Laundry drying outside flat??

[CherriesAndBerries5]

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?

I'm guessing that it's in the lease of the flat that this practice is forbidden. In leasehold, what the lease says goes, and can be enforced. The leaseholder can be forced to forfeit his lease if he breaks the terms of the lease. If you are the leaseholder, I'd read my lease if I were you. If you rent from a leaseholder, then ask your leaseholder for clarification of the restrictions on his lease. What your neighbours are complaining about can be enforced.

I would completely ignore especially as nobody needs to walk past to get anywhere. What silly busybody took the time to complain when it doesn’t seem to effect them in anyway. Some have too much time in their hands