Washing line

wilfred30

Jennyjen45 said:

DevilDamo said:

The tenants may be none the wiser and just assumed it was a communal rotary dryer as it’s on communal grounds. It’s your dryer, not anybody else’s so unless you have given permission, nobody else should be using it.

Any reason why you haven’t yet approached the tenants? If they don’t play ball, you could get in contact with their landlord or letting agent? Failing that, the management company could step in but be weary of any conditions that state you shouldn’t use the communal grounds for reasons as you are doing so.

The management company know ive put one up and they are fine with it. 
I just needed to know my rights. I wouldnt mind them using it if i didnt use it but quite often i use it fully so i dont want them starting to add more and more items. If thats the case i wil move their items around the corner to the one at the far end or leave it in a pile. 
There items really smell as well so i dont want to have them near my clean drying clothes

Seriously!!  Presumably they've been washed so how can they be 'really smelly'?

I think that statement says more about you than them!

rach_k

Tell them.  They are not mind readers so how else are they going to know?

On a side note, if you went to a shop to buy the line, you bought it.  Brought is the past tense of bring, not buy.  

shaun_from_Africa

Jennyjen45 said:

The management company know ive put one up and they are fine with it. 

Just because the management company are fine with it doesn't mean that you are entitled to take up the space in a communal area with your personal washing line.
I'm sure that the other tenants have a clause in their tenancy agreement giving them the right to use all of the communal area, something that they won't be able to do if your washing line is taking up a large proportion of the space and whatever you have been told by management won't overrule the rights of the others. 

SameOldRoundabout

rach_k said:

Tell them.  They are not mind readers so how else are they going to know?

On a side note, if you went to a shop to buy the line, you bought it.  Brought is the past tense of bring, not buy.  

I was going to say this as it really irritates me. But then I wasn’t sure if she meant she’d brought it from her previous house. Brought instead of bought really gets my goat. 

Emmia

If you don't want other people using it, you need to basically only put it out when you do your washing... It will be a faff (and you'll need to store the line in your flat when it isn't in use) but that's the price you'll need to pay if you want to use it exclusively. 

neilmcl

Jennyjen45 said:

There is room for another rotary dryer around the corner and there is another one around there anyway.
When i moved in i brought it so its technically mine otherwise there wouldnt be one there. 
I just want to know if they have any rights to do this or not

The as already advised, take it away with you when you've finished using it. It's a communal area and therefore you have no right to take up most of the space with your washing.

George_Michael

Ask yourself one question.
How would you feel if you went to hang your washing out but were constantly unable to do so because the communal area was taken up by people sitting around or having a BBQ where your washing line was?
This is probably how the other people who are entitled to use the communal area feel with regards to your rotary line.

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comeandgo said:

Many years ago I did as your neighbour did and used a clothes line in a communal area.  When I viewed the flat I was told the clothes line were for all to use.  Wow, I still shake when I remember the shouting of the neighbour who's clothes line I used.   I quickly bought one for myself and left it there when I left.   
Your neighbour has no right to use yours but maybe does not realise this.

They have even used my pegs! 

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Wanderingpomm said:

It’s not really fair that you’ve grabbed the space in the communal garden. You should take your line with you and then the other tenants could get their own and it’s first come first served. Or you could just share?

There's loads of space in the garden for them to buy their own and errect it. Theres not many flats and its a massive garden

comeandgo

Jennyjen45 said:

comeandgo said:

Many years ago I did as your neighbour did and used a clothes line in a communal area.  When I viewed the flat I was told the clothes line were for all to use.  Wow, I still shake when I remember the shouting of the neighbour who's clothes line I used.   I quickly bought one for myself and left it there when I left.   
Your neighbour has no right to use yours but maybe does not realise this.

They have even used my pegs! 

I did use my own pegs🙂