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Are there any Florida laws involving pets that I should be aware of as a new property owner?  Well, the only time you need to worry or be concerned about the Florida laws is if you’re on a gate-restricted community or on a condominium, and under those rules and regulations or the restrictive covenants of the Homeowner’s Association or the declaration of condominium, they may have some restriction as far as pet ownership is concerned, the size of the dog, the type of the dog, the type of the pet that you may have.

If you own your property and you don’t have a mortgage on it or even if you have a mortgage on it, that’s not determinative, there’s no restrictions as far as your ownership is concerned.  However, you do need to be concerned about your insurance.  Your insurance company may not write your insurance if you have what they consider a dog that may be considered a liability, such as a German Shepherd, Doberman Pinschers, Pit Bulls, and dogs of that nature, whether or not they are in fact dangerous or not, they may have a problem – you may have a problem in getting insurance ’cause they may ask you whether or not you have a pet.

But if you own cash and not worried about or even with a mortgage or – and it’s not in a condominium or there’s no restrictive covenants, there’s no laws that have anything to do with Florida laws of having anything to do with your pets.  I would tell you though with – there is zoning requirements if you consider a pet a horse or livestock or chickens and poultry and things like that, there may be some zoning, local zoning, ordinances that prohibit the maintaining of horses or livestock.  But if you want to keep the pet inside your home, there’s no restrictions as to your ability to maintain or have a pet in your home.

So if you have any questions about that, then give me a call at (727) 847-2288.

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Do I have any recourse in obtaining a home warranty that was promised by never delivered by my contractor?  The answer to the question is yes, if that’s part of the contract and they don’t deliver it, you’re entitled to sue them for breach of contract and what your damages are.

The problem is, is measuring your damages and what it will cost you to obtain that warranty through another source, or whoever it was going to be issued through.  So it’s a question of coming up with the measure of your damage as far as getting the home warranty contract.  Any time you have a breach of contract by your contractor, the first thing that I will advise if you call me about the problem, is call in another contractor, ask him to advise you how much it’s going to cost to complete the job that you contracted for.  And so then we take his costs, add it to what you’ve already paid to the contractor, and then subtract the total contract price to see what your damages may be.  In the case of a home warranty, that will be interesting to see if another contractor would be able to issue that home warranty and then assigning a value to it as far as your damages are concerned.  A tough question, not a very good answer.  But it is what it is.  So if you have any questions about your contractor and your home warranties, well call me at 727-847-2288.