Lilith presents : How not to renovate your apartment...

I have been thinking of writing this down for a very long time, and finally I managed to put my humanslave on good use and take the pictures and sit down with me.

All of us cannot be professionals, when it comes for making renovations to apartments, and in that scenario some actually hire people to do it for them. Unfortunately, sometimes even these people just simply have no clue.

So lets begin my photoshow of how not to renovate your apartment

First, The Kitchen. Mostly often bought as a package and then put together. But what if the one putting it together uses inches instead of centimetres?

The doors are almost straight... Almost is the keyword

The "minor" gap between stove and cabinets is almost unnoticable.

And then we have more... How about placing the stove right next to wood? Wont cause a fire hazard?

 

 

And ofc we all know the memes in internet "you had just one job"... Well, someone really could use some eyeglasses, as all the picture tiles in kitchen are upside down.



And then the tap. You could use at least some more expensive materials so it would not be loose after 6 months of usage. Not to forget, that the sink itself resembles a fountain when trying to drain the water, it just comes out from the other side of the sink (this is because some smart guy realized that the sink does not need the "airhole")

And as there is never enough places to plug in your electronical devices in kitchen, the Very Smart person renovating this apartment decided to make more. So, lets drill a hole to the wall and put an extension cord through it!

Problem solved? Actually.. When this cord was plugged in on the other side of the wall, crackling sound and blue lights appeared. (I'll come back to electricy later on, as this is one of the things deserving an Darwin award here in Poland!)

But not that would be all (remember, we are only in kitchen still). To save money, using proper glue to put on skirting would be lame. So proper glue has been replaced by cheap version, doublesided sticky tape and blue sticker! And as result, the skirting is peeling off from the walls.

So you think it cannot get any worse? Lets go to the bathroom!  First of all, aligning the tiles is totally for nabs. If it leaves a gap, it does. No need to worry?

 Unfortunately some of the gaps are in the shower area, making sure that all the water is dripping between the wall and the tiles causing severe issues.

 And as bonus, there is no need to cover up the previous holes for shelves etc. They can be just left open.

And then we have the wardrobe. Place, where people supposedly keep their clothes in, behind closed doors. Oh well, but as we remember from the pictures from the kitchen, it really does not always go as intented...

Its almost straight! But not closing at all.

And making the floor.. hard stuff!Small holes here and there are not a problem!

And painting... instead of using proper paint, everything is painted with whitewash, that... literally washes off if even a small drop of liquid touches it.

So, there ends my graphical presentation. Now it is time to talk about electricity.
Here in Poland, it is not uncommon that the whole apartment electricity is going through two fuses, 10A and 16A. (in our scenario, 16A is for the lamps and 10A for rest of the electric appliances). So often we end up playing a game. Put vacuum machine and laundry machine on sametime = popped fuse. Put water kettle and speakers from PC on = popped fuse. So some really really smart people get tired of changing fuses and replace them with iron nails! Smart! No more replacing fuses! Tho.. yes, happened in our old apartment, the place where fuses were replaced by nails had a massive fire burning the whole apartment to ruins.
Darwin award, I think half of this nation deserves it !

So here ends my little presentation of how not to renovate your apartment.

Lilith the Mighty Minikitten