People in Germany move less frequently than Americans. In Germany most people rent and they want to feel at home. So they paint, change flooring and buy a kitchen they like and often they take it with them when moving. Better than living with an ugly old kitchen.
@@cybilm133 I'd say changing the flooring definitely isn't common, since that's something much more permanent than light fixtures or a kitchen, so usually the landlord's responsibility.
For Germany, especially the ones who kook a lot, find a kitchen very personall. Do you kook with gas or electric or ceran? Do you want a fridge with freezing unit or a separat freezing unit? Do you want the oven on the bottom of the cooker or higher, so you don't have to bend down. And there are so many different technically advanced ovens ... Also, if the land owner owns the kitchen, you have to pay more rent (as the rent includes the kitchen) :o)
When Hailey said that a wardrobe is more personal than a kitchen, I had exactly the same thoughts as you: To me, a kitchen is way more personal than a wardrobe. It‘s the heart of the home, so I want the devices and furniture that I like best. That being said, I do agree with her that in many cases, it would be better to have a kitchen installed already. When I moved into my first apartment back then, I looked for one that had a kitchen, because I couldn‘t afford to buy one at that time. It wasn‘t impossible, but it was also not that easy.
But its not the 50s anymore and people are moving a lot. I currently cook on this electric herdplatte because my flat only has a sink. No other kitchen. And i wont live here for more than 2year. I am not gonna buy a kitchen that i then cant install anywhere else really
About the kitchen Situation.. In the past, germans were long term renters and stayed in their Apartments for decades. Buying your own kitchen was prefered, because you want to like your kitchen and customize it if you have to use it for 10+ years. Nowadays there are more and more Apartments with build in kitchens included in your rent.
My first apartment in Germany in 1983 had a (very) small einbauküche that I didn't have to pay it. I moved into a new apartment in 1991 - had a Wendeltreppe, gewölbte Decke und gewölbte Fenster, but no einbauküche. 🙁The hausmeister was a good guy, he took me to a local place and helped me get a good deal on an einbau - just under 1900DM delivered & installed (it didn't come with a microwave back then). At the time the exchange rate was about $1.00 = 3.54DM. I sold it to a colleague's brother, who was getting married, for 800DM when I left (he got all my plants, too). The German counters aren't as deep as an American kitchen counter, but, I really liked the German einbauküche, though. They were functional & looked good, too.
I'll blow your mind Hayley: There are even plasters which are rolled up like sticky tape. Because they basically are, there's no padding, they are supposed to hold custom padding for difficult or big wounds. THAT'S neat.
@@HayleyAlexis I'm confident US doctors and nurses are very familiar with it. A lot of food ingredients and tools the average American has never encountered do get used there as well, but by professionals. Just like scientists use metric.
There is one other part of the house where I really do not understand North Americans and that is bathrooms. Every European bathroom (and most of the rest of the world) has a shower with a flexible showerhead. So you stand still and move the shower head over every body part that you want to get wet. Not so in North America (i am currently in Canada on vacation by the way), where the showerhead is fixed in the wall. So you have to move your body around to at least try to get part of it well-showered, but for example forget to get you private parts decently showered. I don't get this.
The thought just occurred to me that the basis of tenancy law and the tenancy agreements have probably not been newly regulated since "primeval times". If I think back, until the 1960s there were no fitted kitchens* like the ones we see today. Usually there were cooking facilities and a sink, and you bought a table and cabinet yourself. In Hamburg leases, a stove and sink are a minimum, which is why you will find more apartments there today that are rented out complete with a kitchen. *My parents/grandparents could not afford a "fitted kitchen" until the 1970s and needed the landlord's approval.
It is only absurd in certain situations, though. Since Germans usually rent long-term, it makes sense that they want to have a kitchen that they picked themselves. After all, you don't wanna live in an apartment for 10 years or longer and use someone else's old kitchen that you probably don't like and that also isn't designed to fit your specific needs. For short-term renters, furnished apartments are available, but many Germans don't even want their landlord to provide a kitchen, since that would most likely mean the landlord would pick the cheapest option available, and replacing broken appliances would be a hassle when you always have to go through your landlord to have something fixed or replaced.
