Use of balcony

user1977

Also bear in mind there is often a covenant giving the managing agents powers to make regulations about (among other things) safety, which arguably could entitle them to come up with rules which aren't specifically listed in the leases.

bouicca21

What’s the point of having a balcony if you can’t sit out on it?

More to the point, what does the lease say?

AlexMac

Ignore the 4r53 covering letter from the Property Management Company.  Someone has probably kicked them into taking pointless action (to be seen to be doing something)?

Carry on using your balcony.

As my grand daughter does; in fact not only does she has a couple of chairs, a table and astroturf on her 3 SqM balcony, we also covered her one with a batten and netting structure to keep the cats in.

If you have cats, what do they say?

If the freeholder wants to take legal action against you let 'em do so;  they won't!

[Deleted User]

Why don't they want people drying clothes on the balcony? Not very eco friendly.

Alderbank

AlexMac said:

Ignore the 4r53 covering letter from the Property Management Company.  Someone has probably kicked them into taking pointless action (to be seen to be doing something)?

Carry on using your balcony.

As my grand daughter does; in fact not only does she has a couple of chairs, a table and astroturf on her 3 SqM balcony, we also covered her one with a batten and netting structure to keep the cats in.

If you have cats, what do they say?

If the freeholder wants to take legal action against you let 'em do so;  they won't!

  Miaow?  

eddddy

AlexMac said:

If the freeholder wants to take legal action against you let 'em do so;  they won't!

The leases will almost certainly say....

• If any neighbour (another leaseholder) complains, the freeholder must take enforcement action

• The freeholder has no choice

... if there has been a breach of lease. 

So if a neighbour doesn't like what you've done on your balcony, or simply doesn't like you - and wants to cause you some hassle... they can complain about you breaching the lease.

Section62

AlexMac said:

If the freeholder wants to take legal action against you let 'em do so;  they won't!

Easy to say.  But would you offer to stump up the OP's costs if you've guessed wrong?

What action another party may take is very difficult to predict when you have all the information.  In a situation like this one where we only have partial information, inviting the OP to risk a strategy which could turn out to be very expensive for them is not good advice.

Skiddaw1

[Deleted User] said:

Why don't they want people drying clothes on the balcony? Not very eco friendly.

We lived in a flat with a 'no drying washing on the balcony' clause. It's quite common. We ignored it (as did most people).

[Deleted User]

Skiddaw1 said:

[Deleted User] said:

Why don't they want people drying clothes on the balcony? Not very eco friendly.

We lived in a flat with a 'no drying washing on the balcony' clause. It's quite common. We ignored it (as did most people).

Sure, but what is the logic behind it?

If people don't use the balcony they will use the radiators, or get a dryer that is expensive to run.

elsien

[Deleted User] said:

Skiddaw1 said:

[Deleted User] said:

Why don't they want people drying clothes on the balcony? Not very eco friendly.

We lived in a flat with a 'no drying washing on the balcony' clause. It's quite common. We ignored it (as did most people).

Sure, but what is the logic behind it?

If people don't use the balcony they will use the radiators, or get a dryer that is expensive to run.

Other people complaining it’s an eyesore,  in the main.