When do I NEED to tell my landlord?

[torch2010]

As the title says. I am now 19 weeks and haven't told them. They may have guessed but haven't said anything. We live in an extra small 2 bed and will be looking to move in the next year or so. There is nothing in my tenancy that states more children are not allowed etc.
In my last property one day we had one child the next we had 2, we never actually told them lol.

 

[special_kala]

You don't ever need to tell them.

I dont tell my landlord Im pregnant or that I homebirth

 

[AdriansMama]

I have a very good relationship with my landlord so I told him around 15 weeks ... I wanted the carpet ripped out of the boys room and lamenent floor put in before Jaxon gets here ... I also wanted to give him the heads up that if Jaxon was a girl that I would need a 3 bedroom ... I think when the baby is born you need to tell them because ( at least on my lease ) the children in the house are listed on the lease.

 

[xdxxtx]

I live in the US and was supposed to report anyone living in my apartment as per my contract, but I never did tell them that we had/were having a baby. I moved out when my baby was 3 months old anyway, as I wasn't planning on living there long. I was just "in between" houses at the time.

 

[sophie22]

I'm in the same boat and not sure wether to mention it or not!

 

[Athena]

If it's not in your contract then legally you don't have to tell them at all. At the end of the day your landlord is probably glad to have his property rented out to someone ho pays regular rent, I don't see why he would care of you had three kids as long as the property is well maintained

 

[CLH_X3]

I'm not telling mine, see no need to.
I pay my rent every month on time so it shouldn't matter how many kids I have in the house..

I will need a bigger house though and I'm looking at buying within the next year ..

 

[torch2010]

Thanks ladies. My landlord is so lovely. They both are. When we moved in they gave us the first months rent free as some work needed doing. Our front door hasn't been working, called them and they came out that same day. We pay our rent on time every month without fail and are good tenants. I am sure they will work it out soon enough lol x

 

[MindUtopia]

Like others have said, I don't think you really ever need to tell them unless there is a reason to. Our landlords actually also own the house next to ours (it's their weekend home) so we know them and see them regularly, so it was kinda obvious. I mentioned it to the property management company that actually tends to the property itself when they came out to do their quarterly inspection. They come to check on maintenance issues a few times a year and they knew we had done some painting and maintenance on the house recently and it was also just obvious I was pregnant, so I did tell them officially. But if not for just bumping into people, I wouldn't have bothered and actually didn't even tell anyone until I was about 30 weeks as I just didn't talk to them before that. If you are allowed to have children in your property then I would just mention it if they ask or you happen to see them, but I don't think you need to formally notify anyone.

 

[katsbump]

I have no intention of telling my landlord though neither am I keeping it from him. He's a complete a$$hat so I generally don't communicate with him until something goes wrong.

 

[Biotechick829]

As a landlord, I don't really see the reason to know if you're expecting. It's not like you're having your sister or brother move in, which would be one more grown person using the rented space. Having a baby is a part of life and I wouldn't want to pry that far into my tenant's lives.

If you're friendly with them and would like to share, then it's fine to let them know. But don't feel like you have to let them know unless it's stated in your lease agreement that you have to notify them of any new prospective residents moving in, children or otherwise.

 

[2ndtimeluckyX]

When we had our first baby we were living in a rented house and it never occurred to me to inform the landlord? We are landlords ourselves now and I wouldn't mind if our tenant had a baby, why would I?
I'm sure going from two babies to three won't be a problem!

 

[Michelle80]

You dont have to tell your landlord, it has nothing to do with them whether you having a baby or not. As long as the rent is paid, the property is well maintained and you are not causing nusence or doing anything illegal you have no obligation to tell them.

 

[Dani_Ldn]

I am not planning on telling our landlord, there is no reason why they need to know. We pay our rent on time & inform them of any problems with the home so they can repair them & have never been bad or troublesome tenants. Although I do have a funny feeling that they might be planning on selling the place when our lease is up (when baby is 3 months old!).

 

[sue_88]

I have absolutely no intention to tell my landlord, or the property management company.


To add: Im also planning a homebirth

 

[AllieM]

I am a landlord, and I don't think it matters to me if there is a new baby. My current tenants were pregnant when they looked at the house. She was about 7 months along, so it was quite obvious! I found out after the fact that she had a homebirth using a birthing tub (I assume it is something they brought in to use, not my jacuzzi tub in the master bath!). I was a little surprised by that because I just don't know anyone that has done it before, but I thought it was so cool! What a neat thing, that a new baby entered the world in my house! I was (still am) very curious about the whole event and wanted to ask her load of questions, but I figured it would not be appropriate...

In the end, I just care that my tenants keep the house clean and well maintained, and pay their rent on time. I wouldn't care if they had more kids.

 

[RaisinKane13]

Honestly i wouldnt tell my landlord either. The only reason why i did was because i wanted a two bedroom instead of a 1. On my new lease she did write the number of adults and children. Kinda wish i wouldve just moved tho, neighbors are asses!

 

[summer rain]

The only criteria we had to meet was not trying to move in more than 5 people when our tenancy commenced as we are in social housing and so they have strict overcrowding rules, however once you live there they don't kick you out for this as they would have to rehouse those people and there aren't enough 4 and 5 bedroomed properties in London. I even know people with 5 kids in a 2 bedroom council or housing association flat and they do nada. The local council here now says you need to be in dire need of two additional bedrooms so 2-3 people without a bedroom in your current property before they will even allow you to apply xx

 

[smokey]

Depends what your contract says, if it doesnt mention children you probably dont need to.
Some do mention you need to notify if theres a increase in childten though.
One of the flats near us has in their contracts no children under 12 so goodness know what they fo if someone has a baby, I think they do have a right ti serve notice

 

[ReadytoMum]

We rent as well, and we have no intention of formally "notifying" our landlords. When we rented the apartment in the first place we asked what the rules were regarding kids and the lease (knowing that we wanted to start a family before we were likely to move out), and they told us it's a very family friendly building and that having kids wouldn't affect our lease at all.

If your lease doesn't specify that you need to notify them if the number of tennants in your apartment changes, including children, then I don't think you have any obligation to tell them if you don't want to!