@@leDespicable I absolutely agree. And regarding the people who spent 20 or 30k on a kitchen, that applies even more. If I spent maybe thousands, or perhaps millions when buying, on a high end flat or house with a big kitchen I'd sure want to pick the design, features and technical gimmicks of that kitchen myself. Especially since it can be part of entertaining guests if you have an island and/or a big table in it. Such a kitchen can easily cost 60 or even 100k.
@@ireneputzer2072 In the 1990s, grandparents rented an apartment in a newly constructed building from a housing association and were allowed to choose, for example, the countertop and type of some kitchen cabinets (drawers or doors). Today, these kitchen units, even with electronics (without a refrigerator), usually cost around €3,000.
I have to say that it’s not just a stereotype that we are inventors and Love engineering 😄 when I was in the States I was a little annoyed how you can’t detach the shower head or how some things are just inconvenient. It’s like “this has always worked and is good enough, so we’re leaving it the way it is” 😄 no hate whatsoever. Just that Germans keep reinventing more
When I was young, there were some apartments with and some without kitchen. But - I guess it is because people all have their very special individual ideas with a kitchen.
Wenn eine Küche vom Vermieter gestellt wird, gehört sie zur Mietsache. Das bedeutet, dass der Vermieter die Pflicht hat Schäden zu beheben, z.b. Elektrogeräte ect zu ersetzen. Viele Personen gehen aber nicht sehr gut mit Dingen um, die nicht ihnen gehören, also muss mit regelmäßigen Mehrkosten gerechnet werden. Möglich wäre es eine höhere Miete (also Aufschlag für die Küche) zu verlangen, um diese Mehrkosten abzufangen, aber das ist 1. durch gesetzliche Rahmenbedingungen nicht so einfach und 2. sind Mieter idR nicht bereit diesen Aufpreis zu zahlen.
Im Norden ist es üblich, dass Küchen zur Mietausstattung gehören, ohne irgendwelche damit verbundenen (einmal)-Zahlungen. Erfahrungsgemäß altert die Küche in normalem Maße mit dem Rest der Ausstattung mit, und wird auch erst im Rahmen anderer Sanierungen/Modernisierungen getauscht. Vielleicheicht mag man im Süden lieber Geld für Individualisierung einer Mietwohnung ausgeben. ^^
I've never experienced that in Denmark. If we rent an apartment the kitchen is a necessity. It's the mere basics of a home. I don't even thi k It's legal to rent out without a kitchen.
You're absolutely right. I had to deal with a case where the tenants failed to clean the filters of the extraction hood until they were absolutely clogged. As a consequence, the hood ceased working. So far, so clear. However, the hood was part of the kitchen and, thus, part of the rental object supplied by the landlord. That meant it was a defect of the rental object, and the landlord was in default. What happened? The tenant simply reduced the rent until the filters were cleaned by the landlord and at his costs. Mietrecht, residential tenancy law in Germany is a very difficult topic, at least for the landlords. So, as a rule of thumb, don't provide anything that might jeopardise your position and is subject to heavy wear and tear 😊
We also have those band aids in different sizes, but the big ones are a good choice to cut off what you need. Especially if the wound is bigger. As for the kitchen: I prefer to have one I like, not the one the people before me liked.
Really???? That is so interesting to me... I guess this is a divided point lol because I would much rather have a custom closet than a custom kitchen :P
I disagree with the kitchen thing. For some people, cooking is a passion, and a kitchen‘s style can be very individual. I love the fact that you can buy what you need and prefer to having some crummy used appliances and a style you hate, just because it happens to be in the place you rent. When I got my first kitchen for my first apartment, I had bought a new kitchen with a gas stove and LOVED it. When I moved into my house, which came with a kitchen, I had an electric range, but, since finances at the time were tight and the kitchen otherwise was fine, I dealt with it. But I hated not only the kitchen itself, which was not my style, it had an ugly pvc floor and butt-ugly tiles, too. Hated everything about it. My old kitchen was disassembled and made for an excellent laundry furnishing. Perfect! I am now moving again into my parents‘ former house and the kitchen they installed 40 years ago must be updated. I am tremendously looking forward to redesigning the space to what I like and is up to date…
The kitchen situation is rather unique for Germany. I know for sure kitchens are part of a house sale in Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain and Portugal. Wether all or some of the appliances are included depends on the country and the situation If build in then mostly they are included. if free standing then usually not. But again this can depend on the country and situation (sale or lease). In Portugal you can even have ALL the furniture (or some of it) included at no extra cost.
