Man checks out neighbor's real estate listing -- sees his own cat. "that's our bloody cat"

[Demovictory9]

Man checks out neighbor’s real estate listing — sees his own cat

A British man says that while checking out his neighbor’s online real estate listing, he came across his cat relaxing on a bed in that person’s home.



“The neighbours just put the house up for sale,” Michael Hubank wrote on Twitter. “Couldn’t resist checking it out on Zoopla. That’s our bloody cat.”


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According to Hubank, Freddy is well-known to several neighbors, some of whom know the feline by different names.

“He’s shameless,” Hubank said.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-man-cat-real-estate-listing-house-20210329-w4qr76e3fzcj5mt5vw2k2ujfyi-story.html

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[NurseJackie]

1. It's unclear... was the cat stolen? Cat-napped, so to speak? Or...

... was the cat one of those who'd cuddle up and camp-out at various houses throughout the week?

[jaxexpat]

4. Cats will "cat around"

[ZonkerHarris]

39. search "not my cat" on twitter. They just show up places. hilarious.

[Demovictory9]

40. They are hilarious but scary to see how quickly people say "i guess i have a cat"

Please look for owner first

[RestoreAmerica2020]

2. Hilarious! What a bloody traitor.

[XanaDUer2]

3. Was it catnapping? Nt

[Buckeye_Democrat]

5. Well! That saucy little minx!

I took in a "stray" cat years ago, and later learned it belonged to a neighbor!

[Hortensis]

23. Same here, in GA 15 years ago. We both learned at the same time.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Does seeding a home with a cat work as well as coffee aroma when selling a home?

Could be business opportunity there ... Rent A Cat ... as well as illegal activity of Cat Trafficking

[lagomorph777]

20. Uh... I doubt it!

Not an expert, but based on a lifetime of watching kitty litter commercials...

[Wounded Bear]

21. Wouldn't work for me...YMMV...

[Hortensis]

26. Guessing not. Long ago, though, we rented a home that came with a cat.

He was great, a large, dignified gentleman who had a favorite spot on the sofa and was believed to father most of the kittens in the valley. And when we moved on, the home was listed and sold with the understanding that Thomas came with.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

27. When we bought our house in Boulder, it came with a cat.

When we subsequently moved to Kansas we brought the cat with us.

[Hortensis]

28. Of course. :) By coincidence, while I was posting

a friend called. They're up to 13 cats from 10 the last time we talked, or, as he claimed, up to his hips as he was wading through cats. She feeds strays and is able to get most of them spayed/neutered before more kittens are produced.

[samnsara]

7. i had this happen to me! Years ago I had a big black shaggy dog I adopted from a neighbor..

..who was going to re-home her to the pound I also live on top of the fictitious Mels Hole (google it) which led to several groups of psychics and ghost hunters etc from Seattle showing up at my house to hike my land looking for this damn 18 mile deep hole. Well when i later checked out the group on their website..there was a photo of my dog amongst them climbing the hills. I said to my husband..'Thats my dog!'


Annie was a free soul and roamed the canyon freely.. Im sure she knew where the 'hole' was and was just taking them there


I think my dog and that cat would have made a great team!

[NJCher]

13. I know about Mel's Hole!!

What a story! You must have laughed your head off at your tour guide dog.

Good for you for not letting the neighbor re-home him. We had a situation like that in my neighborhood, too. The dog did so much better in terms of a home for her old age.

[Wounded Bear]

22. The Cascades are full of old mine shafts and caves, both east and west sides...nt

[kellytore]

8. Years ago my sister's cat was missing for 2 weeks.

When he finally came home she noticed that his hair had been shaved and what appeared to be a scar. When she took him to a veterinarian, the vet told her that he had removed a tumor from this same cat about 12 days ago. My sister found out that a neighbor from down the street thought it was their cat because they had been feeding it for the last 4 years. Cats show loyalty to multiple people as long as they are being fed.

