❌ Avoid Zone 1: The closer to the center of the city, the more difficult your search will be. This is because the demand is very high and offer quite low, so landlords can afford to have more requirements, which often include “no pets”, unfortunately. Your search in further away zones will be easier.

✅ Ask estate agents for pet-friendly properties: Agents often get first dibs in the best properties, and they’ll be able to alert you when a pet friendly home goes into the market in your desired area.

✅ Use Zoopla’s “Pets allowed” filter: Most home search websites don’t have a pet filter, but Zoopla does, under their “ Must-haves” filter.

✅ Use OpenRent’s “Accept Pet” filter: Similarly to Zoopla, you can filter by the properties where the landlord accepts pets in this website. Take advantage of it!

❌ Avoid seeing properties without confirming that they accept your pet: This will feel like a waste of time and can be quite discouraging if you like the property and they don’t accept your application later on!
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