The guy who built our house lived in it as well.

But there are an excessive amount of phone jacks in the house.

Our house was built in the mid-90s.

Vintage-style beige telephone on a polished wood surface against a wooden wall

I don’t understand why so many phone jacks were necessary, yet we have no coat closet."

My father designed and built the house (out of brick; he was a bricklayer).

Dad, wherever you are up there, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!!"

Person using a rake to gather fallen leaves in a backyard

tmar_of_vulcan

3.

We use it for storage since there are very few closets in this house.

We have to keep it closed so the cats don’t mess with everything.

Overloaded wall outlet with multiple power cords plugged in, creating a safety hazard

jennies4783ed5b8

4.

“Having a backyard with a ton of trees.

We wound up hiring someone this year, and it cost us an arm and a leg.

Person cooking, stirring a pot on the stove with steam rising

It was either that or lose our weekends come October.”

jordanjyoudan

6. jlericksondesign

7.

“Our house was built in 1927.

Three light switches on a wall, with the middle switch in the 'ON' position and the others 'OFF'

Apparently, having only one outlet per room was appropriate back then?!”

“My townhouse doesn’t have a linen closet or a coat closet.

Have you ever thought about how many coats and jackets you own?

Sliding barn door in a modern home interior, partially open to reveal an adjoining room

I’ve lived there for three years and have tried SO many different solutions for storing coats and linens.

God help me if anyone needs to get to the water heater.”

absepa

9. some1anon1account1

10.

Toilet with extra rolls of toilet paper on the tank, set against a blue wall

“Our kitchen doesnt have a hood above the stovetop.

The previous owners remodeled the layout and put the oven in an island.

“We have multiple skylights in our house, and I HATE them.

We have them in two of our three bedrooms.

We need a fan to sleep at night and can’t have a ceiling fan because of it.

The shade is always closed, so what’s the point?

And we have two of them in our living room.

The light is nice, but it gets incredibly hot in that room in the summer.

When we are at the point of replacing our roof, those things are getting removed.”

mishybp73

12.

Theres no way I could have known before I moved in!”

calicocallie

13.“Switches.

So many light switches.

“I rented a townhouse once next to an elementary school.

williamshallcross

15.

“My kitchen sink!

Its a double sink, but the partition in the middle only comes up halfway.

So when Im doing dishes, I cant fill one side with water.

I can only fill it halfway.

Id rather have a full partition or just one huge sink.

I swear to god, this was invented by the same guy who invented the fuzzy toilet seat!”

jmacxjr

16.

“The master bath in my current house has a barn door closure.

you’re able to hear EVERYthing…”

17.

“I lived somewhere with only one functioning kitchen drawer!

It drove me nuts and now counting kitchen drawers is a top priority.”

samacphe

18.

During wind storms, I literally can’t keep my gates closed against the wind.”

ashisbored

19.

And we could only use the porch about four months out of the year.