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If the couple are living on the premises and they decide to rent a room to 1 or 2 other people, thereby breaching the agreed limit of 2 persons (as per the RTA), then my refusal to consent to this is not “unreasonable”. True?
This should be contractual – as in the tenants should abide by the terms of the contract – but I am loath to predict how the tribunal would view it.
For instance, section 137 of the Act effectively (although in a roundabout way) sets the “reasonable” occupancy limit of apartments at two adults per bedroom.
But then if the tenants have signed a rental contract that set the limit at two adults, aren’t the they being unreasonable in challenging it.
I think the compromise, given the lingering effects of covid and the resurgence of short-term letting, would be to say that you were prepared to accept another couple for a higher rental.
But,as Kaindub reiterated, this has nothing to do with by-laws, unless there is overcrowding.