Putting a tumble dryer into a rented flat - landlady's response

iamana1ias

anna25071970 wrote: »

Thanks for your reply but your suggestions sound totally impractical and wouldn't apply to our flat (totally different specifications by the sound of it). I think I'd rather be an obsessive and buy a (practical) tumble dryer .

and screw the planet

Gorgeous_George

The drier is a better answer than iamana1ias's suggestion.

Drier homes take less to heat, are healthier and avoid damp problems. Just make sure you dry the clothes and don't toast them by turning on to max time regardless of load. I prefer to do 30 minutes and then do 15 more if the load isn't dry. That said, Mrs GG usually toasts them.

GG

barnabee

1) That we could only use the dryer between 10-4am to mitigate disturbance to neighbours

If my neighbour had a tumble dryer going in their bedroom at 4am I'd be bl**dy annoyed.

Apricot

I didn't even mention to my LL that I have a dryer - I don't think it's anything to do with them tbh. Bought mine from Asda for £95 and it's fab!

You don't have to hang the hose thing out of the window I bought a tumble dryer vent box from Ebay (about £5) which the hose goes into and collects all the water from the dryer.

selby

A better solution would be a condensor dryer!

anna25071970

barnabee wrote: »

If my neighbour had a tumble dryer going in their bedroom at 4am I'd be bl**dy annoyed.

Typo. Should read 10am-4pm.

PasturesNew

iamana1ias wrote: »

When I lived in a tiny studio flat I had an overbath airer and a clothes horse. It had storage heaters (not radiators) and you weren't allowed to hang clothes outside.

I just had to be very organised, and wash smaller loads. Bedding got washed weekly and hung over the bedframe to dry. I often hung tops on hangers from the curtain pole (with or without the window open). Even without the heating on it never took long to dry stuff, even towels would be dry overnight.

You just need to be practical about it

There was only one of you though. The OP has three people using the space/moving about. Washing kept indoors, during winter, can take up to 4 days to dry, meaning you're limited to how much you can wash at any one time.

Maybe you live in a dry area, but lots of the country have high humidity/are damp areas. I've never lived anywhere where jeans/towels/quilts would dry in less than 3-4 days, even in the summer if kept indoors.

Also, your studio couldn't have been THAT tiny... you had a bath AND a bed. When I lived in a studio it was a small shower and a sofabed.

IlonaRN

iamana1ias wrote: »

When I lived in a tiny studio flat I had an overbath airer and a clothes horse. It had storage heaters (not radiators) and you weren't allowed to hang clothes outside.

I just had to be very organised, and wash smaller loads. Bedding got washed weekly and hung over the bedframe to dry. I often hung tops on hangers from the curtain pole (with or without the window open). Even without the heating on it never took long to dry stuff, even towels would be dry overnight.

You just need to be practical about it

And I live in a 2-bed with large rooms. Storage heaters don't heat it properly, and if I were to hang things up, larger things would take a week to dry!
For me personally in my current situation, it's tumbledrier all the way! (Well, an efficient washer/drier

PasturesNew

anna25071970 wrote: »

3) She is concerned that flat will look cluttered and messy when she tries to sell it/rent it out in the future.

So she plans/expects you to let people in for viewings before you've moved out.... if she does - and you let them view - it's her tough t1tty what it looks like, it'll still be your home.

Gingernutmeg

I can't understand why a LL would complain about a tumble dryer, and especially complain that it'd make a flat look 'cluttered and messy'. If the tenant is willing to accept responsibility for any damage, then surely a tumble dryer is going to look a heck of a lot less messy than having a house that looks like a Chinese laundry. Also, I'd hazard a guess that a tumble dryer would cause a lot less 'damage' than a family drying all of their washing indoors, especially in winter.