I said no dogs, now they want one offering more rent, but I can’t increase it for a year!

Gary, Exactly.

Why do HB tenants not walk dogs?

We’re looking after my missus’s brothers dog while he in hospital past 5 weeks or so. We take it at 6am, midday, 6pm, etc. Every day. Not once has it whoopsee’d on garden.

My HB tenants live within 100m off woods & still DON’T RUDDY WALK DOG.
They spend money building fences round the garden for dog poo pen & I say ‘Why don’t u just take it for walk?’ They look at me gone out as though that’s some alien thing.

Why have a dog if u not gonna’ do what the dog requires. A lot of these dogs with HB tenants don’t have the life they need.

I now see dogs as Poo machines, but I didn’t before I rented out to HB tenants.

I’ve decided to allow the tenants to have 1 dog, (maybe I’m too soft) They will be signing an addendum to the AST agreement, the deposit will now be £3000 instead of £800 and the rent increased by £25, that’s how keen they are to have a dog!

BTW the property is a freehold house not a flat

My thinking is that it’s more likely they will stay long term. The Agent did an inspection after 1 month and reported the property was very clean and tidy. They will be doing inspections every 3 months and I won’t be getting directly involved with the tenants. I have been moving away from managing properties myself as I am one of those that get too friendly with the tenants instead of being professional as has been alluded to earlier.

Thanks everyone for your views and advice.

Reply to the comment left by “Janet Carnochan” at “31/05/2015 – 21:34“:

Janet appears to have cornered the market on letting to dog owners; if it works for her, why not? For me, human tenants can be bad enough.