Renting with a baby coming

I don't think you have to tell them - but i'm sure someone will know if you have to. When I was expecting Andrew we were looking for a new place to rent as we were renting a shoebox flat and wanted a house, so when we were looking for a house I was showing so it was a little hard to hide.

Im renting and I never told any of my landlords that I was pregnant with either child.

I was pregnant with Bailey when we looked at this place, we told the landlord that we were expecting, we didn't tell them about Aidan though, but they didn't care when we did

ok here is a landlords perspective.....

We rent to people we have vetted carefully. If you are staying long term and dont have kids we would like to know if you do have them - cause guess what not all landlords want to rent to young kiddies!! Will depend on the house and the landlord. there can be a lot of damage done.....and you will be liable for it - one of our tenants just learnt what an expensive carpet ($1000 for one room) it can be when your child draws on carpet with felt pen and then you try and bleach it out!!!

Also - your rent agreement might have max of two people listed. Baby makes three so suddenly you are in breach of your rental agreement. Let them know and add in bubba. Youd let them know if you got a cat or dog and in breach of agreement wouldnt you?

What if you want to put on locks or gates etc that rquire some screws etc, or decorate a nursery - let the landlord know - they might say yes to a few more holes etc in the circumstances.

Edited by Bombshell

Our landlord has specified in the rental agreement that there are two occupants in the house so I guess we will need to tell him. Although there wasn't a limit as such written in there.

I don't think he'd be worried about damage as most of the place is tile but there is only a thin wall between us and our neighbours and they already moan because they can hear us talking. They'll love it when we have a newborn crying at all hours This is one of the main reasons we want to leave.

So I guess if he wants us out once we tell him, then he has to give us the usual notice??

Though if your agreement states how many people live in the house, you are obliged to tell them if you're 'shifting' another person in.  If they want to move you on, they need to give a great deal of notice (unless the landlord themselves or a close family member of theirs is going to be the next tenant, in which case I think it's only about 6 weeks), and there'll be plenty of time to find a new place, which if you want to leave anyway, could work out alright for you.  I've been a tenant and a landlord, and can say that as landlords we never considered asking someone to leave when they had a baby while living there.  It's never been a baby who's damaged the property anyway - always older kids or the adults! 

i told my landlorsd in japan and they kept lecturing me about carrying things when I was pregnant (walked home past the office) "Lizu-san, too heavy too heavy!!" - as I carry a loaf of bread. and they touched my stomach a lot and giggled. and then had Jake as a baby on their cell phone background. they were all very cute.

In NZ, was never preggers when we moved and the landlords to tell the truth were fighting over us when we were looking for a place. Ok, kids make mess, but most families are long-term renters and keep the place in good condition.

am blathering now and will stop.