If you have a dog-what features do you want in a home?
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Anonymous
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Pet/real estate mashup! If you had a dog but no kids, what kinds of features would you look for in a home, aside from a fenced yard. I ask bc we are selling our home and have a showing tomorrow and they are in their fifties with no kids, but they have a dog (I don't know the size). I sent the agent a list of features like
-across the street from the dog park -plumbing roughed in for a shower or dedicated dog wash station -near the bike trail for walks also although the yard we have is big, you have to go down a very tall deck to get to it. Maybe this is not a big deal to them but would kind of be a turnoff to me if I had a dog, I'd rather just open te door and send the dog into a yard or a short deck with few stairs. |
Anonymous
| I'd want a yard with enough woods where the dog can do his business and I don't have to clean up after him. |
Anonymous
| All of the above - sounds like you've got a lot of big dog friendly features OP, except the steps down to the yard. Can you access the yard by going out the front and round the side? |
Anonymous
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Maybe this sounds dumb, but I have a Yorkie. He needs carpeted stairs. Otherwise he falls down them when he slips. He also is afraid of porch steps, but I've trained him to do it (he can see through them).
But nothing in this area was a deal breaker, buyers have to be flexible. |
Anonymous
Pp yes! Dog could easily go out the front, then down just a few steps to the side. |
Anonymous
Problem solved then. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| Not on a busy road |
Anonymous
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We recently bought a new home out of state. We have a large dog - kids are grown and gone. We were willing to make adjustments if we found the right house that did not have all the “dog-friendly” amenities. As it turned out, we found a house with:
- a large fenced in yard that is pretty level - a dog wash room (although our dog will NOT get in it) - a side door to let the dog out We have a deck with no stairs going to the yard, but that is not necessary since we can let him out the side into the fenced in yard. He likes laying on the deck watching the birds and other things going on. I like it that he cannot get to the yard from there. Another thing we love is that there is a spot for his food bowl and water bowl in the laundry room off the kitchen. It is nice not having to feed him in the kitchen. So, if there is a place where they can feed their pooch, that would be another thing to point out. |
Anonymous
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They would probably put a gate at the top the deck.
Do you have a walkout from a lower level? |
Anonymous
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I would care about areas in the house to keep dogs blocked in. Sometimes with open floor plans there's no way you can confine the dog in the kitchen or wherever.
We use baby gates and the dog sleeps in the kitchen. |
Anonymous
| Good stuff thank you! Yes it has a walk out basement. |
Anonymous
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An easy place to put up gates to limit dog's access to the rest of the house when we aren't there. Or a good place to put a dog crate.
Out of the way location for food and water bowls. Fenced yard is a no-brainer. |
Anonymous
| This is OP. Ok so we have the yard, the walk out basement, and a den off the kitchen that is easy to block off. Plus there's this random large room off the main powder room. It was supposed to be a shower but we never put the shower in, so it's plumbed and could be a dog wash, and it's also the perfect spot for a kennel and food bowls. Plus the backyard was a patio that is covered by the deck above, so the dog can get a break from the heat or the rain. As noted, the dog park is across the street and bike bath a block away. Here's hoping these dog lovers can get past the stairs! The virtual tour plainly shows the high deck and stairs and they didn't nix it...yet. |
Anonymous
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No carpet floors!
The rest doesn't matter for me. |
Anonymous
| It wouldn't occur to me to account for the dog at all, to be honest. A sturdy fence would be great. |