Can your landlord really ban you from working from home? [Video]

Most rental agreements have clauses listing things you aren’t allowed to do in the property: subletting, dealing drugs, knocking down walls, that kind of thing.

In recent times, however, it’s become increasingly common for landlords to forbid more commonplace activities – including tenants working from home.

Detailing the growing trend, @HarleyShah shared a picture on Twitter of a property listing, claiming that despite the room’s monthly rent of £1,300 and the fact it had a desk, it was advertised as ‘no working from home allowed’.

While exact numbers are difficult to pin down, a quick search of Spareroom shows hundreds of ads in London alone with the phrase ‘no WFH’ front and centre beside the likes of ‘tidy professional preferred’.

These aren’t just cheap digs either. Some landlords stipulating in-office staff onlyare charging upwards of £1,000 per month (just above the capital’s average room rentof £983) for a cramped room in a property shared with a number of other …