Will we have problems finding a property to let in the Sheffield area with two domestically trained cats?

Yes

I did with one of the treasures.

Try to badger the landlords directly, ask the agents for contact details.

The agents are a lazy bunch here and pretty much just blank pets even if the landlord is OK about it. Well thats my experience......

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There is another post about renting a property if you have dogs... my advice is the same - if you have a pet, ask the estate agent to approach the landlord and offer a slightly increased deposit, and offer to have the carpets etc cleaned at the end of your rental agreement. It worked for me when I was looking for somewhere to stay with my dog.

The main issue with cats will be the damage they do to the wallpaper and carpets.....even if they have scratching posts you'll need to be lucky to avoid some damage somewhere - usually exactly where people look when they walk in a room...:)

Originally posted by JoePritchard
The main issue with cats will be the damage they do to the wallpaper and carpets.....even if they have scratching posts you'll need to be lucky to avoid some damage somewhere - usually exactly where people look when they walk in a room...:)

And also when you eventually come to leave there's the risk that the next tennant is asthmatic & has a common cat-fur allergy.

Speaking from personal experience no amount of fettling clears all the dander from a room furnishings etc.

I get wheezy in rooms vacated by cats, long after they've gone.

We stayed in a cottage once that was a 'no-pets-allowed' cottage.:gag: someone had had their little Tiddles there :suspect: trust me. What a rotten week I had drugged up on piriton.

If anybody does find an agent or landlord who is willing to accept a cat, please could you let me know aswell as we have one cat and will be looking for somewhere to rent in the summer :)

I was lucky, my (private) landlord allowed me to keep my cats. I think it is purely because he is a cat lover himself though.. every estate agent I tried refused to allow cats.

Good luck x

no way would i have another tenant with a cat - my now EX tenant purchased a kitten (without permission) which stunk the house out, left behind a heap of cat pooh and we now have to shampoo and fumigate all the carpets!

yep, sad thing is if they pee on the floor the floorboards soak it up, and it will stink for light years to come, hence why alot of landlords dont allow cats/dogs.

Originally posted by Don_Kiddick
And also when you eventually come to leave there's the risk that the next tennant is asthmatic & has a common cat-fur allergy.

Speaking from personal experience no amount of fettling clears all the dander from a room furnishings etc.

I get wheezy in rooms vacated by cats, long after they've gone.

We stayed in a cottage once that was a 'no-pets-allowed' cottage.:gag: someone had had their little Tiddles there :suspect: trust me. What a rotten week I had drugged up on piriton.

Same here, my flat where i live now used to have cats it was a good month + before I could breathe I nearly moved out!
I am now looking to buy and I will not buy a house that has cats in it/ if i'm forced too I shall have to have it in the contract that the owners rip all the carpets up before I move in. It's not worth feeling so unwell!

Originally posted by Evei
I shall have to have it in the contract that the owners rip all the carpets up before I move in. It's not worth feeling so unwell! That won't solve the problem Evei. My sister bought a 'cat house' and it's the radiators and gaps in the floorboards and all sorts of places that dust gets into that cause the biggest problems.

I lived there for 10 months, so had to investigate the sources of my swollen eyes and dripping nose.

The fur under the pantry door was horiffic :gag: I thought it was a real draught excluder until we came to paint and I was lying on the floor doing the skirting.... :gag: :help: :gag:

I moved into a house a few months ago that did allow me to have my two cats. This was through Mike Jollly estates, and we were honest about the cats up front. It wasn't a problem.

I can understand why landlords are reluctant tho. Our two little chaps are very well house-trained and don't tend to rip things up or have accidents in inappropriate places. We bought a new super-duper vacuum cleaner last week so we can keep on top of the hair buildup as much as possible too.

We were very lucky that the first house we looked at was cat-friendly, tastefully decorated, in an area we wanted to be in and at the right price. - we nearly snatched their hands off! I was resigned to having to give the cats up and had already arranged for my parents to take them off my hands if we really couldn't find anywhere, but thankfully it didn't come to that :clap:

It's nice to read about a responsible cat owner, Fantomas.

Far too many people get a cat 'because I can't look after a dog'. It's like getting a car and not paying the insurance, in my book. Why should cats be neglected? And I'm sure that's why there's so many re-homing cases. People just don't expect to have to put time into training, or expect a pet to be 'on tap'. Owning a pet is a resoponsibility and a commitment. And furniture damage along the way is to be expected/managed/minimised - re-homing is not an acceptable solution.

Rant over :D

Glad you got sorted :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Strix
Far too many people get a cat 'because I can't look after a dog'. It's like getting a car and not paying the insurance, in my book. Why should cats be neglected? And I'm sure that's why there's so many re-homing cases. People just don't expect to have to put time into training, or expect a pet to be 'on tap'. Owning a pet is a resoponsibility and a commitment. And furniture damage along the way is to be expected/managed/minimised - re-homing is not an acceptable solution.

You are right cats need to be trained to use a scratching post, it is not normal for a cat to do damage to a home if trained properly.

Majority of my cats cause no damage at all to our home, one cat does sadly rip the wallpaper in the hall with his teeth but we are in the process of training him not to.

But they all use their scratching posts and we have just bought a mega cat tree from Russel Hardy Designs which I highly recommend to any cat owners...
http://www.declawing.co.uk/scratchingposttree.html