Pets In Rentals - Survey

[j]

http://canberratimes.domain.com.au/home-renting-tips/tenants-pets--the-truth-is-out-there-20130212-2e9qk.html

Tenants' pets – the truth is out there

DateFebruary 12, 2013 (0)

Hot on the paws of our apartment living great Dane story comes news of a world first survey of pets in rented properties.

We love a statistic – did you know 20 percent of pets in rented homes are kept against the rules - so we are delighted researchers want 1,000 Sydney pet owners who have rented in the past 10 years to take their online survey.

Dr Emma Power, Lecturer in Geography and Urban Studies at the University of Western Sydney, says that while restrictions on pet ownership in rented properties are likely to hit lower income households hardest, middle and higher income households are also having to choose between their home and their pets.

“We know that owning a pet can make it very difficult to find rental accommodation but the reasons and impacts of this have not been researched until now,” says Dr Power, who adds that tenants tend to move home more than owners and pet ownership makes it all so much harder.

“We want to explore the impacts that restrictions on pet keeping in rental and strata properties have on the individual and the community.”

To read all about the survey and find a link to it, go here.

[Guest muttrus]

I always had my cat when living in a shared house he would sneek in the window When living in a unit he never went out when we moved and applied for a granny flat he came too -----landlord found out later as we became friends :)

Now in department of housing we are allowed to have any pets we like as long as they are chipped and don"t cause complaints from the neighbours .

We have 5 dogs 6 cats 3 rabbits 3 g/pigs 2 snakes 1 bearded dragon 3 lace monitors a water dragon 2 blue tongues and a legless lizard ------------------------

I did run into a lady who hubby does school canteen with she said ""don"t the neighbours complain? I though about and said why?

The snakes are inside in complete reptile set up tanks so too the dragon and legless lizard .

The blue tongues are outside in a enclosure the monitors are in big complete set up avairys .The rabbits have a long run with a hutch the g/pigs have their own set up ----------None of these animals make noise anyway .

The dogs biggest bull arab x 42kgs sleeps outside with our dane x the pug sleeps outside but hangs around :) the mini foxy is my shadow while the smallest is a x breed weighing 2kgs they aren"t barkers and its rare to see them all together at once unless they are playing

AS for the cats

oldest 22 years old just a part of the lounge now then 16 years old he sleeps all day the 4 year old prefers the neighbours driveway the 2 year old is part dog! The 1 year old is weird while the last one is not social with people and prefers to hide under the table or on the scratching post all are in at night .

I even amaze myself at times when I note how many pets we have but spend a day here and I can honestly say you won"t notice half of them hahhahahhahah .

ThankGod for the huge pet and produce store around the corner we take the bike trailer for our weekly shop hahahahhaha.

And NO our house doesn"t smell our animals are set up as per their needs such as enclosures straw bedding hay water bowls etc and yes we have a national parks and wildlife licence to keep our reptiles

Our pets are chipped desexed etc --------------And as for the food bill it happens to be the g/pigs who cost the most as they need fresh fruit and vegies everyday

[Panto]

Just did it. Thanks for posting j.

Survey captures some good questions.

[minimax]

Thanks for bumping this thread, I meant to do the survey but forgot. Just did it then. It really does have some good questions.

[Chezy]

I can;t find where to do the survey

I have always had pets and never gone against my lease, never had a prob getting place either , one REA even offered me her own rental property to lease , but it was in town

found it link trail

Edited February 28, 2013 by Chezy

[Chezy]

quite panless :laugh: