Controlling Landlord Forces Tenant to do Laundry at The Same Time Every Week

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Emmy Pratt • Writer and Editor
Oct 20, 2023 4:00 PM EDT

I'm so lucky I've only had two landlords in my life, and they haven't given me much grief. The first was a big, impersonal company that provided off-campus housing for students. The other is my current landlord, who sent over a guy with a can of Raid when we told him we had bugs. Neither of these landlords has been fully competent, but they haven't been entirely overbearing either. I would rather have a distant and hard-to-reach landlord than a pushy one who lives in the building and forces their tenants to follow inane rules. If the person who provided me housing knocked on my door and told me to stop playing my music, I would flip a table. 

One Redditor shared their story of living in the basement of their landlady's house with three other people. She is a total control freak, forcing her tenants to do their laundry in a strict timeframe. What a nightmare

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    Font - r/mildlyinfuriating u/kinghunter1996 14h i.redd.it ● When your landlady gives you only 3.5 hours a week to do laundry
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    Wood - 1 Laundry Wed 4:30-8pm
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    Font - Illustrious_Tea5569. 14h Is it a community laundry room or private? Shared living space? ... Reply 1.1k
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    Font - kinghunter1996 OP • 14h I rent a room in a 3 person basement suit. Landlady lives in the rest of the house with her family ... 874
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    Font - Illustrious_Tea5569 14h ● So the laundry is done in the basement? .. 491
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    Font - kinghunter1996 OP • 14h yes the laundry room is in the basement separate to the suite 552
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    Font - Illustrious_Tea5569 14h So they can barely hear it I assume... unless you singed a lease stating those conditions I would completely ignore the notes. If they complain ask to renegotiate terms. 4759
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    Font - kinghunter1996 OP • 14h Well I think its because there's way too many of us in this house. Me and 2 other renters in the basement (one room right next to the laundry room). landlady's family, and at least 3 maybe 4 more renters in the main house I'm not 100% sure 551
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    Font - Illustrious_Tea5569. 14h Yea that's on them not you though if they wanna rent to that many people they need to make the proper accomodations not limit normal use of things to save them an annoyance or anything else 1k
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    Font - kinghunter1996 OP • 13h Lol yeah in an ideal world.... Sadly stupid housing market results in stupid situations R 4 326
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    Font - Illustrious_Tea5569 13h arrangement..if It's not stupid it's a business they suddenly have demands not agreed upon in the lease then...You should have counter demands to come to terms One of the most vital lessons | learned is that most every large transaction is negotiable. 4220
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    Font - NoodleSpooner 13h ● How in the world are that many renters supposed to be able to do their laundry? ↑ 108 108
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    Font - walmarttshirt. 8h This... sounds... illegal? 4126
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    Font - Numahistory. 6h Right? Pretty sure there's an occupancy limit being violated. 4110 110
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    Font - Affectionate_Most_64. 14h I'm sorry that note disappeared ... Reply 42k ↓
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    Rectangle - DerGuteReis - 6h what note? : s 597
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    Font - neckyneckbeard • 11h 430am you're good. ... Reply 392
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    Human body - CIA-pizza-party. 5h I'm living for your malicious compliance 482
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    Font - GlassPeepo 10h ● From your comments it sounds like there's a whole lot of people using one washer, and I mean... that's her problem. If you're gonna let that many people live in your house, you can't complain when that many people need to use your one washer all at once. Maybe she ought to buy a second one. A third even. Reply 4 245 ↓
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    Font - alohawanderlust • 6h ● Is that intended for everyone in the house or just your "assigned" laundry time? ... Reply 22
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    Font - kinghunter1996 OP • 2h My time. The two other guys in the basement have their own 3.5 hour window. I assume the tenants upstairs have similar schedules ← ↑ 14 ↓
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    Font - 2 discodolphin1 You can't just assign a random, small window of time to your tenants. 3.5 hours is literally barely enough time to do laundry as it is. What if people have other plans? What if it conflicts with OP's work schedule? Nah, this is dumb. 2h ● ... 424
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    Rectangle - Alexis_is_a 5h Check your lease. ... Reply 433
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    Font - tvieno 13h ● If it was me, I would just do it at a laundromat at my convenience. ... Reply 53
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