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New housemate has a pet approved by landlord in 'no pets allowed'

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Younganddumb
Younganddumb Posts: 32 Forumite
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Hi,

As topic says - I live in a shared house and had a new housemate move in yesterday who has got a pet rabbit. It was approved by the landlord despite the contract stating no pets allowed.
The landlord did not check with the rest of the house if it would be okay so it is now too late.

I don't have a problem with pets, in fact I love them but I am a little bit annoyed we were not consulted, especially as I have asthma and rabbit hair does trigger this for me.

Is it worth airing these concerns to landlord? Like I said I do like pets so I don't have a problem as such with that.. but just felt we should have been consulted?
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  • Slithery
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    How do you know that the new tenant has the same 'no pets allowed' clause?

    Have you seen their tenancy agreement?
  • G_M
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    I assume each tenant has a separate tenancy?

    So there is no obligation for each tenancy to be identical.

    However I'd think it was common courtesy forthe LLto check in the interests of household harmony. And, indeed, financial sense as other tenants might give notice ad leave if they don't like rabbits, which would cost the LL money.
  • Younganddumb
    Younganddumb Posts: 32 Forumite
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    Slithery wrote: »
    How do you know that the new tenant has the same 'no pets allowed' clause?

    Have you seen their tenancy agreement?

    I have not, however, all the properties listed on the landlords website are advertised as 'no pets allowed'.
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  • HampshireH
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    Quite often "no pets allowed" is usually only enforced for cats and dogs due to possibility of damage.

    Caged pets are often seen differently.
  • G_M
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    And the terms of any contract can be amended or deleted by agreement of the partties involved.

    If you are not a party to the other housemate's contract you cannot prevent the contract being altered. Hence my post above.
  • glasgowdan
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    I'd assume this was a specific allowance due to the nature of a rabbit compared to dogs and cats.

    Although, a friend hs a rabbit that isn't in the cage very often and it's perfectly capable of causing a LOT of damage!
  • Owain_Moneysaver
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    A blanket clause of 'no pets allowed' is usually unenforceable anyway.

    A few comments about rabbit pie and being short of money at the month end might encourage the rabbit owner to board Bugs with a friend until he can find alternative accommodation.
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  • Davesnave
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    "No pets allowed" often translates into, "that's the default position, but if you can show you're not a loony 10 cat person, or a psychopath with a one-eyed staffie, we might relax it a little, or even a lot, if you first cross our palms with silver."

    As cat and ferret owners, that's how we found it worked.
  • Comms69
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    Younganddumb wrote: »
    Hi,

    As topic says - I live in a shared house and had a new housemate move in yesterday who has got a pet rabbit. It was approved by the landlord despite the contract stating no pets allowed.
    The landlord did not check with the rest of the house if it would be okay so it is now too late.

    I don't have a problem with pets, in fact I love them but I am a little bit annoyed we were not consulted, especially as I have asthma and rabbit hair does trigger this for me.

    Is it worth airing these concerns to landlord? Like I said I do like pets so I don't have a problem as such with that.. but just felt we should have been consulted?


    You rent a room? If so, the LL doesn't have to check anything with you.
  • Lioness_Twinkletoes
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    Younganddumb wrote: »
    Hi,

    As topic says - I live in a shared house and had a new housemate move in yesterday who has got a pet rabbit. It was approved by the landlord despite the contract stating no pets allowed.
    The landlord did not check with the rest of the house if it would be okay so it is now too late.

    I don't have a problem with pets, in fact I love them but I am a little bit annoyed we were not consulted, especially as I have asthma and rabbit hair does trigger this for me.

    Is it worth airing these concerns to landlord? Like I said I do like pets so I don't have a problem as such with that.. but just felt we should have been consulted?

    I'd have to ask what you want the outcome to be. On one hand you state that you love animals, then you claim your asthma is triggered by rabbit fur.

    I assume if you had been consulted you'd have said no due to the asthma issue, so do you expect the landlord to ask the new tenant to leave or rehome bugs?

    If you just think that you should have been consulted and are p1ssed because you weren't then there is little point in raising it with the landlord as it's a ridiculous idea.
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