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Drying clothes outside?

Burti16

I live in a housing estate/gated community where there are apartments and duplex houses. I wanted to dry my clothes in my private porch and got a letter from management company saying this is not allowed.

I'm OK with it and never did the same thing again but I'm just wondering if a management company legally force people to dry clothes indoors?

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Jmc25

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119664435#Comment_119664435

Yeah, basically nothing except bring the owner to court for breaching their lease. Doesn't seem realistic that any management company would bother to me.

Caranica

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119664435#Comment_119664435

I know of at least one development that imposes monetary sanctions for breach of development rules (note that "fine" is not used, they got legal advice that fines were only enforceable by certain organs of the State). In reality people don't pay them but it becomes an issue if trying to sell a unit as any outstanding charges need to be cleared.

Graces7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119660582#Comment_119660582

IF you even HAVE a tumble drier.

[Deleted User]

It’s very common in apartment blocks to ban hanging out washing.

What really surprised me was, a few weeks ago there was an article in the papers about an estate of houses, complete with back gardens- the news was that the management company was introducing clamping in that estate and forcing people who had cars to find alternative parking- a bit unusual but not surprising- I think it was possibly Swords but can’t be sure- but one of the conditions of living in that estate, not apartment block but estate, was that you couldn’t have a BBQ- that blew my mind- imagine having your own back garden and not allowed to BBQ???,

that would be a deal breaker for me

FlubberJones

The same in our estate, clothes horses banned on balconies and I 100% support this, it looks a mess and if left to proliferate it would look rediculous and an utter disgrace.

I did notice with amusement, the brand new block just completed and very recently populated, behind my place. The top corner apartment on the 8th or 9th floor (would be a great location) had two clothes horses on the balcony and even clothes' drying by being hung on the windows (assumed pegs on the frames). It look awful and hopefully someone got on to the quickly.

Picked up a small (smallest we could find) dryer and thats in the spare room, solved everything (just the odd ruined Tshirt that got in the dryer when it should not have....

apkmbarry

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119663797#Comment_119663797

I would love to see you apply to the council for planning permission to erect a clothes horse.

Mrs OBumble

Ohhhhh the disgrace: houses are lived in by humans who need to wash and dry their clothing! Horrors!! Am clutching my pearls tightly just to cope with the thought!!!

bikeman1

I live in an apartment and would love to throw the clothes horse out on the balcony to get a fresh air dry. I put it at the door in the summer with it open when I’m in, so you can see it if you looked up, but it is inside.

People need to get over themselves! Clothes get washed and then need to be dried. What happens when you live in a house and can see your neighbours washing on the line, how unsightly!!

Caranica

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119677767#Comment_119677767

How many people do you know with washing lines in front of their houses?

chicorytip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119678255#Comment_119678255

Local Authority flat complexes maybe - in the long distant past.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119675419#Comment_119675419

That wasn't actually true, BBQs were allowed in back gardens, but not in common areas eg communal green.

Graces7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119678255#Comment_119678255

My nearest neighbours dry washing on a line on their front drive,....

Caranica

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119694789#Comment_119694789

You live in the middle of nowhere, this thread is about multi unit developments so hardly relevant

Graces7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119698751#Comment_119698751

Ah apologies. But I lived previously multi storey and we were allowed to dry washing on the balconies.

With energy challenges it is a no-brainer to use electiricity when we have the fresh air for drying. Apart from the cost.

DownByTheGarden

Whgere I live you are allowed to dry your clothes outside. I wouldnt though out of respect for other people in the neighborhood.

monkeybutter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119663757#Comment_119663757

have you a dose of diarrhea or what? it was september, I have air dried everything the last month

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119699603#Comment_119699603

Fair play to you!

monkeybutter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119699625#Comment_119699625

that is some amount of washing, what size tub is it

[Deleted User]

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119699630#Comment_119699630

Why would that possibly be of interest to you?

