Letting your landlord know you have bikes….

I’ve got to find somewhere to live. Loads of landlords seem to be off the idea of me keeping my bike(s) in my room.

Is the better idea to just not tell them? Seems to be that if I ask they just cease contact and deny me the option of going further.

Can anyone come up with some spiel that would state:

1: I want to keep my bikes in the room
2: But don’t worry there wont be mud everywhere
3: I promise I will only ride my bike around the house when I’m really drunk.

Maybe forget the final point.

Do you tell them where you keep other possessions in the house?

As long as you don’t leave marks and chips on walls or let them drop mud all over carpets I don’t see a problem. Get a decent floor mounted bike rack for the room to stop bikes falling over and put down some suitable flooring to stop any mishaps.

Don’t tell them. It’s got nothing to do with them unless there’s a “no bikes” clause on the lease. Also, the less people that know you have nice kit, the better!

dont tell them
dont get caught
PS They have to give 24 hours notice to visit/gain entry

At least they won’t get nicked while you’re asleep. Actually… Can I keep mine there too? She’s getting really pissed off about them being in the dining room all the time

Are you talking a room in a house, where the landlord lives?

Or your own flat? Or shared house with other tennants?

One of these things where it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission.

m0rk – Member
Are you talking a room in a house, where the landlord lives?

Or your own flat? Or shared house with other tennants?

Shared house with other tennants, so theres a chance of being dobbed in!

When we were renting we didn’t tell the landlord that we’d be keeping 2 MTBs in the house, but we made sure when we moved out that we scrubbed off/painted over all scuffs and mud marks. Got our deposit returned in full.

get a bag + wheelbags

I’ve just let a house & I didn’t even think about the tenants keeping a bike in it. Maybe because when I lived there……

Slobbery dogs on the other hand..

My son rents an apartment in Sydenham & the landlord’s ok with his bike being in there.
Just don’t take it in till It’s clean?

How many bikes? If it’s not many – use a bag or two.

I’m a landlord, got three shared houses, and I can’t think of a way I could stop you having bikes in the house. Even if it said no bike in the contract I can’t see how I could enforce this legally. I dare anyone to suggest how I could enforce it. As long as you were clean and there was no damage then really there is eff all anyone can do about it.

You are living in the delusion that landlords can pick and choose their tenants, this is not true. If you were clean, tidy, paid on time and were little hassle then bikes or not you would be an ideal tenant. People like this are bloody hard to find.

(I bet you a fiver someone on here will make me out to be a ****, just cos I’m a landlord, you wait and see)

I have a Duffbag in the hallway – the (live-in) landlord doesn’t object, and i don’t object to his collection of weird musical instruments 🙂 . And the bag stops the car from being too dirty…

I kept mine in my room, in a bag with only the bars poking out.

On the one had there’s not much they can legally do to stop you.

On the other landlords have the ability to make your life utter misery until you move out.

Just find one that’s Ok with it to start with, or has a shed/garage. It’s not worth the hastle of dealing with a douchebag landlord on top of the hastle of having to get the bikes spotless every time you take them out.

A house to yourself is a different matter, my road bike lived permanently on the turbo in the living room, the big bike in the under stairs cupboard, and only the muddy SS in the shed. This in spite of the a no bikes clause. having to keep it in a bedroom is a real PITA unless you really have no options.

bet you a fiver someone on here will make me out to be a ****, just cos I’m a landlord, you wait and see)

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AA. Thanks xx.

I’m a landlord and a tenant, am I a **** too? Personally I don’t care what my tenants have in the flat, as long as when they leave its in a similar condition to when they move in. Similarly my (live in) landlord doesn’t mind that I have 6 bikes in the house (2 on the landing, out of the way and 4 in my room) so long as they are clean and don’t destroy the place.

Shared house will make it more difficult, whilst there would be nothing the landlord could do to stop you the other tenants may not want you as there would appear to be a higher chance of damage to the property – oil stains on the floor, scuffs on the walls etc that they would all be liable for.

At the end of the day there is acceptable wear and tear however if you left oily stains in the carpet and scuffs and scratches on the wall i’d expect the landlord to be looking to take some money from the deposit to pay for repairs/ cleaning.

If you rent a room off someone they may simply see this as too much hassle in the first place and just say no thanks right from the off.

toys19 – Member
(I bet you a fiver someone on here will make me out to be a ****, just cos I’m a landlord, you wait and see)

Capitalist money grabber!
How dare you earn money!
How dare you have more than one property!
How dare you not comply with the strict rules of the land by enforcing all the small print as landlord?

See, you have created unfair competition by not enforcing the rules causing undue stress to the masses … yes, statistically speaking your inaction will affect all the housing insurance policy … which I am paying for …

Stone him!
Burn him!
You shall not pass … !!!

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edit: please read the small print and triplicate the contract … then duplicate the one you send to the tenants and keep copy yourself, while sending the remaining copies to their family members.

Understanding landlord

I’ve got 4 bikes in the house, a dog, a cat and a house rabbit. We also used to have 2 sheep in the garden/orchard and I have just built a 16x10ft workshop in the garden with the help of the landlord and his son.

Landlord lives next door, he lends me tools, I give him a hand with his cars and give him bits of scrap composite to help him patch up his fibreglass bodied classic cars.

if anything gets damaged I fix it.

PS great cycling right from the house if anyone is interested when we move out in 20 months or so! 😀

I’ve taken mine and the kids into hotel rooms recently. No biggy.

I was very honest with my landlord and ive agreed to repaint the hallway before I move out as it is a bit scuffed, tbh I don’t think he realised howmany bikes I had until he popped round.

The only thing I do is keep them out of sight when he comes round to work as he brings mates from work to do projects like the bathroom needed repainting a few months back and the gas boiler and system needed a service. I tuck them away in the bedroom and shut the door.

He knows about the bikes, I haven’t told him that my oh has hamsters, no pets in the original contract that ran out 4 years ago!!!