What is the strangest rule a landlord has ever given you?

Elinore

Was tacked on to the end of an totally normal and standard agreement for a lodger in shared flat several years ago.

No one is to put their s3x toys through the dishwasher, for ANY reason.

The mind did boggle.....

Lrimas

Our previous landlord put a clause in that as he is an 'avid gardener' he would like to do our gardening.

The clause itself wasn't that strange except that the garden was paved over. He used that as an excuse to stand in the garden at look at the house (it was super freaky)

When we moved out he tried to deduct money from our deposit for deweeding...

Bonniepurple

The contract my brother had stated “the tenant must not move furniture into the house without written permission”. Needless to say, I took that clause out when we used the contract for our tenant, who was renting an unfurnished property (as had my brother!)!

Davesnave

Not to consider the gorgeous farm house flat as a long term home: "Due to the fact that I may pop my clogs at any time now."


And.... "Under no circumstances are you to mention this to Eric, (son) whom you've probably realised, is a simple soul and knows nothing. When I go, he'll have to go somewhere too, but it's all arranged."

This was the conversation about a month after moving in.

A year or so later, my landlady still looked fine, but I moved out, having been offered a 'caretaker' tenancy on the top floor of a Bath crescent-type of property. That also wasn't long term, but I couldn't resist it.....couldn't furnish much of it either !:rotfl:


I don't know how long the farm lady lasted

bopsybunny

Not to dry laundry indoors.

We ignored that one. This was Manchester, where it rains 90% of the time and we had no room for a tumble drier. I'll just buy new clothes every time they get dirty, shall I?

fairy_lights

I once viewed a flat that was on the basement/ground floor of a house, the landlady had converted the building and lived on the upper floors herself. I asked if pets were allowed in the flat and she said that while dogs were fine, under no circumstances were cats allowed to live in, visit, or even trespass in the garden of the property as she didn't like "the way they stare, with their eyes". She'd had a previous tenant who had a cat, who used to 'maliciously' stare at her through the windows, apparently, and wouldn't tolerate that sort of thing.

Smodlet

fairy_lights wrote: »

I once viewed a flat that was on the basement/ground floor of a house, the landlady had converted the building and lived on the upper floors herself. I asked if pets were allowed in the flat and she said that while dogs were fine, under no circumstances were cats allowed to live in, visit, or even trespass in the garden of the property as she didn't like "the way they stare, with their eyes". She'd had a previous tenant who had a cat, who used to 'maliciously' stare at her through the windows, apparently, and wouldn't tolerate that sort of thing.

"They stare, with their eyes"? By what other method would she suggest they stare, pray? Was she perchance from the Deep South where people say things like, "I don't like the way he's lookin' at me with his eyes" (Designing Women) or "I was thinkin', you know, in m' brain" (Jason Stackhouse in True Blood)

NaughtiusMaximus

fairy_lights wrote: »

She'd had a previous tenant who had a cat, who used to 'maliciously' stare at her

Our cat does that to anyone who sits in his favourite spot on the sofa.

Red-Squirrel_2

fairy_lights wrote: »

I once viewed a flat that was on the basement/ground floor of a house, the landlady had converted the building and lived on the upper floors herself. I asked if pets were allowed in the flat and she said that while dogs were fine, under no circumstances were cats allowed to live in, visit, or even trespass in the garden of the property as she didn't like "the way they stare, with their eyes". She'd had a previous tenant who had a cat, who used to 'maliciously' stare at her through the windows, apparently, and wouldn't tolerate that sort of thing.

To be fair, cats can be complete b*****ds when they want to be.

Smodlet

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

To be fair, cats can be complete b*****ds when they want to be.

"Cats were once worshipped as gods; cats have never forgotten this."

"Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals."

Red-Squirrel, I think you may need to assimilate the fact that cats are a higher form of life... Just sayin'. <Ducks>