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Is it okay for lodger to use the tumble drier a lot?
I have a young lady (24) staying in one of my rooms as a lodger. She's fine in every way except that she will almost always take a load of her washing out of the washing machine and put it straight in the tumble drier. Even in the summer she was doing this, when it would be dry in a trice if hung out on the line!
My dilemma is of course that the tumble drier just eats electricity (I have one of those electricity monitors that shows exactly what consumption is at any one time). However, she is paying £350 a month for the room and is always very prompt in paying.
There are alternatives: I have a low cost heated clothes horse which she does actually use occasionally, and she will also occasionally put things on radiators or even on the outside line to dry, but there is still most often this automatic transferring of damp clothes to the tumble drier. I thought people her age were more conscious about the environment and so on!
Should I say anything -- and if so, how? Or should I grin and bear it? It's not just a question of the money; like most of us I am doing my best to be environmentally conscious, and I almost never use the tumble drier myself nowadays. Is it possible to ask her to use it less without it sounding like it's totally about the money? Or do you think the relatively large amount of money she is paying without fail every month "entitles" her to use the tumble drier as much as she wants? Thanks in advance for any advice!
6 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
It's a grin and bear it situation. Her rent probably reflects the cost of drying her clothes. I am sure she appreciates this as it means she can get her stuff out of your way quickly and not have her personal bits hanging around the house, which would cause most people some annoyance.
If she is a good tenant then hang onto her. Good ones are so very hard to come by. If it is simply about the environmental issues then try sparking up conversation about the way the world is being polluted by us humans and the nasty footprints we're all leaving for the next generation. But don't mention the tumble drying. A simple sentence can start a chain reaction that can in itself pollute our feelings in our home environment.
- Girlie ElectricsLv 71 decade ago
A tumble drier uses around 30p/hour to 50p/hour depending on the tariff.
So 3 hours a week is still around a fiver a month.
- ralph bLv 51 decade ago
for starters, I think that for you, it IS a question of money. you cannot fine tune what tenants do in this type subject. and she IS entitled to use the dryer by what you have written. you say she is prompt in paying her rent and you have not indicated having any other problems with the tenant. I think you are asking for too much.
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
What do the terms of her contract say?
If she was given use of it and no restrictions were specified in her contract, then she has every legal right to use it as you didn't specify any restrictions.
The best thing to do is to tell her that you're concerned about the load soaking wet clothes are putting on the drier motor and that since she's one of the biggest users you'd expect her to chip in for a replacement/repair if it breaks down.
If she thinks that she will have to pay for a replacement then she will be less inclined to use it.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Unless being able to use the tumble dryer is part of her rent then I would explain she has to pay the cost of her constant use of it.
If she doesn't agree to that then I would stop her using it as it seems to me you are paying for her to dry her clothes.
