Just 8% of PRS homes are ‘pet friendly’
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Ban on pet deposits means all pet owners lose and all pet owners pay!
by Mick Roberts
8:59 AM, 13th March 2025, 1 year ago
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Who would like to drive a Ferrari, crash it, get another one, and still pay the same insurance cost as a Fiat 500? I’m sure the Labour party can sort that for you.
Who can remember the days when landlords took tenants with pets no problem. Tenants paid a bit of extra deposit, and when they left in five years time, if no damage, got the extra deposit back. How simple was that? It worked.
What went wrong since then? That would be the government and MPs, banning pet deposits. What did we do? We stopped taking pets. Yes Labour, we not taking them, come and prosecute us! Surely that will help the tenants plight won’t it?
How simple it was and now how difficult has it been made by the Labour party.
Shelter supported banning higher deposits, but now landlords are charging more rent to ALL pet owners, meaning ALL pet owners lose, and ALL pet owners pay.
They’re trying to stop this, but what’s happening is happening. Landlords are just refusing ALL pets so ALL pet owners suffer. When in reality, it’s only 10% that cause the damage.
Wake up people, come and ask the Housing Providers.Will you please take tenants with pets and what will it take?
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11:54 AM, 15th March 2025, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by Conscientious Landlord at 15/03/2025 – 09:51
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Reply to the comment left by Jack Jennings at 13/03/2025 – 12:32
The pet insurance will creep up with the passage of time at renewals. No claims bonus lost and future insurance will be Astronomical and unaffordable by landlords
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