• Metz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    Imagine living in a country where a landlord has a say about what pets you are allowed to have. absurd.

    • nyctre@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 month ago

      That’s most countries, afaik. Not all owners do that, ofc, but still. Sadly, pet owners looking for rent always have a harder time finding a place.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pub
    English
    1·
    1 month ago

    The policy here at my area does what used to be called the Japanese No. That is to say that pets are permitted, as is everything, in exchange for an exorbitant fee.

    Good business sense, but in this case, cruel.

    • radicalautonomy@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 month ago

      Enter emotional support animal paperwork. A hundred bucks and an autism diagnosis saves me $40 a month in pet rent and a several hundred dollar pet deposit. Landlords hate this!

      • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
        0·
        1 month ago

        Landlords hate it because you force them to incur extra expenses in wear/tear and cleaning. I’m saying this as a person that’s on the spectrum, has owned cats all my life, and has had a cat that destroyed subflooring in an apartment by peeing outside of the litterbox. It was literally $1000 in damage to replace the carpet–this was 20 years ago–and the damaged subflooring, and that was above and beyond the deposit that we’d paid.

        • radicalautonomy@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 month ago

          And yet landlords corporations today have no problem charging “market value” for an individual apartment which fluctuates on a daily basis based on nothing more than what they think they can pump you for. I have no problem with them using some of their own ill-gotten gains for repairs.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 month ago

    I’m apparently the only one whose immediate reaction was not laughing but thinking, “that is an incredibly inappropriate way for a landlord to talk to a renter.”

    • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
      1·
      1 month ago

      I hate so much the “this never happened” crowd, but it’s at least a little relief here to believe this is faked.

      Because no, that’s an awful way to speak to anybody

      • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        1 month ago

        And that’s why y’all are lamers.

        I mean Jesus what kind of pseudo fake ass decorum shit do you have to be on to argue you need to be proper when talking to fucking anyone that isn’t your stick in the mud boss.or company paper trail?

        Toilets broke, fix it. Shittersclogged.jpg

    • mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      0·
      1 month ago

      Hairless cats do have certain health risks and need to be bathed regularly (once a week) In general I would advise you to not buy a specific breed, as they are more expensive and have more health problems than a general “house car” from the shelter

      • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        Yeah, but a lot of people with a hairless cat have one because they want a cat but are allergic. For them a rescue isn’t really an option.

        For anyone who doesn’t have a good reason to need a particular breed of dog/cat, get a rescue instead.