Of course I can only speak from what I experienced when my parents, grandparents and my aunt and uncle moved into their respective new apartments, there were already kitchens in these apartments, whether in Berlin Marzahn, Karow or Neukölln, they were all new apartments and that was in the 80s and 90s.
It honestly depends... There are people I know that have never had an apartment with a kitchen and there are people like you that know people that have only moved into apartments with kitchens... If an apartment does have a kitchen it is important to note if you have to pay for the kitchen or not because that is a little different than in the USA.....
The kitchens were automatically in these apartments, thy didn't had to pay more or extra. My parents bought there own fridge/freezer combination. And now the landlord changed the oven to a more modern version after the old one was broken.
I think there's also some kind of north/south divide in that regard. It's definitely more common for apartments to come with kitchens in northern Germany, while in southern Germany unfurnished apartments are the norm. At least that's what I gathered when talking to friends from northern Germany.
I always look at kitchens as a very personal, individual space, furnished and equipped to my taste. That is why often (it is changing now gradually) in Germany kitchens won't come with your rented house or apartment. To a kitchen, imho, the same rules apply as to any other furniture: it has to match your taste and your preferences. I can tell right away that I would hate most fully equipped, fully furnished kitchens in the USA: because I don't like the cabinetry, the ovens and cooktops there, I even dislike the way some dishwashers there work. So, I am very glad to have a kitchen that reflects my very own way of living (and cooking, for that matter).
🧡 kitchen; in the Netherlands you get the sink & cabinets but appliances are your own. Maybe different if you rent privately but in general you do the floors,paints,curtains and all the rest yourself incl lights. Sometimes you have the chance to visit earlier and you could make a let it stay agreement for small price. Band-aid; just out of curiosity do you have special band-aids for fingers. I didn't see them on the poster. They have on one side of the padding a much larger tape so it stays way better when wet or through movement😂. That is for the US,i assume Germany is not that different since we are neighbour's😂. But i must say it's a bit weird they were not common in your family. Just bc they are so convenient. 😊
I don't find buying the kitchen so inconvenient. I have moved with mine 3 times (it's an Ikea kitchen). In 1991 my first apartment was tiny and the kitchen was only a corner, the next apartment had a really big kitchen, so I added to it, which was easy, because it was Ikea. The next apartments had small kitchens, so we downsized the kitchen cabinets and used what didn't fit in the kitchen for the entrance and hallway. Sometime about 10 years ago we exchanged the cabinet doors and handles, so it looked like a brand new kitchen. Moving the kitchen with me through all different sized kitchens was never a problem as it is very flexible and versatile. But I admit I will not take it with me for the next move, instead I will buy a new one (again from Ikea, as I am extremely happy with it through all the years).
Kitchens fall into two basic categories - fitted and separates. The fitted kitchen is fitted to the walls and floors and is adjusted to make a close connection. Worktops are cut and adjusted to the wall shape and the specific layout of appliances. Also, fitted kitchens are generally made of coated chipboard that when cut is susceptible to moisture intrusion so that a fitted kitchen will have a short finite life that does not lend itself to being moved from one location to another. Fitted kitchens have become a fashion choice, which means they are more likely to be replaced periodically and moving flat is an excellent opportunity to have the latest fashionable kitchen. Separates kitchens are built up with individual pieces that move like pieces of furniture much like a catering kitchen.
Where I'm from in Germany, which is Hamburg, kitchens (as in the room) have to come with a sink and a stove. If they don't, the landlord can't ask for standard lease rates for the area. Of course, landlords usually still ask for these rates and there's little you can do about it. I guess the idea is that for a certain price tag, certain things need to be included. If they're not, don't rent the apartment. But what are you gonna do if you need an apartment and this is all you can find? TL;DR: You're off on some details, at least judging by the region I live in. But you're mostly right. And it makes no sense whatsoever, I absolutely agree with you. I think it's just greedy landlords that are the problem.
I'm from Kiel and I don't know if apartments have to come with that, but everywhere I've lived so far and I think also (most?) apartments I've been looking at when apartment hunting had at least a sink and a stove too.
