No dryer but don't dry indoors

[KarmaKoma]

Starting new rental. Agreement says don't dry indoors but landlord doesn't provide a dryer to enable you to meet this. Isn't this a bit ridiculous?

Are you in a house or flat? If you have no outside space to dry, ie a garden, it's illegal not to provide a dryer

Just get clothes airers??? Can get some compact ones off Amazon that fold down quite small

Ask them how they expect clothes to be dried? I use my washing line lots in summer, but it's not possible in winter - rain, drizzle, too windy, neighbour's stinking fire.

That's interesting, I didn't know that. There is a garden and as soon as it warms up I will dry everything outside as personal preference anyway but we are in the north and it is impossible to do this in winter.

That would go against the no drying indoors?

@shellyleppard sure but the agreement says not to dry indoors which means they are anti clothes airers

Just get an airier and a dehumidifier and pack it away before any repairs/inspections.

They shouldn’t be in the property without permission unless a property emergency.

I mean we will manage - I might get a washer/dryer - it just struck me as ridiculous.

This is the year we buy a house! Have had enough!

@NormaleKartoffeln doh my brain is not in gear yet.... apologies

Ah I see, yes if you have a garden there is no requirement to provide a dryer. And yes the clothes airer would go against drying indoors. The landlord is trying to avoid mould and condensation build up

@KarmaKoma then the landlord is an arse..... sorry my brain is not in gear yet.

A dehumidifier is a game changer. Just put your washing on an airer in the smallest room with the door and window closed and the dehumidier will suck the moisture out.

The landlord is clearly concerned about creating damp and mould.

I understand why they want it. I don't understand why they don't provide anything to enable us to meet their own proviso. They are just ensuring that people will just use airers and dehumidifiers and not let on.

I used to live somewhere with no dryer and save up towels and bedding for a service wash but since cost of living that is prohibitively expensive.

Do you provide your own white goods or are they?

I have to provide the washing machine and fridge, they are just providing the cooker.

It's the only house of the right size for us that is walking distance to school so we had to go for it. Didn't find out about the drying until rental agreement sent through.

It sounds like renting now is a bloody joke!

Money grabbing all right - glad you’re able to buy OP

It's awful. I've never minded renting but it's getting ridiculous. And we've been trying to buy for nearly a year now so my capacity to just shrug it off is failing a little.

Definitely lucky to know the end is in sight.

So, if you're providing the WM and fridge why would you expect them to provide a drier? I'm confused.
Just use airers, keep them well back from heaters and regularly dehumidify, or get a small drier if there's space. Apparently washer drier combos aren't always great.

Is there anywhere to put a tumble dryer? We bought a heat pump one last year. It doesn’t need to be ‘plumbed in’. It takes a little longer to dry clothes but not as long as a condenser dryer. I save a fortune on electricity compared to my 10 year old traditional dryer. I also live north, winter is a disaster for getting clothes dry (just slightly worse than summer mind!)

edit: our dryer is in the garage, was in the shed at our last house.

In the final place I rented i used an airer, dehumidifier and eletric fan and packed them away during inspections. Washing dries much more quickly if you do an extra spin in the washing machine and have a fan blowing at them (even cold air works). However, heated airers are cheaper now so could try that. The first thing I did when I bought a house was buy a tumble dryer as I just about had room for one(!)

There was a thread on here many years ago from a LL complaining about her tenants drying clothes inside. She acknowledged they had no outside space, refused to replace the washing machine with a washer dryer. Refused to provide or let the tenants use a dehumidifier. She was expecting them to travel around 3 miles to the nearest laundrette (if she wasn't a troll)

A lot of rentals have this in the contract.

For context. Drying on radiators indoors without airing the property causes condensation and little lqck spots. Only when people are lazy and don't wipe/clean surf though.

Pay no head to the clause. Honestly, as long as you don't let the place get stuffy and frequently clean up any condensation to prevent the black spots, your landlord isn't going to give a glittery shit if you dry indoors.

Get yourself an airer and dry in a room that has ventilation, or just crack a window open if its not too cold out.

You will be fine OP.

Little black spots ?

We take we our stuff to the laundrette to be dried in winter. Wash it all at home, drop it off in the morning and pick it up in the afternoon all dry and folded, I wouldn’t expect a landlord to provide a dryer.

@NormaleKartoffeln I expect them not to have a proviso in the contract that says you can't dry indoors if they aren't providing anything to make this possible. I don't mind no dryer, I do mind a contract requirement that they do nothing to make feasible to meet.

I can put a dryer in the garage. Which will be quite exciting to actually have one.