Originally Posted by
pattijo55
Usually an average of $300 for us when we rented homes with carpet. I just want to make one statement pertaining to renting..... children can damage a home probably worse than an animal. Dogs don't draw on walls with crayons. So look at families w/animals positively. Don't rule animals out as we were so many times. Animal people have big hearts. hugs p
I will agree and disagree with you.
I've been a landlord for around 15 years. I've repainted a lot of walls, and even patched a few. Had some marker stains and kool-aid stainst that wouldn't wash out of carpet, etc, from kiddos.
HOWEVER, I've had MANY properties where the carpet had to be completely torn out, pad and all, and in a few instances even the floor under the pad required "de-funking" - ALL due to PETS! PET damage is COSTLY! To the poster who said take the cost of shampooing and double it... unfortunately it's more like take the cost of new carpet and add on to that!
The original poster is not looking to get into the landlord business, I don't believe. It seemed to me like they were just looking for options for the house they ultimately want to sell. In that case, I 100% believe NO PETS is the way to go.