People Are Sharing The Most Infuriating Things About Their Homes, Here Are 40 Of The Worst
It’s no secret that student-loan debts and skyrocketing housing prices have become so bad that millennials are now planning to rent forever. And it seems like very few of them, if any, have a different choice.
If you've ever lived in a rented flat, a flatshare or any other type of accommodation that essentially doesn’t belong to you (parents’ homes included), you’d know how bugging some things there might be. From people living with ¾ of an electrical outlet and ⅓ of the outlet to a “thermostat” hanging on a nail like it's some sort of decor, to landlords refusing to fix a shower you wouldn’t dare to call a shower, these are some of the mildly infuriating things people have in their rented homes.
Below we handpicked the most enraging examples, so scroll down below and be sure to share what things at home have been playing on your nerves in the comment section!
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I Feel Like This Happens To Me More Often Than It Should
Yeah, this happens to me wayy often than I'd like and its usually a shirt sleeve.I'd be really frustrated whole the whole day afterwards🙃
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No industry has managed to stay grounded since the global pandemic ransacked the globe. But the real estate industry seems to have take one of the biggest hits, making endless headlines for skyrocketing home prices, extended eviction moratoriums, and the young generation not being able to afford homes, like ever. Not that they were able to do that before, but after the pandemic, the chances for many millennials became virtually non-existent.
That means that properties to rent will stay the reality for most people. Even if more and more of them are no longer able to afford them. In fact, one study showed that more than 6.5 million American households are behind on their rental payments, meaning that landlords are collectively owed upwards of $20 billion.
Sitting Under This “Vent” All Summer Wondering Why I Wasn’t Getting Any Cooler...
The Image Speaks For Itself
I'm Doing Renovations And My Roomba Found A Tiny Piece Of Sheetrock
Another portion of society is not able to afford a rented home at all. The National Low Income Housing Coalition’s annual “Out of Reach” report finds that in a vast majority, a whopping 93% of U.S. counties, workers can’t afford a modest one-bedroom. The average hourly worker currently earns $18.78 per hour, the report finds, more than $6 short of the wage needed to afford a two-bedroom rental.
According to the same report, an average minimum wage worker in the U.S. would need to work nearly 97 hours per week to afford the average two-bedroom home, taking each state and locality’s minimum wage. That equals more than two full-time jobs.
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But as if that wasn’t enough of a crisis already, Nathan Miller, the founder and CEO of Rentec Direct, property management software for real estate professionals, believes that rental rates continue to increase, even if availability is starting to increase. This is because Nathan believes that over the next couple of years, a high number of landlords will exit the market.
“The costs we’ve seen landlords incur over the course of the pandemic have brought a lot of attention to the delicate nature of a low-margin business. I think landlords in many markets across the country will take advantage of the real estate market by selling and moving away from the rental industry entirely,” he explained.
Why... What's The Point...
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But it’s no good news for tenants if landlords decide to exit the market. “Supply will be affected and might be a catalyst for rent increases. In addition, landlords who decide to continue renting are likely to hedge against the next pandemic or policy change. Rents will need to rise in order for landlords to recoup costs and improve their profit margins,” Miller argued.
Woke Up And Saw My Door Removed By My Parents. I Asked Them "Why?" And The Replied With "Privacy Isn't Necessary"
Yeah, show them the door was more for their sanity than your privacy
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Elton Thomas my parents did this when I was 10 and I couldn't sleep at night, i was a wreck.
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What kind of sick people want to do this? Children need time to themselves and a sense of security and privacy. If this had happened to me I literally wouldn't be able to sleep, so bye bye grades and good attitude. I'd be a wreck in 3 days.
Had a co-worker who said their 16 year old son was asking for a bedroom door for his birthday and she was like "He has never had one before so I have no idea why he feels he needs one now." I was just like, "But masturbating in the shower is bad for your plumbing. I would get him the door." She was very pissed at me all day. I said it without a second thought cause come on.
It's a human right. Why do some people think kids don't need it? Of course they do.
This is why kids disown their parents. This is never ok. I have no idea why you would choose this method of alienating your kids? I mean just acting like a goofy f*ck is easier and they eventually come back. Taking their door away tells them that you do not see them as a person. They will remember. They will not forgive you. Everyone has a right to privacy.
How are they supposed to undress? Or do anything private? Especially for a girl. F**k this wierd attitude
“This still beats the nursing home I’ll be putting you in eventually.”
Exactly. Whenever I hear nurses, etc., who work at retirement homes being judgmental that an elderly patient's adult children don't visit often I always tell them that they have no idea how they treated their kids when they were young. Sure poor Mildred, such a sweet old lady, never gets a visit, but it's likely because Mildred was a terrible parent who did awful things to her kids...like take off their child's bedroom door. All little old ladies and grandfatherly men weren't necessarily wonderful parents.
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Besides this being a violation of trust and just despicable- it is also a fire hazard. A closed door during a fire could save a life as it slows the flow of oxygen and protects the one inside the room from the fast spread of fire. Not only are these parents saying they don't respect their child, they are saying they don't care for the welfare of them either. Disgusting.
