Lease holder says no pets

[Beanbateman]

Hi there - I think this might come across as an annoying and silly post but I genuinely want some advice and see if anyone else has ever been in a similar situation.

I have been renting since December, the other day me and my boyfriend found a beautiful 7 month old Dashund online for sale. We went to go see him and both agreed we would love to take him on.

I emailed my estate agent as I cannot contact my landlord directly to ask very politely if we would be able to do this and assured them no damage would occur to the property and we would maintain it to a high standard. The woman came back and told me that it isn’t anything to do with the landlords wishes but the “ head lease “ and that they strictly prohibit pets in the apartment.

I’ve got myself in a real pickle as I have already agreed to take him, we have a bunch of his stuff ( he is an hour and 10 minutes drive away ) and have both fallen totally in love with him.

as you can imagine this feels like a huge blow but I really don’t know what to do.

what are the odds of them finding out? Has anyone ever kept a pet a “ secret “ in their rented home?

It was only the other day - 16th March, that the Op @Beanbateman was wanting to adopt a Bosnian dog and was enquiring if £400 to transport the dog to this country was reasonable...

If you live in a "no pets" building then you are surrounded by potential snitches and any one of those fine folks could drop you in it. Much as I loath and despise snitching neighbours I can see their point of not wanting a yappy dog in an appartment building. If it was an indoor cat, a bird or fish then you could probably get away with but not a dog. Dogs need outdooe exercise and its not fair to the animal.