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Can I terminate my tenant's tenancy early for having an unauthorised pet?

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  • higgledypiggledy_pop
    higgledypiggledy_pop Posts: 148 Forumite
    ViolaLass wrote: »
    Are they otherwise good tenants? Pay their rent on time?

    Why would you want to throw that away on the sayso of a neighbour?

    They paid all of their rent in advance but I just really don't like dogs in my property, I may have to live there again in the future and I am allergic to dog fur.
  • higgledypiggledy_pop
    higgledypiggledy_pop Posts: 148 Forumite
    Red-Squirrel wrote: »
    Oh dear...

    Please tell me what I am missing
  • cloo
    cloo Posts: 1,291 Forumite
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    I wouldn't bother if they are otherwise good tenants and trying to get them our early is more trouble than it's worth. I had good tenants who got a cat without asking me, but I didn't mind seeing as they were good tenants and it was only a cat. I would have been less happy had it been a dog, but I wouldn't have lost them over it.

    If it makes you that unhappy you could give them notice at the end of their tenancy, which means no more than two months before the end of the 12-month period, and if there is any real damage from the dog (for example, some friends had a tenant with a dog that scratched the back door to pieces) it can justifiably come out of the deposit.
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »
    Please tell me what I am missing

    Only a tenant or a court can be a tteenancy. If they choose I stay out need to eevict.
  • fairy_lights
    fairy_lights Posts: 9,220 Forumite
    higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »
    Please tell me what I am missing
    Quite a lot, I'd say.
    Please tell me you have protected their deposit, at least?
  • Pixie5740
    Pixie5740 Posts: 14,515 Forumite
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    higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »
    Please tell me what I am missing

    You don't seem to have a clue how a tenancy can be ended.

    Read G_M's guide to Ending/renewing an AST.

    You also need to understand that it is no longer your flat, it's your tenants'.
  • higgledypiggledy_pop
    higgledypiggledy_pop Posts: 148 Forumite
    Red-Squirrel wrote: »
    Oh dear...
    Pixie5740 wrote: »
    You don't seem to have a clue how a tenancy can be ended.

    Read G_M's guide to
    You also need to understand that it is no longer your flat, it's your tenants'.


    What I am saying is that I don't understand Guest101's statement:
    "Also sell up once you do legally evict them, in about 12-14 months, via the courts"

    The poster says that I shouldn't bother trying to get them out (they have 8 months left on contract), then says I should evict them through the courts and sell up! I'm saying, why would I need to get the courts involved after the 8 months, since I can just give them notice to leave when their contract is up? Maybe it's a joke and I don't get it.
  • higgledypiggledy_pop
    higgledypiggledy_pop Posts: 148 Forumite
    Guest101 wrote: »
    Only a tenant or a court can be a tteenancy. If they choose I stay out need to eevict.

    You have been drinking.
  • Soundgirlrocks
    Soundgirlrocks Posts: 744 Forumite
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    Grabs some popcorn......
  • Polly05
    Polly05 Posts: 376 Forumite
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    If you were to move back in, wouldn't you have the carpets all professionally cleaned? Wouldn't that remove any trace of dog hair from the carpet?
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