Pets tend to destroy a lot of stuff, intentionally or not. If you are renting out an apartment and would have to replace the sofa because a tennant’s cat doesn’t have a scratching post, versus renting out to someone who doesn’t have a cat and that problem vanishes. Pee on the floorboards can get into them and bloat (i.e. pet misses the litterbox, just wants attention or got sick). You can’t control these accidents, unless you put them in diapers, which nobody obviously does.
The deposit only covers so much; for example if the deposit is $1000 in damages, but what if the animals end up causing $2000? Then you only pay $1000 when the overall damage is assessed.
What the fuck kind of dystopic garbage is “pet rent”? Is this something I’m too actual tenant rights to understand?
Pets tend to destroy a lot of stuff, intentionally or not. If you are renting out an apartment and would have to replace the sofa because a tennant’s cat doesn’t have a scratching post, versus renting out to someone who doesn’t have a cat and that problem vanishes. Pee on the floorboards can get into them and bloat (i.e. pet misses the litterbox, just wants attention or got sick). You can’t control these accidents, unless you put them in diapers, which nobody obviously does.
What is the deposit for then?
The deposit only covers so much; for example if the deposit is $1000 in damages, but what if the animals end up causing $2000? Then you only pay $1000 when the overall damage is assessed.
And if the human tenant causes more than $1000 in damage?