“Exposed Secrets: The Shocking Consequences of Hiding Pets from Landlords!”
My mum adopted 3 cats when I was graduating high school. We lived in a basement unit of a duplex at the time. And the landlord’s parents who lived on the other side of us would just randomly walk in whenever they felt like it. Luckily we complained enough they started to knock first. And it was the knocking that we trained the cats to listen for and to run for my parents room to hide. We’d shut them in and wouldn’t let anyone inside the bedroom.
We managed to keep them hidden up until a month they renovicted us. They didn’t do anything about the cats.
My first apartment alone was a lonely period and I wanted a cat. I turned in the monthly rent check and asked the manager about the policy. She told me technically there was a “no pets” policy, but also then told me where several local shelters were and that she wouldn’t tell if I didn’t. That cat was my best friend and the only reason I made it through that period of my life.
I declared 2 cats when I moved in and paid an extra coupla hundred deposit that was noted as non refundable to get the carpets cleaned when we left. A year or so later, I got a third cat and successfully hid it through two years of inspections/maintenance call outs.
When the time came to move out, I didn’t bother hiding the third during the viewings (not that I think they noticed). I got my full deposit back, including the extra pet fee in the end too!
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