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Neighbour complains laundry hanging on washing line is ‘ruining her view’
‘At first I ignored her, but she later told me she had photographed it and would complain to council’
A neighbour has complained to another, that the laundry hanging on their washing line is ‘ruining her view’.
A woman has admitted she was flabbergasted in a post online after her neighbour confronted her to tell her that every time she hangs out the washing on the line to dry, it ‘ruins her view’.
While people tend to head to their back gardens to relax and enjoy the tranquillity, do some gardening or hang out the washing, others go out there to find disturbances from the ‘dreaded next door’. It really does depend on your neighbours!
Talking to popular forum Mumsnet in the ‘Am I Being Unreasonable?’ (AIBU?) section, the anonymous user claims that her ‘new neighbour’ has threatened to call the council if the issue continues.
She explained in a post called ‘My washing line annoying neighbour’: “We have a new neighbour who has complained to me about my laundry hanging on the line ruining her view.
“It’s just run-of-the-mill laundry, no crotchless knickers or bondage gear, so not offensive.”
The woman went on: “At first I ignored her, but she later told me she had photographed it and would complain to council.
“I’m not the only neighbour she has complained to, another about his whistling, which is piercing her ears, having sensitive hearing and she asked another neighbour to keep his windows and doors closed whilst cooking as it made her nauseous.
“It’s not just humans she is intolerant of, if a bird is singing, she will start growling to scare it away. Before she moved here, we all just dodged along fine.”
Seeking advice from fellow Mumsnetters, the woman asked: “Is there any law against hanging washing? I’m not tumble drying our family’s wash when not necessary.’
Since sharing her post online, the thread has raked in over 400 comments — with many reassuring the woman that she wasn’t being unreasonable or doing anything wrong.
One person penned: “Assuming you’re not spelling ‘f**k off neighbour’ with your pants or something, then it’s perfectly acceptable to hang out your laundry on your washing line.
“She won’t be taken seriously at all. By anyone.”
Another, also backing her up, wrote: “No, there’s no law against hanging washing and the council won’t have any interest in following up a complaint about it.”
A third agreed: “The council will laugh. Her email will be the subject of much humour, for weeks.”
Meanwhile, a fourth person penned: “Just let her send her complaint in. If there are any rules that you’re breaking you’ll find out but I can’t imagine there would be.”
And a fifth, adding their insight, typed: “She should probably move to the middle of nowhere but then there would be birds. Nowhere on earth can meet her requirements.”