Get Pet Addendum

NSW: there's nothing in the state's Residential Tenancies Act that says you can't have a pet, but landlords can insert their own pet-preventing clauses into leasing agreements, and NSW Fair Trading recommends seeking permission from your landlord before letting your furry friends move in.

Effective January 1, 2020, AB 1482 will impose rent caps on most residential rental properties in California and imposes just cause eviction requirements. ... For a tenancy that starts or renews on or after July 1, 2020, the notification must be provided as an addendum to the lease or rental agreement.

The total security deposit including pet deposit cannot exceed one month's rent. ... At the end of the tenancy, damages caused by the pet may be offset against the pet fee, but the landlord is not required to return any part of the pet fee, even if the damages are less than the amount of the fee.

ALBERTA: A landlord cannot charge an additional deposit for pets. Total security deposit (including pet deposit) for a unit cannot exceed 1-month's rent. ... However, the landlord can only charge a fee that is reasonable and is a genuine expectation of damages that will occur.

Adding an Addendum An addendum must include the basic elements of any landlord/tenant agreement. You should include the date, the address of the rental property and the names of each party just as you would in the original lease.

A study from PetFinder revealed that the average pet deposit was between 40 and 85 percent of the rent. This means if the rent is $2,000 a month, the pet deposit would run you anywhere from $800 (40 percent of $2,000) to $1,700 (85 percent of $2,000).

Landlord's can charge 1/2 a month's rent for a pet damage deposit (and this is in addition to any other deposit, such as a security deposit, or a key deposit). A landlord can request a pet security deposit at any time during the tenancy, once a pet is brought into the unit.

The lease addendum templates allow a landlord or tenant to make changes to a current residential or commercial lease agreement. Instead of changing the actual lease agreement, an addendum is a document added to a lease agreement outlining the prearranged modifications.

An addendum can consist of everything from lease terms, to the correction of a mistake that was not noticed until after the document was signed. For example, an addendum to a separation agreement often covers visitation schedules for holidays that were not previously listed in the initial visitation schedule.

In the US, more and more landlords are starting to tack on $10 to $50 per month in what is known as pet rent. You can read the story on the Canadian Business site here.