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Unfortunately it seems that, especially in US, most problems end up an "us vs them" problem. People pick sides and do whatever it takes to win battles. For exa

Unfortunately it seems that, especially in US, most problems end up an "us vs them" problem. People pick sides and do whatever it takes to win battles. For example I'm baffled to know that in US, some "pet forbidden" apartment buildings exist. Come on, people not allowed to have pets at their own house??

JimmyM 12y ago
This is also the case in the UK. Here in the UK, in general (I don't know about the US), renting a property allows you the right to just about live there, grudgingly, and it is definitely NOT your house or home. This is true more of the lower end of the market than the higher.
- ZoFreX 12y ago
  Although a lot of listings say "no pets allowed" in the UK, many will let you have a pet if you ask (if it's a large pet they're likely to ask for a higher deposit fee, but that seems fair enough).
pluma 12y ago
In Germany landlords are allowed to forbid pets, but they can't do anything about "small animals" such as cats or rodents unless they cause trouble (e.g. via excessive smell or noise).
- egze 12y ago
  They can't forbid dogs anymore. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/urteil-vermieter-duerfen-hunde-und-katzen-nicht-generell-verbieten/7961712.html http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/urteil-vermieter-duer...
  - pluma 12y ago
    Interesting, but at the end of the article they clarify that this is only about small dogs (which makes sense as the original term for the kind of pets that can't be forbidden was "Kleintiere", i.e. small animals).
UrMomReadsHN 12y ago
>For example I'm baffled to know that in US, some "pet forbidden" apartment buildings exist. Come on, people not allowed to have pets at their own house?? I don't think it is us vs them. A few bad apples ruin the bunch. There are people who just let their pets destroy their apartment because they can't be bothered to train them or even clean up after them. Landlords take the stance of that being an unnecessary risk to deal with potential propery destruction so they just say no pets because they perceive it as the less risky route.

JimmyM 12y ago

This is also the case in the UK. Here in the UK, in general (I don't know about the US), renting a property allows you the right to just about live there, grudgingly, and it is definitely NOT your house or home. This is true more of the lower end of the market than the higher.

ZoFreX 12y ago
Although a lot of listings say "no pets allowed" in the UK, many will let you have a pet if you ask (if it's a large pet they're likely to ask for a higher deposit fee, but that seems fair enough).

pluma 12y ago

In Germany landlords are allowed to forbid pets, but they can't do anything about "small animals" such as cats or rodents unless they cause trouble (e.g. via excessive smell or noise).

egze 12y ago
They can't forbid dogs anymore. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/urteil-vermieter-duerfen-hunde-und-katzen-nicht-generell-verbieten/7961712.html http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/urteil-vermieter-duer...
- pluma 12y ago
  Interesting, but at the end of the article they clarify that this is only about small dogs (which makes sense as the original term for the kind of pets that can't be forbidden was "Kleintiere", i.e. small animals).

UrMomReadsHN 12y ago

>For example I'm baffled to know that in US, some "pet forbidden" apartment buildings exist. Come on, people not allowed to have pets at their own house?? I don't think it is us vs them. A few bad apples ruin the bunch. There are people who just let their pets destroy their apartment because they can't be bothered to train them or even clean up after them. Landlords take the stance of that being an unnecessary risk to deal with potential propery destruction so they just say no pets because they perceive it as the less risky route.