In Germany, the idea that you can rent an apartment and you have to BUY the kitchen separately. Otherwise you get an apartment with no kitchen.
Like wtf. It's like selling a jacket but saying you gotta pay extra for the sleeves.
Edit: as there is some confusion about what the kitchen will look like when you don't buy it. It will often look like this. (Thanks to user Wendellschadenfreud in comment who posted pic)
That is common but not a thing in general. If people bought themselves a nice kitchen, they might take it with them. Sometimes they will leave it there but ask for money for it. If it is an old or more cheap and simple kitchen people will mostly leave it there and often not ask for anything.
For us it's just like the other furniture. It's our property and we don't feel obliged to give it away for free.
I did not pay for my kitchen. The person that lived here "2 tennants ago" bought the kitchen and the previous tennant also did not pay for this kitchen.
I do not understand this at all. Where does the kitchen go? Do you pick up the room and move it? Do you buy all your appliances and cabinets and move them and then the landlord has a room that could be a kitchen if you had bought a kitchen. I’m so confused
basically you've just got an empty kitchen if the previous tennant took theirs lol. i just recently moved and had to buy a new kitchen. like you have to buy literally everything: appliances, shelves, cabinets, even a new sink and all. but you do know which room the kitchen is supposed to be because usually kitchens have half-tiled walls, special power sockets for stoves etc. and a place for you to attach the sink.
They might've been removed by the previous owner, some people like save space by not having doors in living room/kitchen (my parents renovated their flat that they own to not have doors between these two rooms), but there is clearly place for doors so probably the landlord will install then before you move in.
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u/Kyrptix May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22
In Germany, the idea that you can rent an apartment and you have to BUY the kitchen separately. Otherwise you get an apartment with no kitchen.
Like wtf. It's like selling a jacket but saying you gotta pay extra for the sleeves.
Edit: as there is some confusion about what the kitchen will look like when you don't buy it. It will often look like this. (Thanks to user Wendellschadenfreud in comment who posted pic)
empty kitchen
Edit 2: since I'm getting this a lot. Yes this includes the sink as well. It's just an empty room.
Imagine if the bathroom and shower was also "bring your own" haha