New pet rules for tenancies from 1 December 2025
Jo Martin • November 3, 2025
If you are a landlord, make sure you know about the new pet rules for tenants. From 1 December 2025, tenants are permitted to keep pets and landlords must agree.
From 1 December 2025, tenants are permitted to keep pets and landlords must agree. They can only decline if there are reasonable grounds to say no. Reasonable grounds examples include the property isn't suitable ie needs fencing, or the pet is dangerous. Under the new rules, pet bonds can be charged of up to two weeks' rent. Pet bonds must be detailed in the tenancy agreement and lodged with Tenancy Services.
For pets permitted prior to 1 December 2025, the new consent rules do not apply, and pet bonds cannot be charged.
For more information, Tenancy Services has published a guide New Pet Rules for Tenancies. We recommend becoming familiar with the new rules to avoid any unnecessary disputes with tenants.
Have you ever wondered about the best ways to protect you and your business? In this series, we’ll look at the keyways to use trusts, insurance and risk-management techniques to protect both your personal assets and the future of your business. In this article, we’ll look at how you can use a trust to shelter your assets.
There are certain items of equipment, machinery and hardware that are essential to the operation of your business – whether it’s the delivery van you use to run your home-delivery food service, or the high-end digital printer to run your print business. But when a critical business asset is required, should you buy this item outright, or should you lease the item and pay for it in handy monthly instalments?
Most businesses will give to employees, clients and often charities at Christmas time. From morning teas to elaborate Christmas functions, from cards and calendars to hampers and the latest gadgets, Christmas is a season of giving.
