Nosy old biddy and her residents association

[stinkwheel]

Check the deeds on the land registry (costs £6). Tenements, terraces and especially council properties often have some very detailed specifics written into the deeds about the use of washin lines etc.

For example. I live in an ex-council terraced house. My deeds specifically forbid me from errecting a washing line at the front of the house, they go on to referr to the back garden as the "drying green". So it is implicit in that that I CAN hang a washing line on the "drying green".

In any case, I would suggest you referr to the area you are hanging out your clothes as the "drying green" in any and all future correspondance.
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[Omega]

I'd move. That's one of the benefit to renting. It's your home and you don't need that kind of hassle all the time. If you owned the place then it would be a tough situation.

[Baggyman]

[grr666]

I'm surprised nobody has suggested a throat punch and a kick in the tit as a means of resolution.
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[JP7]

[recman]

[Wonko The Sane]

[ScaredyCat]

[arry]

[Andy_Pagin]

[Rogerborg]

Biddy is leaving her money to whom?

Cats Protection League?

Fix that.
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[dydey90]

I'm pretty sure you could make life very difficult here. Right now it's very hard to get an unwanted tennant out of a rented property, especially if they're playing by all the rules.

Personally, I'd be moving the bikes back, sticking up a "no coffin dodgers" sign and fitting neon lights in all windows.
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[Ribenapigeon]

Look at your tenancy agreement. If there's no rules prohibiting a clothes line then fuck em. Being able to hang your washing out is a normal amenity. Landlord and neighbours on a losing wicket if there's no rules already in place around drying methods.

[arry]

[Ribenapigeon]

[Ste]

[bamt]

[arry]

[andyscooter]

walk into her house and use her tumble drier
she is bound to have one
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[Tigerlea]

[Stoker]

Ok, so, having re-read OP's original post, it is apparent that this group who the OP is having problems with is just a "Residents Association', merely a group of local residents who associate to discuss important neighbourhood issues such as :-

"the grass outside number 33 hasn't been cut since October, it's a disgrace", and "Emma? Well, I know the year fives adore her, but she's illegitamate"

They have no legal powers, no authority, nothing. Little, meaningless people with empty, unfulfilled lives.

They have written/complained to your landlords Agent, (HML Group) who are just that; agents... a third party who your landlord pays a fee to, to collect rents, arrange repairs, all the stuff a landlord would do. They act on behalf of your landlord. They have no more rights than a landlord, but they will have more experience in sorting disputes. Who did you deal with when you got the tenancy? They would be my first point to make a relationship with, make tentative enquires/test the water...

Residents Associations? Yeah, if you all have a shit landlord and want to band together for extra clout, but these fuckers just sound like Neighbourhood Nazis.

Have you thought about joining, or at least, going along to one of their meetings? Try it|
These aint the type of people who will be openly hostile to you, so if you appear to be friendly and amenable to them, they will smile to you, say hello, etc, and just mutter amongst themselves until they find another victim for their outraged indignation.

[nowhere.elysium]

If the washing line is in contravention of the leasehold agreement, then it's down to the landlord to make sure that a washing line isn't used, ergo it's their problem not yours. If it's part of your tenancy agreement, then it's on you.

As has been mentioned, the motorbike thing is entirely a concession to her being an interfering busybody - there'll be no foundation for this particular caveat on either the leasehold agreement or the tenancy agreement, since neither of those can control what goes on on a public road.

Resident associations are predominantly for the purpose of forming a renter's union against crap landlords, not for policing neighbourhoods. Short answer, ask your landlord (in a non-combative manner) whether a rotary drier is something that they specifically need you to use, or if it's purely to keep Fräulein CurtainTwitcher happy.
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[arry]

[Rogerborg]

It won't stop with that though, since OP's face clearly doesn't fite fit.

Talking to the landlord directly to see who he's going to back when push comes to anonymous-accusation-of-drug-dealing might save a fair bit of expense and time.
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[Baggyman]

Why not PM Nemo?

He knows a window cleaner that will go and stand in her garden - that should freak her out
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