Dogs Making House Unrentable

[Pawel N.]

I'm renting a house to a group of guys in a college town. I've never had issues with them over the last two years. Rent is always on time and communication has been good.

The house has an upstairs and a downstairs. They are moving out in July and I went over to check out the property this weekend. They have two dogs that they keep downstairs and the smell in the lower level is terrible. In addition to that, there are major stains on the floor (from the dogs knocking things over and spilling them, but maybe also from the dogs themselves).

This makes the whole house seem really trashy and thus borderline unrentable.

The carpet needs to be replaced and I need to do something about that smell before I can show it to potential tenants. Right now is the time people are looking for housing for next school year.

What is my best option?