Pet Clause in tenancy contract

MABLE

Well we certainly would not last long. We have three Burmese cats and they are very vocal.

LEJC

MABLE wrote: »

Well we certainly would not last long. We have three Burmese cats and they are very vocal.

Although looking at the clause objectively the cats could be as vocal as anything....the clause only stipulates that it's enforcible if it raises a complaint.

I've always said that noise is a subjective thing...some people have much higher tolerance levels both in pitch and type than others.

keep in with the neighbours.....

cloo

Unless your cat is a regular Macavity, I woudn't worry. I think we may have had something similar in contract when we rented, but seeing as I owned the most timid mog in the history of the world, she was hardly likely to cause anyone a nuisance.

3ilton

Thanks for all the replies, especially the calming ones!

cloo wrote: »

Unless your cat is a regular Macavity, I woudn't worry. I think we may have had something similar in contract when we rented, but seeing as I owned the most timid mog in the history of the world, she was hardly likely to cause anyone a nuisance.

It's a freehold house, not leasehold so there wouldnt be anything to worry about there.

The chances of this ever coming to anything as slim to none, as we, like the previous poster, have a timid, coward of a feline.

I guess I just dislike the way it's written, I'd rather it said that they'd chuck us all out if our cat drove our neighbours mad enough to actually complain to the owner of the house. There are a handful of cats on the street, owned by house owners rather than renters, who can't be made to get rid of their pets if they cause us a nuisance, not to mention the loud, loud children.

In fact I'd love to see a child clause that said if your kid causes a nuisance you will have a reasonable time frame to rehouse it. Anyway...

Thanks again everyone, you have generally calmed me down on the subject. I'm just going to sign it while lightly grumbling under my breath about the wording to the agent (and hope that my cats balls don't ever grow back). :beer: