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Can I terminate my tenant's tenancy early for having an unauthorised pet?

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  • higgledypiggledy_pop
    higgledypiggledy_pop Posts: 148 Forumite
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    Guest101 wrote: »
    Your tenant can refuse inspections. Given your behaviour, and that of your agent and neighbour, it would be most reasonable to do so.

    My 'behaviour' so far involves one polite call to the tenants, and I really can't control my neighbour, she is an independent person. I am going to make another polite request, to inspect as soon as I can find someone to do it. The neighbour has offered to do it for free but I am not sure that is a good idea.
  • lovinituk
    lovinituk Posts: 5,711 Forumite
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    Guest101 wrote: »
    The agent is doing what he agreed to do. The contract doesn't require him to speak to the LL. Whilst it might be expected in an agency agreement, the contract simply asked them to deduct the tax owing and the 15% fee.


    It's a civil matter, unless the agent really has absconded. as the rent is still trickling in I doubt it.
    That's why I said it could be fraud ;)
  • ScorpiondeRooftrouser
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    SuboJvR wrote: »
    This is spying. Your neighbour really needs to stop doing this, she is invading your tenants' privacy.

    This surely depends who was on the inside of the window.
  • lovinituk
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    higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »
    You could have fooled me, just last month I caught a gang of youths in the act of trying to steal my car and the police were not interested at all. Meanwhile in the park across the road, the same youths openly pass suspicious packages back and forward between themselves whilst hiding under their hoodies, and smoke 'wacky baccy' in front of school children who are playing on the swings, and no-one lifts a finger!
    Yet you expect them to do something about your situation that may or may not be fraud yet as you haven't determined if the agent has disappeared yet or not?!
  • Guest101
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    higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »
    You could have fooled me, just last month I caught a gang of youths in the act of trying to steal my car and the police were not interested at all. Meanwhile in the park across the road, the same youths openly pass suspicious packages back and forward between themselves whilst hiding under their hoodies, and smoke 'wacky baccy' in front of school children who are playing on the swings, and no-one lifts a finger!
    where abouts is this then?....
  • Guest101
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    higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »
    My 'behaviour' so far involves one polite call to the tenants, and I really can't control my neighbour, she is an independent person. I am going to make another polite request, to inspect as soon as I can find someone to do it. The neighbour has offered to do it for free but I am not sure that is a good idea.
    Your behaviour involves failing to protect £4,000 of their money!
  • gingercordial
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    higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »
    My 'behaviour' so far involves one polite call to the tenants, and I really can't control my neighbour, she is an independent person. I am going to make another polite request, to inspect as soon as I can find someone to do it. The neighbour has offered to do it for free but I am not sure that is a good idea.

    You can't control your ex-neighbour but it is down to you to tell her to stop spying on your tenants now you know she does that. Do it in writing. You don't want the tenants to be able to claim you told her to do it, do you? Taking photos of them in their own home is really bad.

    I bet she would love to do the inspection. She sounds like the kind of nosy busybody who would kill for the chance to snoop around someone else's home, make up all kinds of nonsense because she's taken against them for some reason and spread the gossip afterwards. Do not let her do this.

    By the way, I am a woman with a very well-paid job in financial services who could afford to pay a year's worth of my London rent upfront if I so chose. Right now I'm working from home so I can receive some deliveries and let the gardener in; I do this fairly often as it makes little difference to my job if I'm in the office or here. The neighbours know I'm here as they've seen me wander out into the garden in jeans and a hoodie - not professional businesswoman attire. I'm pretty sure they are not sending grainy photos to my overseas landlord (they are friends) speculating on my employment status, as they are reasonable people and not interfering lunatics.
  • lovinituk
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    Guest101 wrote: »
    where abouts is this then?....
    I think the OP said earlier they currently live live in Scotland. So not surprising really :D
  • higgledypiggledy_pop
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    lovinituk wrote: »
    Yet you expect them to do something about your situation that may or may not be fraud yet as you haven't determined if the agent has disappeared yet or not?!

    I thought that they may at least be able to help me find out where he is or if he is known to them, don't they have a database? If not then I have to wait until I have some definite indication but it is really not looking very promising at the moment.
  • higgledypiggledy_pop
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    gingercordial wrote: »
    You don't want the tenants to be able to claim you told her to do it, do you? Taking photos of them in their own home is really bad.

    No no, the photos were taken through HER window, she is a hiding behind the blinds sort of woman. She hasn't so far taken any photos of them inside their home. I agree that it is not ideal behaviour but hopefully the tenants haven't noticed or will just laugh it off. I will ask her to please not irritate them and stop taking photos, but if she does notice anything obviously strange I would prefer to know about it given my current situation, to be honest.
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