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We live in a group of freehold properties with a management company (of which we are all shareholders), that owns and maintains the common parts. The common parts are a central courtyard and the drive.
One clause in the deeds in the section "Covenants by the transferee..... enforceable by the Transferor and the Management Company and Tenants and owners of other properties" is "....not to keep any dog or other animal bird or pet whatsoever without the previous consent in writing from the Transferor (which will not be unreasonably withheld but may be reasonably withdrawn)".
In the case of a possible new resident seeking consent for pets, would the decision of the management company to withhold consent for a prospective purchaser who has two dogs be "reasonable" if it was arrived at by a "popular vote" of the existing residents who simply don't want these pets? So a subjective opinion rather than one based on more objective criteria such as behaviour. There is currently one house with a dog and one with a cat and there have in the past been 2 dogs in a couple of the properties.
One clause in the deeds in the section "Covenants by the transferee..... enforceable by the Transferor and the Management Company and Tenants and owners of other properties" is "....not to keep any dog or other animal bird or pet whatsoever without the previous consent in writing from the Transferor (which will not be unreasonably withheld but may be reasonably withdrawn)".
In the case of a possible new resident seeking consent for pets, would the decision of the management company to withhold consent for a prospective purchaser who has two dogs be "reasonable" if it was arrived at by a "popular vote" of the existing residents who simply don't want these pets? So a subjective opinion rather than one based on more objective criteria such as behaviour. There is currently one house with a dog and one with a cat and there have in the past been 2 dogs in a couple of the properties.
