What strange old burdens are on your property?

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JennyW93@reddit

I’m not allowed to turn my home into an infectious diseases ward

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Not a conveyancer, but my work involves data mining property titles. I saw the infectious diseases one a lot! Along with not brewing and/or selling alcohol this was common. As was starting a cheeky brick works in your garden.

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Icy_Priority8075@reddit

Covid must have been tense

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Py3wacket_@reddit

You bought all the stuff as well.

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Loudlass81@reddit

If you have multiple children and they catch the same infectious disease, at what point (how many sick kids at once) does it crossing the line into bring sn infectious diseases ward??

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JennyW93@reddit

I think it’s fine as long as you make them sleep standing up

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arashi256@reddit

Starch them, then you casn stack them like Jenga.

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JavaRuby2000@reddit

Mines a new build (well 12 years now) and it has a covenant that no speed boats, caravans, trailers or sign written work vehicles are to be parked on the driveways. It isn't enforced though because every other drive has a plumber or sparkies van there. There was also a covenant that garages had to remain as garages (not converted to bay windows) for the first 10 years after the houses were built.

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Melodic-Tutor-2172@reddit

I worked for a company that completed property purchases. We were going a purchase of a former Nunnery and it was stipulated that the property cannot be used as a family planning clinic or have any relation to abortions. Standard enough but this is forever.

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pineapplewin@reddit

I can not mine

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sar_tr@reddit

Probably sensible, if you accidentally forget where you put them you could accidentally blow your legs off.

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torstenmills@reddit

I can but all minerals, stone and sub strata lying at a greater depth than sixty feet that I mine means I have to pay a fee to the Prince of Wales and his successors. Stamp duty was £7.

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DoIKnowYouHuman@reddit

Open or shaft?

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Ambitious-Win-9408@reddit

Bitcoin

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RichKiernan@reddit

That we do not own the mineral rights under our property. However, the entity that does own the mineral rights is not permitted to mine those minerals

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Py3wacket_@reddit

In the UK that will be The Crown.

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Inner-Device-4530@reddit

We are not permitted to raise or slaughter pigs, smelt iron ore, run a house of ill repute.

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Py3wacket_@reddit

Run a house of questionable repute.

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chease86@reddit

So just as long as its a GOOD brothel you're fine!

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Good-Gur-7742@reddit

I used to own an old water mill which still had all the mill workings in the house (it’s now an Airbnb if anyone wants to stay there haha.

I was not allowed to mill anything other than wheat (should I wish to reinstate the machines), and I could only open a brothel if I limited it to two employees.

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Py3wacket_@reddit

We're not allowed to smoke herring.

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adamneigeroc@reddit

Cannot sell my house for less than £500 to maintain the value of the area.

My old flat had a clause in the lease not to let, or allow to be let to any lunatics or characters of ill repute

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ldn-ldn@reddit

I will give you £500.01, deal?

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rogue6800@reddit

I am expressly forbidden from piano or pianolas or similar instruments after 11pm and must not be played in a way that could create a disturbance.

I must also not beat rugs out of the windows. .

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takesthebiscuit@reddit

I have a house in Crewe, miles from the sea

Yet I’m not allowed a sail boat longer than 16’ on the driveway

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Crunchie64@reddit

Steam engines cost a fortune, but I assume you’ve already started making plans to defy the other rules?

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Old_Introduction_395@reddit

Mamod Meccano ones on eBay!

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Crunchie64@reddit

No longer in production, mainly due to the covenant on the OPs house.

Most of the ones for sale see to be completed kits.

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chease86@reddit

And where's the limit? I mean surely a whistling kettle is just a steam engine powering a whistle? 🤔

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angry2alpaca@reddit

Watt?

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Crunchie64@reddit

Very good, very good!

👏

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chease86@reddit

Exactly what I said, the old style kettles that have a whistle in the spout are essentially just small, VERY simple steam engines if you really think about it.

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No_Base4946@reddit

Depends how big you make them surely?

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Dralmosteria@reddit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_1949_Mamod_SE2_flatbase_steam_engine.jpg

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Crunchie64@reddit

I suppose it does, but it’s still a bit tricky, a bit technical, and a bit prone to exploding if you do it wrong.

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lovesorangesoda636@reddit

I'm not allowed to slaughter pigs in a certain part of my garden. Apparently the rest of the garden is fair game but definitely not the patch of grass beside the front gate.

