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Number 2 always stuck out to me on rental listings... Why would I want to live somewhere where I couldn't use a vital function of a home/shelter?
by John23832 10y ago
Number 2 always stuck out to me on rental listings... Why would I want to live somewhere where I couldn't use a vital function of a home/shelter?
- r00fus 10y agoMany many companies these days offer breakfast, lunch and dinner, and you can eat out if not. It's very perverse that such awesome perks result in viable rentals like this.
- sporkenfang 10y agoThe words "light cooking" make me angry.
- johan_larson 10y agoI think that means, "No actual stove." A hotplate, a small fridge, and a microwave.
- sporkenfang 10y agoI know what it means. If I'm paying for part of a house with a proper kitchen I will be cooking like a human at least two nights a week; no takeout and soylent here.
- aianus 10y agoIt makes me angry that I have to pay for a kitchen by law (if I rent or buy a whole 'dwelling'), despite never cooking. Different strokes.
- teh_klev 10y agoI honestly can't tell if you're joking or not :/
- CamelCaseName 10y agoWould you be happy if you had to pay for a toolshed by law? Yes, you have to keep your grass short, but why do you need to pay for a toolshed to store your lawn mower when you might just want to hire someone instead and not waste time? You don't need a kitchen any more than you need a toolshed, and it sucks to be forced to pay for something you don't use, especially when every inch costs you.
- tabeth 10y agoWhat a silly comparison. A toolshed and a kitchen are not equivalent. Replace kitchen with bathroom and you'll see the silliness.
- vtange 10y agoReplace kitchen with what?
- drdeadringer 10y agoA bathroom. Imagine having a kitchen and a pay toilet.
- crystalPalace 10y agoSome people have unique situations and do not need the use of a kitchen at all. My diet consists entirely of bottled Soylent and protein bars. I never need to cook or utilize any other functions provided by a kitchen.
- teh_klev 10y agoI reckon the number of folks who claim never to have any need of a kitchen is probably a statistical rounding error, well maybe only slightly more if SF. But good luck trying to flog your flat or house to the next potential owner when you decided to rip out the worktops, hob etc to re-purpose the kitchen for some other non-food activity. I thought I'd heard it all regarding peculiar habitation behaviours until this sub-thread.
- dredmorbius 10y agoIt's generally a violation of housing / rental code.
- Steeeve 10y agoThat never occurred to me until just now. It seemed like at least half the listings I reviewed when looking for a room in SF specified no kitchen access. (this was early 2015) I didn't particularly care as it was a temporary situation for me and I was used to road life in hotels without a kitchen, but it quickly became a red flag as it always seemed to accompany some other sketchy situation.