I was involved in a court case as a material witness and had an allergy test done , small sample of blood taken ,luckily the defendant was found not guilty as I was immunocompromised the test was ruled unlawful!
I have rented my property out through an estate agency in Manchester. I have removed the option of pets within the property as I have a severe allergy to dust and dust mites.
For medical reasons you can be exempt from this.
You may have to prove it h though ! Saying that I would refuse anybody seeing my medical records!
I have allergies and now I just ask questions to the tenants before doing any viewing if they have any pets or planning to have any pets as I am not going to take that risk for myself. I manage properties by myself.
One of my tenant replied before viewing and he said that he can understand as he got allergies too. Also he ask the questions before he would go and see any properties if there were any pets in the property.
In my opinion, itās good for everyone including legals should understand and respect about individualās decision for to allow pets or not.
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Thereās often some confusion around the pet-related provision in the Rentersā Rights Bill. While the bill aims to make it easier for tenants to request permission to keep a pet, this right would only apply after the person becomes a tenant, it doesnāt extend to people applying to rent a property.
In other words, it seems that landlords would still be able to indicate whether pets are allowed or not in property adverts.
The bill is still in draft form and may be subject to minor changes before becoming law, but this is what the current version says.
Iāve explained this in more detail in our blog post about pets in lets.
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Hi, I also have allergies and I donāt allow pets in the properties as I so inspections and attend for PPM plus maintenance issues.
If I were to pay others for basics like these I would have to build in the cost to tenants rents so planning to continue to avoid pets.
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Just keep checking the forums or landlord associations to ensure your position remains legal
The other thing as well if you send tradesmen round there and he has a allergy you may leave your self wide open
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I run a 33 room hmo and have 6 rooms with dogs
Iāve advertised as dog friendly
bet that keeps you busy!
Not really we have a wonderful bunch of people who are extremely grateful they may have their dogs as there is such a shortage of places that allow dogs
This gap in the market suits us to keep rooms fully occupied
So if you were allergic to nuts or something else would you forbid yiur tenant from eating ANYTHING with nuts in or even using nuts or nut based things when you visit.
Personally as a tenant i would fully accept that the ll had an allergy to dogs (or whatever) and when said inspection was due would air the house out and keep ontop of the cleaning and make sure the gousebis well ventilated at keast fir the duration of your visit and said dog would be either with a neighbour or in the back garden whilst you inspect
Itās the airborne dander
Unless you have surgical theatre level ventilation it doesnāt make a difference
The tenant that had a dog licked it in the bathroom
I still couldnāt breath
Why are they licking their dog?
I assume you mean locked it in the bathroom
Maybe tou need to get someone else like a family member or friend to do the inspections then
I have read that the RRB amendment allowing landlords to refuse a pet request where they reasonably believe that the pet may have a negative impact due to allergens, has been rejected in the House of Lords.
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