Dog came to our house viewing

Absolutely but it should be requested. Just as at a job interview reasonable adjustments would be requested (and should be approved). If the person had a severe allergy to dogs and it’s their home then it wouldn’t be reasonable. Unlikely but surely right for the agent to check first?

I totally agree with you but dogs are allowed everywhere now, hadn’t you heard? I’m surprised they’re not in swimming pools or being brought into operations by surgeons.

All of the properties I have viewed have been empty….and a request made of the estate agent to bring a dog. It’s genuinely totally acceptable in the small corner of London where I am looking to bring a dog!

Surely most people would also have some level of compassion and understanding for someone suffering severe allergies which could also constitute a disability no?

Eh - not permitting a blind person to bring a dog in…..is discriminatory. That is a reasonable adjustment.

Totally agree

@Fanlover1122

I suspect you have a great fantasy life, but on the off chance you're legit, what you said just makes you sound like an Entitled Arse.

No matter what the property is valued at, the owners could have their own pets who wouldn't want your dig in their space or someone in the family could have allergies.

£££ does not buy you a life free if being told NO.

id rather have all the pets at Battersea come in than some people.

It’s a private property for sale and provided the owner isn’t preventing anyone with a protected characteristic from buying her house or not allowing reasonable adjustments for someone to view her house then she’s not being discriminatory in any way!

I wouldn’t say it’s reasonable to be holding a dog over someone’s cot or letting it run around a garden without permission. Fair enough it didn’t wee or poo but what would the agent have done if it did, magically appeared with a Tupperware to catch said wee or poo before it touched the grass, or worse carpet?

For another perspective - we live far from family and were moving 90 mins from where we lived (by public transport - longer by car). I was heavily pregnant during viewings and we had to do 5-6 per time. All of this took over 4 hours so we had to take our dog as nobody to pop in for her.

that being said, we just went in one by one unless an owner was keen to meet her (which did actually happen quite a lot, she was invited in) and then discussed the houses once we’d both looked separately. So I don’t think it makes you weird to take a dog but it’s quite odd not to ask, you’re right to flag it!

I was selling an apartment about 15 years ago, 3 bed, two reception rooms, in an excellent area.

This woman arrived, she didn't knock, sounded like she kicked the door off the wall. A really ignorant piece of work, complained that I didn't have a dishwasher then stalked out. I was furious. It was my home, I'd spent the entire morning making sure it looked well and put the dog in the car (it was winter don't worry & he had a bone).

As soon as she left I vowed she would not be living there, her rudeness, entitlement attitude put me off. I was close to my neighbours and there was no way I would've subjected them to that. She put in a pathetic offer and I took the apartment off the market and sold it for +£40k a few years later.

Sometimes money isn't everything, especially if you have a good relationship with your neighbours.

Shame about the blind person eh? Surely most people would have some level of compassion and understanding for a disabled person?

If you can't afford a dog sitter, leave it in the car, or tie it up outside, like people used to do.

The house owner may have an allergy.

Totally inappropriate for them to allow that and I’d also be extremely concerned about the estate agent lying. I’d argue that would be a breach of their contract since they’ve breached trust and take my business elsewhere.

@Nopenope99nope

its a few minutes... only if you're buying the house next door!!

Why would a guide dog need prior arrangement? That is incredibly discriminatory?

Of the four properties I have seen recently, all
have been empty, the estate agent has been asked if it’s ok for dog to come. Not one estate agent had an issue with it. Perhaps it’s just more acceptable in the area I live in?

I'd have assumed that no dogs at a house viewing (guide dogs with prior arrangement) was a societal norm.

Rather like no prostitutes at work, but in 2018 the House of Commons had to introduce a rule as some entitled people have no concept of societal norms.

What prospective buyer brings a dog, wtf?! Equally wtf to the estate agent. I’d be fuming OP.

It's not OK to bring a dog into your house without permission. If a viewer needs to bring one for some good reason, they should ask first and see what can be worked out, eg for a service dog. There may be allergies or other reasons that the estate agent doesn't know about it.

You do though. How did you not cringe at yourself as you typed this: at the price point I am looking at I don’t expect to hear a no 🤭

You are welcome to accept dogs into your own place, but not to expect to take them into other people's just because you have money. Clearly the person selling those places does too.

Allergies, religion, other pets in the house, fear. Any number of reasons apart from it just not being necessary to take your dog to a house viewing.

I’m a dog lover and take my dog to dog friendly pubs/cafes semi regularly which I know is not popular on here but taking my dog into someone else’s home without express permission??? Absolutely not 😱 I can see why you’re fuming

Wow,I love dogs,but that’s totally unacceptable on so many levels.So many what if’s,potential deadly allergies etc.I would be thanking this agents for their services and leaving glowing review for them.

No one is looking down on anyone or saying you are unreasonable. Each to their own.

When we sold our home, we had babies just learning to crawl. We asked the estate agent to ask people to take shoes off. You're in someone's home, looking to buy it, not walking round an office or a shop. The audacity of people to think bringing their dog across another family's floor is ok. That's before you involve issues with allergies/other pets etc. And your estate agent LIED to you? Check your contract, and sack them.