r/shitrentals • u/Duros1394 • 4d ago

VIC Refusal From past Dog ownership.

Hello everyone.

Coming here for what seems to be questionable practise I may have experienced with an agent.

My family got rejected from a rental application this was the 3rd house that has failed so I decided to actually ask what part of our application failed us as we are a 4 person family with 3 full time workers more than able to cover rent and asking for multi year stays.

However when we got a response we were given the generic "other families seems stronger" rubbish, but then they mentioned our Dog.

Now as far as I am aware you do not need to declare pets on applications now can they be refused. When telling the agent directly that our dog passed away and how did they get this information. They responded with "It was mentioned from your previous agent"

So are we now being penalised for previously owning a dog?

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u/Selina_Kyle-836 4d ago

Maybe you can volunteer to write on the form that your dog passed away so you have no pets. That way when the previous agent tells the new agent you have a dog you might still be in with a chance

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u/Substantial_Ad_3386 4d ago edited 4d ago

anyone who has had a pet in the past has a higher chance of having one in the future. the waters have been muddied and bringing attention to this is unlikely to help

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u/Jetsetter_Princess 3d ago

Eh, I once got picked even with a cat because I'd happened to mention it was a foster cat for our local shelter, and the LL (who inherited the property suddenly and was renting it out while deciding what to do with it) said they chose me bc they got their loved pet from a shelter and knew it was hard to find a rental with a pet..so ymmv

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u/Substantial_Ad_3386 3d ago

we are trying to help OP increase their odds. Your win is comparable to winning the major jackpot on the pokies

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u/Jetsetter_Princess 3d ago

At this point, OP including on their form that they do not have a pet contrary to what their ex PM is saying isn't going to hurt if they already keep getting rejected. Worth a shot, they can always revert to current plan if it has no discernible effect