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MrBoggles123@reddit

My old terrace (1840) required me to order any coal in bulk with the neighbours, to not hire out access to the communal outhouse and not to dispose of more than 10 buckets of ash per week in the communal ash pit without prior consent.

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InitiativeConscious7@reddit

Not allowed farm animals but I am allowed 2 goats. The house was built in the 60s...

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chease86@reddit

In all fairness goats were surprisingly common animals to keep back then, my dad still tells me stories from when he was younger of where different goats lived and which ones were assholes and he was born in '62

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Conscious-Ball8373@reddit

I hope you are using your whole goat quota.

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chease86@reddit

Honestly I genuinely wish, we have a lot of tin cans to get rid of and a lack of low lactose milk.

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nonibet@reddit

I can't run a shop or erect anything higher than 12ft in the back garden, however I am specifically permitted to run a Sunday School.

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Birdman_of_Upminster@reddit

A friend of mine bought a house built on land that was once a brewery. A covenant on the land prohibited gatherings or the drinking of alcohol.

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vextedkitten@reddit

My dads house has a similar covenant forbidding tbe sale of alcohol. He started making cider, so bought a barbers chair so his mates could have a pint whilst they paid for a haircut. Nobody ever had a haircut or paid for the cider though and all the neighbours where not bothered by it.

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Cantbearsed1992@reddit

The house my parents lived in were not allowed to keep chickens and not allowed to hang their washing out! (Quite a posh area) dated back from the 1920’s

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Bloatville@reddit

I am not allowed to use mine as a 'place of amusement.'

No worries there!

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HelloLucrehulk@reddit

No mining or selling alcohol

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Realistic-Muffin-165@reddit

No storing of caravans

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Fizl99@reddit

No livestock or solar panels

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Old_Introduction_395@reddit

No pigs or chickens. Can't hang washing out of the front windows.

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ihathtelekinesis@reddit

Many houses have covenants that you can’t run a business from them, although some do allow you to run e.g. an accountancy or law firm on the basis that it won’t create too much noise for the neighbours.

I once saw one that specifically said you could use the property as an office for a firm of solicitors but not accountants.

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quite_acceptable_man@reddit

Yeah, lots of 60s housing estates had covenants on them designed to keep dreadful working-class oiks like me from engaging in working-class behaviour and lowering the tone.

My parents aren't allowed to run a business, keep chickens or pigs, chop down any trees on the property, hang washing out the front of the house, or keep any commercial vehicle on the driveway or the street.

The truth is though, that once the last house is sold, the developers couldn't give a fuck.

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TurbulentHamster3418@reddit

My old terrace (built in 1903) was limited to 2 sheep, unlimited chickens but strictly no goats 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Comprehensive_Cow_13@reddit

At my last house I couldn't build a boat in my garage...

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UniquePotato@reddit

Not allowed a satellite dish, although the previous owners had one installed (and many on the street). Haven’t taken it down as I’d have to buy a long ladder.

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rockdecasba@reddit

I'm not allowed to listen to Irish rebellion songs because my neighbor loves rangers

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Minimum-Detective915@reddit

I beg of you hang a Celtics flag out your window for even an hour please please please

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R2-Scotia@reddit

The Boston basketball team?

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JohnLennonsNotDead@reddit

r/ShitAmericanSay

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Minimum-Detective915@reddit

I’m not American 😭I just have bad dyslexia and tend not to pay attention to things like that plz I’m sorry 😂

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R2-Scotia@reddit

Edited, it did say Celtics

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Minimum-Detective915@reddit

No haha that was my error for missing out the FC part

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R2-Scotia@reddit

Celtic / Celtics

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Minimum-Detective915@reddit

Yes I have changed it ta

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R2-Scotia@reddit

I'm sure that Boston Celticd merch would do the job, huns are allergic to green

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Winston_Carbuncle@reddit

How nice of you not to listen to songs about killing the soldiers of the land you choose to live in

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surfrider0007@reddit

That’s a real shame, as a dung pile is a lot cheaper than flushing the toilet!

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Monkfish786@reddit

Cannot open a beer tavern apparently

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Icy-Project6261@reddit

We are not allowwd to keep pigs or chickens

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WaltzFirm6336@reddit

I’m not allowed to breed a long list of farm animals plus cats and dogs. Nothing about just owning them, only banned from breeding. I think it’s because the land was owned by the local farm and they didn’t want any competition setting up on their doorstep 😂

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Chargerado@reddit

Nor are we thank goodness. 😅

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Affectionate-Owl9594@reddit

I can’t sell to the members, heirs or descendants of a specific local family. I also can’t sell alcohol, but I think that one’s fairly common.

