Mom's Fight to Hang Her Laundry Outside Gets Dirty

Unbelievable... paying thousands of dollars to own your own home and you can't hang your laundry out in your own backyard? That is beyond ridiculous... It doesn't matter why she wants to do it, whether it is to be more "green" or to save money or for the simple fact that sunshine is a natural disinfectant.. not to mention how great your laundry smells after drying in the sun... the point is she should have the right to do whatever she wants in her own back yard as long as it does not impose on the legal rights of her neighbors... so her neighbors think her laundry looks ugly hanging on the line, well maybe she thinks their dog looks ugly so does that mean her neighbors can't own a dog? Let's get real ppl...

I would hate to live in that neighborhood, I hang clothes out all the time, as does my daughter at her home.

THAT IS A STUPID RULING AND SHOULD BE BROKEN

Right on!! Nothing more pleasant than the aroma of fresh clothes dried in the sun, fresh from the line or spread as fresh sheets on the bed with your loved one that night. Who is entitled to complain.??

I totally agree with you. It seems that nowadays certain organizations are way dictatorial. Who are they trying to impress?
One uses less energy and your clothes smell very fresh from hanging outdoors. I am 79 years old and this kind of BS did not exist when I was a young person. Some of the current generation are so into themselves that they interfere with the rights of the individuals. Think of the poor soldiers overseas who really have problems other than thinking how a neighbor's laundry looks. Send them overseas and they will appreciate how lucky they are.

We had a cloths line, I always put my cloths on it because I did not dry every thing (shrinkage) or in the summer we always had the pool towels and I think my mother put a lot of stuff on the line just to use the solar and not the dryer. I now use indoor cloths line for about 1/2 my cloths I live in AZ so I can always count on being able to do that. It is pretty sad that we have all these HOA regulations that forbid these things. What is so hard about making a cloths line that is not an eye sore?

If we get rid of cloths lines, how on earth are fugitives going to find new cloths when they are on the run? They can't just run in and buy cloths at any old place, they have to steal them from the cloths line of some unsuspecting house wife.

If 1 neighbor can do it why can't she? Let me guess the 1 that can hang her laundry out has a ton of friends in the neighborhood and the 1 that can't doesn't have that many friends. If rules can be bent for 1 person then it should just become a new rule that you can now hang out your laundry!

My mom does it all the time because it saves a lot of money(even though we have a dryer). None of our neighbors mind so I think its a dumb rule!

funny how rulling was made after she moved in to that neighborhood

Welcome to the world of HOAs, folks!!! It's all about curb appeal and looks! And of course, what THEY say goes.
After renting in an HOA for 3 years, I can tell you, it'll be an ABSOLUTE DEAL BREAKER when I finally have enough money to buy my own house after grad school!!!!!
Buy a place and someone else makes the rules? Might as well rent!!!
Screw them!

Biggest problem is definitely that the rule was changed AFTER she moved in. If the rule was already on the books and she chose to move there anyhow, I'd say tough luck to her - but in this scenario, seems to me that those who already lived there should have a "grandfather" clause, and the rule should only be applied to new residents, with full disclosure up front, of course.

I agree with Kimberly. It is her house and her property. The way the economy is, we do not have a choice but to economize the best way possible. The POA's responsiblity shouldn't be to control other homeowners and their decor. As long as there is not a build up of trash, etc., POA needs to mind their own business. POA should be there for the protection of the homeowner's property and for their families. I understand that she hung the clothes on her porch. What is wrong with this picture? These uppidy..know it all people need to get the noses out of the air and use some common sense. She should not pay the fee.

We live in an upscale neighborhood and I have a clothesline and I hang out my laundy. It saves on electricity. and it uses our natural resources. All those other women are just to lazy or too snooty to stand up to the association and do it. I say go for it.

There is NOTHING that smells fresher than laundry dried in the sun and wind. We live in the country, in the state next to this gal, where people still let their dogs loose (how un-PC?) LOL
I wouldn't have it any other way!

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YES!!! Its great to hang cloths to dry. its not only the green thing to do it cut my eltric bill down too!!!!

No. They changed the rules one year after she moved in. Make those pompas ass people that dont want it move. Thats whats wrong with out energy outlook today. All these people want there luxuries and conveniences but dont care what effect it has on the environment or the fuel supply cause they will all be dead by the time anything happens drastically. Screw them.

They changed the rule a year : AFTER : she moved in, Read the story!

The rule was changed AFTER she moved in.