‘No sex’ tenancy rules are infuriating – but so is having sex in any shared house
Once upon a time, a twentysomething’s wildest dream might comprise owning a five-bedroom house, a Ferrari in the garage, a wardrobe full of designer gear and a swimming pool. Nowadays, they might just settle on being able to have an orgasm at a reasonable volume, without five of their flatmates being able to hear.
Last week, a report in by the journalist Beth Ashley collected the experiences of young Londoners who’ve been policed into not having sex in their own homes by their landlords – either implicitly through bans on “overnight guests”, or explicitly stated in tenancy agreements. Some properties have even been known to request “no loud sex”. Though so far – for whom home ownership is a pipe dream and being forever fleeced by a landlord class is the rumbling reality.
