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    Default Pet Fees in Apartments/Condoes/anywhere

    I've lived in apartments since I was 19 years old. In a little over three and a half years I have lived in five, yes five, different apartments (Never been evicted or anything, I just am never satisfied. Besides I enjoy moving.) from anywhere between 2 months to a full year. The entire time I have had a cat, Merlin. (<~~Go see the fabulous kittyluv Merlin!)

    Out of these 5 different apartments I have paid the pet fee (and now I have three cats) three times. It's not a deposit that is returned later, it is non-refundable. Each time I paid it I only paid it for one cat despite the fact that I had acquired more. When I did not pay the fees I never had any trouble from the apartment complex at all.

    So here's my question. Does anyone else pay the pet fees?? Does anyone not pay the pet fees?? Has anyone ever actually gotten in trouble for not paying a pet fee and what did you have to do to redeem yourself?? I know this sounds random but whenever I move to a new place I always have a debate with myself about whether I'm paying the fee and if I'm going to pay it for all three pets (which I have never yet done.) On top of that, I have plenty of friends who have never paid a pet fee and seem to be doing just fine.
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    I usually pay a $200 extra deposit for my cat. One time I lived in an apartment complex and they found out we had more than 1 cat and said if he don't get rid of the cat we would get evicted. I had to put my cat back at my moms house.

    On a side note I think pet rent is stupid. I've usually seen a pet rent for $20-30 per month on top of the regular rent. Never wanted to live in a place where they had pet rent.
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    It really depends on how the apartments are set up. If it's a smaller place where if someone would actually notice that you didn't pay the deposit and had animals, you'd be skrewed. Also, (most places aren't set up like this) but if you live in a place where the bedrooms in your apartment are rented out individually and management can walk in at any second of the day...it's also probably not a good idea not to pay.

    I've never paid a fee for mine. My dog also weighs twice the allowed weight for dogs and is a full blooded "BANNED" breed (chow chow). Lucky for me my apartment is so big that the people handling pet deposits and the people coming into my apartment are two different groups of people. Also my chow chow is the cutest thing ever and most people don't even know what she is.

    If you got caught they'd probably ask you to pay (because you JUST rescued your cats a couple days before and have been so busy getting them healthy haven't thought notifying the apartment yet) or they'd ask you to get rid of them. If that was the case, I'd just move. I love moving too

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    Quote Originally Posted by TigersMilk View Post
    One time I lived in an apartment complex and they found out we had more than 1 cat and said if he don't get rid of the cat we would get evicted.
    That's wild. You would think they would just let you pay the additional fee. Is that an option too?? Weird.
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    ^^Depends on the apartment complex. Some are cool with an extra deposit and some aren't.
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    the apartment i am in has a non refundable pet fee of 100 dollars, but they do not charge me pet rent like som eplaces or a deposit.

    the 100 is for cleaning of the carpets and making sure everything is flea free for the next person.

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    I would pay it just to avoid getting evicted if they ever found out. My new apartment has a $300 pet deposit that's supposed to be per pet, but they just let you pay the $300 if you have more than one. And there's fucking pet rent! 10 bucks a month per animal. So we're going to be paying 20 extra a month to have my cats there. How lame is that?

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    That's super lame virgo. WTF. I have never had to pay a pet rent before thank good. but the fee is like 250 for little Merlin and I just don't pay it for Bailey and Fugee.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joplin View Post
    I've never paid a fee for mine. My dog also weighs twice the allowed weight for dogs and is a full blooded "BANNED" breed (chow chow). Lucky for me my apartment is so big that the people handling pet deposits and the people coming into my apartment are two different groups of people. Also my chow chow is the cutest thing ever and most people don't even know what she is.
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    anytime i get a new place i make sure to shave down my chow mix so she looks more like a lab.

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    Quote Originally Posted by i.breathe.in View Post
    anytime i get a new place i make sure to shave down my chow mix so she looks more like a lab.
    ahah thats awesome.


    I haven't moved yet with my chow but before I take her to go pee I brush her so her hair as super fluffy so she looks over the top cute. When people ask I just say that I don't know what she is even though she's CLEARLY a chow, ahah

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    In Ontario it is not legal to discriminate on the basis of pet ownership in rental housing. Every lease has a "no pets" clause that is completely unenforceable. If they made you pay a "pet fee" the savvy tenant would just pay it, and then apply to get it back.
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    That's awesome. I think it should be illegal here too. I had never thought of that before.
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    Here its $500 pet deposit per cat (up to 2). I didnt pay it and have been here almost a year now. And they know about the cats - luckily the maintenance guy who knows about them is my neighbor and I get along with him and his family so he wont say anything....

    Ive never paid a pet deposit - I just dont tell them I have a pet and if they find out Ill play stupid and then pay it.

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    out here it seems everywhere has the same policy - $300 refundable fee, $300 nonrefundable fee, $25 a month extra rent. That's each per pet. so f I were to pay the fees, at $600 per pet times my 3 pets, I'm looking at $1,800 in pet fee's, plus an additional $75 a month in rent.

    no thanks. Hell..I even walk my dog up to the apartment office and they never ask quesions or say anything.

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    I pay $25 a month pet rent, but didn't have to pay any deposit for my cat. I don't mind the $25 a month, it's such a small fee.

    I'd really just pay it wherever you are, rather than risk getting kicked out because you didn't.

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    I know there's a 150-300 pet deposit for my apartment--maybe half of it would be refundable, half not-- and then there's like 25 a month pet rent.

    ridiculous!

    I would have paid it, but first I always try to get away with not paying it--
    because my thinking is, worst case-- they tell you to start paying it, which may
    be months after moving in.

    Second-- my dog is twice the weight limit, and a rottweiler so it's considered banned.

    I got caught early on because I would let me dog out into the courtyard for my building (there's maybe twelve buildings and I'm in a back corner) and one morning my dog had to go to the bathroom a ton and I was all groggy early in the morning.

    anyways, I think someone complained once, and then once one of the office guys who lives in a building across from me saw me.

    so-- when they came by I just said I was babysitting my boyfriend's dog.

    he goes to daycare, and sometimes if I get a post saying they're going to be doing inspections or fix something, I have him spend the night at daycare for a few days.

    I'm pretty sure most of them know he lives here, but since I live on the first floor, I let him out on a long leash out my bedroom window which faces the back parking lot and not near the courtyards.

    sometimes the maintenance people see him, but there hasn't been a problem thus far six months in (knock on wood.)

    Thank goodness for non-existent boyfriends.

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