“First time homeowner, bought from an older couple that inherited and then sort of half-flipped the house.
Everything was mostly great for a few months, then the brand new dishwasher stopped working mysteriously.
Asked my dad to check it out, he was mystified.
We wind up buying a new dishwasher, the old one is hauled away.
Theyre losing their minds because this CANT BE HAPPENING TO THEM.
Every tool thats ever been invented is strewn across the kitchen.
“Ive lived in some crummy apartments in Copenhagen during my time.
Old and small but cozy.
The kitchen was huuuuuge though pretty normal for 1930s places.”
leab4e4c406db
3.
“My mother purchased my great aunt’s house when she died.
The only person she readily welcomed into her life was one of my uncles.
She was fiercely independent and lived in a home Id say was built around the the ’30s.
When my mom moved in, it was like a museum of my aunt’s life.
Very interesting but no repairs had ever been done on the home.
I couldnt believe such an obvious fire hazard ever existed.
You could see discoloration on some of the walls from burns!
mizztina
4.
That happens every night several times a night.”
“My first house, built 1913, had two closets added later.
kbbpll
6.
I love everything else about our house, but that is a constant source of annoyance for me.”
axj66
7.
One of these features was a spiral staircase they installed to connect one room to the converted attic.
“I rent a supposed luxury apartment in an upscale neighborhood.
Well, first the breakfast bar only has a four-inch overhang.
It’s impossible to sit under.
Have to sit sideways.
Then, the bedroom doesnt get much heat nor AC.
Have to leave the bedroom door open.
Then, window screens had tiny holes letting tiny bugs in.
The cable jack in the bedroom and the living room were completely bypassed, not even connected.
The parking garage roof leaks terribly despite paying for a parking space.”
“The dishwasher was leaking behind the scenes causing sheetrock to crumble and kitchen floor to bubble up.
The gas log gave off fumes made me sick yet the built in CO detector never went off.
Former neighbors in adjacent building grilled illegally on their balcony.
A neighbor’s guard dog attacked me in the common hallway.”
mpotter1024
9.
“We bought on a beautiful wooded lot with a two-lane country road deep in the rear.
Trucks shifting gears uphill all day.
Could not hear the TV on the porch or have peaceful conversation at the pool and gazebo.
I sat and listened for hours for noise before buying this house.”
jewp1405
10.
“The last house I owned was light switch central.
Never knew what half of the switches did.
Like, every room had a two-switch panel, but only one was hooked up to anything.
The other switch did nothing.
I just imagined I was shutting off my neighbor’s home dialysis machine or something.”
“Let me tell you about a bad kitchen sink.
If you’re doing something soapy in one basin, the other two will back up with suds.”
I’ve been dying to remodel this kitchen since day one.”
chisti
12. goldenlion71
13.
I did not have much time to peruse the unit.
After purchase, I realized that I heard the stopping and starting of the elevator.
That slab served as a SPEAKER!!
There turned out to be no way to quiet that elevator noise throughout my tenure there."
“I bought a 1970s home and the guest bathroom toilet must have been for little kids.
I feel like Im sitting on the floor when I use it!”
sillysealion42
15.
This living room is our Achilles heel."
georgiajaymes
16.
“Ugh, the dearth of outlets in old homes!
Our house was built in 1929, and yes, things were quite different during the Depression Era.
Closets were tiny, doors were minuscule, and yes outlets were MAYBE one per room.
It was $$$!”
“So many things, where to start?
Changing that light is a death defying feat.
And the basement has multiple rooms on either side of the staircase.
You have to walk through the basement in the dark to turn on the light.”
“The kitchen light fixture is a fluorescent tube light fixture.
Takes two to hold it in place and rescrew it on.
And who in their right mind puts pale beige carpet throughout a house that has hard wood floors?”
grouchycoach226
18.
“Every single outlet in our 1964 house is upside down.
Like in the hospital.
I am sure its some grounding thing, but its so annoying.
I have to flip it every time.
Still havent gotten the hang of it!”
nurseynurse
19.
“Those dang trees!
“The light switches in this house.
Two bedrooms have switches that are not wired to anything.
fabtooth34
21.
If you wanted to hear the TV, don’t do laundry.
There was also an air vent in the floor directly in front of where the washing machine went.
Meaning it only cooled the washing machine.
“Our new house has only one air vent in both my son’s room and our home office.
Meanwhile the closet in my bedroom has THREE air vents.
We call it the meat locker.”
j4287b3497
22.
“When we bought our house, there was a nice pergola over the back patio.
Now our roof leaks and we need a new roof.”
“The thing I hate about where I live is the lack of storage space.
It has three bathrooms, but no closets.
Come on, theres not even anywhere to store a dustpan and brush!”
laurarosek
24.
“My current neighborhood is in the middle of open country with few trees.
The back of the house faces the setting sun and it raises the temp in the house drastically.
My kitchen door wall is covered with blackout curtains.
I can barely get any natural light on the house because of it.”
bloobeebloobeeblooblooblooo
25.
“I love my apartment, but I missed a ton when I came to check it out twice!
I have like four closets, but theyre very narrow so my hangers dont fit in them.
The kitchen cabinets are pretty high up.
Giants in the kitchen and little people in the bathroom.
I still love it, but how did I miss all of that?”
As in the fridge door and the hall door bang against each other.
I’ve ended up with a door stop but then I still can’t initiate the fridge door fully.
Who decided that was a good design for a kitchen?!?!
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