All the rules you need to abide by to live on ‘UK’s strictest estate’ | UK News [Video]

A Birmingham neighbourhood has been dubbed the UK’s ‘strictest housing estate’ for issuing residents a 32-page handbook.

There are a fair few dos and don’ts that all residents of Calthorpe Estate, about a mile from the city centre, must remember.

From what colour the gates can be painted (black is ‘preferred’) and only being able to work from home under ‘limited circumstances’ to washing not being allowed to be hung on Sundays.

Don’t worry though, you can keep a ‘couple of chickens’ in your garden.

Those living on the 1,600-acre estate, which stretches through Edgbaston and into Harborne and Quinton, must also pay an annual ‘maintenance fee’.

Howard Scriben, who has lived in Calthorpe for six years, says he’s never bothered to read the rulebook.

He said: ‘I know other estates have rules – on one nearby residents have to keep their doors green – but those don’t charge a fee, so …