We bought a new kitchen at Schaffrath today – first thing we financed together (“awww”).
Our new kitchen is the most bad-assed kitchen ever! Sign up now for a personal VIP tour which includes a free welcome beer*!
*as long as supplies last – which…well…isn’t that long
YES! Glad you noticed! We had to BUY A KITCHEN for our RENTAL APARTMENT.
When you move in the Deutsch, you are lucky if a kitchen is included in your next apartment. You are even luckier if you have flooring and wallpaper, instead of just everything being ugly gray. You normally have a totally ripped out apartment, for you to begin anew (pretty brutal, right?). Here, kitchens are made to be easily uninstalled later so that you can take it with you to your next place.
Pros – means you usually get to customize your apartment how you like (paint, flooring, kitchen, even change bathroom sinks). Also means you don’t have to use someone else’s gross appliances, like an oven that has pig fat chunks left on the rack. <—true story. Eden Street, Framingham, MA, 2004
Cons – you can only really take some of what you customize with you to your next place - like a kitchen, but not laid tile – and if you are starting from buck nakedness, moving will end up costing you big $$€€ and work. That, + having to give your current landlord the standard 3 months notice (which usually means you end up paying double rent for at least 1 month) + having to pay 3 months rent as security at your new place = Germans make themselves like their current apartments.
Just realized – this will be my 4th address in Germany in less than 2 years. Didn’t know I was rich?
Tomorrow is 13-Feb (our “day”), and Guido is going back to work (yes, still with a broken rib – I know, I know! I already told him!). While he is at work, I will pack, buy deoderant, call Carol, pack, take Roxy to play in the woods, and pack some more.
That means I will be thinking the following to myself a lot:
“How in the hell did I gather this much useless shit in less than 2 years!?”
“Eff it, trash.”
“Did I actually buy and WEAR this!?”
“Aww, Fenway. *Sniff*”
and you know you are welcome anytime!