"The tendency of some landlords to police their tenants' behaviour has been well documented, imposing rules that range from the reluctantly accepted, such as no pets allowed, to the absurd: not using the kitchen at night; ideally being away at weekends; and, in one case, effectively restricting use of the toilet due to a noise ban after 8.30pm extending to the sound of walking."
"What I personally can cook in just 10 minutes, I'm not sure but perhaps that's the point. Of the new rules being set, limitations on working from home have emerged as the most restrictive. Out of the 30 ads for house-shares I trawl through a day, more than half say that a suitable flatmate is someone who ideally works full-time out of the house. Hopefully, you're kind, friendly and considerate, but ideally, you're not actually there."
"On the one hand, the no wfh camp argues these rules are just about maintaining the home as a space for rest, recreation and domestic order, rather than office chatter: no one wants to be tiptoeing around someone's Teams conversations in the living room, or being privy to a six-hour call on synergies. But for the vast majority of people who work from their bedrooms rather than in communal areas in the house, it's hard to see why working fro"
Landlords and flatmates increasingly impose strict behavioural rules in house-shares, ranging from no pets to absurd bans like not using the kitchen at night. Some listings forbid surprise guests, music, and living-room use when it doubles as a bedroom. One case reportedly restricted toilet use due to an 8.30pm noise ban extending to walking. Many adverts stipulate that suitable flatmates work full-time outside the home, effectively discouraging working from home. The no‑WFH camp frames these rules as preserving rest, recreation and domestic order. Many tenants, however, work privately from bedrooms, making blanket WFH bans seem unreasonable and exclusionary.
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