An eye-opener for the ears

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Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

the reason its so fucked up is the local government... legacy games... a new stadium

You guys, too, huh? We've just had an expensive stadium deal rammed through that just about no-one here actually wants.

[Angakuk]

I don't know how common the arrangement was, but my uncle rented a third floor flat in Greece that took up the entire floor. The people on the first two floors owned their flats but the landlord owned the property and the building. He was in the process of adding a fourth floor. I did notice that there were quite a few occupied multi-level buildings that had construction in progress on the top floor.

[Watser?]

They do that all the time in Arab countries and in Turkey too. I have been in hotels where they were building a new floor as well.

[Miisa]

When we went to Greece years ago, we were told that buildings that are in the process of being renovated/enlarged have certain tax exemption, which explains the never-ending fixer-uppers there.

[mickthinks]

Originally Posted by Qingdai

My house is from 1951. I don't think of it as old, older perhaps.

Thanks, that's the point. Justin Webb may not think of his London house as 'old' either, even though to you guys it sounds 'historic'.

[Ensign Steve]

Our "new" 11-year-old house has hideous green carpet in every fucking room. There's a piece in the stairs that is all torn up by the kitty, and a huge brown stain near the kitchen arch. There is a giant black-on-white paint splatter on the garage wall that looks like a dalmatian's markings.

I our new old house.

[Miisa]

My "new" apartment has a fucking awful plastic mat in poison green in the kitchen. With asbestos underneath. We chose not to tear it up, just put a nicer plastic mat on top.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Ensign Steve

Our "new" 11-year-old house has hideous green carpet in every fucking room. There's a piece in the stairs that is all torn up by the kitty, and a huge brown stain near the kitchen arch. There is a giant black-on-white paint splatter on the garage wall that looks like a dalmatian's markings.

I our new old house.

It's a good thing you aren't British, because then you wouldn't believe that any of those things were fixable, or so I'm told.

[Miisa]

Wall stains are fucking eternal. They push through layers upon layers of paint, I'm tellin' ya! Best to live and let live.

[Ensign Steve]

I like it, because I don't have to worry about making the first mess in my new place. It's already been taken care of for me.