Tenant Request for Advice and Help

Reply to Brian Clement,

It is not my dog you may not have a love of dogs, it doesn’t mean to say all landlords hate them. My dog is a trained helper dog for me. If I did not have him I would be lost. How ignorant you are to tenants having dog . As long as they are well behaved what is your problem with them , i paid a larger deposit for my dog to be able to live with me, I know exactly why we have been given this section 21 and it is not the dog. I am lucky enough that my landlord loves dog. I am sorry Brian Clement but I found you very rude and I am glad I am not your tenant.

Reply to the comment left by “brian clement” at “24/01/2015 – 01:17“:

I’d say that’s fair enough where you have tenants who are not prepared to take any responsibility for their pet, but if they are responsible owners and are prepared to indemnify the landlord against any damage, that is a rather harsh judgment.

Although my tenancy agreements have a “no pets” clause, I’m normally happy for my tenants to keep one or two well behaved pets. There is also the animal’s welfare to consider – the accommodation has to be suitable for the size and type of animal, and it’s temperament – therefore, this is something of a discretionary judgment call.

There are insurance policies that householders with pets can take out, that pay out if the pet causes damage http://www.moneysupermarket.com/home-insurance/pet-damage/

In addition, tenants can offer a larger deposit, and/or invite a prospective landlord to their current home, so they can see what impact, if any, their pet has.

Reply to the comment left by “Mark Alexander” at “24/01/2015 – 10:50“:

That’s all well and good for those well off tenants who can pay an extra large deposit and a rental premium, but for low income or DSS/LHA households that is not usually a realistic option, so I can certainly see Brian’s point of view, and I agree with Brian that having a dog will definitely limit the number of landlords that would accept you as a tenant. (I guess that is why there is a need for a specialist “lets with pets” website).

Reply to the comment left by “Mark Alexander” at “24/01/2015 – 10:50“:

With you on that Mark. Selfishly the more landlords that don’t allow pets the better it is for me:)

Michelle – just a thought. If you do move out and rent with another private landlord, I would not tell your prospective landlord that you think you’re being evicted.

Your current landlord isn’t actually evicting you – he simply wants the accommodation back, for whatever reason. A section 21 notice is not an eviction – it’s simply an amicable termination of the tenancy.

Reply to the comment left by “Mark Alexander” at “24/01/2015 – 10:50“:

I visited the “Letswithpets” link and filled in the quote form a couple of times – a policy for a dog is well under £20 a month – not a large amount for a committed and responsible dog owner, even someone (like me!) on a low income. The policy covers vet fees and indemnity for owner’s legal liability for pet damage, up £1million.

Having said that though, I’m not a pet owner and I realise that’s probably just for the “average” dog and policies for certain breeds might well cost a lot more.

Reply to the comment left by “Mandy Thomson” at “24/01/2015 – 12:00“:

Breeds like my Tatra Mountain dogs perhaps?

PS – they are still puppies and have a lot of growing to do yet! LOL

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I just wanted to let you wonderful Landlords who gave me advice, our landlord has just been round at our request, and sorted out the problem.It was to do with the rent and I took all your advice about the bank whilst the landlord was here we spoke to our bank and they confirmed to the landlord it was their fault they had not set it up correctly in the first place, as we use an account where they put money away each week for our bills so we know how much we have to spend on food etc. They have agreed to give us our banks monthly fee back from July to January as they have made our life a misery by not doing what they are supposed to do.
So we have just signed a new tenancy and we are very happy. I want to thank everyone who gave us positive advice, it helped us greatly so a big thank you to all

Cool, good to see you got a result:)

Reply to the comment left by “Michelle Williams” at “24/01/2015 – 12:31“:

That’s really great news – thanks for letting us know!

That a bank could mess up like that is scary – it just goes to show that no one can afford to not keep tabs on their bank account!