Tasa Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Hi all! We are running into the issue of people not picking up after their dogs at our 4plex. I have sent multiple reminders to everyone and it has not improved; all I get is the "it's not me" defence. We picked up 29 piles yesterday, and I don't plan to do that again. Cameras are not in the budget right now so I have no way of pinpointing the main offenders, but there are poops of all sizes so I am fairly sure it's a team effort. I am looking for some input - have you had this problem before, and how did you correct it? Do you have something in your pet agreement or leases to address this issue? Fines? Requiring a monthly pet fee for cleanup? What worked, and what didn't? I'd like to do an addendum to the lease, but i want to make sure I'm being reasonable and 0so, I need some ideas. Thank you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Not many of my property owners that we manage let me do this cause they don't want a "bill"................. but when I set it up it worked out very well. So What I did is said that anyone with a dog will split the "dog waste pick up bill" on a monthly basis. So I set it up like a utility bill that is required to be paid if they had a dog. And then I had a vendor pick it up, and I split the bill with whom all had a dog that month. It worked and I just posted it to their ledger before the 1st and they paid it with their rent check. The tenants love it and stoped the back and forth issues. @Tasa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realtor Matt Miller Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 On 9/10/2018 at 1:38 PM, Tasa said: Hi all! We are running into the issue of people not picking up after their dogs at our 4plex. I have sent multiple reminders to everyone and it has not improved; all I get is the "it's not me" defence. We picked up 29 piles yesterday, and I don't plan to do that again. Cameras are not in the budget right now so I have no way of pinpointing the main offenders, but there are poops of all sizes so I am fairly sure it's a team effort. I am looking for some input - have you had this problem before, and how did you correct it? Do you have something in your pet agreement or leases to address this issue? Fines? Requiring a monthly pet fee for cleanup? What worked, and what didn't? I'd like to do an addendum to the lease, but i want to make sure I'm being reasonable and 0so, I need some ideas. Thank you! @Tasa I would just be up front. "Everyone is claiming that it's not their dog, so in 30 days I am changing the house rules and each unit that has a dog I will have a clean up service and that units portion will be due with rent" Cameras might not be in the budget but, maybe just one camera or a game camera. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Persinger Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I don't allow dogs in my multi family buildings but do in sfh's and I include a section in the lease that essentially says the tenant is responsible for pet waste cleanup and that if I deem that it is not being satisfactorially taken care or I will provide the service at their expense via a professional service. It's a little harder with everyone saying it's not them but like the folks said above, I would address the issue with all the tenants and say that everyone is blaming someone else as such they get to communally pay for it amongst the dog owners. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kassandra RPM Alaska Posted September 27, 2018 Moderators Share Posted September 27, 2018 Thats a good point - Some properties are okay with pets and others are not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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