I’m looking for pet friendly house plans. Having been pet owner (2 cats) for the past 8 years, and having looked at dozens of houses (and moved 4 times) during that time, I’ve yet to find any houses which acknowledge that the family may have pets. Whenever we look at homes or house plans, it’s always a struggle to find a place to put the cats’ litter box. We’ve considered getting a dog, and yet have not seen houses which have dedicated places for dogs (little sleeping bed area, for example). Given that the pet industry is billions of dollars strong, and that American pet owners spent $38 billion dollars in 2006, I’m more than a little surprised major home builders like Pulte and KB Homes aren’t even considering pet accomodations in their houses. I’m not suggesting adding on full-fledge pet jungle gyms or whatnot, but dedicating a little 5′ by 5′ area someplace as a ‘pet haven’ or something like that would certainly be a welcome addition for pet owners such as myself. As simple as it sounds, a touch like that would probably sway us in our next home purchase. These things would add resale value to houses as well.
If you know of pet-friendly house plans, please comment here or email me at mgkimsal@gmail.com
I have been looking for the same thing. If you have any luck, please let me know.
I have 7 cats, all were taken in to keep them off the street and 3 dogs. I love them
dearly and would love someday to build a house that would accomadate them better. I will
never be without animals and would love designes for an indoor kennal that had access to the
outside. A cat room with place for them to lounge and climb. I am not imaginative in the
building area and would love to just find already made up plans
There is an AWESOME book the The Cat’s House by Bob walker.. It’s an amazing book with awesome ideas on how to make a Cat Paradise. I completely suggest it for any cat lover who is handy. There aren’t extremely detailed instructions on how exactly to build everything but it gives you a plethera of ideas and projects to make your house stylish AND cat friendly..
email if you decide to use any of their ideas.. I would LOVE to see pictures of it.. I JUST bought a house this month and haven’t started doing the cat walks yet, but will be probably next month!
email is lilmsscareall(at)aol(dot)com
Thanks for pointing out this book LindsayAnn. I get a fair amount of traffic to this post, I guess because people are looking for this sort of thing. The link for the book by Bob Walker is
http://www.amazon.com/Cats-House-Bob-Walker/dp/0836221834 (I hope that shows up!)
I am looking for the same thing – a pet friendly home plan – and cannot really find the right one.
Good luck.
Still looking. I think I want to try and create one myself.