Plus if she was moving into a rented flat that had covenants then she’d have to abide by those as the tenant too, surely?Mmm, you kind of do get covenants in rental agreements, it just means an obligation, like 'the landlord shall insure the house' but I'm pretty sure it's not ever referred to as a 'covenant' in rental agreements in the UK - and she's talking about 'restrictive covenants' of can/can't do which is definitely a leaseholder contract thing, and leaseholder = buyer....she's so foul to be lying about not buying when it's so obvious she is (remember the flat that fell through due to damp? Who conveyances a rental? NO ONE, JACK! You just move in, realise your Burberry is going mouldy, and think ah duck...!!!!)
We rented somewhere where you couldn’t put your washing on the balcony because of the covenants that applied to the whole place - presumably because it was leasehold.
I agree she’s probably buying on balance, but I don’t think her mentioning covenants is a gotcha.