Many landlords live in the same property as their tenants, so it is essential that all parties get along fine or it won’t be long before arguments ensue. With this in mind, it is not unusual for landlords to have a set of house rules in place to make sure prospective tenants are aware of what they should and should not be doing if they decide to take the tenancy. However, some landlords apparently go the extra mile when writing their house rules, as was evidenced by the hilarious list of house rules given to one tenant when she went to view a room to rent.
Landlord rules tweet goes viral
The young lady was so shocked by the list of demands that she published them on Twitter. Not surprisingly, within a few hours the list had gone viral and several thousand people had retweeted it. Some of the rules were fairly standard, including “no drugs” and “no loud parties”, but some of them were just plain crazy and included:
1. No pork to be brought into the house
2. No more than two visitors per month
3. Showers can’t last longer than fifteen minutes
4. No using other people’s shampoo, hand wash, etc
In total, there were thirty-one separate rules on the list, as well as various references to random penalty charges depending on how the landlord felt at the time.
Were the demands unreasonable?
I suppose that depends on your point of view. Clearly the “no pork” rule is a bit excessive and limiting guests to two per month is rather draconian, but if you are sharing your home with strangers, there has to be SOME rules in place or the living arrangements will soon deteriorate.