I was about to write this. Thanks for explaining better than I would have.
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In many countries it's an explicit constitutional right or a given legal right. I guess you're in the USA where (suprise suprise) it's not quite as clear as that. I wonder if you parents removed their own door? If not, fight fire with fire...
Right? bust into their bedroom while they are intimate with popcorn and just watch. They will scream. Then say "Privacy isn't necessary"
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This works both ways. So privacy isn't necessary for them either. Would come home early and remove their bedroom door and put it in the dumpster. Break the door first. What's good for the goose is good for the gander as the old saying goes.
Why is that a trend.... I don't understand what those parents are afraid of... Privacy must be human right. Masturbation or not!
That is so terrible to do to your child! Yes, privacy is necessary!
Honestly, this to me sounds like abuse. Kids need privacy. Kids deserve privacy. This is just humiliating.
Hey Ralph! Yes Betty? Take down the blinds Tom is by the window! ( peeping Tom)
With this last despicable act by his parents, Thomas decided to leave. He'd seen everything.
Why don't parents understand that not giving their children privacy all they are doing is teaching their children to be really good liars? Take the door off, put trackers on their phones, on the vehicles, track every second of their where they are and what they are doing. Kids are smart and can always find a way to do what they set their mind to. I personally wanted to know my boys would call me if they ran into trouble instead of being scared of getting into trouble.
Someone needs to put their parents in a shared room in a retirement home, because "privacy isn't necessary."
That’s such a sack of b******t. This kid’s parents are controlling assholes.
bruh my parents do this s**t. they took my door off bc im a child and dont deserve privacy or boundaries IM 15.
That is a violation. I would take the door off their bedroom, stating the same...
I actually did this on occasion when my son refused to leave his bedroom door open a little when he had a girlfriend over.
Don't know how old you are but I'd be looking for a new place to live, you know, free like this one.
Honestly this isn't cool and I would be so man like how you gonna take my door and if that's the case then I'd better I'd best be making sure they didn't have a door either
I'm sorry that you have such horrific parents. That is not cool, no matter what they think you're doing. We all should have the right to privacy, starting at the age of like 13. I honestly feel for you. You're parents need to let you be you. Cause when you get older, your not going to want anything to do with THEM!
Everyone hollering but no one knows the full story. It may be awful or it may be well intentioned. Try a kid who’s used drugs in there, made suicide attempts, etc. no one here knows what the case is.
Had this happen to me, parents took down my door for 3 months until my grades were 'acceptable'. Still don't forgive them for it. I was 12.
Get out of this abusive household as quick as you can and never look back.
How did you manage to continue sleeping while your door was being removed?
Well all the curtains and rest of the doors can go too then!
One cannot be quiet when taking a door off the hinges. What kind of deep sleep coma were you in? lol. I call BS
My mom had loud parties w crazy loud music in a small house when I was growing up. I slept through them all.
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But a cheep camera and install it over their bed. Privacy isn't needed.
Then you address the issue. You don't treat your child as if you own them.
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After 8 Hours Of Class Everyone Comes Back To The Dorm Only To Find New Locks And Finger Scanners On The Doors And None Of The Staff Know The Codes Or How We Can Get Into Our Rooms
Our Landlord Keeps Saying There's Nothing Wrong With Our Shower...
Can You Feel The Heat Of My Fury?
The Door On This House
The Door I Had To Get Through Last Night To Get To My Room
This
You Guys Hate Carpet In The Bathroom? I Can One Up That. My Parents Have A Bathroom With Carpet That Goes Up The Bathtub Walls! Bonus Points For The Terrible Wallpaper
Removing A Cheap Mirror Glued To The Wall, Only To Find An Even Cheaper Mirror Glued To The Wall Beneath It
These Lights Switches In My Parents' House
My Family Are Psychos
To The Person With 3/4 Outlet. I Present My Apartments 1/3 Outlet
So I Just Bought This Chair And None Of The Reviews Mentioned This...
The Sun Has Travelled Roughly 150,000,000 Kilometers To Reflect Off A Car Windshield Through A Small Crack In My Blinds To Shine Directly In My Face
I Live With Two Grown Men. Just Tell Me Why
Sunlight Through The Window Melted My Keyboard
All Three Of These Lights Are Off
To The Guy That Said His House Is Infinite Content For This Sub.. I Call Your Crooked Floor Vent And Raise You 3/4 Of An Electrical Outlet
My Brother's Girlfriend Moved In With Us, And She Refuses To Use Cutting Boards. This Is What Our Kitchen Table Looks Like Now. They're All Over It
I Think My Stairs Fit Here
Woke Up This Morning To My Light Full Of Water. Our Apartment Is Brand New
Something off about this...how could submerged non-waterproof lights be still working.
