The class system is still a live & well indeed along with the old boy network.
The them and us were on display last Monday .
Where I’m living I’m not allowed to hang washing out …it brings the neighbourhood down don’t you know , or to have a sign written vehicle… we do not want any tradesperson living here thank you .
Debatable in my opinion.
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But that is what I like here - debate without acrimony.
Nothing wrong with a few social graces !
Indeed I think these should be taught at school today .
Social graces are the oil which makes society run more easily .
So many people just don’t know how to behave because they haven’t been taught .
Probaby because their parents weren’t taught either .
A gentleman is a gentleman whatever his station in life if he behaves like one .
I own the property.
Yes its leasehold and one of a gated group of homes .
I guess it was the leaseholder and management committee that are responsible.
This is not uncommon there are lots of rules put in developments .
Not just in the U.K. .
Eg the washing rule is quite prevalent in any countries usually for the front of the property .
My neighbour the builder has four of his vehicles on the frontage of the property ( which has a commercial vehicle ban but he ignores ) it has totally ruined the look of a small residential area and caused annoyance to all the neighbours who now have to look out on them he also parks them on the road in front of other peoples houses . It s not illegal but it’s not exactly neighbourly .
It’s usually in the deeds. For example on my block I am not allowed to smelt iron or make coke because about a century ago there was a steelworks near by.
In land sales near me houses are not allowed to have iron roofs but must be tile in other sub divisions this is not the case.
I must admit I have never heard of restrictions on things like washing lines though
It’s more common in flats where people have balconies .
They can use clothes airers though .
Some places of historical interest don’t / didn’t allow satellites on houses .
Yep. Neither of the flats I own are allowed to have aerials, not indeed anything else that affects the elevation view. One of the flat owners put a sky dish up and had to pay a significant sum to the leaseholder in recompense.