So ridiculous that I can't believe it's happening.
It's no secret that I have 9 rats, and that I foster cats for the local rescue.
We recently had to move house, and we did everything right. We found a rental home that would allow us to have our animals, we had them all put on the lease and everything was top notch.
Just for clarification, the house is also currently for sale, and the agents renting it to us are seperate from the agent selling the property. Brad is our estate agent, Barry is selling the place. We knew before we moved in that the place was being sold and Barry would have to bring people through to see it. No biggie. He brought someone through the day after we moved in.
Well, we got a call on New Years Eve from Brad saying that Barry had gone directly to the owners about there being animals on the property and she was flipping her shit. She was demanding that the animals go, or the tenants go. Of course, Brad tells us that he didn't consult the owners of the property before approving our animals.
We have only been living in this place since the 15th of December. We are well within our rights to stay here until our lease term is up, and the animals have every right to stay as we do. But Brad is looking for somewhere else for us to live that is suitable and appropriate [accepting of our animals]. We know that if we make this difficult for them now, they can make it very difficult for us when we do eventually move out.
Funny thing is, the two cats that are with us long term were surrendered to the rescue because of a situation much the same as this. Well I am not giving up that easily. Nobody is kicking my animals out of our home, and if that means we have to move twice in a month then so be it.
Everyone is angry right now. Barry is angry at Brad for approving animals, Brad is angry at Barry for not consulting him before running to the owners of the property and I'm angry at everyone. We do NOT have enough money to move house again.
On the plus side, the Residential Tenancies Authority has told us that we can draw up a letter of expectations should they want us to move out, and if they dont comply then we dont have to move. I will be wringing them for everything I can. I can't believe how hard we have been fucked over by this.
We recently had to move house, and we did everything right. We found a rental home that would allow us to have our animals, we had them all put on the lease and everything was top notch.
Just for clarification, the house is also currently for sale, and the agents renting it to us are seperate from the agent selling the property. Brad is our estate agent, Barry is selling the place. We knew before we moved in that the place was being sold and Barry would have to bring people through to see it. No biggie. He brought someone through the day after we moved in.
Well, we got a call on New Years Eve from Brad saying that Barry had gone directly to the owners about there being animals on the property and she was flipping her shit. She was demanding that the animals go, or the tenants go. Of course, Brad tells us that he didn't consult the owners of the property before approving our animals.
We have only been living in this place since the 15th of December. We are well within our rights to stay here until our lease term is up, and the animals have every right to stay as we do. But Brad is looking for somewhere else for us to live that is suitable and appropriate [accepting of our animals]. We know that if we make this difficult for them now, they can make it very difficult for us when we do eventually move out.
Funny thing is, the two cats that are with us long term were surrendered to the rescue because of a situation much the same as this. Well I am not giving up that easily. Nobody is kicking my animals out of our home, and if that means we have to move twice in a month then so be it.
Everyone is angry right now. Barry is angry at Brad for approving animals, Brad is angry at Barry for not consulting him before running to the owners of the property and I'm angry at everyone. We do NOT have enough money to move house again.
On the plus side, the Residential Tenancies Authority has told us that we can draw up a letter of expectations should they want us to move out, and if they dont comply then we dont have to move. I will be wringing them for everything I can. I can't believe how hard we have been fucked over by this.