Furious neighbours left a man a "ridiculous" letter warning him not to hang his washing outside his home .
Tom Squires was disgusted to find the note wedged in his letter box on Saturday and ranted on social media.
He called his neighbours in plush Harborne, Birmingham, "snobby".
But the letter, which appears to be written on behalf of the Clarence Road Residents Group, reads: "Please would you kindly take your laundry out of public view as it is rather unsightly and unpleasant. Many thanks."
Writing on the Harbone Community Facebook Group, Tom said: "Good morning, does anyone have any contact details for Clarence Road Residents' Group?
"We've awoken to find a note posted through our door and would like to speak to them.
"Thanks in advance."
But locals in the posh suburb, where the average house price exceeds £300,000, said they had never heard of such residents' association.
Jayne Francis, a Labour councillor in the ward, wrote: "Didn't know that Clarence Road had a residents group.
"If so, I think the note re washing is a bit over the top!"
Other residents backed Tom in the row.
"Welcome to Clarence Road, mate. We got asked not to wash our car in the street not long after we moved in (no joke!)
"And yeah, the decent neighbours on our street as you can see are not weird enough to be staring and observing your washing with nothing better to do," wrote one man.
Another said: "I had a message recently saying we're not allowed to put laundry in the public view aka on our balconies for "health and safety" load of b******."
One woman even posted: "Blimey, this is beyond ridiculous.
"It’s your garden - hang whatever you b***** well like."
