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

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  • user1977
    user1977 Posts: 14,316 Forumite
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    I'm dealing with a new city centre apartment block which has no parking spaces, but nonetheless, the residents are prohibited from parking speedboats. I don't think they'd fit in the lift.

    Also, they're not allowed to keep ferrets.
  • Jumblebumble
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    MSE_Laura_F said:
    After reading a thread that mentions a freehold with the clause 'no playing piano in the garden', I wondered,

    What's the strangest clause you've seen in a tenancy/property agreement?
    I have a covenant from 1938 when our house cost around £600 that states that we are not allowed to erect any new building in the garden with a value of less than £500
    in 1938 it would have to be another house
    Today I can put up a shed or anything bigger
    30 years time i will only need to consider worry about anything  smaller than a plastic dolls house
  • fourmarks
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    user1977 said:
    I'm dealing with a new city centre apartment block which has no parking spaces, but nonetheless, the residents are prohibited from parking speedboats. I don't think they'd fit in the lift.

    Also, they're not allowed to keep ferrets.
    Terrible news for former winners of Bullseye.
  • TripleH
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    Buy a jetski then.
    A nice MIG-29 and park it on the roof.
    May you find your sister soon Helli.
    Sleep well.
  • alsmal
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    My old house was a 1970’s 3 bed semi-detached near Bolton. It had an £18 a year leasehold and one condition was that you had to apply for planning permission to have gates fitted on the driveway. There were already gates fitted when I moved in so I often wondered how that particular conversation went…..
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    fourmarks said:
    I am not allowed to dry my socks in the toaster.
    Pretty sure that’s from Eddie Izzard, but if not, it sure sounds like something he said in one of his DVDs……
  • FreeBear
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    TripleH said:
    Buy a jetski then.
    A nice MIG-29 and park it on the roof.
    Buying Russian in light of recent events... Not a wise move. Better to buy British, and get yourself a Harrier GR3. Would be easier to park on a roof.

    Her courage will change the world.

    Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.
  • Skiddaw1
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    Sunsaru said:
    fourmarks said:
    TripleH said:
    fourmarks said:
    I am not allowed to dry my socks in the toaster.

    Use a sandwich maker instead?
    So where does my vest go?
    In the vestibule of course!

    I've just spat my tea out.... :D
  • fourmarks
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    alsmal said:

    Pretty sure that’s from Eddie Izzard, but if not, it sure sounds like something he said in one of his DVDs……
    Quite right. He's a very demanding landlord.
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