Landlord & New Baby
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Topic: Landlord & New Baby
Posted By: yermasyada
Subject: Landlord & New Baby
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 9:14am
Hi 
This may seem like a silly question, but does anyone know if your legally obliged to inform your landlord your having a baby? I'm just waiting on mine to send a new lease (wanted to fix for 12 months for a bit of security) and was thinking that maybe I should tell her, but I don't want her to put the rent up! Any thoughts? Milliemoo |
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 9:21am
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Why would they put the rent up?
Anyway that is a moot point, we told ours when we were having number two (we already had Isabelle when we moved in) .. it was more a courtesy thing than anything else (and it would have been pretty obvious with my ever expanding tummy)  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 9:25am
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It's a sticky situation and some hardnose landlords will want to know, especially if on your tenancy agreement there is a "maximum number of tenants" and having a baby will put you over that number. Most landlords probably wouldn't give two hoots, but sometimes you get one who is just plain nasty and says, nope, 2 tenants is the maximum, having a baby takes you to 3 so you're in breach blah blah.
I would tell them though, just out of courtesy (and so if they have to do an inspection one day after baby is born, they don't turn up and "poof" a baby has appeared LOL) |
Posted By: yermasyada
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 9:27am
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Call me cynical, but if I was a landlord who found out my tenants were expecting a baby in 6 weeks and wanted to sign a new lease, I'd be tempted to up the rent knowing that there's no way we want to move out anytime soon over the next few weeks.
I never see my landlord. They're very happy with us as tenants, so never do inspections. I think she's been round once in over 3 years! Milliemoo |
Posted By: yermasyada
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 9:29am
Good point, I'll see what the new lease states with regards to maximum tenants  If it says two people, I'll let her no I'm UTD but won't say how far along.
Milliemoo |
Posted By: yermasyada
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 9:30am
She's really not a nasty person, far from it, but business is business 
Milliemoo |
Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 9:32am
| Yeah that's just it - business is business. In saying that, those landlords are the rarity, rather than the norm!! But it has arisen before. |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 9:46am
I think its pretty hard to find good tenants, which you must be if youve been there for so many years, I would think your landlord would want to keep you on instead of making a little extra $  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 10:22am
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I didn't tell my landlord I was pregnant when we moved in. They can't discriminate against you for having kids so therefore I figured it was none of her business. Plus I had only just gone 3 months pregnant.
That being said she's really nice with kids of her own so I doubt she would have cared. She was super stoked to meet the new addition when she did the 6 month inspection. -------------  
 
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Posted By: yermasyada
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 10:59am
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Well, she hasn't put the rent up in 3 years, so it's not like she needs much of an excuse. That said, the apartment next door can't shift and they've lopped $100pw off the rental price and it's still sat empty!
I wish she'd just post me the lease though, so I can get this sorted. paperwork isn't her strong point LOL Milliemoo |
Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 11:07am
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I told my landlord when I was pregnant with Hollie, she knew we'd been there for ages and looked after the place so she gave us a minimal cut on our rent
Of course then we had Hollie, our situation changed and we found ourselves able to buy so moved out anyway It was a popular place though when we applied for it so I'm sure it didn't take her long to find someone else
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Posted By: yermasyada
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 11:35am
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WOW you got a rent reduction!
My landlord is nice but not *that* nice LOL Milliemoo |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 7:20pm
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Let them know just so they are aware. I can't see them putting the rent up thou. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 16 February 2010 at 7:58pm
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If the rent agreement had a number of tenants thing on it, I would think you would have to tell her on a technicality. But otherwise I probably wouldn't bother until later on.
I told my landlord, but I knew she wouldn't mind... she advertised the place as perfect for a young family She even sent us baby presents when ours were born!------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |