Is it immoral?

Ewer123

Not to tell a new landlord you have a dog?

I've been searching with no avail for a rented property that will allow dogs, but none seem to accept.

Ive come to the conclusion maybe better not to say I have one, if they do not specifically say no dogs.

Any thoughts or recommendations for rented properties that will allow a dog?

heartbreak_star

Could you lose your deposit or face eviction if they find out? Or have to give the pet up?

Two of my friends did not tell their landlord when they got two cats, and lost their deposit as the cats caused damage to the house.

Personally, I think more places should allow pets. Children can cause just as much mess and damage IMO!

HBS x

krlyr

Landlords are people just like us, and may have legitimate reasons for refusing pets - such as an allergy, which could cause them issues if they decided to use the property themselves in the future (or could cause problems for a future tenant if landlord is not aware there had been pets in the building)

Guest101

The law is basic in this, you can do whatever you want in your home.

The LL cannot simply keep the deposit because you had a pet. if you return the property in the same state as you got it, you get the deposit back, thats the end of the matter.

The LL cannot just evict during the fixed term of your tenancy, so if you get a 12 month contract you have it for 12 months. There are grounds to ask the court to evict for breach of tenancy, but it's discretionary, so the LL would need to prove to the court that you having a pet is a serious breach, which is no easy thing.


after your fixed term is up the LL can ask for a no fault eviction which must be granted (a section 21), but this takes time to do.

Oh. P.S to answer your question - 'immoral' - well that depends what your morals are if you think lying is immoral, then yes it would be.

ALou19

Sometimes although the advert says no pets it's best to ask. If you have well behaved pets then stress this to the landlord. That's how we got ours, good luck!

Pollycat

Even if the landlord cannot legally keep your deposit because you kept a dog even though it was against your tenancy agreement, he can make it very difficult for you to recover your deposit.

I can imagine he would possibly say the carpets needed replacing and the onus may be on you to prove otherwise (I'm not sure of the legal side).
If that happened you may need to take legal action to recover your deposit and it may not go well as you will have knowingly broken your agreement with the landlord.

I don't know if this old article may help you find somewhere that allows pets:
http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/mediacentre/newsreleases/pr11letswithpetssurvey.aspx#.U-xyutJwbVI

Blondygirl

Ask the letting agency to ask the landlord. I rent my old house out & it says it's at my discrtion if I allow pets in the tenancy agreement the letting agents provide. I have a dog myself & as long as I see that the tenants dog is not doing damage I would be happy. I would expect carpets to be cleaned by the tenant when they left though. I did have someone in the house a few years back who had a dog that we did not know about, until neighbours complained to the agent about it barking. Unfortunatly when the agent checked it had done a lot of damage & they got a court order to evict them & I lost a lot of money.

Always worth asking them to check to see if the landlord would allow it. Good luck.

Guest101

Pollycat wrote: »

Even if the landlord cannot legally keep your deposit because you kept a dog even though it was against your tenancy agreement, he can make it very difficult for you to recover your deposit.

I can imagine he would possibly say the carpets needed replacing and the onus may be on you to prove otherwise (I'm not sure of the legal side).
If that happened you may need to take legal action to recover your deposit and it may not go well as you will have knowingly broken your agreement with the landlord.

I don't know if this old article may help you find somewhere that allows pets:
http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/mediacentre/newsreleases/pr11letswithpetssurvey.aspx#.U-xyutJwbVI

Incorrect.

The onus is always on the LL to prove the 'damage', not the tenant. Pet or no pet clause is irrelevent.

The DPS only looks at the state of the house when let and when returned.

Guest101

Blondygirl wrote: »

Ask the letting agency to ask the landlord. I rent my old house out & it says it's at my discrtion if I allow pets in the tenancy agreement the letting agents provide. I have a dog myself & as long as I see that the tenants dog is not doing damage I would be happy. I would expect carpets to be cleaned by the tenant when they left though. I did have someone in the house a few years back who had a dog that we did not know about, until neighbours complained to the agent about it barking. Unfortunatly when the agent checked it had done a lot of damage & they got a court order to evict them & I lost a lot of money.

Always worth asking them to check to see if the landlord would allow it. Good luck.

So instead of letting them live there and the deducting from the deposit, you evicted them and got nothing?

presumebly s.21 eviction, no fault judgement.

Blondygirl

Guest101,

To be honest I don't know as my agent dealt with it all swiftly. I was just trying to provide a view to the OP. As said if i'm asked I would not be unreasonable.

artbaron

Just move in with your dog. As mentioned, having a pet is not sufficient a breach of contract for the LL to take action against you. Of course, you might not be in there for very long after your initial term.