Clothesline for tenant

Just wondering, for a freestanding 3 bed house; with backyard- 200m2 land, also has a paved area and quite a bit of sun out the back - would you deem having a clothesline a necessity for a tenant?

When the tenant inspected, one didn't exist. I was going to quickly put one in before they started but decided to leave it without one- because there is no good place to put it in the yard and also not enough time to get it done.

Do you think having a clothes line is a necessity, or is it perfectly acceptable to rent out a place without one provided.

 

Compulsory in SA to provide either a clothesline or a dryer as part of Housing Improvement Act. Other states might be different.

Legalities aside, no idea why you wouldn't. People need to live there and it's not exactly a luxury item. Put one of those wall fold out ones if you can't fit a hoist one.

 

Yeah I know what you mean, given we ran out of time before the lease starts (2 days left), I thought we would take an approach of wait for them to ask for one, and then do it - (which I hope they don't end up 'suffering in silence' - but maybe a clothes line is not important to them?

I looked at fold out ones, but there is no where good to bolt it, so it would need holes dug, posts concreted and then installed which is too big a job to get done in time. They could use portable drying racks (clothes horse) out in the paved area, or put up a rope themselves...but I don't know if that is good enough.

 

They need a clothes line. Best get onto it as soon as possible. If you want good tenants then you need to look after them which will encourage them to do the right thing by you. It's a very basic item to have in a house and fold out racks are not good enough particularly if they go out during the day and it's windy.

 

Apartment dwellers understand that they have to use indoor clothes-horses.

Yes I would deem an outdoor washing-line to be something that a property with even a small courtyard should have. The wall-mounted ones come in different sizes and in some cases it is only possibly to put a small one in, but at least that would offer the tenant the ability to hang a large item such as a sheet or a blanket outside when they need to. When there is still insufficient space for a fold-out one, you could consider a retractable washing-line that can be "retracted" when not in use so that the tenant can use the yard/courtyard.

Washingline 2 by JacM posted 7th Feb, 2018 at 9:48 AM

Washingline 1 by JacM posted 7th Feb, 2018 at 9:48 AM

 

Surely you just put one in. I would expect a clothesline to be part of any family home.

 

Heard of getting a handyman? He can do it in the next couple of days

 

As said, just do it.
Marg

 

200sqm backyard?
I've put clothesline in a 50sqm backyard.
Just get a foldable one and put it along the fence line.

These are the ones I've used in my IPs. Installed back in 2010, still standing today.
Back in 2016 i gave it a wipe down for the first time (paper towel and water), came up good as new
Hills, City Living, Sunbreeze & Austral fold down clotheslines. many fit King size sheets.

(Get the Austral one)

 

Rentals are expected to have a clothes line.

Personally I would never have one in my house, they are eyesores and time wasters. I do not hang clothes out to dry - lol

But yes it’s expected for rentals

 

I would supply a maid. But hey that's just me im a nice guy

 

Yes it is a necessity.

Don't wait for them to ask, just put one in.

 

We got the RE agent to organise a handyman. Job done no fuss, I think it was $120 plus the clothesline. It needn't impact the tenants too much as it is an outside job?

 

What? No full blown DA or environmental impact report, traffic study and town planning statement?

 

We have lines on our back verandah, when not in use they are not obvious.

We have a dryer which we only use in prolonged wet weather.
Marg

 

You don’t need to tumble dry in a very cold country. Even if clothes freeze, it just takes them a week to dry instead of a day. Talking from experience!

 

Yes loads go from washing machine to dryer to cupboard where they sit until the minions (kids) get to fold them and put them away. Neither of us have time to treat anything on an individual basis. It’s all just chucked into one machine and then another one in a continuous flow and never ending.

We have rules for kids that they are not allowed to wear anything twice in a row because teens have no idea that they stink and we don’t have time to go work out that they do before they head out the door. Easy fix, shower, fresh clothes and all yesterday’s clothes go in the wash basket.

Lots of washing but a messed up school social structure and alienation because they smell would be more difficult to deal with. Preventing problems before they arise