False advertising

tek-monkey

holty35 wrote: »

Give us his number and we will call him telling him we are the Police and to stop harassing .

Did he say before he came to view that he had pets?

EDIT: Yes he did, somehow missed that! But you also told him when he called, so him visiting regardless was his own fault.

Jowo_2

tany wrote: »

I do feel I am being harassed and threatened by his regular texts. But just trying to ignore him as much as possible. If I receive any more texts I will probably contact my local housing advice office for further advice.

Often, housing advice services are dedicated solely to supporting tenants and will not advise landlords. Post your scenario on the rental forum of the Landlordzone website as their members include housing solicitors.

chappers

Just ignore him, no more no less.

If his contact becomes harrasment then call the police

prowla

The advertisement cannot give all of the details, and you did clarify it verbally.
(Did you specify no pets, no smokers, no drugs, no business, no subletting, no parking cars ion the front lawn, etc. etc. etc. in the advert?)

Did you sign a contract with him?
If not, then you have no obligation to take him in pets or not, do you?

I would suggest that his attitude would imply that you wouldn't want him as a tenant anyway.

silvercar

tany wrote: »

Just got a text from him saying that his solicitor thinks he has a very good case to sue me for homelessness and willful wrong advertising and inviting him to view the property even though i knew he had dogs.

:rotfl::rotfl:

I can't believe that,

(a) he actually has contacted a solicitor

and (b) a genuine solicitor has given that advice

pie81

I agree with silvercar. There is no way any sensible solicitor would tell him he had a case of any sort. He would be laughed out of court.

Even if you had misled him into thinking that the flat was pet-friendly (and I don't see how you did), that still doesn't mean that you have caused him any loss - landlords always have final say over who they rent to, pets or no pets, so he should not have given up any other accommodation until he had an actual agreement with you. He has made himself homeless, it's got nothing to do with you.

On a more practical note, your mobile company may be able to block your phone from receiving his messages/calls, if you are finding them a problem.

Doozergirl

Sorry, for my own sanity, can you just confirm that this guy has not signed a tenancy agreement for the place?

oldone_2

Report him to the RSPCA. Keeping dogs in a flat is cruel, especially if the only place to exercise them is a communal garden, which other tenants would probably not want.

tany_2

No tenancy agreement was signed or even discussed. I got the impression that he liked the house very much and due to the issue of not having any accommodation lined for Wednesday (when his tenancy runs out) this was the last resort.

He seems to be disgruntled with the fact I rejected them on the grounds of the dogs. He did say that he will keep the dogs outside in a kennal. To me that is still the same as they will spend a lot of the time inside as well. Not to mention noise, mess etc. I did not mislead him in anyway and said I will let you know in due course. Which was a day later and he still had more than a day to find alternative accomodation.

laughingcow81

He should have got his accommodation sorted out sooner, it seems to me he is just trying to pressurise you into letting him stay as he doesn't have an alternative.

Don't bite - just ignore him and if he persists seek your own legal advice.

As others have said - he doesn't seem to have a leg to stand on and is blaming you for his own inadequacies in trying to find a home.