Unauthorised Pet!

DaveTheMus

fozzeh wrote: »

Unless their name is on the mortgage, it's still mine. I'm just letting them borrow it I'd focus more on the "This guy is looking for advice and we could point him in the right direction" rather than the fact you may not see the query at your station.

You're a guy?

For some reason I was sure you were a woman...

fozzeh

DaveTheMus wrote: »

You're a guy?

For some reason I was sure you were a woman...

That's not a very nice assumption; a very sexist thing to think they every time someone moans about something trivial, they must be a woman!

I'll admit that some of my responses have been over zealous but sometimes feeding trolls does show their true nature, albeit behind the guise of their keyboard. Plus it's quite comical how walking down a street has become a more worse offence than breaking a tenancy agreement.

Nzseries puts it simpler than I was saying before; those who don't adhere and get away with things make it a mockery for those who do. Where it be tenants, Joe down the road selling weed or someone keeping a cheetah in their bedroom!

Manchee

nzseries1 wrote: »

I just feel like I have to give my opinion here as people are being so harsh.

I'm a tenant, and I actually agree with the OP that if the tenancy says no pets, and they have a pet, then they have broken the rules of the contract and that should be punishable. Otherwise it makes a mockery of those tenants like me who actually follow the rules. Who says what is and what isn't crossing the line? (the law of course, but I'll get to that)

I also think that the landlord walking down a public street and viewing his house from outside is not a bad thing. Should the landlord be expected to keep 200 yards away from the property at all times? What if he was flying overhead in a plane - should he be forbidden from looking out the window down at the ground in case the cat is on the roof?

However, it does all come down to the fact that there are laws in this country about what a landlord can and cannot do, and it does appear that enforcing this particular clause is not possible, and therefore if he does not like this, then the only option is to not become a landlord in the first place.

I don't think 'punished' is an appropriate word here, its not really up to the landlord or letting agent to issue punishment (I mean, is the tenant 10 years old, are we going to spank their bum??)

I do have to agree that some of these comments are quite harsh, I don't agree with a lot of the OP opinions, but they don't deserve the blatant aggression in some of the posts. Some landlords just need to have their way of thinking and acting amended, I'm sure the advice and comments about changing the way they view tenants/the property would be taken a lot easier if people kept more of a level head - after all you catch more flies with honey than you do vinegar!

jaylee3

fozzeh wrote: »

That's not a very nice assumption; a very sexist thing to think they every time someone moans about something trivial, they must be a woman!

I'll admit that some of my responses have been over zealous but sometimes feeding trolls does show their true nature, albeit behind the guise of their keyboard. Plus it's quite comical how walking down a street has become a more worse offence than breaking a tenancy agreement.

Nzseries puts it simpler than I was saying before; those who don't adhere and get away with things make it a mockery for those who do. Where it be tenants, Joe down the road selling weed or someone keeping a cheetah in their bedroom!

And there it is!!! :rotfl: People aren't saying what you want to hear, and are giving opinions you don't like, so they must be trolls!

Classic sign of someone who is losing the argument. You are getting answers you don't like, so are now accusing people of being trolls, and are pretending that you were saying certain things to 'feed the trolls.' PMSL!

And you wonder why you are getting supposedly 'harsh' replies?! The way you've been going on, it's hardly surprising!

Now as rugged toast says, why not just evict these peasants and their scummy cat, as they are probably growing a cannabis factory in the house anyway AND running a wh0rehouse. Then you can get some lovely people in who will be as good as gold, and will never ever contravene one single letter in that tenancy agreement.

What's the weather like up there in cloud cuckoo land?

Have you ever thought about just selling the property. I'm not sure you're cut out to be a landlord! :rotfl:

jaylee3

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Sigh.

Here we go then.

