Is the landlord allowed to turn the radiators off completely?

G_M

guideme wrote: »

Where did I not accept the rules you're referring to (and which rules)? There's no mention of them in my contract. I'm a tenant who's renting, I thought that's different to a lodger?

I was only asking if he was allowed, that's all. I was trying to discover what the rules were first and already said if he is allowed then I wouldn't bother him.

Sorry- I'd assumed (perhaps inadvisably) you were a lodger.

What is the set-up? Are you a sole tenant? Joint tenant? Does the landlord live there too? Is this an HMO?

If tenant, normally you would be responsible for utilities and hence control of heating etc

If lodger, the rules are whatever the LL decides.

If HMO, it still seems reasonable for LL to switch off heating in this weather, and as pointed out, drying clotheson rads is a bad idea anyway.

Better_Days

Clothes horse over the bath can be a good way to dry clothes as it doesn't take up any extra usable floor space. I use clothes horses all year round although I line dry (and tumble dry too). As has been advised make sure there is air to circulate between the clothes so they can dry reasonably quickly and don't get smelly. In any case don't forget to ventilate whatever room you are drying your clothes in. Shirts/blouses on hangers overnight hooked on door frames can work well too. You can buy those circular peg things to dry your 'smalls' on.

BitterAndTwisted

Blimey, in the current weather my laundry dries overnight on an airer in the kitchen. The op should buy an airer and leave the window/s open.

If the OP doesn't trust the other tenants to leave their things untouched I can understand their reluctance to leave their clean laundry where it can be interfered with.

In an HMO the landlord is fully entitled to enter the common-parts of the property and as he is the one paying the utility bills it's perfectly reasonable to turn the heating off in the middle of summer as no-one is suffering as a consequence. Turning it off in December would be an entirely different matter. I know people who open the windows rather than turn the radiators off when it's too warm and someone else is paying the bills.

fart

We've always got clothes that need drying and if they're not on the line they're on the clothes horse by an open window. Takes a day to dry even if the window isn't open, and our heating hasn't been on for 3 months. And we live in Scotland where it's generally a lot colder than the rest of the UK. Clothes horse is a good solution, you just have to do your washing in multiple bundles so that it'll all fit on the horse.