Lease, Shmease!
I once lived in an apartment, that shall remain nameless, in which I was generously allowed to have exactly one cat and one dog. It took approximately one year for me to shit on that contract and bring in a total of seven cats. Yes, I said seven. I had two regulars, but a revolving door of fosters and one day Bruce and I woke up and realized there were SEVEN cats in our 360 square foot apartment. Let me rephrase that. There were seven cats using us as a trampoline in the middle of the night as they flew through our studio like it was the final lap of Death Race 2000.
It was incredibly rude of us to take advantage of our landlord in such a way, but it was to save cats, so you know, it’s ok.
When reading Sara Cress’ Cathouse Confessional on Love Meow, I couldn’t help but remember all the antics I went through to hide my brood whenever my landlord came by to address a problem. Have any of you had to go through such lengths to keep your furry buddies on the DL?
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Lol, love this story because I can relate to the fear of having your apartment manager realize you have more pets than you pay pet rent for. But then half the time I wonder if they even care that much because in my 1st apartment I never told them when I adopted 2 cats, and one was always in the window. At apt #2, both can be seen in the same window at the same time every so often. I guess they’re used to sly shenanigans to an extent, which is good because $35/pet in rent on top of a pet deposit is not fair in my book!
This post is so funny! My last apartment was pet friendly so our first dog Happy was allowed to be in the apartment albeit for an additional $50/month plus an added security deposit. When we adopted a second dog, I refused to pay any more “pet rent” so I’d take the long way out the back of the building to avoid the front desk concierge anytime I walked the dogs. We moved shortly after. In my other apartment, I don’t think the landlord knew we had a dog until the day we moved out and they stopped by unexpectedly. Another person in the building had a dog so I just kinda assumed the building was pet friendly. I’m not sure it really was.