Would you still view the house?

[JollyGreenLemur]

My house is up for sale and we have a reactive dog, its a collie, barks and bounces about in the window like a wild animal when people pass, would this stop you viewing a house?
Yes - yabu
No - yanbu

Are you selling the dog with the house?

It would put me off for sure. I'd just see the dog at the window, I wouldn't know that he wouldn't be there for viewings.

It wouldnt worry me that much as the dog would be going but if there was a large barky dog next door I would be concerned

Wouldn't put me off. I'd check the dog wasn't going to be there for viewings (but also I know collies are lovely so wouldn't be hugely concerned).

Re dog smell - people are so shortsighted when buying houses. My best friend bought a house that absolutely REEKED of cigarette smoke. It had been inhabited by a man and his wife whose mental health had become very poor and they'd chain smoked in the house without leaving for years. My friend got a very low offer accepted. Ripped out all the soft furnishings, scrubbed the place like a demon for weeks and within a couple of months had a lovely home in a very desirable area for a much lower cost (and later sold it for a freaking fortune compared to what she paid!) Yes smells are stinky and some cling but stuff like smells or colours or whatever aren't permanent.

My husband and I went to view a house years ago and they had a dog.

They put it in an outbuilding during the viewing.

The dog itself wasn't the problem. The problem was the whole house stunk of dog.

We didn't stop long and we told the Estate Agent why we didn't like the property in no uncertain terms !

😳

Collies are lovely, true. Under-exercised, under-stimulated, untrained intelligent dogs like collies are not so lovely.

It’s the price, not the dog.

Because of the dirt, smell, potential embedded stains etc. Of course that limits my choice of properties, and it limits the choice of buyers for the sellers.

Unless there is a video of the dog acting crazy on Rightmove, I can’t see how people would know. I’ve never wandered past a house and decided I might want to buy it. I look on Rightmove only and contact the estate agent. As long as it’s not there when viewing and the house doesn’t absolutely reek, then I can’t really see how people would know.

no but I have a rough collie and a sheltie so I'd be asking if the dog comes with the house 😅

I think it might put some people off because some people don't want to buy a house that smells of dog.
I would assume that the dog wasn't going to be at the viewings so that wouldn't put me off but I might wonder whether the dog was badly trained and had trashed things in the house.
Can't you keep the dog in another room or screen off the front window so it isn't reacting to everything while you are trying to sell?

I suspect there's something else wrong though because I can't imagine all potential viewers would drive past, see the dog and then decide not to view after all.

No that’s not the reason

We hid all evidence of dog, sent her to stay with a friend for a week, had carpets and sofa steam cleaned and cleaner did a day of scrubbing. She is a black labrador, luckily not a smelly one but hairy.
I pride myself on the house not smelling doggy usually- she is mostly on hard surfaces and we usually have windows open, but I think I would probably have placed bets on viewers not guessing we owned a dog after all that. I like my dog, but not necessarily others. And I don’t like dog smell (apart from her paws which smell lovely!).
But I wouldn’t think that driving by and seeing your collie would put people off. More likely listing (photos/floorplan) or price. Good luck.

Yes and I love dogs. Collies are particularly gorgeous. But if it was a viewing, I don't know you or your dog and I'd be worried it might eat me.

Yes really the majority of of dogs owners are oblivious to how vile and nauseating the stench of dog is
trotting out the line of “my dog doesn’t smell “

It wouldn't put me off at least looking (and smelling) the house. It's easy enough to determine if there's any damage inflicted by the dog on the first visit, and if you don't look, you'll never know. I'd be surprised if the dog is putting off everyone who might be interested in the house, but if possible, I'd keep the dog away from the most visible windows for a while, just in case.

I wouldn’t view as I wouldn’t be able to concentrate.

And there’s that too. Smells disgusting and you really cannot get it out of carpets.

It wouldn’t stop me viewing but it would really irritate me if the dog was barking a lot when I was viewing and might mean I don’t look that closely at the house.

Not at all. We bought a house that had 3 sausage dogs going balistic the whole time we were there on both viewings...
We have our own furry squad, so dog smell wasnt a concern either (and I think a lot of people have at least one pet so will understand).
If the house is great for someone for other reasons... I'm sure a dog won't put them off...unless he comes free with it haha.

You need to get some help to get him sorted out for your own sake!!

you can definitely train him out of it💕

Why not?

the smell would distract you that much?

How?

Oh right. Fair enough.

there is SO little on the market here, there's no way I'd rule a house out because of a relatively minor problem.