In a mess totally

kmmr

so... what does the dog do for a living? not relevant, just really curoous!

Clearlier

kmmr wrote: »

so... what does the dog do for a living? not relevant, just really curoous!

It might be relevant if it's an assistance dog. I'm from Ireland and my wife has a guide dog. When we came here we noticed the number of houses that mentioned no pets I tried reading the disability legislation but I didn't find it to be particularly clear. In Ireland it is clear that a tenancy could not be refused because of a guide dog so given that we couldn't work out a definitive answer we simply told the EA's we saw that a guide dog isn't a pet (which it isn't) and that it was illegal to refuse on those grounds. When the tenancy was renewed an extra clause of a few lines was inserted into the 17 page agreement stating that we had to have the carpets professionally cleaned because of the presence of a dog. I wasn't impressed by their failing to draw attention to the extra condition and doubt that it's enforceable but considering we were planning to do it anyway (they were spotless before we moved in) we decided to leave it alone.

Anyway, point for the OP is that if the dog is working as an assistance dog it may be worth investigating the possibility of getting a tenancy in a property where the owner refuses pets.

cupcake287

kmmr wrote: »

so... what does the dog do for a living? not relevant, just really curoous!

He's a farm/gun dog, so he's not in the house in the day like alot of pets.

Not an assistance dog sadly.


I have enlisted the help of a local estate agent, who is going to look at everything for me.

Jeffrey_Shaw

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

Not protecting a deposit is illegal.

No, it's not.
The only real consequences for L [landlord] are that:
a. L cannot serve T [tenant] with a s.21 Notice; and
b. T can sue L. If the County Court holds in T's favour, it must order L to protect/return the deposit PLUS pay to T an amount equal to 3x deposit. L will hardly ever let that happen, of course, but will protect/return the deposit before the Court hearing- so T is stuffed.