Tenants with paint and pet questions

[Michael Slot]

Greeting BP! I have tenants whose lease is about to expire. They’ve been pretty great and I️ offered them a year long extension. We will be signing a new lease within the next week. Suddenly, after we’ve agreed to new terms they asked me two questions that I️ thought I’d get some feedback on. 1.) they want to get a small dog or cat. I currently have a no pets policy however this is a duplex I’m hacking and i have a dog myself. Any thoughts? 2.) they requested new paint in the master. The whole apartment had been renovated and painted prior to them moving in. Again, it is in the lease that they do not paint anything. But I️ just wanted to see what others have done in similar situations. Do i just hold tight to the lease and risk losing good tenants or is there a compromise somewhere? Please let me know.