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

Chrysalis

this thread serves as a prime example of how messed up this country is with such a big part of the private rental market supplied by amateur landlords.

A landlord who isnt fully committed to renting and wants out of the market after just 12 months, a landlord that has not even followed the law for letting, and a landlord that spies on their tenants.

davholla

Chrysalis wrote: »

this thread serves as a prime example of how messed up this country is with such a big part of the private rental market supplied by amateur landlords.

A landlord who isnt fully committed to renting and wants out of the market after just 12 months, a landlord that has not even followed the law for letting, and a landlord that spies on their tenants.

True and the media which has said that renting out your property is easy money etc is partly responsible.
I wonder if there should be two types of renting contracts a professional one where you have at least 5 years there and ones for less rent but the landlord is not quite so sure it will be permanent - of course I can't work out how to do this.

higgledypiggledy_pop

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Err hello.....stuff happens.

People do have bad financial episodes happen (to them or their families) - and get thrown out of the "comfort zone" of their "background" and have to "make shift" with worse circumstances than expected.

One of the saddest things I've come across in life was someone that was "thrown out of their background" (parental loss of money) and bought a one bedroom flat/has a low-level job and hasnt really got the "strength" to cope with it. They tried to commit suicide unsuccessfully at one point and are now just back to "drinking themselves to death" gradually.

Yes, and many people fail to understand that inheriting property is really not the same as inheriting money, often it is more of a financial burden than a blessing. The expense of keeping it in condition can be terrible, and then there's the inheritance tax, both of these are why we find ourselves in this situation now. My sister is always short of money these days as she is unable to work in the only sector she knows anything about (equestrian) and must survive by selling off her belongings, goodness knows what she will do when they are gone.

davholla

higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »

Yes, and many people fail to understand that inheriting property is really not the same as inheriting money, often it is more of a financial burden than a blessing. The expense of keeping it in condition can be terrible, and then there's the inheritance tax, both of these are why we find ourselves in this situation now. My sister is always short of money these days as she is unable to work in the only sector she knows anything about (equestrian) and must survive by selling off her belongings, goodness knows what she will do when they are gone.

Surely unless you inherit a house in a deserted ex pit village you can always sell it? (If it is unsalable then there should be no inheritance tax). Even a house in bad condition in a cheap town is worth £20k which is a useful sum of money for all but the richest in the UK.

00ec25

davholla wrote: »

Surely unless you inherit a house in a deserted ex pit village you can always sell it? (If it is unsalable then there should be no inheritance tax). Even a house in bad condition in a cheap town is worth £20k which is a useful sum of money for all but the richest in the UK.

totally misses the point - this is the Ancestral HOME and OP is now discovering that being asset rich and cash poor means you have to learn how the world works. That results in having to comply with laws you did not think would ever impact "your sort" and (horrors) work for a living and pay tax.

higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »

My sister is always short of money these days as she is unable to work in the only sector she knows anything about (equestrian) and must survive by selling off her belongings, goodness knows what she will do when they are gone.

do what many horsey girls do, marry well and let him pay for the lifestyle.

higgledypiggledy_pop

Pyxis wrote: »

If you google that name, you get loads of photos and Facebook entires. Have you tried identifying him from that?
It's a Turkish name, by the way, or so it would seem.

Yes I have already tried this, none of the photos that come up resemble him but there are so many entries that it is overwhelming. And many of them are in Turkish.

fairy_lights

higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »

My sister is always short of money these days as she is unable to work in the only sector she knows anything about (equestrian) and must survive by selling off her belongings, goodness knows what she will do when they are gone.

Can she not get a job in Tesco?

higgledypiggledy_pop

davholla wrote: »

Surely unless you inherit a house in a deserted ex pit village you can always sell it? (If it is unsalable then there should be no inheritance tax). Even a house in bad condition in a cheap town is worth £20k which is a useful sum of money for all but the richest in the UK.

I could theoretically sell it if there were ABSOLUTELY no alternative, but that would have to be a last resort and perhaps even then I would choose to simply starve to death in it rather than sell.

If my sister and I can agree we may sell the property I have been using in Scotland, which is small and of low value but would cover the legal & other costs I am now facing

higgledypiggledy_pop

The_Earl_of_Streatham wrote: »

So you visited and stayed for a while enjoying their hospitality. During your stay you saw no evidence of the dog and suffered no allergic reaction. You really have no direct evidence that your tenants are in breach of their tenancy agreement, despite having visited with the express intention of finding some.

Being allergic to dogs does not mean you go shock and blow up like a balloon as soon as you catch a whiff of one. I did in fact have itchy eyes by the time I left, and could feel a chest wheeze on the way back, which always happens after brief exposure to dogs or cats. If I were to have stayed (and been allowed for example to sit somewhere that the dog had sat, instead of being kept in the kitchen for most of the visit) I would have then developed a skin rash and cough.

If you don't think that anything about the meeting I described was at all suspicious then that is really your judgement, but even if they do have the upper hand legally, I do not feel at all morally wrong for being very concerned about the lies that have been told, the 'charm offensive' to keep me away from certain locations and the concealment of the dog which should never have been brought into the property in the first place! I am now even more sure that it is necessary to look at the garden, if 'evidence' is what I need then perhaps I will find some nice big doggy dollops to take photographs of!

UKSBD

Has your friend noticed that the lady tenant has been slowly putting on weight in recent months?