Pet references: hounded out of the lettings market - Telegraph
You may adore your faithful hound Hector, but it is a racing certainty that, in the competitive rental sector, your landlord will take a different view. The days when Hector would have been tolerated and given a biscuit, are gone. And the same goes for your cat, hamster and goldfish.
Increasingly stringent conditions are being imposed on pet-owning tenants, with most being rejected, according to County Homesearch, a UK-wide home-finding agency. And it is not just landlords in London who object to Great Danes sleeping on their £2,000 sofas. Even in Yorkshire, James Herriot’s backyard, the “No Pets” signs are up in every window, if only metaphorically.
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