Gabrielle Kuehn, 45, and husband Florian, 42, are facing a £50,000 bill to keep terrier Vinnie at their flat in Limehouse, East London.
Mrs Kuehn says the dog has a ‘therapeutic effect’ on her and that she bought it during a stressful period of her life.
The couple claim they were given permission to bring Vinnie by the property’s freeholders, shortly before their move in November 2015.
But now they are facing a legal battle, as Victory Place, the management company, claims the lease has a ‘no-pets policy’.
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They have been fighting the case in court with the support of human and dog supporters.
In court Mrs Kuehn, a recruitment consultant, told the court how she first viewed the property in June 2014 when Vinnie was two-years-old.
She said: ‘When we were looking for a property all the agencies that we were registered with were aware that we had a dog and we were only interested in looking for properties with leases that permitted this.’
She told the court that nobody at Victory Place had made her aware of their ‘no-pets’ policy until after she bought the penthouse flat.
Mrs Kuehn told the court she her made enquiries with estate agent to check it would be ok to bring Vinnie and was told it would not be a problem.
Full story: http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/21/court-battle-that-means-you-could-have-pets-in-no-pet-policy-flats-6462140/
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