Drying Washing in a Cupboard?

I used to dry things in the airing cupboard and leave the door ajar. It worked well, but it was warm because of the hot water tank. I didn't do much at once, just a couple of those sock airer things that look like an octopus.

I would get a freestanding airer and try it out. If it doesn't work, you can move the airer elsewhere - somewhere warm and with a window would be good. Is the cupboard somewhere that you could leave the door completely open sometimes?

In the future if you can afford a drier it would probably be pretty easy to install a socket in the cupboard, my Dad did this for me by extending off of a socket on the other side of the wall. My condensing drier lived very happily in the cupboard for many years!

At a previous house we re-used the redundant airing cupboard as a drying space. Once the big old water tank was removed (condenser boiler installed) we had a socket put in there for the dehumidifier and a three tier expanding metal clothes horse both fitted in perfectly. No wet washing.

Now we're back in Scotland we use the spare bedroom and dehumidifier just the same on days when the sun isn't out.

Sorry, it doesn't answer your original question but I find that hanging as many items as possible on hangers helps to save space and hurries drying which might help in your situation. They can also be moved around on to over-door hangers etc to finish off. I used to use a cheap hanging rail on the landing which could easily be wheeled into a spare bedroom if I wanted them out of sight! Using the heat that rises over the stairs makes a big difference.