A landlord complaining about their 'tennant'(it's always a tennant, or Tennant for some reason), who has committed the despicable transgression of:

A) Having an illegal pet
Having an illegal child
C) Having dared to have a friend stay over
D) Having the audacity to hang a picture
E) Not having mown the lawn for a week
F) Having painted a wall

and now they want to know what levers can be brought to bear on such scummy renter for daring to treat this palatial demesne as if it were, gasp, their own home.

Well frankly, there is nothing you can do about it OP. I hope they have a herd of cats and the next time you go round there they all rush at you and your cretinous fat tied LA at once, meowling, and send you and your bogus authorisations packing.

Then you can issue an S21 and start again with a new person who wont have the temerity to act like a human being trying to live in a home.

Brilliant!!! :T:T:T

And yes PMSL at "tennant" :rotfl:

DOCTOR WHO LIVES THERE?! :eek:

RuthnJasper

jaylee3 wrote: »

And there it is!!! :rotfl: People aren't saying what you want to hear, and are giving opinions you don't like, so they must be trolls!

Classic sign of someone who is losing the argument. You are getting answers you don't like, so are now accusing people of being trolls, and are pretending that you were saying certain things to 'feed the trolls.' PMSL!

And you wonder why you are getting supposedly 'harsh' replies?! The way you've been going on, it's hardly surprising!

Now as rugged toast says, why not just evict these peasants and their scummy cat, as they are probably growing a cannabis factory in the house anyway AND running a wh0rehouse. Then you can get some lovely people in who will be as good as gold, and will never ever contravene one single letter in that tenancy agreement.

What's the weather like up there in cloud cuckoo land?

Have you ever thought about just selling the property. I'm not sure you're cut out to be a landlord! :rotfl:

Bit harsh, there.

LannieDuck

This thread is being very harsh on OP. To those saying "no harm, no foul", "it's only a cat" etc, you seem to be forgetting that OP has allergies and may want to move back into the house in the future.

I have a severe cat allergy and still have to take anti-histamines whenever I visit my in-laws... and their cat passed away a year ago.

I don't think it's unreasonable for a landlord to be upset that animals are being kept in the house when the contract has a 'no pets' clause.

OP, what you do about it depends on whether it's really going to cause you problems or not - terminate the tenancy, or ask for additional deposit, or just let it slide. Personally I would issue a S21, but your allergies may be less severe.

Southend1

LannieDuck wrote: »

This thread is being very harsh on OP. To those saying "no harm, no foul", "it's only a cat" etc, you seem to be forgetting that OP has allergies and may want to move back into the house in the future.

I have a severe cat allergy and still have to take anti-histamines whenever I visit my in-laws... and their cat passed away a year ago.

I don't think it's unreasonable for a landlord to be upset that animals are being kept in the house when the contract has a 'no pets' clause.

OP, what you do about it depends on whether it's really going to cause you problems or not - terminate the tenancy, or ask for additional deposit, or just let it slide. Personally I would issue a S21, but your allergies may be less severe.

Op's allergies have no relation on whether his tenant should or should not keep a cat. That is solely a decision for the tenant. OP doesn't not have the right to impose his whims on his tenants and punish them for transgressions. It is the tenant's home; if she wishes to keep a cat that's up to her.

mrginge

Have you considered ringing the tenant up and screaming GET RID OF THE F*#!!#G MOGGY YOU S**#% repeatedly down the phone.

That would seem the most sensible approach.

bouicca21

This thread has simply gone crazy. OP said the tenancy agreement forbade pets. This is not exclusive to rented properties - I'm buying a flat and believe there is a similar provision in my lease.

OP mentions allergies - I sympathise as I am also allergic to cats - so much so that I had a major problem when a cat owning colleague had to share my office one day (his suit wasn't obviously dirty but must have had traces of cat hair and dander all over it - next time I saw him he'd had it cleaned, what a sweetie ).

Whether OP wants to keep the tenant or not, he'll still have to get the place thoroughly cleaned, so if they pay their rent on time and are otherwise good tenants he might as well hang on to them.