Unrealistic to think a house will come up that don't have pets?

[CactusFlr]

I'm not a pet owner and I'm adamant I don't want to buy a house that has pets but am I being unrealistic? Most of my family have or have had dogs. An EA mentioned it's about 70%. Is that really true, it's seems high to me?

I think it sounds about right.

But how would you know there are pets in the house that you buy?

We have a small dog who doesn't shed, we have hard floors and if we were selling we would remove all of his 'stuff' so you wouldn't actually know we have a dog here. There is no 'smell' to identify we have a dog.

Is it a question on the form you fill out when buying a house? The dog would never be here for photos or viewings so Im curious as to how you would know we have a dog? I doubt we would have told the estate agent either.

You really can't put any pressure on them to replace carpets. Whatever a previous poster said, you can't re-carpet a whole house for a few hundred quid.

Love that you are calling out my facts.

I never said 'a whole house' although you could depending on the house. I happen to live in a large 4 bed so didn't do the whole house, just 5 rooms (68m2) but if someone living in a 2 or 3 bed with 1 living room that would be pretty much whole house.

I literally even listed where I bought the carpets and which carpets I bought. I did 2 master bedrooms, 2 box room and a living room with 8mm underlays in each for if you want to be to the penny £516.36.

Its not up for debate, its absolute fact... you might CHOOSE to shop elsewhere and buy more expensive carpets and pay tradesmen to fit them but that does not mean you 'cant re-carpet' cheaper.

There are even many companies that will do whole house (standard 3 bed) re-carpeting from £600 with fitting, they are designed for BTL landlords though and pretty much only do two or three option of grey carpet.

OP can’t as it’s not their house purchase.

Again I know of many cat owners but there is one they their flat stinks and is horrible

it’s kinda wee, food and poo smell

maybe as a 2nd floor flat but they do go outside when door open and I’ve seen her cats walk down the stairs and I walk up them

I wouldn't have known. There was nothing in the pics on Rightmove but as soon as we entered on viewing there was a stair gate, dog bed and toys left in kitchen and food in utility.

I actually didn’t see that as I only read the opening post. Apologies to the OP

No offence taken 🙂