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Selling with large dog in home
We're not quite ready to sell our house, but I do have some questions. Both DH and I work FT and we have 2 cats and a 90lb dog (and hopefully a baby by then). How does showing the house work if we're both at work and we have a large dog on the loose (we don't crate her and she'd be really anxious if we did)? I've often heard that showings are short notice, so would we have to go home and pick up the dog so she's not there? How does this work? I'm certainly not looking forward to doing this, but I don't think renting an apartment and moving out will be an option for us (so that our TH is empty for showings). Thanks for your thoughts.
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Re: Selling with large dog in home
When our house was on the market, we were able to put pretty clear instructions that we needed 24 hour notice for appts. W/ a little one- I had to have notice. We still did get 1 or 2 last minute requests, but you can always say "no" to that if you want (although I did everything in my power to not do that!!).
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That would make it easier to arrange doggy day care for her (and not have to leave work so much!). Thank you!
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In my experience, the seller's agent notes that there are pets in the full listing the REAs have access to, with any special instructions about being careful to not let them out if they're not crated or that 24-hour notice is required due to pets.
If it's going to make your dog anxious to have strangers in the house, I would definitely require 24 hours notice in the lsiting, and consider anyone who doesn't give you that courtesy (rude!) on a case by case basis, not feeling bad at all if you can't accommodate them.
We had to get our apartment rented to break our lease and it can be tough with pets. We have a bernese mountain dog who H's mom helps with and a cat. I kid you not, during a showing our cat chased a person who happened to be scared of cats around the apartment. Oy. Ironically, that person ended up renting the apartment
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We saw a few houses that had animals present that were not in crates. Definitely have your listing agent put it in the notes on the house. You could let people in with the dog there if you think your dog will behave. Ours would jump on everyone. If that's not an option then you'll have to do the 24 hours notice like pps mentioned.
H loves dogs and if there was a friendly one in the house, he would usually play with it instead of fully focusing on the house.
We did for sale by owner so I would show the house while DH took our dog and our toddler (if she wasn't in daycare) for a walk or a car ride.
If it was during work hours, we would just have to come home, show the house and then go back to work. It was a hassle but we ended up getting an offer we accepted within 2 weeks.
I think having a big dog would definitely deter a lot of buyers - the cats are less of a problem since most people aren't scared of them.
When we went to see a house (to buy), someone had left two big dogs in the yard without telling our realtor and we were a little taken aback since there is no way to know if they are friendly or not. And DH and I are both dog lovers.
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Hey Beck! When we sold our last home we had a request for a last minute showing when we were out of town and my brother was dog-sitting (at our house). He happened to be at work, and we had no one to go grab our dog. I let our REA know she was home and loose, but very friendly and he threatened to cancel the showing.
I ended up calling my neighbors (had their number only for emergencies) and they came and took her for a walk during the showing. As it turns out that those who saw the house were the people who bought it -- so thankfully we didn't lose it.
I would recommend maybe mentioning the possibility to your neighbors ahead of time if you are friendly with them. It is nice to have a back-up just in case.
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