partner moving in and we can't agree

[twelia]

Please help me resolve and issue with my partner.

Backstory:

I used to live in a tiny box room in a gorgeous flat. I had a live in landlord who was very strict about cleanliness and appearance of the flat. Living in a nice flat just increased my happiness so much, everything felt so clean. One of her rules was no clothes hanging to dry unless it was in your room (there was a dryer provided).

Move to now and boyfriend has no sense of aesthetics. I have bought a flat which I have lived in for a couple of months while doing essential works. it's nowhere near complete but just about livable with a nice kitchen and bedroom, a good enough bathroom, and an unusable living room.

The situation:

Partner due to move in. I just installed an expensive washer dryer so I can dry my clothes in the machine for three reason: I live in a flat and don't want the condensation from the drying to cause mould (or to open my windows which is needed with drying clothes as I live in a freezing corner of the UK). The second reason is that we have absolutely nowhere to store a clothes dryer there is so little storage and what is there is already taken. The third reason is that I want my home to feel like a lovely space, and there is only one space to dry clothes and it would be in my living room. It should make it feel messy and not a place I want to be. It takes me back to my student days.

He says that the the dryer will ruin his polyester clothes.

AIBU?

Spin cycle, surely, not rinse?

I always do a second spin on the highest speed.

Yeah, that's what I meant 😜

I hate having clothes drying around the house it makes it feel messy however the dryer doesn't work for all clothes so it is just one of those things you need to do to prevent them being ruined.

You can't dry everything in a dryer. Clothes will shrink and not keep very well.
You need to get a good dehumidifier and an airer and dry them whilst you're at work. When I was in your situation I used washer dryer only for bedding and towels.

As 1 of 320,000,000 people in the US know, you can just about dry everything in a tumble dryer, polyester included. The few things that can't are put on a rack or hangers in the bathtub with the vent on.

We have things that can't be tumbie dried, lycra sportswear mostly.

Getting a dehumidifier is a good suggestion. Both in general and for laundry drying or airing.

In a flat you maybe(?) need to consider which ones are quieter if choosing one, but people who have one in a flat would know better than me on that.

Sorry didn't notice that it's an old thread, could have sworn I just found it in trending but maybe it was "similar threads" to one I was reading.