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Sign a pet agreement online
To sign a pet agreement online, send the addendum with the tenant first and the landlord second, and let the tenant type the animal's name and breed so the permission names one pet. This two page addendum to a tenancy at 5 Kilner Lane, Bristol, takes those two typed boxes and a signature from each side, so the permission names Hazel the border terrier cross rather than a pet in general.
The document, with its fields
The pages as a signer sees them, with the signature, name, title and date fields placed where each party has to complete them.
Pet Agreement
1. What this addendum does
This is an addendum to the tenancy agreement dated 14 March 2026 between Ruth Ellingham of 2 Abbotswood Rise, Bristol BS16 1PN, called the Landlord, and Tomas Halvorsen, called the Tenant, for the premises at 5 Kilner Lane, Eastville BS5 6TR. It gives the Tenant permission to keep one pet at the premises and sets out what that permission costs and what it requires. Everything else in the tenancy agreement continues unchanged, including the rent, the term and the deposit.
2. The pet
Permission is given for one animal only, described by the Tenant in the two boxes below. Permission does not extend to another animal, to a replacement animal, or to a litter. A second animal needs a fresh addendum.
| Detail | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Species | Dog |
| Approximate adult weight | Under 15 kilograms |
| Age at the date of this addendum | 3 years |
| Microchip number | 981000401778392 |
| Neutered | Yes, certificate held by the Tenant |
| Vaccinations | Current, next booster due June 2027 |
| Microchip database record | Keeper details registered and current |
| Insurance | Third party liability cover of at least £2,000,000 held by the Tenant |
3. What the Tenant agrees to
- Keep the pet under control, and never leave it alone at the premises for more than eight hours.
- Clear up after the pet inside the premises, in the garden and on the shared path.
- Keep the pet out of the loft and off the upholstered furniture that belongs to the Landlord.
- Treat the pet for fleas and worms on the usual schedule, and keep the receipts.
- Tell the Landlord within seven days if the pet is rehomed, dies, or is replaced.
- Deal with any noise complaint from a neighbour within 14 days, and tell the Landlord about it.
4. Cleaning at the end of the tenancy
At the end of the tenancy the Tenant leaves the premises in the condition recorded at the start, fair wear excepted. Where the pet has soiled a carpet, brought in fleas or damaged the garden, the Tenant puts it right using the treatment below for that problem.
| Treatment | Standard | Indicative cost |
|---|---|---|
| Carpet and rug shampoo, all rooms the pet entered | Hot water extraction, deodorised | £180 |
| Flea treatment, whole premises | Licensed operator, certificate issued | £140 |
| Garden clearance | Waste removed, damaged turf reinstated | £90 |
If the Tenant does not put it right, the Landlord may arrange the treatment and claim the actual cost from the deposit, with the invoice. The Landlord may not claim for wear that would have happened without the pet.
5. Damage
The Tenant is responsible for any damage the pet causes, whether or not the Tenant was there when it happened, and whether or not it exceeds the deposit. Scratched doors and frames, chewed skirting, stained floors, dug beds and damaged fencing are the Tenant's to put right. The Landlord will give the Tenant the chance to repair damage properly before claiming for it.
6. Withdrawing permission
The Landlord may withdraw this permission on 28 days' written notice if the pet causes damage that is not put right, if two separate noise or nuisance complaints from neighbours are upheld, or if the animal turns out not to be the one described above. Withdrawing permission does not end the tenancy. It means the pet must leave the premises.
7. General
This addendum is read with the tenancy agreement and the two are one document. If any part of this addendum conflicts with the tenancy agreement, this addendum wins for anything about the pet, and the tenancy agreement wins for everything else. It ends when the tenancy ends.
Execution
Signed in order: the Tenant first, then the Landlord. The pet may come to the premises from the date of the Landlord's signature and not before.
Who signs what
- Tomas Halvorsen, the tenant, first
- Two typed boxes on page 1: the pet's name and its breed · Signature and stamped date on page 2 · Email link, no code
- Ruth Ellingham, the landlord, second
- Signature and stamped date on page 2 · Email link, no code · Permission runs from her date, not his
The signing journey
Step 1
Six fields, two of them typed
The addendum is uploaded and both parties added. The tenant gets two text boxes on page 1 and a signature and date on page 2; the landlord gets a signature and date beside them.
Step 2
Sign in order goes on
Only the tenant is invited when Send is pressed. The landlord has no link until the tenant's signature is stamped into the file.
