Pets in your home
We know that pets can bring many benefits to our lives, including companionship. However, pets can also have an impact on your home and neighbours. This is why our Tenancy Management Policy sets out that all requests for pets will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. This helps our Neighbourhood Services Managers by ensuring they have all the right information when considering a request.
The general guides that our Neighbourhood team will follow when considering a request are as follows:
Houses: Any household pets permitted; up to a maximum of 2.
Apartments with direct access to the outdoors: Any household pets permitted; up to a maximum of 2.
Apartments without direct access to the outdoors, ie through a communal area: No dogs. Other pets, including house cats, permitted; up to a maximum of 2.
Working animals (where registration documents can be provided) are of course allowed in all circumstances.
Your responsibilities It is your responsibility to control your pets when Great Places colleagues are visiting or working in your home.
For the safety of both your pet and our colleagues, we ask that your animals are in a secure space when our colleagues come to your home. For example, this may be in a safe room with a closed door, in a fastened crate or tank or looked after by a neighbour, family member or friend. If you have any queries, please ask when you are arranging an appointment.
