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

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  • kmb500
    kmb500 Posts: 656 Forumite
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    Surely if they've broken the agreement in the tenancy then you can evict them whenever you like ?
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    kmb500 wrote: »
    Surely if they've broken the agreement in the tenancy then you can evict them whenever you like ?
    I presume this is sarcasm?
  • LuckyG
    LuckyG Posts: 226 Forumite
    higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »
    I would not care about whether they were on holiday or not if it had not basically been confirmed by my sister that damages may be occurring. When she rang the bell, she heard a lot of movements inside (not barking, but animal movements). When the female tenant finally answered the door, she had tightly closed the door on the other side of the vestibule. Although there were no vocal sounds, there was thumping against the inner door, several thumps as they spoke. My sister asked to use the phone thinking she could get a look into the house this way, but the female simply produced her mobile phone from her pocket. At this point there was a SCRATCHING noise on the other side of the door. As you can imagine, scratching noises are the last thing that I want to hear, this is exactly what I feared could happen when I first found out about the animal and it seems I may be justified!

    Additionally after some kind of charade with the mobile phone my sister asked if she could use the toilet, but the girl was obviously unwilling and said that it was currently out of order, no problem with the toilets have been reported so I think she was obviously trying to keep her out of the house because of the animal and/or something else. My sister made a joking comment about it sounding like an elephant inside but the tenant just laughed.

    ENough to give a most urgent need to inspect the doors, wooden surfaces for scratching (and the toilet!). It sounds rather unlikely that there will be no damage but of course if everything looks normal I have no choice but to wait!


    I don't think your sister should go round there again.

    This sounds crazy, it really does.
  • lovinituk
    lovinituk Posts: 5,711 Forumite
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    I would LOVE to be there when the tenant answers the door to the sister on the day of the inspection :rotfl:
  • aneary
    aneary Posts: 921 Forumite
    lovinituk wrote: »
    I would LOVE to be there when the tenant answers the door to the sister on the day of the inspection :rotfl:


    I think the OP said she was travelling down now.
  • chucknorris
    chucknorris Posts: 10,795 Forumite
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    edited 19 July 2017 at 4:40PM
    SuboJvR wrote: »
    Oh, I missed the stuff about getting in trouble with The Law. Makes me think of Judge Dredd. :D

    I knew you'd say that!

    OP thank you for this extremely entertaining thread, at least you will have learnt a lot from posting on here about this. I am a landlord, but I'm afraid my sympathies are firmly with your tenants. Won't somebody please think about the dog (I'm not joking).
    Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop
  • lovinituk
    lovinituk Posts: 5,711 Forumite
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    aneary wrote: »
    I think the OP said she was travelling down now.
    Where? I can't see it.
  • gettingtheresometime
    gettingtheresometime Posts: 6,911 Forumite
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    If the OP is going to visit tomorrow, should I get extra popcorn when I visit the cinema tonight?
  • bouicca21
    bouicca21 Posts: 6,725 Forumite
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    should I get extra popcorn when I visit the cinema tonight?

    Definitely.
  • aneary
    aneary Posts: 921 Forumite
    The OPs post at 7:28 yesterday I can't see the post number on my phone
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