“Exposed Secrets: The Shocking Consequences of Hiding Pets from Landlords!”
We had actually signed a ‘pet addendum’ that the agent gave us and paid an additional ‘pet deposit’. Turns out the landlord had no knowledge of this, didn’t give the go ahead for an addendum to be created, and didn’t allow pets at all. Fortunately we had copies (and copies of the emails the agent sent us with the document attached). They asked us for proof of all vaccinations & parasitics from the vet (per the fake ‘addendum’) or threatened to take the whole pet deposit. We provided the documents and they didn’t take any of the ‘pet deposit’. Guess the agent screwed up royally but it was a good lesson to learn – keep absolutely everything, even if you don’t think it’s necessary.
I had a friendly stray cat – probably a pet someone dumped – who decided to move into my place when I was renting while in grad school. The landlord was very hands off and very rarely came around, but after I’d had this cat for months, he did stop in because my AC was broken.
I’d planned on making sure the cat was outside when the landlord was going to come by, but then he just popped up unannounced. Because it was hot as hell inside my house, I’d opened my doors for air circulation. Landlord walks in and sees the cat lounging on my living room floor, and he was like “oh I didn’t know you had a cat.” I looked that man dead in the eye and said “I don’t know that cat.” Idk if he believed me or not, but he shrugged and nothing more was said about it. The cat and I continued living there for like three more years.
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