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?

That is not true.

I can put washing out on any day if isn't raining, but it doesn't always dry because the air is so damp. Humidity outside is currently 78% and washing won't dry in this.

I kept our condenser dryer in the garage for many years. The water will only freeze if you don't empty the tank after use. I empty the tank and clean the filter after every use. Doesn't everyone do this?

is there room to put up an airer in the bathroom? Issue for LL Is damp, but bathrooms are tiled/hard floored and usually have extractors/windows for getting rid of steam/damp.

you need to dry clothes. LL needs to clarify how you can do this in winter without a dryer or the ability to hang clothes out.

im a LL. this is a ridiculous request.

@PotaytoPotahhto apologies, I live on an island in the UK and it's a legal requirement here. It doesn't seem to be a legal requirement on the mainland.

I hate the smell of outside laundry (although I do dry outside in warmer months). It smells weird to me but might be because the washing powder smell has been blown off?

What a silly request.

You can't dry clothes outdoors all year around in the UK...

I have a garden and I still need to have a clothes airer inside. Just use something that and make sure that you ventilate and heat the property correctly.

Not sure. I'd you're providing you're own washer then I'd assume own drier too.

Where we live that rules out half the year.

I think all tenancy agreements say it as standard

But I've never had a dryer

So I've always had to dry inside unless it's warmer weather

Is it? Where? Would a tenant not provide their own?

I think if it's already established that providing the laundry related white-goods is up to you then it's clear that providing any tumble drier would equally be up to you not to them.

However - I saw your update saying you could put a tumble drier in the garage and I wonder if it's worth clarifying whether the garage would be excluded from the no-drying-indoors condition because better than a tumble drier is a dry-soon heated airer which is cheaper to run and more effective, but would break the rules in the main house.

Editing the above. I'm on an island in the UK and it's a legal requirement here. Seems it isn't in the UK

Buy a dryer. Saves hours and a lot of fuss. Game changer. Just buy a condenser one, put it in the garage.

So there’s actually no problem after all? You have space for a drier and are supplying the white goods. You could have set up a heated clothes horse with cover in the garage as an alternative. Sounds like another landlord bashing thread to me, especially as it’s a pretty standard clause these days.

Where in the north? We're in the north and dry outside all year.

Not everything can be put into a tumble dryer anyway, so even if you had one you couldn't do everything in it.

I'd get airers and a dehumidifier in your shoes, I think. It should solve any damp issues before they start.

Me too - in fact, longer than that where I live. I wouldn't be without a tumble dryer.

Get a washer/dryer. Anything really large that needs drying, take to the laundrette. Or dry the laundry in the garage with an airer/dehumidifier combo.

Buy a Lakeland dry soon.
Yes it’s drying inside but it’s not wet clothes on radiators.
comes with a cover and big enough for a family.

Doesn’t cost what a dryer to does to use . It’s around 9p and hour . Does cost around £200 to purchase. I think they are down to around £150 just now not sure if that’s with the cover though .

We don't use our (oldish) drier much but we have airers and a dehumidifier.

I choose not to dry my clothes in my house as I don't want damp in my home.

I dry outside wherever possible (even in winter) and have a tumble drier

Why does being a tenant make your situation any different? Your LL isn't providing your white goods and isn't there to solve all life's problems.

I'll dry outside today.
I often wonder why I've bothered when I bring it is feeling as damp as when I put it out, and cold to boot. But it finishes drying in a fraction of the time a load that hasn't been outside.
I wouldn't have dried outside yesterday, so didn't do a load yesterday.

We had this in my old flat, contract was really strict re: airers because of mould/damp. Landlord provided a dryer but with no vent (it wasn't a condenser, it was supposed to have a vent in the wall to let the steam out). No garden. Landlord refused to put a vent in.

So we got a little dehumidifier on wheels and just dried stuff indoors anyway. Stuck it on spin twice to get rid of all the moisture we could, then stuck it on airers in the bathroom/spare room with dehumidifier for a few hours. Then just let it finish drying on its own with window cracked open. Just hid the airers and dehumidifier in our wardrobe whenever he came round. Lived there 7 years and he never clocked. No extra damp/mould anywhere.

Dehumidifier cost about £150 but probably cost the same to run as a dryer tbh. Took it with us when we bought a house and still use it when there's loads of washing and it's chucking it down, or if it's really muggy in the summer.

I have no space for those items and I hate damp washing around the place. Modern dryers are very economical to run and a huge time saver.

Yes, I work outside the home. But I watch the weather forecast like a hawk! There might be a run of wet weather, but it doesn't usually last for days at a time and it's a matter of timing the laundry for a day when either I'm home all day or it's set to stay dry all day. There are a surprising number of these, even this far north! But then there's only me (and the dog) and I'm not having to contend with masses and masses of washing, so it's easier for me.

I suppose you just have to get a dryer yourself.

If the home was rented furnished, it would make sense to expect a dryer to be there.

When you are the one providing all home electronics, it wouldn't make sense to have there a solitary dryer - you might have your own, prefer different model.