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Rabbits in my flat

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  • Miss_Samantha
    Miss_Samantha Posts: 1,197 Forumite
    edited 29 July 2016 at 10:31AM
    This Act is from 1950. Hardly new, not unclear either.

    This situation has been encountered many times. There is no need to try to discuss and argue.

    It does not open any "can of legal worms" either. It is quite straightforward.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    Miss_Samantha wrote: »
    This Act is from 1950. Hardly new, nor is it unclear.

    This situation has been encountered many times. There is no need to try to discuss and argue.
    So you won't have any difficulty in producing a precedent, then.
    <waits>
  • Valli
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    Rabbits could cause a health hazard if they are not kept in a regularly-cleaned cage. They are also liable to gnaw and chew. They can damage fixtures and wiring.
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
  • [Deleted User]
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    When I first read this I thought rented flat but I guess OP owns it.

    To be fair, if it was a rented flat then owner can specifiy no pets if they like. I would if I rented a flat out. Don't like it - live somewhere else.

    BUT, it does seem weird that lease specifies no pets. First of all I thought, why does leasing company care whats in your house - its no issues for them.

    I'm guessing rationale behind this is to stop someone in the block having a dog, locking it in flat all day barking and upsetting other residents? So they say no pets.

    Appreciate the OPs rabbit isn't going to upset anyone but if they let this go, next resident will want a cat, next one will say their dog is small and quiet. etc etc
  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,242 Forumite
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    theartfullodger wrote: »
    Best resolved with a bit of humanity & compromise...

    And cake :bdaycake:
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    Penelope_Penguin wrote: »
    And cake :bdaycake:
    Carrot cake?
  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,473 Forumite
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    theartfullodger wrote: »
    Point out that the Allotments Act 1950 s12 permits you to keep rabbits or hens. Oh yes, really.

    http://nearlylegal.co.uk/2011/04/oh-cluck/

    Oh cluck indeed!

    Not sure it does actually. I read it that, unless there's something in the lease or tenancy that forbids the keeping of hens or rabbits then hens or rabbits can be kept.

    OP's lease says they can't be kept. That would, surely, be 'a provision to the contrary'?
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
  • Miss_Samantha
    Miss_Samantha Posts: 1,197 Forumite
    Valli wrote: »
    Not sure it does actually. I read it that, unless there's something in the lease or tenancy that forbids the keeping of hens or rabbits then hens or rabbits can be kept.

    OP's lease says they can't be kept. That would, surely, be 'a provision to the contrary'?

    Oh god please help us.
  • Valli
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    Miss_Samantha wrote: »
    Oh god please help us.

    And that helps how? You haven't answered my question.
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    Valli wrote: »
    And that helps how? You haven't answered my question.
    I think you might need to remind yourself of the definition of notwithstanding.
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