Beavis and Butthead do DIY OH MY
As we're moving in less than a month, owners of the rented house we're currently in decided it was the ideal moment to replace the kitchen and bathroom. Yeah, they know about the move...
This house is part of "social housing". In the past, well, 40 years ago, when this house was built, it's still meant something. Nice houses, with no frill but high quality building standards.Things have changed since then. Now social housings in Belgium is pretty much the land of corruption and disrespect for people living in those houses.
The bathroom was replaced 7 years ago, it was like new...why did they decide it needed to be changed again? Especially by Beavis and Butthead. The kind of workers they hire these days, not too bright to start with ...and, gee...the poor work they do :/
Just take a look.
A closer look
Looks as flimsy as it is...I almost kicked one out just by vacuuming around it :/
I just love how it fits so nicely into the the sink..and how it hides the pipes behind it so well. I am not kidding, they left it just like that.
See the wire...it used to be the Earth wire of the bathroom light...(previous poor job of other Beavis's and Buttheads). Now it is officially illegal to use the bathroom light as no insurance will cover that (most obviously). The fun part, is that they cut the wire but left it there and tiled around it.
I am sparing you the finished picture, I think you can imagine the tiling work fairly easily. I am disgusted, I had tiled that bathroom myself, with nice stylish blue and white ceramic tiles...and now ...it looks like you left a 3 year old play with plaster in there.
The kitchen. They tore away the sink with it's nice furniture ( 3 drawers, a nice work top)...it all had a nice vintage feel and was not damaged. OK, no hot water but surely they could have left everything in place and added a boiler. Noooo, everything went...Now, no more drawer, no more work top and a cheap sink and even cheaper furniture. Oh, and the tiniest boiler ever...perfect if Barbie wants a bath...useless if you want to wash the dishes.
I love how the doors hang so straight and all...the black stain doesn't come off either. And notice how they tore the wallpaper on the side (no idea why as it was not in the way of anything) Ah, the love of a job well done!
This must be my favorite part, the little boiler is under the sink...and here's its cable...Beavis (or was it Butthead?) unplugged the microwave to plug the boiler in. Luckily he didn't decide to unplug the fridge instead... Sorry, I didn't take pictures after the tiling was done...but it is quite funny (and totally unsafe), as they plastered the electric cable in place.
But really, what puzzled me the most is that on the first day they were actually happy to show me their work!!!! I bet they could tell I was totally unimpressed because on the last day they left without saying anything...and with some wine bottles they stole from the basement. I won't be too sorry if they poison themselves with it. What kind of excuses have they got for such mediocre work?
In a couple of months a family with 4 little children is going to move in...
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T READ the entire post, DON'T worry, this is about the old house, not the new one ;)
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