@@lulus8122 From what I know apartments have to have this if they are listed at average price. But it's not like there's a law. So at the end of the day landlords do whatever they want and apartment shortages means tenants have to settle on what they can find.
An obvious question for the future, but relevant right now... Hayley, what do you see as the thing you will miss the most from Germany when you move? beer in public? universal healthcare? sunbathing in public? prices incl. tax? Roundabout? or something quite 5?
Great observations - I would not even reflect on it. I always owned a house - expect one time where I moved to Bavaria and rented a house first. This habit that an apartment has to be totally empty without any kitchen is really stupid. You can rent other apartments with "möbliert" but then they are much more expensive and also they have other furniture inside which you might not want. Well yes - also Americans are much more used to move around, germans stay in their "home" forever so to speak.
True. It is kinda common to have people in the same apartment for 30 years. Literally all the other people in my 4 family house have been here about that time. And renting the whole time. I think Americans wouldn’t rent for that long, but buy… young people in Germany I think usually move more often though, because of the market… hard to find a fitting apartment… fun video.
Anywhere you go in Europe, the kitchen follows to the owner, does not stay in the house. You move out? You take the kitchen with you, like any other piece of furniture. Reason is, wall cabinets are hung with screws (like a picture frame) that once in place in the concrete wall, they expand and can hold weights of 50 to 100 kgs. Base cabinets are usually held together by the countertop. Sometimes older base cabinets have their own countertops, so let' s say you have five base cabinets, you will have five countertop segments.
That with the kitchen. Is a german thing. In switzerland it is normal to get flat / kitchen equpied with fridge, oven (depending on the sitze /age of the flat) with dishwasher.
The comments about the kitchen is funny... As a german I would probably never move into a rental with a kitchen provided! xD 1. You pay rent for that kitchen, if you stay a couple years the rent for the kitchen is higher than if you would have bought it yourself. 2. As some said already, Germans love there kitchens! If youre at a german party, mostly it's in the kitchen, or you move back and forth to it. The kitchen for germans is the one thing they want as they like it. Besides living room its the most important thing (and maybe the bed ^^). 3. Maybe it's also a thing about how often you cook. Or where you eat at. Usually you eat in the kitchen. Or if you look at my flat, I have a Wohnküche, so combind Kitchen and Living Room. If there would be a rented kitchen I would probably look at it everytime and just had it. But really funny how the world and minds are different ;)
For a country that's so advanced regarding recyclables and waste, the unnecessary plastic wrap waste makes no sense to me, especially since you can buy them individually.
I don‘t understand it either. That‘s why I never buy those. I only buy bottles in (or out of) crates. The plastic wrapped bottles were probably not designed for the German market, and I just don‘t get why they sell them here.
I think it maybe has to do with transportation? I have no idea actually but I am guessing it is a lot easier to transfer plastic wrapped water bottles in 4 - 12 increments than individually packaged bottles.
First of all... Nazareth confusa! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽😂🇧🇷 Second. Culture differences are so mind blowing! In Brazil your rented apartment will have cabinets and a sink on the kitchen but nothing more than that. All rooms should have cabinets already. Very unusual not to. Unless your buying a new one and maybe this is not included but some construction companies include it. And here the supermarkets have 1 item of everything. Is really hard to buy 1 coke at trader's joe. Also we don't have 2 liter almond milks here and I haven't seen in Europe either, but that I like about the supermarkets in USA.
You might have been unlucky with your kitchen experiences, it's very unusual to resell a kitchen for 2x the price even with 'inflation' or something as reason... I'm so glad for the customazible kitchen in our house, my parents could rlly make it fit for our needs and now after 50 yrs my parents bought a new one since they'll be moving anyway and again can make it fit all their needs (e.g. a foldable table inside the cabinets so my now elderly mum can sit while cutting things but we don't have space for a table, a stove in mid-hight so she doesn't have to bend and with a door that slides under the stove, a space for her "Backbrett" etc.) And if you get a kitchen that isn't too badly made it's easy enough to take down the cabinets for a move and add onto them should you have a different room layout in your new apartement ^^
I don't have a car or an elevator, so I try not to buy very heavy things in a single trip to the supermarket, but I buy milk in 4 bottles pack for the opposite reason... I simply hate to tear that hard, resistant, nail-breaking plastic. Or better, "try" to tear it, because sometimes I simply give up and take the whole pack. It's UHT milk, so it won't spoil even if I buy more 😁
Indirekt hat Hayley es ja erklärt. Als Vermieter müssteste dich sonst um Instandhaltung und Reparaturen kümmern, wenn du Geld für die Nutzung verlangst. Da is son nackter Anschluss inner Wand und ein vorgegebener Fliesenspiegel wesentlich wartungsärmer. Das wird ja nicht so gemacht, weil die Mieter alle sagen "fuck no! ich will unbedingt meine eigene Küche kaufen!"..
