#substandard housing

[alwaysbewoke]

[kryptidkhaos]

i dream of fantastical future for myself in which i don't have to wash a re-liquefied coat of landlord white paint off my hands every time i wipe down the walls with cold water

[kryptidkhaos]

gods, i've finally started seeing other people put into words the struggles i've been having with keeping things clean in substandard housing. how it's basically impossible to do any proper cleaning when practically everything in the place falls apart if you look at it too hard.

in our apartment, the tiles peel up off the floor if you sweep them too hard, much less mop them with anything stronger than cold water. under the hastily glued down tile is nothing but pressed wood that flakes chips everywhere.

if you run a hand along any of the walls, you'll pull it back covered in flecks of landlord special white paint, so good luck wiping those down without peeling a few layers off.

none of the windows or doors are sealed properly, and we live in florida, so moisture and mold are abundant.

all of the plumbing leaks. all of it. you can't turn on a single faucet anywhere in this unit without water coming out somewhere it shouldn't be. there's problems with the pipes themselves and molded worn out caulking around everything. the leaks have been """repaired""" several times and always come back in a few days.

because of the leaks, the cabinets around all of our sinks (which are also made of pressed wood) are bloated, warped, and basically rotted through the bottom (which means they're also constantly flaking off wood chips). maintenance threw some pieces of scrap wood in the bottom of the cabinets to cover the holes and called it good.

even if i had endless time and energy to devote to scrubbing this place top to bottom, decorating and nesting, etc, there's no way for me to ever make it into a truly comfortable and cozy place to live when the very structure itself is crumbling under my hands.

[aurianneor]

I moved out

The house was three hours' drive from work.

Then a lousy one bedroom flat,

With half the room bending with the roof

Then the house had no heating

The other had a stream that ran from the kitchen to the street through the living room

And the electricity installed 30 years ago

Notary and municipal elected official ass and shirt

Married, put to the trash the DASS mail that indicated substandard housing

Especially with a baby

3 months of double rent

Nice when we just moved in

And who pays for the hotel and the move into

The third apartment

Lower-case

The 1m20 bed barely fits in and no insulation

Damn it, near the prefecture.

Downstairs is the revolution of the construction workers

We're more on their side than on the other.

But the two-metre flames on the asphalt

Tear gases

And the throws of REAL paving stones

We're going to move

Among the great-grandparents

Who have a huge house

They only use the ground floor

New house, new move

This time it's big

But the walls are infested

The little one has otitis then otitis then otitis

That's it, we’ve been selected for a

New job, in a warmer climate

No more earaches

But the neighbour, when she flushes the toilet

It's falling on our heads

That's enough, this time we took

Legal insurance and not legal protection

They are obliged to repair

All of a sudden, they get busy...

But it's flowing again,

And again,

And the works never end

The building next door burned down.

Yes, yes, yes, the one in front of the cathedral

It must be said that electricity in historic buildings

And even in our building,

leaves a lot to be desired

France is just a beautiful front,

A beautiful showcase

This time we're not moving

We're thinking this through

Two civil servant salaries

Doesn't that make it possible to accommodate three people?

Are you kidding me?

This time, we're going to move for good

We're getting out of here.

Abroad,

And you know what else?

The movers refunded us 300 bucks.

Because we had organized everything so well.

That they had won a day's work

This is the first time we've been valued

and that it's in our interest to move.

And now,

We don't move anymore

We are enjoying life....

Aurianne Or

Pour lire ceci en français: https://aurianneor.tumblr.com/post/181436082725/jai-déménagé

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