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Laundry drying outside flat??

52 replies

CherriesAndBerries5 · 04/07/2025 09:13

Hi,

i rent and live on the ground floor of a maisonette type flat complex. I live on the end flat (number 6), and you can access the back of the properties by walking to number 1 and around the back.

Our flats are tiny and so I have been leaving my clothes horse to dry outside the front of my garden (as have some other residents).

I’ve now received an email stating that other residents have complained about laundry drying outside the front of the complex (even though I live on the end flat and nobody has to walk past it to get anywhere).

They are stating I should place my clothes horse around the back of the complex out of sight, meaning I would have to wheel it to the end of the complex past flat 1; then around the side of the complex past the car park, then back across so it is in front of my back window.

Does this not seem really unreasonable? Again our flats are tiny and there is really no other space for me to dry my clothes. Plus I have seen other residents use them?

OP posts:
Pootles34 · 04/07/2025 09:14

There is other space though, you just have to walk around? Also how do you know other residents haven't received the same letter?

DisapprovingSpaniel · 04/07/2025 09:14

It's a pain but it's not unusual for there to be restrictions on what can be placed/kept in the front of your building. e.g. I cannot keep my wheelie bins on the front drive, they just go out of sight somewhere.