loulove1 0 Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) I have recently moved house to a rented detached house with a private garden as had problems with noisy neighbours at our last house. Any way my dad hached and reared 3 golden bahrama hens for me this year and have been very excited about getting them. Picked them up last week and they are great, wont lay for a few more weeks but are gerat fun and follow you round the garden like pet cats lol. We have got friendly with the neighbours and mentioned that we had the chickens, a couple of days later and my letting agent calls me and says the landlord has had complaint about the noise from the chickens and they got to go. Now these hens do not make a sound and as we have private garden no one would know they were there, so talked to neighbour and she said landlord wife who she is friends with had called to ask how we were as neighbours. She said great, but she dropped a joke along the lines of "as long as the chickens dont escape" and assured us she did not complain. Problem is now i have letter telling me chickens have to go and i am really annoyed as this is why we wanted a bigger private garden and as we have a young child we would not have any pets in the house so dont see what the problem is? anyone had problems with landlords and keeping chickens as dont want to get rid of them. The other thing i should mention is i have six ferrets in a large run and the landlord has no problem with them but does not want us to have the chickens, not sure what he has aginst chickens. Edited October 16, 2009 by loulove1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrycatcat 31 Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 I would write back to the landlord and not the letting agent and grovel nicely and say that the chickens don't cause a nuisance and when you leave promise that the garden will be left as you found it. I would assume that its in your contract about no pets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loulove1 0 Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 I am going to look at my contact in detail this weekend before I respond but as far as verble agreements went the letting agent only made it clear that it was no pets in the house and never mentioned the garden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrycatcat 31 Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 It should be in your contract or they cant say anything really but they could still give you 2 months notice as that is the normal time to give a tenant to leave. Even then there are still things you can do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 (edited) I'd arrange a meeting between yourself, your neighbour and your landlord to sort out the problem. If behind your back your neighbour did complain he'll hardly say it in front of you. And stress that you are not keeping a rooster and that hens are quiet. How young is the child? If the child is a toddler explain that the hens are the childs pets and will be heart broken. Edited October 18, 2009 by neil cooney Quote Link to post Share on other sites
artic 595 Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 That is shame, firstly i would kindly ask why they are against you keeping poultry. Are they likely to move back into the property? Sweet him up a little, explain that you only have a few and its very educational for your children. I wish you all the best. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fresh earth 47 Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 if you moved to be able to keep them then i would have thought the bright thing to do would be ok it with the land owner before you agreed the let but i would say that if it said no pets in the house it would probably mean the premises in other words the house and any other land etc you are renting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loulove1 0 Posted September 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Just thought I would update this post with the outcome - It turned out the landlord had every intention of moving back to the property and had even put plans into the council to extend, we were looking for a long term let and were assured this was a property looking to be let long term.(they lied). After the initial six months on our tenancy had passed they gave us 2 moths notice, giving them just enough time to show the plans to the not so happy neighbours. Not nice of them when we have a young baby and made it very clear we didn’t want to move again. This would explain the problem they had with the hens, it was not because they were noisy or causing a problem but they didn’t want us getting to settled, they had said in the contract that we could keep animals in the garden but not in the house. Anyway we found a nice house that was long term let with a sea views and with a bigger letting company; the hens turned out to be cockerels and did start to make a lot of noise so they have gone to live at an open farm as stud cockerels in a free-range setting with lots of hens for company. Our ex-landlords company went down the pan when the new government came in as he done HIPS and has moved back to the house after giving all his neighbours the ump with his plans to take back a 1foot section of land. A happy ending after all lol...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
artic 595 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Excellent stuff. I'm happy for you and your family, and good riddance to the landlord eh! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrycatcat 31 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Glad you got sorted, good luck in your new home Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogsbollocks58 36 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 to the landlord good luck in the new home matey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted September 16, 2010 Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Just thought I would update this post with the outcome - It turned out the landlord had every intention of moving back to the property and had even put plans into the council to extend, we were looking for a long term let and were assured this was a property looking to be let long term.(they lied). After the initial six months on our tenancy had passed they gave us 2 moths notice, giving them just enough time to show the plans to the not so happy neighbours. Not nice of them when we have a young baby and made it very clear we didn’t want to move again. This would explain the problem they had with the hens, it was not because they were noisy or causing a problem but they didn’t want us getting to settled, they had said in the contract that we could keep animals in the garden but not in the house. Anyway we found a nice house that was long term let with a sea views and with a bigger letting company; the hens turned out to be cockerels and did start to make a lot of noise so they have gone to live at an open farm as stud cockerels in a free-range setting with lots of hens for company. Our ex-landlords company went down the pan when the new government came in as he done HIPS and has moved back to the house after giving all his neighbours the ump with his plans to take back a 1foot section of land. A happy ending after all lol...... good news then pal,where on the south coast you from ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loulove1 0 Posted September 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Much happier in the new home, thanks everyone. Got another boy due in december so things are great at the moment. watchman - Im just down the road from Brighton mate but far enough along the coast for peace and quiet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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