The worst apartment on the planet!

[CharleyH]

I am sure I have it - great view, small kitchen for a cook, though and too embarrassing for for family let alone .. GUESTS! There is more, but I dont like to discuss bug spray. Do you have the best or worst in your neighbourhood?

 

[Liar]

I have the best in my house. They are all pretty much crap, but I have the top floor corner place, and my view kicks ass.

 

[CharleyH]

I have the best in my house. They are all pretty much crap, but I have the top floor corner place, and my view kicks ass.

Damn you are like me - KICK ASS VIEW.

 

[Liar]

Damn you are like me - KICK ASS VIEW.

And just about enough room for a threesome, if the other two are not too tall.

 

[vampiredust]

I like the view from my bedroom

I can see the Cathedral and I have a nice balcony nearby

It's quite pleasant

 

[glynndah]

I'm living in my own home right now, but I have lived in several rental places that might qualify:

A house where the ceilings were so low that I could stand flat-footed (I'm 5'6"), raise my arms and rest my palms on the ceilings and mushrooms (big ones, about 2 inches or so, as I recall) grew in the corners of the rooms.

An apartment whose floors were all covered with carpet samples, all shapes, sizes and colors, glued down and rising up the wall six inches to a foot (it varied).

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I still live with my parrents.

I have the worst room in the house. It's small, it's odd shaped, and the lightswitch is on the outside of the room.

 

[glynndah]

I still live with my parrents.

I have the worst room in the house. It's small, it's odd shaped, and the lightswitch is on the outside of the room.

The term "lights out" springs to mind.

 

[rachlou]

I'm living in my own home right now, but I have lived in several rental places that might qualify:

A house where the ceilings were so low that I could stand flat-footed (I'm 5'6"), raise my arms and rest my palms on the ceilings and mushrooms (big ones, about 2 inches or so, as I recall) grew in the corners of the rooms.

An apartment whose floors were all covered with carpet samples, all shapes, sizes and colors, glued down and rising up the wall six inches to a foot (it varied).

Yup, I lived in those places too.

I recall one charming des res where the water used to run down the walls when it rained (on the inside) and the kitchen/bathroom extension was so damp the walls were green with mould. There had to have been at least 75 years of peeling wallpaper on the walls. In fact, you could spot several notable decorative trends in the various visible layers...

 

[CharleyH]

And just about enough room for a threesome, if the other two are not too tall.

LOL I at least have room for a big orgy - just cant cook for them lol

 

[Lauren Hynde]

I am sure I have it - great view, small kitchen for a cook, though and too embarrassing for for family let alone .. GUESTS! There is more, but I dont like to discuss bug spray. Do you have the best or worst in your neighbourhood?

You're such a drama queen. Your apartment has a crappy kitchen, bad wiring, hot water only in the bathtub, and a small bug problem. On the other hand, it has wood floors, plenty of closet space, tall ceilings, a decent bathroom, a big enough bedroom, a den and a balcony with a great view that connects both through big-ass glass doors. You could do worse for 350 a month with utilities and cable included.

 

[CharleyH]

You're such a drama queen. Your apartment has a crappy kitchen, bad wiring, hot water only in the bathtub, and a small bug problem. On the other hand, it has wood floors, plenty of closet space, tall ceilings, a decent bathroom, a big enough bedroom, a den and a balcony with a great view that connects both through big-ass glass doors. You could do worse for 350 a month with utilities and cable included.

I also could do better for 350€ and I did not complain as much as you or your mãe.... just saying.

 

[R. Richard]

I am sure I have it - great view, small kitchen for a cook, though and too embarrassing for for family let alone .. GUESTS! There is more, but I dont like to discuss bug spray. Do you have the best or worst in your neighbourhood?

In one of my apartments I had an ant problem. I tried poison, the whole works. I finally posted a tiny sign [in ant] "All ants in this area are required to wear coat and tie." It didn't cut down on the number of ants, but I did get a much better class of ant.

 

[gauchecritic]

I still live with my parrents.

I have the worst room in the house. It's small, it's odd shaped, and the lightswitch is on the outside of the room.

In fact, even with the added difficulty of the switch being outside, Thee's room is so small that when he hits the switch he can be in his bed before it gets dark.

 

[Dar~]

Okay, this past weekend the police were doing a community outreach. They gathered in force (like 15 cops) on my lawn and then spread out to talk to the citizens. When it got to be our turn, the officer walked up to us and said " well, aside from the kidnapper, and the crack house across the street, how do you like this neighborhood?" If that tells you anything.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

In fact, even with the added difficulty of the switch being outside, Thee's room is so small that when he hits the switch he can be in his bed before it gets dark.

