Fish allowed in my rental? Confusing legal wording.

mightymooses

Adereterial wrote: »

There’s nothing unclear about that clause.

You can’t have pets. Fish in a tank a pets. You also can’t hve any other animals - which excludes any other type of non-pet animal - livestock, service animals, guard animals etc. Excluding service animals may be a breach of the Equality Act but that a subject for a different debate.

Yes, that is clear to me. It is then listing rodents, reptiles and birds as if those are NOT animals that had me confused. Why would fish come under pets/animals but rodents (like a hamster) wouldn't?

jimbog

Is there enough room in your plaice for one?

Mnd

It's a load of pollacks

jimbog

If they allowed a fish it could be the fin edge of the wedge

Norman_Castle

mightymooses wrote: »

Yes, that is clear to me. It is then listing rodents, reptiles and birds as if those are NOT animals that had me confused. Why would fish come under pets/animals but rodents (like a hamster) wouldn't?

Possibly the result of previous disputes with residents arguing their pets aren't pets. Expect fish to be added to the list when they find yours.

mightymooses

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Possibly the result of previous disputes with residents arguing their pets aren't pets. Expect fish to be added to the list when they find yours.

That's more what I suspected. I don't think I'd be brave (or foolish!) enough to actually sneak a tank in, I was more trying to see whether there was reasonable grounds to suspect there was actually any point asking (i.e. there'd be no point calling and asking to have a dog so you just wouldn't bother).

davidmcn

I suspect it's either been drafted by someone stupid enough to think "animal" = "mammal", or in anticipation of having to deal with people that stupid. So it's possible they've deliberately left fish out as being less objectionable than your neighbour's albatross / snake / rats.

LilElvis

mightymooses wrote: »

That's more what I suspected. I don't think I'd be brave (or foolish!) enough to actually sneak a tank in, I was more trying to see whether there was reasonable grounds to suspect there was actually any point asking (i.e. there'd be no point calling and asking to have a dog so you just wouldn't bother).

Have you actually got a fish tank?

theartfullodger

Fish or any other pet not allowed. But no judge would evict you for that little breach.

Trouble is, thanks to Thatcher's 1988 housing act a landlord can evict you for no reason at all.

xylophone

The fireman put his foot through my ceiling and it was like that for ages.

Not too long one hopes...for the fireman's sake!:)