The Guardian reports on a house sale with a most unusual clause. That’s because the deeds for an historic rectory in Dorset on the market for 700,000 pounds has a stipulation that the owner must allow a thriving book club to continue meeting there. Members of the club, which has convened at the house for more than a decade, were worried it would fold after owner Gilly Savage moved on. So Savage instructed her solicitors to add a clause to the deeds that the new owner had to continue to host the club on the third Thursday of each month.
“I have decided that it’s time to move on and sell my house. The group were very worried when they heard,” said Savage. “They were concerned about what would happen to the club. It is such an integral part of the village. I jokingly asked my solicitors if I could include a clause in the deed that means the new owners have to hold the meetings. I was amazed when they said I legally could.”