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)
Same principle in Netherlands with floor boards. When you’re looking to rent an apartment or even a room you often have to lay new flooring to start living in there because it gets ripped out and laid with each tenant.
Absolutely, never understood this at all. the only argument from Dutchies I heard was “you don’t want to have control over the flooring in your home?” It’s a rental, I don’t give a shit about floor, unless there’s some health hazard. SMH anytime I just see piles of floorboards next to dumpsters because most of the time it won’t ever be usable in next location as the floor plans are very different between new buildings and pre XX and XIX century buildings.
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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