White House Apartments

White House Apartments is a small, host-run stay at 14 Formby Road in central Devonport, converted from a historic weatherboard house into two self-contained apartments, one upstairs and one downstairs. It is genuinely pet friendly rather than pets-on-request: the listing invites guests to bring their pets along, and reviewers name hosts Moira and Bill as the reason the welcome feels real rather than a booking-engine tick box.

Dogs at the White House

Pets are allowed, and the hosts have a track record of welcoming them well. Beyond that, the details are not published: size limits, pet fees and which of the two apartments works best with a dog are all things to raise with Moira and Bill before you book. The house is around 110 years old, a former manor home that later served as a maternity hospital, so it is a character building rather than a sealed-floor motel, and the hosts will want to match the right dog to the right apartment. Deal with them directly, agree the conditions up front, and you avoid any surprises at the door.

Worth knowing

Both apartments are self-contained, which suits dog owners better than a single hotel room: you have a kitchen and room to spread out, and the location on Formby Road is an easy walk to central Devonport, the Mersey River foreshore and the town's dog exercise areas. Being host-run also means flexibility on arrival times if you are off the Spirit of Tasmania ferry late.

Getting there and parking

Formby Road is one of Devonport's main streets, so the apartments are straightforward to find from the ferry terminal or the Bass Highway. Street parking is at the door, and everything in central Devonport is within a short walk, including the foreshore path along the Mersey.

Close by with the dogs

Devonport City Council keeps the foreshore on-lead, so for off-lead time head to Back Beach, the designated off-leash beach west of the Bluff with bins and bag dispensers at the stairway, or Devonport Dog Park for a fully fenced run. The Little Goat is the town's easy dog-friendly cafe stop, and Mersey Bluff Caravan Park is the waterfront alternative if you are travelling with a van.

More options in town are on the Devonport destination page, and the full list is in the Tasmania stays index.

Pepsi: Message the hosts before booking rather than after. Moira and Bill are the whole reason this place works with a dog, so get their approval and the apartment sorted up front.