New build house rules - no pets

Do they define what an animal is? Goldfish or snake acceptable. Really daft, is this for the management company.

Ah sure what are they gonna do about it if home owners get animals?

I wouldn't care, buy the house, get the dog/cat/donkey whatevs

I'd interpret that as not allowing your animals to annoy neighbours, not the way you interpreted it as not being allowed to keep animals at all. If it's a house I can't see any grounds for no animals.

Apartments have common areas so that's different

It’s a fairly standard clause that enables the OMC, which will eventually take the estate in charge, to have court order removal of nuisances caused by animals but it is also there to allow any landlords to prohibit the keeping of pets and what not for renters.

When we bought our apartment our head lease has the same and our Shi Tzu didn’t give a toss nor did we, she wasn’t a nuisance and our OMC didn’t realise just how formidable I can be.

It can only really apply if the entire estate is managed and how long it will remain so. I don't see how it would be enforceable after the management company goes. The problem is it may never go. I get it for apartments and maisonettes but a house seems crazy

Why would the management company go? There is a statutory requirement to have an OMC in multi unit developments built since 2011.

My point was that no matter how formidable you think you are, if the clause in the contract is legally binding and you agreed to it, then Fido would have to go.

I think this sort of stuff has a habit of spreading out to other estates. Its a bit like the no hanging clothes outside to dry BS.

If your pet is causing annoyance to your neighbours, you shouldn't need a contract term to tell you what the right thing to do is. If you want an annoying pet, dont live in a housing estate, find somewhere where you are far enough away from other people so that you dont bother them. Your right to a pet in your property does not over-ride your neighbours right to peacefully enjoy their property.

You might not see it, but the legislation does.

”residential unit” means a unit in a multi-unit development which is— 

(a) designed for— 

(i) use and occupation as a house, apartment, flat or other dwelling, and 

(ii) has self-contained facilities;

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2011/act/2/section/1/enacted/en/index.html

It's literally been spelled out already above in the contract wording, the developer will 'define' it "...which in the opinion of the Developer may cause annoyance". It's a ban on annoying/problem animals but OP has a problem with that.

That isn’t a permanent feature as these entities are meant to be there until they are handed to the council. Yes you are technically correct there needs to be a management company but not for ever. After that the agreement with the management company will not apply as the company will no longer exist. It is a mess long term as council are refusing to take charge. Nobody really wants to end up with HOA situation like the US.