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Sabine Klare · 1st March 2013, 12:05

"Fortunately cats and dogs are allowed in our leased apartment."... They were allowed, and I've thought, they would be still allowed, until yesterday. Then all tenants got an angry letter from the management for all 4 houses. When I had this letter in my hands and I read it, suddenly I had tears in my eyes. I had to post also in these 2 threads:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....32#post2915832
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....35#post2915835
Today I rallied a bit. There were also many other hard words in this letter. For example a tenant is not allowed to help another friend and to let this friend live in the leased apartment for many weeks, if this friend has lost the home. The tenants got also many other anger, for example because some people are very messy with garbage and there were very often rat infestation...
1993 many lawyers said "A landlord can prohibit only dogs, but not cats and other pets.", but 2000 other lawyers said "A landlord can prohibit also rabbits and guinea pigs". The laws have changed many times. A tenant can think "I will adopt a cat now, nobody will know that.", because a tenant doesn't need to let another person go into the apartment. But an unknown neighbor can discover the cat behind the window, and if this neighbor hates cats, he or she will call the landlord and say "This tenant has a cat!", also, if another neighbor says "Please let him keep his cat now!", and this neighbor doesn't need to know this tenant personally. Suddenly the landlord can appear at the door, ring and force the tenant to give away his cat. It happenend to a friend many years ago...
The tenants have to be very careful also with other things. A tenant isn't allowed to have the music too loud, and if a tenant deviates from the norm, this tenant has to keep it top secret (for example the music-taste, the culture, the religion etc.). 1999 neighbors from another country with another culture moved into the house. In the beginning they had their music loud very often, and they forgot to turn off their stove once. They are still living here. Another landlord or management for the houses would have teminated the lease agreement contract, if the tenant would have been very old and would have forgotten to turn off the stove. Neighbors have moved out and moved in. Neighbors are not allowed to run into an apartment of another neighbor without permission, but 2012 a new neighbor did that with other neighbors. If neighbors don't know each other, then they should leave other neighbors alone. A tenat has to be very careful also with the contact to the landlord or to the management for the houses. A landlord or a chief from a management can be very friendly in the beginning, but such a person can change the mind, and after some years the tenant has to be very careful...
But also people with an owner-occupied apartment cannot feel 100% secure. If the neighbors hate dogs or cats, they can go to the court, and the court can force a limit for cats, then a person with an owner-occupied apartment can have only 2 cats in the apartment and not more. The court can also decide: the family has to give away the very loudly barking dog. But a court cannot force the parents to give away their very loud little children. Only other families in leased apartments can suddenly lose their home, because the leased agreement contract is terminated by the landlord or the management for the houses...
People with an own house & garden can be very happy, also people with an owner-occupied apartment, but many people have to live in a leased apartment...

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Sabine Klare Major Dude Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1,082	"Fortunately cats and dogs are allowed in our leased apartment."... They were allowed, and I've thought, they would be still allowed, until yesterday. Then all tenants got an angry letter from the management for all 4 houses. When I had this letter in my hands and I read it, suddenly I had tears in my eyes. I had to post also in these 2 threads: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....32#post2915832 http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....35#post2915835 Today I rallied a bit. There were also many other hard words in this letter. For example a tenant is not allowed to help another friend and to let this friend live in the leased apartment for many weeks, if this friend has lost the home. The tenants got also many other anger, for example because some people are very messy with garbage and there were very often rat infestation... 1993 many lawyers said "A landlord can prohibit only dogs, but not cats and other pets.", but 2000 other lawyers said "A landlord can prohibit also rabbits and guinea pigs". The laws have changed many times. A tenant can think "I will adopt a cat now, nobody will know that.", because a tenant doesn't need to let another person go into the apartment. But an unknown neighbor can discover the cat behind the window, and if this neighbor hates cats, he or she will call the landlord and say "This tenant has a cat!", also, if another neighbor says "Please let him keep his cat now!", and this neighbor doesn't need to know this tenant personally. Suddenly the landlord can appear at the door, ring and force the tenant to give away his cat. It happenend to a friend many years ago... The tenants have to be very careful also with other things. A tenant isn't allowed to have the music too loud, and if a tenant deviates from the norm, this tenant has to keep it top secret (for example the music-taste, the culture, the religion etc.). 1999 neighbors from another country with another culture moved into the house. In the beginning they had their music loud very often, and they forgot to turn off their stove once. They are still living here. Another landlord or management for the houses would have teminated the lease agreement contract, if the tenant would have been very old and would have forgotten to turn off the stove. Neighbors have moved out and moved in. Neighbors are not allowed to run into an apartment of another neighbor without permission, but 2012 a new neighbor did that with other neighbors. If neighbors don't know each other, then they should leave other neighbors alone. A tenat has to be very careful also with the contact to the landlord or to the management for the houses. A landlord or a chief from a management can be very friendly in the beginning, but such a person can change the mind, and after some years the tenant has to be very careful... But also people with an owner-occupied apartment cannot feel 100% secure. If the neighbors hate dogs or cats, they can go to the court, and the court can force a limit for cats, then a person with an owner-occupied apartment can have only 2 cats in the apartment and not more. The court can also decide: the family has to give away the very loudly barking dog. But a court cannot force the parents to give away their very loud little children. Only other families in leased apartments can suddenly lose their home, because the leased agreement contract is terminated by the landlord or the management for the houses... People with an own house & garden can be very happy, also people with an owner-occupied apartment, but many people have to live in a leased apartment...