I recently dealt with restoring a rented two-storey house owned by my girlfriend which was rented out to a couple owning five cats.
One of the cats was old and infirm and peed repeatedly indoors on carpeted floor. The smell was horrendous. I can't see how the tenant lived with it.
We replaced a large proportion of the carpet throughout the house.
The deposit covered the costs only because we carried out the work ourselves as part of a larger renovation project in advance of selling.
If we had gone down a more hands-off approach followed by investment-focused landlords, the costs would easily have exceeded the rental deposit which would have resulted in the need to sue the previous tenant.
That's a whole lot of effort to go to for a landlord and I can see how a landlord would choose to avoid pet owners given the option.
One of the cats was old and infirm and peed repeatedly indoors on carpeted floor. The smell was horrendous. I can't see how the tenant lived with it.
We replaced a large proportion of the carpet throughout the house.
The deposit covered the costs only because we carried out the work ourselves as part of a larger renovation project in advance of selling.
If we had gone down a more hands-off approach followed by investment-focused landlords, the costs would easily have exceeded the rental deposit which would have resulted in the need to sue the previous tenant.
That's a whole lot of effort to go to for a landlord and I can see how a landlord would choose to avoid pet owners given the option.