[Demovictory9]

34. nice... someone covering the vet bills

[2naSalit]

9. "He's shameless,"

[rurallib]

10. As if anybody really owns a cat

[NJCher]

14. that's why we use the term

"your hooman" around here.

[Ohioboy]

11. Our cat goes visiting all the time

I suspect our cat is know by several different names around our neighborhood too.

[Celerity]

12. Cats don't have owners, they have staff

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[grantcart]

32. 4 years ago a beautiful Siamese 1 year old jumped into our car's trunk

We cleaned him up and returned him to his owner 4 miles away.

Two weeks later the one year old miraculously returned to our door bloodied.

We claimed him and celebrate our 4th year of employment.

[orangecrush]

15. Cats refer to this

As "double dipping"

[PutGramaOnThePhone]

18. 😀

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. Which is good, since that means the new owners will still get visits from the moggie

If the sellers had exclusive access to Freddy, then he'd be going away, and wouldn't be part of the attractions of the house.

[PutGramaOnThePhone]

17. I have ....

learned that my black bob tailed cat - Sonny Bob - has two other names, at least one dinner stop, and his own lawn chair to sit with a group of ladies that get together to chat.

[MineralMan]

19. Cats, especially ones allowed to roam outside,

often visit other people and their homes. They are independent, territorial creatures, not people's property.

My wife and I had a cat in California that used to disappear for a few days at a time. A neighbor behind us on the next street knocked on our door to ask if we had seen her cat. Well her cat was also our cat, and came to the door while the neighbor was there and meowed at her. Aha!

So, we chatted with the neighbor, and discovered that our can was also her cat. Or so we all thought. We agreed to let the cat decide where it wanted to be at any given time, so we shared that cat. When we moved to Minnesota, we let the kitty stay behind, and she presumably moved to the neighbor's house.

[Demovictory9]

33. I couldn't handle my cat "disappearing"... I pretty much know where she is at all times

always inside.

[Raine]

36. Same here, mine's strictly an indoor cat 😺

there's coyotes here along with traffic and mean people. I wouldn't have a cat if I couldn't have him indoors always. I know I couldn't take the stress and worry about him being out and about.

[Demovictory9]

37. my neighbors who let their cats out... eventually signs appear "missing cat, help me find my cat"

i don't want to go thru that.

[misanthrope]

38. Domestic cats are an invasive species

that cause a lot of damage to native species when they are left to roam, especially bird populations. When you add in the canines, traffic and people you mention, along with the diseases they can pick up from insects and other cats, there's just really no reason to let them roam.

Unless you're like my right-wing sister and her hubby who choose to ignore all that stuff because they just, well, don't really care to keep their cat safe. Plus, they are in Florida where gators would be glad to take care of that cat for them.

[Doremus]

24. He should keep his cat indoors where it belongs if he wants to protect it from catnapping. nt

[Hortensis]

25. Here in FL, Harry has 3 homes at the end of our road and 5 humans

he shares them with. Meals are routinely at Carolyn's (where he's Houdini), though, with her cats.

When we leave for the summer he'll still spend much of his days, especially rainy ones, on our covered patio. We leave his chair out for him and our lawn guy/friend puts out a snack for him when he comes by.

He'll socialize with Jack and Kevin, where he's Butch, as they putter, and in winter, his choice of where to sleep on cold nights is with them; though, for reasons he doesn't bother to share, he occasionally decides he wants into our sunroom instead.

[whistler162]

29. Well obviously....

the cat's name is mom.....

[Vinca]

30. That's funny. Given the size of the cat they'd be doing the owner a favor if they

gave him a snack while he's lolling around their house.

[cynical_idealist]

31. He's down with OPP

Other Peoples Pets

[Liberty Belle]

35. I had a cat that hung out at a neighbor's when I was at work; he thought it was a stray.

Cats are opportunists to the max.

That said, orange tabbies are very common - is it possible the neighbor happens to have one, too?