To ask what funny covenants you've got on your house

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I can't sleep (can you tell) and I'm going through the deeds of the house and one of the
(Many) covenants is that we're not allowed to sell fish on a Friday 😂 I read once about a landlord who instead of charging peppercorn rent insisted on 100 red roses 🌹 😂 I'm so excited that we're finally getting there now and we move in on Friday.

@IntermittentParps - my cattle are indeed driven in a most slow and mellow fashion.

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What happens if you break the covenants??

Friend bought a former convent and is not allowed to perform abortions on the site?

@ FenellaVelour - they decided an invitation to treat didn’t break the covenant, nor did transporting alcohol - so it was ok to have booze on the shelves and allow people to have booze in their trolleys while working around. The covenant just restricted sales so all the checkouts had to be in the corner where sales of booze were allowed, which made their layout a bit weird. The benefit of the covenant was with a local religious organisation so they were likely to notice if it was breached!

Forget covenants. We’ve got commoner rights. I can drove geese and keep free roaming orchard pigs (not more than three) in the nearby forest.

Operate a pub, have a funfair in the garden, or paint the fence black.

We can't hang 'washing or undergarments in the back garden or under Croft'

We can't fence in our front garden

We have chancel steps liability. It has to be on house insurance in case we are called to pay for repairs.

Some of these are great!

No idea what covenants are on ours but I suspect there is something.

Why do I get the feeling that in the old days mn housing issues were sorted by saying "yadnbu put a covenant on the house to say ..."

How interesting. Mine are boring like no caravans or motorhomes on the drive, which is a very welcome covenant!

So do motorhome owners park them on the street, then?

My BIL rented a place on an estate where parking any commercial vehicle was prohibited. Luckily, his works van fitted in his garage, so it was very discreet.

I met someone who was not allowed to build hoovercraft!

Not allowed to change the colour or style of the doors and windows... or put a hedge around front garden. Apparently no satellite dish either but there was one up when I moved in (I've taken it down as no need for it)

Regards the front door I've no idea what to do when it needs replacing, it's wooden and a bit rotten. Solicitor said when I was buying it's doubtful that the covenant people would care, be alive or even contactable but I don't want to incur the wrath of any of my neighbours so I've patched it up for now

I could only keep one goat and 2 chickens in my last house. Not sure where I'd keep them if I wanted to!

No pigeons.

I thought it was a bit random until I discovered a neighbour kept racing pigeons and their flight path was over my garden. Having to re-do washing made me realise why we all weren't supposed to keep pigeons!!!

Not allowed to run a brothel or burn soil.

I wasn’t allowed to let my servants’ children play on the steps of my old basement flat. A friend in Fulham wasn’t allowed to make glue from horses in his garden...

Tormundsbeard, I really can't decide which one of those is tee funniest

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No tanneries, or foul smells. And neighbours have right of access for any works needed.

Our house was built in 1900

We can't make bricks or open an ale house.

I met someone who was not allowed to build hoovercraft!
What's that? Some kind of giant vacuum cleaner?

No sales of alcohol allowed on our premises, sorry. We can drink it like fishes if we like, but no sales

* No sales of alcohol allowed on our premises, sorry. We can drink it like fishes if we like, but no sales*

That’s not surprising in the least. Wouldn’t anyone need a license to sell alcohol?!