I need some advise on this instance..
Tuesday 17th, when tradies were attending my ip, it was discovered that there was seven eight week old puppies on the premies. They were locked in the patio area which I understand you could smell from way outside near the carport area.. To say it was a mess is huge understatement.
We needed to get the PM to give us access to house as the tenant had forgotten to unlock the front door security. This was a blessing as the PM seems to very much on the side of the tenant in all matter until seeing this... poor kid could hardly keep it together.. sadly for her she had grabbed the wrong key and had to go into the patio area to open the house and she was surrounded by puppies - apparently one p*ssed on her - she was not impressed.. Tradies had commented on the smell of the place..
PM issues a Notice of Remedy to remove the pups but no mention of the cleaning up of the place.. when I query, I told once the puppies are gone, the mess will be gone. I stress my disbelief the fact that from the smell of the inside of the house, dogs had been inside which is a total violation of the RE policy - Dogs are to remain outside.. and the tenants are not being asked to clean inside and what was stopping them from having their dogs in until they are due to leave the place.. place already smell of dog...
A Notice of Remedy was then issued for the property up to standard it was in when they entered the property. Inspection is to happen this Friday, I advise PM, I would be flying from Darwin to attend this inspection. Down and back home same day
I also did some research and advise the PM, I believe that the tenants are in violation of the Moreton shire council regulatons in regards to owning and breeding animal and also, considering that the parent dogs are not mongrels and the tenants own both father and mother, I believe they are breeders.
Apparently, the shire council have received complaints relating to noise and smell of the property.
Sorry this is so long....
Today I get a letter from the tenant via the PM asking for retrospective application to keep the puppies for another four weeks until they are sold..
Their reasoning in brief are the pups are seen as children and they want to ensure they are sold to the right person; Financial reason to recoup some of the costs and pay off some debts; Four weeks because this is roughly the time it took them to sell the previous litter![/B]
The letter goes on about how they did not know they needed to get permisson, they never hide the pups and they alway intended once all pups were gone, to clean and disinfect the patio area!! It continues on about how hard it is for the tenant to look after the pups solely as her partner is a FIFO worker.. She claims to clean up the enclosed area each morning and night but cannot stay ontop of it as she away for long period during the day working in the city... ( government worker) She mentions...... she cannot waste water and hose down the area every day Even thought the block is 1000m she does not like the pups roaming the garden as there has been ticks on the parents and they pups cannot be treated.. she goes on about the stress of all this and the high blood pressure she is suffering and the fact they cannot afford to be evicted and were hoping to move into place closer to the city once this tenancy finished in February.. They are living in limbo and have not unpacked everything as they will be moving again (tenancy was for 10 months)
She stresses they have never had problems before and alway got their bond back in the past tenancies.. She states as the puppies are sold, their numbers will go down and the stress of the pups will reduce until they are all gone.. She feels atad attacked learning that a judgement of Notice of Remedy was issued on the Tuesday!!! She goes on about lost job of partner, female dog was scheduled to be desexed earlier in the year but because of lost job, desexing was downgraded to low priority and the one time she took her eye off the dogs, they got up to no good...
The four week extension is until 27/09/2010 which is the same day that the female dog is suppose to be desexed. I have not idea what happen in regards to the shire council and inspector checking into the sitution.
I am a dog owner and as this was my first tenancy, was talked into allowing dogs which I did not see any harm in.. It did not enter my mind to think about extending requirement to desexed dogs..
Okay folks, if I still have you reading.. what would you be doing in this instance???
From where I stand, the pups are still in violation of the shire council, they are still pooing and making noise which is annoying the neighbours.. God, only know what other damage they are doing They are left alone on the premise most of the day while the tenant is out at work.. And she asking for another four weeks to sell all.. who being unfair...
From the limited experience I have had with puppies with buying from sellers usually them advertised early so interested folks come and see the pups when they are young, make their selection and then come and pick up when they are 7/8 weeks old.. Maybe this is a Darwin thing.
Any comment would be appreciated.. I am not sure where go from here.
