant must pay if they choose to have pets. |
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Jade
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How about instead of outright banning pets, the landlords opt to meet the pets and the owners and then decide if they can rent. It's not just apartment complexes either, even full houses are banning pets, and believe it or not I have actually seen "no children" in classified rent ads. As a responsible pet owner, this irks the hell out of me. I am searching for a place to live, I have two cats, both indoor, both fixed and very well behaved, and I've only found one place so far that allows pets, but they only allow one cat.
The argument about waiting till you own a home before owning a pet is just ignorant. I'm privileged now because I'll be living with my boyfriend, but if I was living alone I would definitely want a dog for protection. It's not fair that renters don't even have the option.
Why are we paying a damage deposit if there are no pets anyway? Landlords cannot take damage deposit for normal wear and tear of a living space and people without pets generally don't do anymore damage than that anyway.
The two cats I have would have been homeless and hungry if I didn't take them in, is that irresponsible? |
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