Tenants Have a Cat!!!
When I advertised my apartment on Craig’s list I was very clear that pets were not allow. I’ve discovered yesterday that one of my tenants has a cat. I was in my backyard and saw the cat on the window sill. I don’t want to seem anal, but a rule is a rule. They signed…
When I advertised my apartment on Craig’s list I was very clear that pets were not allow. I’ve discovered yesterday that one of my tenants has a cat. I was in my backyard and saw the cat on the window sill. I don’t want to seem anal, but a rule is a rule. They signed the rider and agreed to it, so they’re actually breeching a contract. How should I handle the situation without any animosity?
3:01 – I can’t believe you think that just because the op said ” a rule’s a rule” you interpret that as because the op only cared about the rule being followed. The op asked a reasonable question and provided the scenario.
But I really don’t get at all you insisting that we should all doubt the op because “neither the rider nor the craiglist post was reproduced”. What???
Who cares? You know, the op could be making this up out of whole cloth. This isn’t a court of law. Everyone here is offering opinions based on the scenario (hypothetical or not) offered by the op. If the facts aren’t true, who cares, but as a forum, this isn’t about the op’s offering proof of their question before they can solicit opinions from others.
Geez, I don’t ask whether people really have a plumbing problem when they post. If the OP gave incorrect information and he/she accepts our answers based on it, what good is that for him? What’s the point anyway?
When you willingly sign a contract for something, a rule IS a rule. That’s the whole point of a contract, that 2 people agree to terms. I hope you never sign a contract with someone and have them decide to break a few significant terms while you are in the middle of it. I can’t imagine you’d be so understanding.
Whatev, 3:01.
Forum on this blog is very helpful for many many people. I have received great information here. There’s nothing wrong whatsoever with this woman asking for opinions from fellow property owners.
3:01,
I don’t understand why you consider the OP’s comment “a rule is a rule” anal. Aren’t there rules in our every day life that we have to adhere to no matter how absurd we think they are. If you don’t wear your seat belt and you’re caught you are given a ticket and penalized for not adhering. Why should the “no pet” rule be any different.
I never said the OP had to give a reason, 2:33, but she did choose to provide one. She also said “a rule’s a rule,” which clearly indicated that strict adherence to this rule was actually what she desired. (Even though she doesn’t want to be anal…) Personally, I wouldn’t want to live in a building where my landlord bases her decisions on blog comments, especially since neither the rider nor the craigslist post was reproduced, thus allowing an intelligent discussion of what rules the tenants actually signed onto.
10:20, why does the OP have to explain ANY reason for not wanting cats? If I spent over a million on a building I’d figure I get to set whatever rules I want and if people want to live there they can deal or they can go elsewhere. It’s not like this is the only apartment building in all of NYC and these tenants had nowhere else to go.
It just shows such entitlement and dishonesty to be a cat owner and take an apartment that says no cats AND sign something acknowledging they know they don’t allow cats. What a loser. I wouldn’t want them as my tenant just based on their personality!
Oh, yeah, and just cause I want to be number 100, I venture to say that this is more about “control” than it is about cats.
Well, with 98 posts about this already–98 posts!–I doubt anyone will read this, but anyway….
One question that was never asked of the OP regarding his allergies was this: doesn’t he go to other people’s apartments whose neighbors have cats? I sincerely doubt that he’s experienced an allergic reaction from visiting a third-floor apartment in a building with the tenants on the second and fourth floors had a cat.
I’m speaking as someone who can’t be in a room with a cat for longer than five minutes without runny eyes/sneezing/wheezing, but I lived in a building where everyone except me had a cat and never had a problem (unless someone invited me to their place for coffee).
Amen!
I mean realy…..Cry me a freaking river already.
A deal is a deal. NO PETS
As a cat fanatic myself, I still have no sympathy for this tenant.
There are PLENTY of apartments all across NYC that do allow cats and if you really truly cared about your pets you’d actually make the f-ing effort to find an apartment in which the cats can legally, comfortably reside. Without threat of being given away because their owner was too selfish and lazy to find an apartment that allowed cats.
I never had a problem finding an apartment that allowed cats. Nor has any of my friends. It’s not impossible to find, gimme a break.