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

catshark88

I am sorry to be obtuse, but did we ever get to the bottom of whether the fearsome beast (dog, not OP) was a werewolf or just a wolf/ wolf cross?

If your tenant is a werewolf, do you still submit a section 21 notice in the usual way, or is there a different protocol for fantastical beasts?

Lazarus_Blackstar

hign10pines

00ec25 wrote: »

do try and keep up with the near 600 posts on this thread.

The property he entered is the flat of his "relations" for which he has the key, as those relations, like the OP until recently, do not actually spend much time in the Uk, as they prefer to be abroad. So the flat has no one in it. Why the Op would have a key to it when he himself was recently living abroad is another continuity [STRIKE]gaff[/STRIKE] question.

Even so, that isn't the reason that he had a key, so he just entry whenever he liked.

Oh and I've read the whole thread. I do wonder why the family isn't spying for him also. Wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't CCTV somewhere.

hign10pines

catshark88 wrote: »

I am sorry to be obtuse, but did we ever get to the bottom of whether the fearsome beast (dog, not OP) was a werewolf or just a wolf/ wolf cross?

If your tenant is a werewolf, do you still submit a section 21 notice in the usual way, or is there a different protocol for fantastical beasts?

He'd have to secure their deposit first

TBagpuss

higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »

She originally claimed that the dog did not really belong to her and had only been staying for a few days, which I knew from the start was not true. It had been hidden away when I visited.

The dog would not know anyone else living there from Adam as the other flat's owners are normally in HK and have not been back since my tenants moved in. It's very lucky that I experienced this and can warn them.

So the tenants know the flat is empty and no one other than them is currently using or has access to the garden? In which case it does not seem unreasonable for them to have let the dog into the garden.

I'm curious. Have you addressed your legal obligation to ensure that your tenant's deposit is protected, yet?

davholla

00ec25 wrote: »

do try and keep up with the near 600 posts on this thread.

The property he entered is the flat of his "relations" for which he has the key, as those relations, like the OP until recently, do not actually spend much time in the Uk, as they prefer to be abroad. So the flat has no one in it. Why the Op would have a key to it when he himself was recently living abroad is another continuity [STRIKE]gaff[/STRIKE] question.

Not impossible to keep the key when you move. I have my parents house key - to look after their house when they are away on my key ring. If I moved like the OP to Scotland I am not 100% sure I would remember to say to them "I won't be able to help in future, keep this".
Personally I think the story is true - truth is stranger than fiction.

higgledypiggledy_pop

TBagpuss wrote: »

So the tenants know the flat is empty and no one other than them is currently using or has access to the garden? In which case it does not seem unreasonable for them to have let the dog into the garden.

I'm curious. Have you addressed your legal obligation to ensure that your tenant's deposit is protected, yet?

'Current owners currently not around' is not the same as 'empty', it is not really empty and they could appear back at any time or have friends staying. I believe that they also have a housekeeper going in every one or two weeks. Any of these people have the right to go in their garden without fear of being attacked

The whereabouts of the tenants' deposit is not currently clear but I am attempting to sort this out.

Guest101

higgledypiggledy_pop wrote: »

'Current owners currently not around' is not the same as 'empty', it is not really empty and they could appear back at any time or have friends staying. I believe that they also have a housekeeper going in every one or two weeks. Any of these people have the right to go in their garden without fear of being attacked

The whereabouts of the tenants' deposit is not currently clear but I am attempting to sort this out.

No it is clear, YOU HAVE THE DEPOSIT. That is the legal end of the story.


It doesn't matter if you have the money physically in your hand or in your bank or a friend is holding it or what.


You have made no effort to sort this out.

00ec25

davholla wrote: »

Personally I think the story is true - truth is stranger than fiction.

:rotfl:

then this poster is an off world alien because no one else on this board has ever shown such lack of focus when presented with very serious breaches of their own obligations as LL that they continue to bleat about wolf dogs, not what will bite them personally: the law.

davholla

00ec25 wrote: »

:rotfl:

then this poster is an off world alien because no one else on this board has ever shown such lack of focus when presented with very serious breaches of their own obligations as LL

I have met worse people in real life - believe me. She did inherit this property not get it due to her hard work etc.