Cat friendly rentals

Hi all,

Myself and my wife have been looking at rental places for next year (more theoretically as we’re so far out) and having grown up there I know that generally uk landlords don’t allow pets.

From what I’m seeing there’s a very limited number of rental homes that will take pets(two cats in our case) and it may be that we just have to take what we can get but I’m curious if people are aware of specific sites or places we should look at closer to the time.

I’m also hearing the market is very competitive for rentals, so I’m wondering if pet owners just get rejected in favor of people without pets etc.

I’ve checked out the lettings game pet specific rentals, and I know some sites have a filter for that but it generally brings up a handful of properties. I’ve also heard from my friends back home that dog ownership is way up, so I’m just curious how people are managing this, or if people are just keeping it quiet.

If appreciate all and any guidance from pet owners that rent on how they found their place.