Use of balcony

eddddy

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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.

It's for the benefit of the people who live in the flats - the leaseholders.

(The freeholders won't care either way.)

Most people want to live in smart looking buildings - not buildings with washing hung on all the balconies.

So most people want those kinds of covenants in leases - so that's why freeholders put them in the leases. 

user1977

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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?

In order to prevent the building you live in being festooned with your neighbours' pants.

DullGreyGuy

bouicca21 said:

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

You can sit on it, dance on it, lay on it... just when you are not doing any of the former you need to bring your chair/hammock/lounger etc in off the balcony.

At our prior gaff we didnt have a balcony but the higher floors did. They started enforcing the nothing on the balcony rule after someone had some planters/windowboxes on the rails of the balcony (its how they were designed to be) which fell off in high winds and were a very near miss to a pedestrian below.

[Deleted User]

elsien said:

[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.

That's truly pathetic.

GDB2222

[Deleted User] said:

elsien said: 

[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.

That's truly pathetic.

I’m pretty sure that the area I live in has a ban on drying laundry in the front garden. 

Skiddaw1

[Deleted User] said:

elsien said:

[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.

That's truly pathetic.

Exactly what I thought at the time. Personally, I rather like balconies festooned with drying washing. It looks rather jolly. It was all the more irritating because there was a large communal garden area where there could easily have been some whirligig dryers for residents to use but they wouldn't allow that either. As I say, we just ignored the dictat as did most other residents.

maisie_cat

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

Because in property ownership looking nice is more important than being eco friendly.
In reality somebody could have a clothes horse in front of the open door to dry laundry, it's actually in the living room then.

eddddy

maisie_cat said:

In reality somebody could have a clothes horse in front of the open door to dry laundry, it's actually in the living room then.

FWIW, I've seen leases which prohibit the drying of washing in a flat anywhere it's visible from the outside. So if the washing is visible through the open door, or even through a closed window - that could be a breach.

Often it's up-market flats (and houses) which seem to have the most 'restrictive' covenants. I guess the more you pay for a property, the more concerned you are about having a nice tidy building and surroundings. 


(FWIW, a development I saw recently with a 'no visible washing' covenant comprised of properties costing between £700k and £1.5m.)