Thanks heaps,
seabreeze
Tuesday 17th, when tradies were attending my ip, it was discovered that there was seven eight week old puppies on the premies. They were locked in the patio area which I understand you could smell from way outside near the carport area.. To say it was a mess is huge understatement.
We needed to get the PM to give us access to house as the tenant had forgotten to unlock the front door security. This was a blessing as the PM seems to very much on the side of the tenant in all matter until seeing this... poor kid could hardly keep it together.. sadly for her she had grabbed the wrong key and had to go into the patio area to open the house and she was surrounded by puppies - apparently one p*ssed on her - she was not impressed.. Tradies had commented on the smell of the place..
PM issues a Notice of Remedy to remove the pups but no mention of the cleaning up of the place.. when I query, I told once the puppies are gone, the mess will be gone. I stress my disbelief the fact that from the smell of the inside of the house, dogs had been inside which is a total violation of the RE policy - Dogs are to remain outside.. and the tenants are not being asked to clean inside and what was stopping them from having their dogs in until they are due to leave the place.. place already smell of dog...
A Notice of Remedy was then issued for the property up to standard it was in when they entered the property. Inspection is to happen this Friday, I advise PM, I would be flying from Darwin to attend this inspection. Down and back home same day
I also did some research and advise the PM, I believe that the tenants are in violation of the Moreton shire council regulatons in regards to owning and breeding animal and also, considering that the parent dogs are not mongrels and the tenants own both father and mother, I believe they are breeders.
Apparently, the shire council have received complaints relating to noise and smell of the property.
Sorry this is so long....
Today I get a letter from the tenant via the PM asking for retrospective application to keep the puppies for another four weeks until they are sold..
Their reasoning in brief are the pups are seen as children and they want to ensure they are sold to the right person; Financial reason to recoup some of the costs and pay off some debts; Four weeks because this is roughly the time it took them to sell the previous litter![/B]
The letter goes on about how they did not know they needed to get permisson, they never hide the pups and they alway intended once all pups were gone, to clean and disinfect the patio area!! It continues on about how hard it is for the tenant to look after the pups solely as her partner is a FIFO worker.. She claims to clean up the enclosed area each morning and night but cannot stay ontop of it as she away for long period during the day working in the city... ( government worker) She mentions...... she cannot waste water and hose down the area every day Even thought the block is 1000m she does not like the pups roaming the garden as there has been ticks on the parents and they pups cannot be treated.. she goes on about the stress of all this and the high blood pressure she is suffering and the fact they cannot afford to be evicted and were hoping to move into place closer to the city once this tenancy finished in February.. They are living in limbo and have not unpacked everything as they will be moving again (tenancy was for 10 months)
She stresses they have never had problems before and alway got their bond back in the past tenancies.. She states as the puppies are sold, their numbers will go down and the stress of the pups will reduce until they are all gone.. She feels atad attacked learning that a judgement of Notice of Remedy was issued on the Tuesday!!! She goes on about lost job of partner, female dog was scheduled to be desexed earlier in the year but because of lost job, desexing was downgraded to low priority and the one time she took her eye off the dogs, they got up to no good...
The four week extension is until 27/09/2010 which is the same day that the female dog is suppose to be desexed. I have not idea what happen in regards to the shire council and inspector checking into the sitution.
I am a dog owner and as this was my first tenancy, was talked into allowing dogs which I did not see any harm in.. It did not enter my mind to think about extending requirement to desexed dogs..
Okay folks, if I still have you reading.. what would you be doing in this instance???
From where I stand, the pups are still in violation of the shire council, they are still pooing and making noise which is annoying the neighbours.. God, only know what other damage they are doing They are left alone on the premise most of the day while the tenant is out at work.. And she asking for another four weeks to sell all.. who being unfair...
From the limited experience I have had with puppies with buying from sellers usually them advertised early so interested folks come and see the pups when they are young, make their selection and then come and pick up when they are 7/8 weeks old.. Maybe this is a Darwin thing.
Any comment would be appreciated.. I am not sure where go from here.
Thanks heaps,
seabreeze
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