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Renting house with no pet in tenancy agreement

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  • Could you ask the LL one last time about being allowed the cat in the property and offer him say an extra £200 deposit and sign an agreement saying that you will pay for any damage the cat causes??
  • I imagine me changing the locks is not advisable and likely not allowed under tenancy agreements?
    Another mention of "changing the locks", I definitely think that this forum needs a sticky thread about this topic, once and for all.
  • I am a landlord and I have a 'No Cats' policy, and I would definitely issue a section 21 if any of my tenants got a cat.
    You couldn't issue a section 21 in these circumstances but I suppose may be you could try issuing a section 8 instead.
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    Yeah, I've had that landlord. The emergency, for which he always waited in his car, parked up on a parallel road, turned out to be my leaving the house and that emergency happened several times a week for at least a year.

    But thanks, landlord, because had something happened while you were in there, I appreciate that you would have been on hand to tackle it... albeit while wearing my underwear or whatever...! :p

    I'd have made one happen. Involving an explosive device!
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    I imagine me changing the locks is not advisable and likely not allowed under tenancy agreements?
    Another mention of "changing the locks", I definitely think that this forum needs a sticky thread about this topic, once and for all.

    No, No, No! You cannot do that because the courts have expressly said...

    Oh wait, no they haven't. at all. Ever. And probably never will.

    Legislation is there to be interpreted, not quoted.

    A lesson some on here might want to bear in mind.

    Regardless..

    Change the bloody locks
  • No, No, No! You cannot do that because the courts have expressly said... Oh wait, no they haven't. at all. Ever. And probably never will.
    What has this got to do with my idea of making a sticky thread to discuss the changing the locks issue???
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