What to tell estate agents when renting regarding reptiles ???

[fishboy]

Our contract say's no pets, but i got loads. how the hell would the landlord ever know??? i'm not letting them in........

[monkeygirl]

im having this trouble now, i have a no pet flat and i remember mentioning something about reptiles when i moved in i think but never got written permission (which i need per pet) and now the lady below me is complaining about being infested with crickets and its been refered to environmental health and i need all my animals out now!

im pissing myself about this and really worried ill loose my flat as its a brilliant location and i love it!

if i cant find someone to look after them then i think in jan when its hopefully blown over i will ask for written permission to keep them and ill have to either lie and say they dont eat livefood (and hope they dont know) or tell them that i only feed mealworms or something......

EEEEEEPPP!!!!! my advice, be honest and for gods sake contain the crickets!! dont wanna get in my situation!

[Brat]

I rented a house for 7 months last year.. It said no pets but I asked if I could have 3 dogs and they said yes lol..
Best to be honest, ask the landlord yourself. We explained that Shih-tzu's dont moult and they were fully house trained and dont chew.. Just explain that snakes etc are in vivs so cant damage the house at all.

[mummybear]

Originally Posted by boaboytony5

I rang a local estate agents after taking your comments on board and decided to be honest and asked them to show me properties that allow pets I told them that I keep reptiles etc and they said they'd never come across this as a problem (I'm assuming because alot of people wouldn't even bring it up and maybe hide them for inspections? lol), they said they'd look into it for me ... well they just rang me back with one property that allows pets but did say that the ones that don't allow pets is mainly refering to dogs and cats that can cause damage to the properties so asked me to view ones that I'm interested in and they'd fight my corner about allowing me to keep reptiles as I'd explained that the vivs all have locks on and there would be no damage to the house due to the reptiles.

I'm happy with the response, it did take some explaining and 2 very long phone calls but the manager of the estate agents had to be informed and had to make the final decision.

So first step is to arrange viewings for the homes I'm interested in and they'll convince the landlord/lady that the reps are not going to cause any hassle !!!

Thanks to everyone that's contributed to my thread, honesty seemed to be the best policy (but I will confirm this once I have my own rented property)

Great stuff, nice to know the estate agents going to bat for you

[fishboy]

Originally Posted by fishboy

Our contract say's no pets, but i got loads. how the hell would the landlord ever know??? i'm not letting them in........

Actually i think it said no pets that would cause damage to the property, so no problems there.

[Johelian]

Yes, landlords have to give permission to visit - but if youve filled the house with stacks of animals and vivs, youre going to have a mission on your hands to get them all out of the house and "safe" before the visit. Ive been a few animals over the limit at times (when quarantining potential new additions), and the stress that came from having to relocate them for a visit isnt worth it, especially when there are people willing to listen to your circumstances.

[spider_mad]

Originally Posted by monkeygirl

im having this trouble now, i have a no pet flat and i remember mentioning something about reptiles when i moved in i think but never got written permission (which i need per pet) and now the lady below me is complaining about being infested with crickets and its been refered to environmental health and i need all my animals out now!

im pissing myself about this and really worried ill loose my flat as its a brilliant location and i love it!

if i cant find someone to look after them then i think in jan when its hopefully blown over i will ask for written permission to keep them and ill have to either lie and say they dont eat livefood (and hope they dont know) or tell them that i only feed mealworms or something......

EEEEEEPPP!!!!! my advice, be honest and for gods sake contain the crickets!! dont wanna get in my situation!

If someone in the apartment is complaining over a few crickets and lets be honest it is just a few from time to time not infested then she has too much time on her hands to complain about crap like that

[Crownan]

Originally Posted by spider_mad

If someone in the apartment is complaining over a few crickets and lets be honest it is just a few from time to time not infested then she has too much time on her hands to complain about crap like that

Look at the scenario....you live in a nice flat, its clean, its yours, you're proud of it.........you catch crickets running across the floor!!

I'd go mad if I wasn't a reptile/nature lover! Its not your average native infestation is it? Like the odd set of ants etc.

I would completely understand if one of my neighbours in my block got pee'd off by feeder insects infiltrating their personal space.

Tell the truth before moving........will save a whole lot of stress and hassle in the long run

[monkeygirl]

im moving them all out then im gonna ask fro written permission to bring them back. i got verbal permission before i moved in but i need written permission, bit peeved i didnt persue the written permission at the start. but still would of moved them out cos of this prob anyway i think and just re ask for permission so i cant get blamed....even though it was me lol