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

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  • shortcrust
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    The tennant is so going to know that the sister was something to do with the OP. Rather takes away any high ground re breaking the contract with the pet.
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  • Guest101 wrote: »
    So much so that you rent it out to strangers.

    Money doesn't grow on trees... but I have learned my lesson.
  • macman wrote: »
    OP, if you have never filed a tax return, then (unless your accountant has Power of Attorney) they haven't been filed. Even if your accountant prepared them, you would still be required to sign them. Did you sign a POA (and please don't reply 'I can't remember')?
    Under these circumstances, I think that a few canine-inflicted scratches on your furniture should be the least of your worries once HMRC get on the case.
    And, if you think that, just because someone works for a bank, they'd find it quite normal to shell out something in the region of £30K upfront for a year's rental and deposit, without actually being requested to do so, then you are deluded.

    Yes, I am aware that everything has been improperly managed, and no taxes associated with the property have been paid. An accountant and solicitor are now involved.
  • Penitent wrote: »
    Complete stranger turns up on the doorstep asking to use the phone. When they're offered a mobile, they then ask to use the toilet. At this point, it's obvious they're trying to get into the house. I wouldn't be surprised if they logged the incident with the Police. I also wouldn't be surprised if the "stranger" got the door slammed in their face when they turn up again a couple of days later.

    It was not like this at all. She had a plausible excuse about needing to get directions from a friend she was visiting, but obviously being an old-fashioned sort of person she didn't expect to be presented with a mobile phone. However she did make a call to her own landline from it and carried out a sham conversation with her answerphone in order not to seem suspicious. In any case, when I visited the property nothing was mentioned about this visit at all and if the tenants were suspicious of a link then they didn't show it.
  • Bossypants
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    It was not like this at all. She had a plausible excuse about needing to get directions from a friend she was visiting, but obviously being an old-fashioned sort of person she didn't expect to be presented with a mobile phone. However she did make a call to her own landline from it and carried out a sham conversation with her answerphone in order not to seem suspicious. In any case, when I visited the property nothing was mentioned about this visit at all and if the tenants were suspicious of a link then they didn't show it.

    So how did you find the property/tenants? Do you feel any better now that you've been able to take a look for yourself?
  • leslieknope
    leslieknope Posts: 334 Forumite
    i've been away all week and have come back and need to find out how the inspection went.

    if someone turned up on my doorstep needing 'directions' and then asked to come into my house, i'd be telling them to jog on. your sister is ridiculous.

    maybe they were having a staycation and some much needed sexytime and didn't want to have to explain to you their every move???
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  • However she did make a call to her own landline from it and carried out a sham conversation with her answerphone in order not to seem suspicious.



    I think your sister seriously needs help. Now. :shocked:
    "The truth is of course is that there is no journey.
    We are arriving and departing all at the same time."
  • Bossypants wrote: »
    So how did you find the property/tenants? Do you feel any better now that you've been able to take a look for yourself?

    It was not entirely satisfactory, partly my fault as I perhaps did not make it clear enough that I wanted to make a formal inspection. The tenants were extremely, almost overly welcoming from the get-go and insisted that I join them for dinner and wine. They were very keen to engage me in conversation as if it were a social visit.

    After all this it would have seemed impolite to conduct a proper "inspection", and it was rather difficult to judge the state of the carpets for example without moving things around, as they - for some reason - have a lot of their own furniture in the property and it has a very cluttered appearance. Certain items were in strange positions, such as a heavy marble-topped coffee table (not mine) upside down between two armchairs in the reception room, and I did notice a strong smell of air freshener.

    The inner vestibule door had also been wedged open using a heavy cast iron umbrella stand, this is something I was keen to see after reports that it may have been taking damage from the dog's claws - I was able to get my head into the gap but it was too dark to see due to the entrance hall bulbs having blown.

    Needless to say, the animal was not on the premises.

    In short I am somewhat relieved to have met the tenants and found them very personable, but in retrospect I feel as though I may have been deliberately sidetracked and will remain anxious until the tenancy has come to an end.
  • I think your sister seriously needs help. Now. :shocked:

    Why? What would you do?
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