New tenant - dog has allergies

New tenant - dog has allergies

Denver CO · Member since 2015 · 69 posts · 9 votes

What would you do in this scenario?

Tenant just moved into the house and is complaining that his English bulldog is have a severe allergic reaction to something (undetermined if it’s inside or outside the house)

Note, last tenant we had smoked weed in the house but after they moved out we had a remediation company come out and scrub and wash all walls and all surfaces. 

I really don’t want to do any duct cleaning because I’m concerned that could damage the flex ducting.


Is this my responsibility to deal with? Never had to deal with this scenario before. 

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  • Chris SeveneyBusiness Member
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    Investor · VA · Member since 2015 · 21k+ posts · 19k+ votes
    1y
    Quote from @Mike M.:

    What would you do in this scenario?

    Tenant just moved into the house and is complaining that his English bulldog is have a severe allergic reaction to something (undetermined if it’s inside or outside the house)

    Note, last tenant we had smoked weed in the house but after they moved out we had a remediation company come out and scrub and wash all walls and all surfaces. 

    I really don’t want to do any duct cleaning because I’m concerned that could damage the flex ducting.


    Is this my responsibility to deal with? Never had to deal with this scenario before. 


     This is not your problem. you are responsible for providing a home habitable for human use which you are doing - if they have a dog with allergies that is there problem.

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  • Austin, TX · Member since 2019 · 5k+ posts · 5k+ votes
    1y

    What is a severe allergic reaction?

    Does it mean the dog is sneezing when he opens the window; or does it mean the dog is in a life threatening situation ? 

    Is the dog on the lease ? 

    I believe a veterinarian can do an allergy test on a dog to find out what the dog is allergic to, and may be able to prescribe some medicine to help the dog (Maybe a veterinarian in here could weigh in on this)???

    I would guess if the allergic reaction is strong enough and the dog is in some kind of danger, without some kind of veterinarian help your renter might decide to move out rather than get rid of the dog.

    But right now it seems like it would be more of a veterinarian problem, rather than a duct cleaning problem.

    Maybe the dog is allergic to shoe polish or something on his shoes, or the clothes soap that he has currently changed to a new one, or something like that???

    Just  my 2 cents.

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