flatland

[flaviomatani]

 I've been in my 'new' flat for a little over a year. This shows in several ways, apart from the scuffs on the paint in the  hallway. The cap of one of the kitchen sink faucets has fallen off. The screws that hold the shower glass are slightly loose in their sockets and the pane wobbles. And the bathroom air extractor is giving up in strange ways, starting and cutting off at random... there are all sorts of little glitches with the building's lifts, doors, the tiles in the courtyard and a section of ceiling in the second floor fell off, leading to the stairs being cordoned off for a few days with a lonely looking bucket underneath the dripping pipe plainly in sight...

I 'bought' the right to be in this place for the next 99 years. Much as I would like to exercise that right....

Comments

[androktone.livejournal.com]

ah luxury flats!
FWIW I think you did the right thing getting a place you owned where you need to live for work rather than renting.. but those sale pitches are lies lies lies..

[combat-kitten.livejournal.com]

i did ponder about selling and remortgaging around the Olympics... now that the wear and tear is showing - same here- with all those little niggles after a year, the idea seems to grow stronger and stronger...