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bmunky7

Pixie5740 wrote: »

The point being that posters such as bmunky7 and supersaver2 are saying that tenants who breach clauses of the tenancy agreement give tenants a bad name when in actual fact some of the clauses are nonsense. Therefore tenants sign tenancy agreements knowing full well they are going to pick and choose what clauses to follow.

I remain of the belief that when you agree to something you should stick to it, even if it's not what you would like to do or necessarily what is enforceable.

I do wonder though if in an extreme case where a pet caused extensive damage, costing £000s and way over the deposit paid to the landlord, would the pet owners still pay to have all the damage fully restored? What if they couldn't afford to?

I also believe LLs who don't know who put in pointless / unenforceable clauses into tenancy agreements give LLs a bad name, btw, I'm not a tenant hater!

Pixie5740

bmunky7 wrote: »

I remain of the belief that when you agree to something you should stick to it, even if it's not what you would like to do or necessarily what is enforceable.

Good for you. I'm sure your morals keep you warm and dry at night.

bmunky7 wrote: »

I do wonder though if in an extreme case where a pet caused extensive damage, costing £000s and way over the deposit paid to the landlord, would the pet owners still pay to have all the damage fully restored? What if they couldn't afford to?

I also believe LLs who don't know who put in pointless / unenforceable clauses into tenancy agreements give LLs a bad name, btw, I'm not a tenant hater!

Yes the pet owners would have to pay for any damage, assuming the landlord has a good, dual-signed inventory that can prove the damage is down to the tenant and doesn't try to claim for betterment.

If the tenant refuses to pay the landlord can take them to court to try and reclaim the money, or claim it on their insurance and chalk it up to experience. Pretty much the same as if the tenant caused thousands of pounds worth of damage by using the property as a crack den or if the tenant had children that drew all over the walls and peed on the carpet.