Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Which flat-rent in Turnpike Lane has these bizarre landlord rules?
Article in the Guardian today about the unbelievably bizarre and draconian regulations some landlords impose on their tenants, highlighting the case of a two bedroom flat in Turnpike Lane: No Scorpios, no meat-eaters: the rise of extreme flatshare ads
Anyone know which this flat this is?
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Permalink Reply by Catherine Smith on
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How ridiculous
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Typical misinformation. The " no Capricorns " stipulation was in New York, not Turnpike Lane.
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Permalink Reply by andy thomas on
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The 'no Capricorns' bit was later in the article and wasn't referring to Turnpike Lane. The start of the story was about the list of 31 "rules" - fines for not washing up promptly, only 2 visitors a month(!) who had first to be vetted a fortnight in advance, etc.
I would have given the landlord a hefty piece of my mind there and then, told him/her exactly what they could do with their flat-rent and walked out. Who wants to live in a Borstal?
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Possibly things or landlords have changed since 2013, when the list of 31 rules referred to in today's Guardian piece was reported by the Daily Mail, with the full list pictured. See:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260035/No-pork-fridge-sho...
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KNEW I’d seen this before. Still... Says a great deal that the Guardian went for the astrology angle whilst the Mail went for NO PORK.
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Permalink Reply by Sarah on
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Haha I don't flush every time, it's a waste of water! But I live alone now.
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The main thing for me when I was flat sharing was "no smokers". I got two smokers who lied when they responded to the ad. We kicked one out after my other flatmate discovered a pile of butts on their shared balcony. She was also good at leaving things cooking in the kitchen while having long phone conversations in her room. Once I came home and the hallway outside my flat was full of smoke. Inside, the pot on the stove was black inside.
One flatmate moved his girlfriend in without asking. She had a habit of leaving the gas burners hissing away in the kitchen. I'd come home and wonder why I could smell gas.
Once my American cousin moved in. It was meant to be a temporary stay before her study year abroad started, but I was pressured into letting her stay. She would borrow my straighteners (after our voltage fried hers) and leave them on. So I have sympathy for the hair straightener rule landlord!
I mean, some of us just don't want our homes to burn down....
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Permalink Reply by Ian on
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some rules can be over the top but when a person shares his house with strangers it is good to setup rules in advance than to slowly drip feed rules after contracts have been signed. I have lived in a one room while sharing a house with others including the owner and I have also been a landlord. I would be more inclined to rent a room in a house where there are rules for respectful behaviour than so called "freedom". We have thousands on thousands of rules in society like party wall and what to do if your neighbours fruit tree overhangs your fence but when individuals create rules according to their lifestyle in their own homes, they are despised.
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and we are also fined by the authorities if we break the rules in order to keep us inline. Without the penalties we would be more inclined to illegally park etc etc. Its the same, no difference, rules are needed for order but once you LOVE your neighbour as yourself, you no longer need rules to force respectful behaviour.
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Permalink Reply by kotkas on
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Hahaha yes totally agree. These appear absurd on the pages of the Grauniad, but take a walk down memory lane to your student years and all of a sudden this all makes sense....
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Maybe I was lucky - in my students days in Coventry there was only one rule in all the places I lived in and that was to pay the rent promptly.
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