What's the strangest clause you've seen in a tenancy/property agreement?

knightstyle

We had a flat in Worthing and there was a clause forbidding the burning of bricks!

rexmedorum

We have a no caravans clause on the estate, not that some of the eighbours take any notice of it!

peter3hg

According to the original deeds I cannot carry out the trade of being an "offal pipe maker" (sausages?) or a soap boiler amongst other things.
I also am not allowed to allow the land to be used by any religion or sect other than the Church of England.

greensalad

My Mum's house, she's not allowed to make cricket balls in it.

BlueC

MaryNB said:

My friend owns a leasehold and the lease has a clause saying she's not allowed two pianos in her flat. I don't think she could physically get one piano in her flat, never mind two. 

Is she allowed three pianos?

canaldumidi

BlueC said:

MaryNB said:

My friend owns a leasehold and the lease has a clause saying she's not allowed two pianos in her flat. I don't think she could physically get one piano in her flat, never mind two. 

Is she allowed three pianos?

although surely the presence of two out of the three would still breach the 'not allowed two pianos' clause?

Perhaps clause should read "not permitted to have two pianos only".....

Binnie001

I bought a new build back in 2012 and there was a list of covenants - no Sky Dishes on the front of your house 🏡, no caravans on the driveway and no work vans on the drive to name but a few. The houses have changed hands many times over the years and no one seems to have read their contracts as it is a free for all 😡

Slithery

Binnie001 said:

I bought a new build back in 2012 and there was a list of covenants - no Sky Dishes on the front of your house 🏡, no caravans on the driveway and no work vans on the drive to name but a few. The houses have changed hands many times over the years and no one seems to have read their contracts as it is a free for all 😡

Perfectly normal on newer estates. The only people that can enforce the covenants are the original developers, and they only put them in place to keep the estate looking nice while they still have properties to sell. Once the last one is sold they couldn't care less.

acranea

I once rented a ground floor flat at the rear of a house with access to a back yard & entry. There were 2 noteworthy clauses in the tenancy agreement. They prohibited:

a) The provision of any sexual services

b) Any activity relating to the practice of Satanism (!)

I spent 4 years wondering who the hell had lived there before me !

RedHEAD

My first house was a 1950s 2 storey semi but it stated clearly in my deeds that I wasn't allowed to make candles in my cellar....