Step 3
The tenant names the animal
Hazel and Border terrier cross are typed by the tenant in his own session. No screen in the editor lets a sender put a value into either box in advance.
Step 4
The landlord countersigns
The listener stamps the tenant's fields and then invites the landlord, who opens a copy that already names the dog she is agreeing to.
Step 5
The dates decide when the pet arrives
Both dates stamp themselves. The document says permission runs from the landlord's date, so the second stamp is the one that matters.
Every field, and who fills it
Six fields across two pages. Page 1 carries the tenant's two boxes, side by side under the clause that limits permission to one animal, each with a caption saying who types it. Everything else on that page is already filled in: the microchip number, the vaccinations and the liability cover, recorded as facts the tenant confirms by signing rather than as blanks. Page 2 carries a signature and a stamped date for each party, in matching columns, above the rules the addendum already prints. Nothing on the addendum asks either party to type a date, and nothing asks the landlord to type anything at all.
How to adapt this envelope
A second pet is a fresh addendum rather than a second pair of boxes, which is what the document says and what keeps one permission to one animal. A managing agent signing for the landlord takes a signature block with the company line switched on instead of a bare signature, so the page names the agency as well as the person. And where a pet deposit is taken rather than an exit clean, the amount becomes a typed box the tenant fills in, which records that the figure was in front of them when they signed.
What the signed addendum and certificate show
The completed PDF shows Hazel and Border terrier cross typed into page 1 and two signatures on page 2, each over a stamped Sep 20, 2026. The certificate lists both signers on Email link, each with an IP address, a consent timestamp and the hash of the document at the moment they signed, and the event log runs in sequence from Envelope created through the tenant's Signed, the landlord's invitation, and the landlord's Signed. The certification line reads PAdES-SHA256-DocMDP, which also tells a reader no RFC 3161 timestamp was attached.
What makes this signing flow work
The permission names one animal
Two typed boxes turn a general permission into a specific one. The finished page 1 reads Hazel, Border terrier cross, in the tenant's own words, beside a clause saying the permission does not extend to another animal, a replacement or a litter. A later argument about a second dog runs into the tenant's own typing.
The order matches the risk
The landlord is the one taking a risk here, so she signs second. With Sign in order on she never has to agree before knowing what the animal is, because the tenant's boxes are already stamped into the copy she opens.
The exit costs are on the page, and only for real damage
Three cleaning lines with indicative costs sit on page 2 above the signatures, so the tenant signs having seen them. Clause 4 charges a treatment only where the pet has soiled a carpet, brought in fleas or damaged the garden. In England the Tenant Fees Act 2019 bans requiring a set professional clean, so the clause stays tied to damage the pet actually caused.
Questions people ask
Does a pet agreement need to be signed separately from the lease?
It does not have to be, but doing it this way leaves the tenancy agreement untouched. The addendum names the lease it sits under, says which wins on a conflict, and ends when the tenancy ends. Adding a pet clause to a signed lease instead means reissuing the lease.
Can the landlord sign remotely?
Yes. Each party gets their own link to their own email address, and neither has to be in the same room. The portal works on a phone, and the certificate records the IP address and the exact time each signature landed, better evidence than a paper copy posted back.
Why does the tenant type the breed rather than the landlord?
Because no screen in the app lets a sender pre-fill a value. Every text box is typed by the recipient it is assigned to, in their own signing session. That turns the description of the animal into the tenant's own statement, which is the useful thing to have if the pet on the premises later is a different one.
Can a landlord in England make the tenant pay for a professional clean?
Not as a condition of the tenancy. The Tenant Fees Act 2019 bans payments a landlord requires beyond rent, a capped deposit and a short list of permitted fees, and a set end of tenancy cleaning charge is not on that list. The deposit can still cover real cleaning or damage the pet caused, which is why clause 4 of this addendum only applies a treatment where the pet has left soiling, fleas or damage.
What happens if the landlord declines?
The envelope moves to declined, no further stamping happens, and the sender is emailed with the reason she typed. The tenant's signature stays in the working copy but the addendum never completes, so there is no permission. A revised addendum goes out as a fresh envelope.
Can permission be withdrawn later?
The document allows it on twenty eight days written notice for damage that is not put right, two upheld nuisance complaints, or an animal that turns out not to be the one described. Withdrawing permission does not end the tenancy, and the signed addendum is the record of what was agreed.
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