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Middle--Earth@reddit

Sometimes grudges are eternal.

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zealousmushroom@reddit

I loke thos one. Would love to know the story behind it. Would also love to see if anyone checks?

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McLeod3577@reddit

I can't keep pigs or chickens, or have a rotary washing line (god knows why!).

I also need to seek permission from the National Trust for any alterations made to the property, on top of any planning permission.

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Holska@reddit

The last house we rented had a covenant that we couldn’t park a sign-written van outside the house for any protracted period.

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zealousmushroom@reddit

Turn of the millenium, We had a 'no sign written or work vehicles' on a late 80's build on the isle of dogs A guy worked for BT and had a van. One of the neiggbours who couldnt see either van or house from his home kicked off about it, until it was pointed out he had a black cab, that had advertising splashed down both sides of it.

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ResplendentBear@reddit

We bought a house that had a covenant that said you weren't able to build a house there.

Got indemnity for it for a few quid.

Kind of felt odd that someone had gone to the trouble of trying to keep this big garden from being developed on, and how pointless it had ultimately been.

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whatmichaelsays@reddit

I'm not allowed to park a speedboat on my driveway, which killed any dreams I had of winning big on Bullseye.

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CyGuy6587@reddit

I remember a house I originally put an offer on and got gazumped having a 60-odd pence per year leasehold, which never got upped from when it was originally built a century ago

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BillyJoeDubuluw@reddit

I can never be paid to fart in to packets of ham before sealing them up, other than that everything’s fine.

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Jetstream-Sam@reddit

I assume chicken roll is fine though, that's pretty rank when you open it

(For anyone who had it as a kid fairly often and thinks "maybe I should try some again, for nostalgia", don't, it's horrendous, and I nearly chipped a tooth on a bone fragment in it when I tried my old breakfast of a couple of slices of toast topped with it)

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BillyJoeDubuluw@reddit

I’ll revise the deeds.

Good shout ✌🏽

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Stabby-the-cat@reddit

What’s the point in carrying on living if you can’t if you can’t get paid for farting into packets of ham before they’re sealed?!… have you checked if you can do it for free? I mean, someone’s obviously doing it!

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BillyJoeDubuluw@reddit

I’ve taken to spray painting uncollected dog turds and taking photos of them to send to the council and raise awareness… It’s somewhat filled the void… I’m managing…

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piggycatnugget@reddit

We're not allowed a caravan. House was built in 1961

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urban_shoe_myth@reddit

We have to allow Mr Nextdoor, and all his heirs, servants and tradesmen, access to the well in our garden. This was from around the 1940s, house was built some time between 1900-20.

No idea whether we're still supposed to allow nextdoor (no relation to the original one) access or not, but he'd have to fix the well and get it functional first. Or just pop in the garden and stare at it, it doesnt do much.

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TurnersCroft@reddit

I can’t build anything over 6’ unless it’s for horses. The covenant dates 100 years ago and his daughter is still alive.

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OverlyAdorable@reddit

We have a wall at the back of the garden. It's waist height and goes back about 10 foot, which is where our fence and property line is. Despite being able to fit a shed and a few garden decorations, we aren't allowed to use that space for anything. Doesn't stop the dog treating it like his toilet

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mrbadger2000@reddit

Our old terraced house (1905) was limited to only one pig, no animal boiling, brew house or bawdy house. Had fun anyway and Nigel was happy being an only pig.

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Jetstream-Sam@reddit

I'm in an old farmhouse and aside from not being allowed to change the windows (which is actually pretty annoying since they're single glazed and shit at retaining heat) I'm also not allowed to keep more than 6 pigs in the garden, or more than forty chickens, or two cows. Not sure how they came to those numbers, I mean the entire area's no longer farmland, and I doubt the back garden as it is could even fit 6 pigs, ever since they sold most of it off to build a Kwik fit. I'm also not allowed to do anything that "Would damage the character of the house or the local area" meaning no businesses unapproved of by the local council, who all look so old they probably wrote the rules for the original house 300 years ago.

Given the next door house was a chinese restaurant for some 40 years, 20 years ago, I don't really know what kind of businesses would actually be disallowed if I really wanted, since they weren't specific.

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ChristyCloud@reddit

How much dung constitutes a pile?

How much dung can you put into your compost heap before it becomes a dung pile?

All fun questions you could play with your local enforcement officer

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