I know you're joking, but it's true (I can actually reach the switch outside my door from my bed which touches the opposite wall )

 

[damppanties]

I know you're joking, but it's true (I can actually reach the switch outside my door from my bed which touches the opposite wall )

You, er, like tentacle sex, don't you?

 

[TheeGoatPig]

My room (yes, I know it's a mess):
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/room1.jpghttp://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/room2.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/room3.jpghttp://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/room4.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/room5.jpg

I tried to overlap as much as possible, but I can't get far enough away from the corners to get everything in one shot.

 

[SeaCat]

Where I live now is a nice place.

Whre I lived before this though was more than interesting. My wife and I would sit in the back yard during the evning and play "Name that Caliber". Our Living room, while large was wasted space. We couldn't sit in it and feel safe. By the door leading to the carport I kep a baseball bat. The neighborhood kids had a nasty habit of wandering in and seeing what they could find to sell to the drug dealers.

Driving to work started with me leaving the house first and making sure no one was waiting to profit from our not being careful. Once we got into the car we drove through some of the worst areas around. (There are more murders in tis area per year than there are in Boston, and it has less than half the population.)

Coming home was much the same, only in reverse.

Since we left there last October there have been four tenants in the house. Two have been arrested, one was shot and one just moved out. The house has been broken into multiple times and now it appears the roof has been damaged by a firebomb.

To say that I'm happy to be out of there is an understatement.

Cat

 

[IrezumiKiss]

My apartment's great for me, I just wish I had a larger income so I could afford it better and trick it out like it needs to be tricked out. I have big, bare walls that are screaming for a huge flatscreen television. Or a Jasper Johns painting.

When I had an incredibly sloppy-assed roommate (he used to leave sticks of butter out on the kitchen counter but got pissed at me for not refilling the ice cube trays) it was better for me moneywise for rent, but he brought in a family of mice that didn't go away until he and two other people after him moved out and my landlord renovated it. Now it's just me and the reduction of humans living in a space makes a profound impact on the cleanliness of one's environment. No mice, no roaches. Electric bill costs less than two pints of beer. Fuckin' amazing. I really loathe to have to get a new roommate now.

Ceiling has a tendency to leak if there's heavy rain. This was supposed to have been fixed but it's been a chronic issue for years. My apartment is on the top floor so I get hit with that. I think the snow weakened the roof. I'll have a talk with the landlord about it before the real rainy season starts up.

A house where the ceilings were so low that I could stand flat-footed (I'm 5'6"), raise my arms and rest my palms on the ceilings and mushrooms (big ones, about 2 inches or so, as I recall) grew in the corners of the rooms.

Glynndah, that's sooooooo wicked.

Were they edible?

 

[SlickTony]

mushrooms (big ones, about 2 inches or so, as I recall) grew in the corners of the rooms.

When we lived in Vidalia, LA we had a house with mushrooms. I think they were brownie caps, and they grew in the corners of the tub enclosure. This house also had linoleum floors throughout, and the kitchen had been painted a vivid flamingo color.

We live in our own house now, which some of you know all about--at least, the exterior. It faces south, and while most of the time we see nothing out the bedroom window but the cul-de-sac the house is in, at certain times we can see the shuttle taking off.

 

[bluebell]

Dude.

My room (yes, I know it's a mess):
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/room1.jpghttp://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/room2.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/room3.jpghttp://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/room4.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/room5.jpg

I tried to overlap as much as possible, but I can't get far enough away from the corners to get everything in one shot.

Okay, so you know it's a mess, but you had to expect this:

Insert Fred Sanford joke here.

 

[SlickTony]

I've seen worse.

 

[Vermilion]

our bedroom is so small that the bed stops the door from opening fully. You can only get it about a foot and half open.
The bed is only 4 foot wide and I'm sharing it with a man who is over 6 foot tall and about 2 foot wide (shoulders at least).

It's a squeeze.

We also get inconsiderate undergrads pissing about outside the bedroom at all hours. So far, no fire alarms. So far.
Something tells me I may have just tempted fate...

x
V

 

[mjl2010]

Had a place for a short time, not such a bad place. Until one night during a rainstorm I was laying on my bed and it appeared to me the ceiling tiles were bulging. I got up to look and they were bulging. Not a minute later three of them broke under the weight of the water and I mean not a little. I mean hundreds of gallons. Or so it seemed anyway.

Yes I did wake the landlord and Yes it was three in the morning and NO the bastard did nothing about it. Long time ago but I'll never forget that one.

MJL