Hi we are leasing out our property on 25 acres.the land is included in the lease however the only approved animal is one outside dog.
We recently had permission to access a storage container on the property and found that there was 5 dogs locked inside with no one home as well as a heap of chickens, more dogs outside and animals in the paddocks including 5 cows, a couple of horses , a sheep and an alpaca.
We contacted the real estate and told them we wanted all the other animals removed from the property as that was not in our lease agreement.they have sent a letter to the tenants informing them they are in breach of the lease and have given them one month to remove the animals.
Today I was contacted by our neighbour who told me he owns the cattle on the property and has been agisting the land from our tenants and was asking if he could either continue this arrangement or pay us the ageist meant fee.
We had previously decided not to renew their lease and move back into the property in October when the lease is up and have had the real estate notify them that their lease would not be renewed however since it appears the tenants cannot be trusted and are obviously not willing to abide by the lease agreements do we have any grounds to terminate the lease immediately?
Where do we stand legally and what are our options?
Thanks in advance.
We recently had permission to access a storage container on the property and found that there was 5 dogs locked inside with no one home as well as a heap of chickens, more dogs outside and animals in the paddocks including 5 cows, a couple of horses , a sheep and an alpaca.
We contacted the real estate and told them we wanted all the other animals removed from the property as that was not in our lease agreement.they have sent a letter to the tenants informing them they are in breach of the lease and have given them one month to remove the animals.
Today I was contacted by our neighbour who told me he owns the cattle on the property and has been agisting the land from our tenants and was asking if he could either continue this arrangement or pay us the ageist meant fee.
We had previously decided not to renew their lease and move back into the property in October when the lease is up and have had the real estate notify them that their lease would not be renewed however since it appears the tenants cannot be trusted and are obviously not willing to abide by the lease agreements do we have any grounds to terminate the lease immediately?
Where do we stand legally and what are our options?
Thanks in advance.