Pet clause in lease for a share of freehold property?

Pet clause in lease for a share of freehold property?

0:01 AM, 15th August 2024, About 5 hours ago

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Hi, I bought a share of a freehold flat, there are two flats, and my co-freeholder lives downstairs. We both bought the flats at the same time but they moved in two months before us.

Our lease states the following about pets:

*No birds, dogs or other animals which may cause annoyance to any owner lessee or occupier of any other flat on the estate shall be kept in the flat.*

The person living downstairs has a dog and two cats. We briefly said to them that we thought pets were not allowed here but all they said was that they were not going to get rid of them. I didn’t want to cause a problem between us so just left it. I have a young daughter who is scared of dogs so she won’t go into the garden to play because of their dog.

Downstairs told me that they are selling their flat, if the lease allows people to have pets then we have to follow it but is there anything we could arrange with the potential new owner(s) with what we could do if they did cause a problem. If they were a pet owner they would not likely get rid of their pet(s).

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

A


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