Princess Calla

It's 7kg but the shortened cycle recommends 5kg.

So kids have school uniform fresh each day, change into normal clothes and fresh PJs every night so 3 outfits per day.

I would have clean PJs every night and fresh outfit everyday.

Then weekly sheets and towels.

It adds up.

I live beside the sea so unless it's a total scorcher of a day the clothes never get fully dry in autumn there's always a dampness in the air....I have no desire to put the effort in to hanging outside, then hanging on clothes horse until fully dry especially for the kids....so wash, dryer, fold put away works for me. Plus there wouldn't be enough room on the line as it's a single line rather than a rotary one.

The line is used for decal t shirts/school tracksuit/sports kits that can't go into dryer.

monkeybutter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119699694#Comment_119699694

i wonder is going through so many clothes normal?

monkeybutter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119699691#Comment_119699691

why would you be interested in my reasons for asking a fairly simple question in a thread about drying clothes outside

Thoie

I lived in an apartment for years, and my solution was putting the clothes horse into the bath, and having the fan on low. If the weather was good enough, I'd put the clothes horse inside the window with all the windows open. Never got any damp doing things this way.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119699764#Comment_119699764

Well the alternative is wearing dirty clothes which I've no intention of doing.

I'm certainly not sending the kids out in dirty clothes.

monkeybutter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119699858#Comment_119699858

I would say its fairly normal to give outwear a 2-3 uses before washing

jeans hoodies etc

its a hell of a lot of washing to be doing

Chris_5339762

When I had my apartment this rule was in place too. Everyone ignored it - I was not roadside and it couldn't be seen so I ignored it too. They mentioned it once or twice to the group but no-one paid a jot. It is a very silly rule and I hope it does get changed. The washing machines basically had a small hairdryer attached to them for all the good it would do.

My solution was to buy a dehumidifier and set it next to the clothes horse. That cost less, dried the clothes better, and warmed the room nicely. When it was raining of course!

Incidentally, screening the balcony with a wrap around fence thing, to stop people seeing the illegal laundry drying, was also banned. That was also ignored.

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119699694#Comment_119699694

Sorry, but that is absolute madness. Clothes - other than underwear and possibly other stuff that's worn right next to skin for the entire day - don't need to be washed every single time they're worn, particularly when they belong to pre-pubescent children. You are making an absolutely ridiculous rod for your own back there by insisting on washing everything so often, not to mention wasting a huge amount of resources and reducing the lifespan of your clothes by a huge amount.

Utter, utter nonsense. Mother of god.

Use your eyes and nose and only wash stuff when it's actually needed. A fresh, full school uniform every day - I've heard it all now.

ballyharpat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119700634#Comment_119700634

I agree 100%, regardless of whether you do or do not have the money to do this-and it is an enormous financial cost.

The wear and tear on the clothes, means more clothes needed, more waste in the environment-It's a known fact that a drier ruins clothes.

The excuse that the air is not dry near the seaside, so air dry them and toss them in the drier for 10 minutes.

the damage to the environment, the detergents, the wasted water, the wasted electric, the air pollutants. My Lord-I didn't comment as I thought it was trolling. I'm still hoping it is, if it's not, why are we even bothering-this is .... I dunno, really, I'm at a loss for words.

sprucemoose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119699694#Comment_119699694

that adds up because it is way way over the top, such a waste of energy and it would probably be cheaper in the long run to just buy more uniforms then just wash them once a week

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119699572#Comment_119699572

give over

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119664123#Comment_119664123

careful of damp though

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119700634#Comment_119700634

Pre pubescent children are messy creatures.

By the end of the day there will be at least one food stain on their clothes. As they get older that will change but for now invariably sticky hands get wiped down the front of their clothes before you get a chance to wash them.

I know from talking to friends who work in childcare either in creche or primary school capacity that many parents will send their children to school with soiled clothes (I've seen it myself) but I'm not one of those parents.