Your question is subjective, I disregard references from Landlords and Agents as they “may” have their own agenda for providing a glowing report
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i once read a glowing report from social about a chap who needed employment They did not know that I knew him . It was the exact opposite of what I knew him to be, as A thieving, alcoholic, womanising , dirty individual
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This is literally the only explanation ever needed as to why references are more often than not totally worthless!
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It isn’t, it’s an example of what’s legal to do and yet is totally wrong, despite the law saying different.
Landlords are aware of this being all too common and mindful of the impact of this on their property, hence not tolerating this going on in their property.
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I totally agree I’m sick of being told as a landlord what we can and can’t do. We can’t evict them when they don’t pay!!! All the rights are on tenants side. If we don’t pay are mortgage we lose our house. 
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I am a landlord, had a tenant from hell with two dogs, left the property a mess and full of fleas. I had to renovate the entire house, hire two skips to get rid of her trash, hire pest control twice to kill fleas, changed carpets, repainted the house, etc. etc.
That’s why I don’t accept tenants with pet any more.
Landlord can’t charge more deposit (maximum is 5-week rent), but if you offer significantly higher rent some may consider.
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Hi Mingus, I’m a landlord too and I note your comments with interest.
We have legal choices at the start of a tenancy in which applicant to offer a tenancy to a pet owner or a non pet owner, however, when these idiotic laws do come into effect our choices will be considerably if not totally void when the new tenant becomes an existing tenant and then choose to home a pet.
As I understand we are going to get applicants stating they have no intention of acquiring a pet in order to gain the Tenancy yet can change their minds once they have got residence.
I for one if left with no other option will sell each property that presents me with that scenario rather than tolerate all the issues and problems assiciated with animals in my properties but is this what the government is deviously engineering so their able to pull the capital gains tax from the sale of landlords property’s and all this crap about tenants need pets to enhance their mental health is purely a smokescreen.
It stands to reason that currently with the billions in government spending in their pathetic attempts to control energy costs the politicians will be seeking instant harvesting of CGT to refill the coffers
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then spend millions to rehouse people in tents
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Agree with you, 2,000%.
a good side to it maybe that those of us who hang in there will have a better selection of good tenants from landlords who are cashing in .Or is that wishfull thinking?
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The lack of social housing is a government problem, not my dogs…they accept dogs, there just aren’t any. I’d rather not go private now if I had dogs or not. The amount of vitriolic comments towards people in benefits or in desperate situations in some of these forums is disgusting and the day to day wondering if that’s the day the landlord wants his house back. It’s national dog day, I guess you won’t be celebrating?
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The argument is never ending.
Landlords do not have any social responsibility to have to house the unfortunate stranger, who’s circumstance
is usually due to poor life choices, laziness, recklessness or stupidity.
Incidentally I choose to allow tenants who are disabled, after careful consideration of course.
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when it is national cat day I will be happy I like cats and whenI lived in Wales we had some cats that all lived OUTDOORS . Feral cats.Got them all doctored and when we moved Took a couple with us esp the 3 legged one .It lives outdoors only , never in the house. Ilike dogs too but I could not stomach cleaning up after a dog. We are all different.
It’s the lack of security with renting privately that motivated me to get my own place, back in the day.
When renovating our rental property we actually changed the type of flooring downstairs to accommodate a potential tenant who had a dog. For different reasons we decided not to go with this person in the end.
I will be celebrating National Dog Day as I have one, and have every sympathy for tenants with pets but can also see why a landlord would be unwilling to take the extra risk without any hope in hell of reimbursement for any damages.
Most tenants, not all of course, simply do not look after the home they have been provided with, as well as if they owned it. I have found that with all our tenants and none had pets or children.
So imagine the possible damage with an animal who isn’t being properly cared for in the mix.
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I totally understand what you’re saying.
I’m on housing benefit because of a spinal injury which creates a limited capability for work.
I did physical work from the day I left school, first with horses then a qualified as a chef working for years in London.
I’m no slouch.
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I have a tenant with a spinal injury also after a motorcycle accident. Always worked as a gas engineer prior to the accident. Hes probably the most reliable tenant.
Arguments tend to arise from generalising groups as people take exception, landlords included. Having a label pinned on you can cause uproar!
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Agree and at no point have I said anything against my landlord who has been brilliant or generalised a landlords situation. In fact I think the new pet law is a farce so can’t understand why I’m being attacked. It’s not helping my current situation. No arrears here after 13 years and no damage, replaced flooring and been a generally good tenant.
Please let me know when it’s national aquatic day as I support and offer very nice homes to applicants looking to house goldfish. Perhaps you should take a page out of their book and join that club, could be a lot less problematic
I had a tenant who in order to get fish tank in an alcove cut out the 9" deep fancy skirting to the chimney side. ! strange how they think renting ,allows them to do anything. No more fish tanks for me.
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I’d like to think that could be the case but equally Collin I think there may be even more government pressure making us take whoever they want us to house as they are going to be so desperate with an ever shrinking estate of housing stock
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