The tenant has or wants to keep animals
The tenant wants to get a pet
Read the contract to see if there is a prohibition against keeping animals or not.
If you want to get a pet and there is a prohibition against animals, you initially need to respect the prohibition. However, keeping animals can be permitted, despite the landlord having set a prohibition against it, if you have good reasons for it, and the keeping of animals is not of inconvenience to the landlord or other people using the property.
Good reasons may for example be social and welfare related concerns.
Unless the landlord has good reasons for the prohibition against keeping animals, you may be able to get a pet if you need a one and have good reasons for it.
Be aware that keeping animals can lead to additional wear and tear on the residence, that you may be liable for.
The landlord does not want the tenant to keep animals
If you do not want the tenant to get a pet, you must inform that the keeping of animals is prohibited when you enter into the contract.
Even if keeping animals is not permitted, the tenant can keep an animal if there are good reasons for it, and it does not inconvenience you, as the landlord, that the tenant is keeping animals.
Inconveniences may be allergy, uncomfortable smell, noise or something similar.
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