I Am Forced To Look At This Every Time I Get Up
I Can't Even Think Of A Title
I Live In Central Alberta, It Got Down To Roughly -45°c Tonight. Woke Up To Frost In The Corner Of My Bedroom
I Get Mad Every Time I Walk Past This
Every. Single. Time
A Bullet Came Downwards Through My Sister’s Window After New Years
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A few years ago I pulled the plywood that was under the kitchen sink up because it was sunken in the middle, which itself was indication of lazy craftsmanship. I discovered that instead of wood or the particle board the cabinets were made from creating a solid platform for the plywood to rest on, along the back wall, that a soda can had been partially crushed and placed as "support". It took me all of ten minutes to find a piece of wood and cut it to fit. Kind of wish I snapped a picture showing how the can was crushed to just the right height.
These really trigger me, even when I don't have OCD. A message to the people who made/built these.... you had one job
Finally a post I can join in on! In my rental there’s black mold all over the place, there’s been mushrooms growing through the skirting boards in the bathroom, and there are damp spots on nearly every wall. When it rains, every damp patch grows, a puddle of water spreads on the floor of one window, and the roof leaks in the kitchen, running right down to the light switch. Underneath the lino in the kitchen is all wet, to the point where water squirts out when you walk on it, and there is an infestation of mold lice in there (haven’t cooked or stored food in the kitchen for half a year now). There is no room for the fridge in the kitchen anyway, since I moved in a year ago, I’ve had a little kitchenette set up in the sitting room. Oh and the other day a pipe burst in the bathroom. I was homeless before I moved in here, so I try to be grateful for just having a roof over my head….reeeeallly starting to struggle with that now lol
I would try talking to the owner about it to see what can be done. Especially mold can be a bad health hazard. If they don't want to do anything about it please consider finding a new place. Yeah before moving in somewhere you always wanna look out for mold in the kitchen/bathroom area, any suspicious spots from moisture and dampness on the walls, ceilings and floor. Always take your time inspecting the place before moving in. I am so glad for you though having found a place and not being homeless anymore and I wish you from the bottom of my heart a clean place you can call your cozy home soon.
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I rented an apartment for a very brief time that was owned by a "professional, licensed" builder. In just that one apartment, there was an outlet just hanging out of the wall, not secured into it, and he just shrugged when I said something. The "heater" was an ancient tiny furnace from a very old trailer house, and it heated only the living room. The bedroom was so very cold (northern MI winter) that the windows were thick with frost inside all day every day. The refrigerator was FULL---and I do mean thick with, absolutely FULL of cat hair. Previous tenant was a real piece of work, shrieking at her husband all the time about how her cats were far more important than he was, and they could go anywhere and do anything they wanted to without him being able to intervene. She allowed them to sit inside the fridge with the door open for hours at a time. They were both mentally challenged, with her being the worse one. I managed to live there for all of 3 months before just leaving.
A few years ago I pulled the plywood that was under the kitchen sink up because it was sunken in the middle, which itself was indication of lazy craftsmanship. I discovered that instead of wood or the particle board the cabinets were made from creating a solid platform for the plywood to rest on, along the back wall, that a soda can had been partially crushed and placed as "support". It took me all of ten minutes to find a piece of wood and cut it to fit. Kind of wish I snapped a picture showing how the can was crushed to just the right height.
These really trigger me, even when I don't have OCD. A message to the people who made/built these.... you had one job
Finally a post I can join in on! In my rental there’s black mold all over the place, there’s been mushrooms growing through the skirting boards in the bathroom, and there are damp spots on nearly every wall. When it rains, every damp patch grows, a puddle of water spreads on the floor of one window, and the roof leaks in the kitchen, running right down to the light switch. Underneath the lino in the kitchen is all wet, to the point where water squirts out when you walk on it, and there is an infestation of mold lice in there (haven’t cooked or stored food in the kitchen for half a year now). There is no room for the fridge in the kitchen anyway, since I moved in a year ago, I’ve had a little kitchenette set up in the sitting room. Oh and the other day a pipe burst in the bathroom. I was homeless before I moved in here, so I try to be grateful for just having a roof over my head….reeeeallly starting to struggle with that now lol
I would try talking to the owner about it to see what can be done. Especially mold can be a bad health hazard. If they don't want to do anything about it please consider finding a new place. Yeah before moving in somewhere you always wanna look out for mold in the kitchen/bathroom area, any suspicious spots from moisture and dampness on the walls, ceilings and floor. Always take your time inspecting the place before moving in. I am so glad for you though having found a place and not being homeless anymore and I wish you from the bottom of my heart a clean place you can call your cozy home soon.
Load More Replies... I rented an apartment for a very brief time that was owned by a "professional, licensed" builder. In just that one apartment, there was an outlet just hanging out of the wall, not secured into it, and he just shrugged when I said something. The "heater" was an ancient tiny furnace from a very old trailer house, and it heated only the living room. The bedroom was so very cold (northern MI winter) that the windows were thick with frost inside all day every day. The refrigerator was FULL---and I do mean thick with, absolutely FULL of cat hair. Previous tenant was a real piece of work, shrieking at her husband all the time about how her cats were far more important than he was, and they could go anywhere and do anything they wanted to without him being able to intervene. She allowed them to sit inside the fridge with the door open for hours at a time. They were both mentally challenged, with her being the worse one. I managed to live there for all of 3 months before just leaving.
