NO DRINKING in rental property - legal or not?

BorisThomson

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Obviously one doesn't give up nationality - which I presume you know yourself:cool:

But Islam (with or without drinking) is not our way of life - which I presume you also know.

The advert is saying "No-one with our way of life to apply" (if not phrased in those words) - which I presume you also know.

:cool::cool::cool:

Right - now my own wooden spoons are kept for cooking with personally....

You are coming across as a nasty bigot. Your comments are vile and you certainly do not speak for the rest of us.

NeilCr

Available at a university

https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/accommodation/ug/current/alcoholfree/

Iamzee

I think it's legal. If it's a property being rented out, owner frames the policies for tenants to follow and as such so long as it is not against any existing laws, then it is presumed legal.

Pixie5740

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Obviously one doesn't give up nationality - which I presume you know yourself:cool:

But Islam (with or without drinking) is not our way of life - which I presume you also know.

The advert is saying "No-one with our way of life to apply" (if not phrased in those words) - which I presume you also know.

:cool::cool::cool:

Right - now my own wooden spoons are kept for cooking with personally....

Don't you have a bee in your bonnet about Welsh people speaking Welsh in Wales? :cool:

kingstreet

Pesky Methodists!

unforeseen

If the mortgage for the property is through an Islamic bank then that could explain the no drink condition.

If government departments have to abide by that condition when leasing properties financed the same way then I hold absolutely no hope of a renter trying to claim it is illegal and goes against 'quiet enjoyment'

StumpyPumpy

Plenty of rentals have clauses saying "No smokers, no DSS, no pets". Why should "No alcohol" be any different?

Strange how you don't see the racist bigots claiming that the credo of the Salvation Army "is not our way of life" or any of the other numerous religions that include abstinence from alcohol in their doctrines - as long as most of their adherents are white folk, that is.

Anyway - who is to say what the landlord's reasons are for this clause? Has anyone asked him? Perhaps it was just easier to write "No alcohol" than "No constantly getting pished at all times of the day and night, annoying the neighbours, slinging empty beer cans out of the window into next door's garden, throwing up into their letterbox and offering alcopops to the 14 year old girl who lives two doors down." Which, in short, is what one of the tenants of a friend did, and continued to do despite police intervention, until forcibly evicted. I'm not sure if he specifies "No alcohol" now but I could understand it if he did, and it has nothing to do with him being a Muslim.

SP

parking_question_chap

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

Plenty of rentals have clauses saying "No smokers, no DSS, no pets". Why should "No alcohol" be any different?

Beause there are geuine reasons for the others.

Not discrimination due to ethnicity.

CC-Warrior

It says "no drinking". I've asked him for what reason, but he does not reply.

CC-Warrior

It certainly seems like discriminatory against us proud non-believers.

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Then I would think that clause counts as some sort of race discrimination - against us forgawdsake:eek:

One can't tell people they can't lead their own lifestyle in their own country:mad: - ie not even having a "civilised" glass or two of wine with dinner of a night.

I would think that advert is phrased that way quite deliberately in order to say "no-one to apply - unless they are a teetotal mosque goer" and would come under the same sort of thing as not being able to advertise a job in such a way that only men could apply for it (ie indirect sex discrimination to say applicants must be physically strong - which, of course, many women wouldn't be).

I know what I'd have to say to them if I were after the flat.....:cool: - assuming I didn't lie in the first place, thinking "None of their darn business. How dare they?".

EDIT; Wonder if there's any newspaper reporters around that might like to do an expose article on this?