While your points according kitchens are valid, I still wouldn´t want to take over someone else´s kitchen. I´m a hobby chef and the kitchen is much more personal to me than a closet, so I want it not only customized for the room, but for my needs and wishes as well. And hygiene is a point of concern. You also have to consider, germans typically don´t move so often as americans.
Yes, the kitchen is generally not included, I think because people want to choose their own kitchen and have very different standards. Actually I have a number of friends who spent about 20.000 Euro and more on their kitchen. To sell it to you to a higher price, however, is not typical.
I enjoyed this video but don't consider it greedy to buy an entire pack/crate of pop/water at a time cuz we wait for sales and save money this way. And since we buy in large quantities, we never have to go to Aldi and buy one bottle of water. Anyway it's great to be back in Germany and enjoy the low low grocery prices. I just got a buttload of groceries for only 48Euros. Mostly fresh produce. At SeaTac airport they were selling 750grams of Haribo for 15$. !! That is a lot of Haribo but at Aldi you can get twice that for 7Euro.
🤔 But just how personalized does a kitchen have to _be?_ I mean, how can a sink, a fridge, a stove and cabinets customized for for _one_ particular apartment possibly be of value anywhere _else?_ That's like taking the baggage handling system from _one_ airport and adapting it to _another._ Surely, it would be easier and more practical to _build_ a new baggage handling system in the other airport from _scratch._
That is my exact argument....It has gotten better over the years BUT it still happens and it is shocking when you have to pay a deposit which is usually 3X your monthly rent costs and on top of that 2000$+ for a kitchen
Its so crazy!! I once had to sell my kitchen before moving out, because my landlord wanted me to remove it bevore moving out! I was willing to sell it to her or even just leave it there for no money - but she wanted me to remove it anyway (after I only renewed it one year before).. and so I hat to sell it veeery cheap and was happy that at least someone bought it... 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Your "bulk buying logic leads to eating more" is true. I can confirm that. Losing weight starts at buying the right amount. That kitchen nonsense is slowly changing. There are those which adapt pragmatically sooner, others never do...
Buying a 4 or 6 pack of Coke or water is not so unusual. I do that nearly always. Sales around here are mainly on packs not on single bottles. And I need a lot of the bottles so if I buy some then a bunch of these. 4x4x2l bottles is quite the norm. It's not that they expire the next day. In my house there was a kitchen. It's OK for me, but I wouldn't have chosen this colour. And some spaces are a bit weird and I don't know exactly how they were used. The tap and basin is also not what I would have prefered. There was no fridge, which is fine by me, because it probably would have had a freezing section which just takes space I need for other stuff (I have a separate freezer).
I have no car but I bought a first aid kit. Recently, a flatmate of me wanted to cut something and he injured his hand while I was telling him to take care of his hand so I got my first aid kit and we used plaser from this and also a bandage.
Just came back from Europe and remember the first time I did several years ago almost making the mistake of grabbing a single item from the packs, my family had looks of fear in their eyes as I had asked because I had forgotten if it was legal or what. I can’t tell but I’m wondering if this is legal at ALDIs or Lidls in the US?
"I've lived in the US and I've seen people who keep their weapons in the closet." *LOL* I just got back to Germany and in America not one but TWO of my family members had shot guns in their closets. Rifles? No idea, just big long guns in closets/pantries. I mean, I guess you gotta keep them in a convenient place when you need them.
Regarding band-aids, I wonder how anyone would still need to find scissors if the cut or chafing from new shoes happened outside the house (which usually happens ), so I prefer individually packaged band-aids of different size, that can save in moments like this, so no it’s not smart for me
Many of us have both types. The individually packaged for the handbag/backpack, and the big ones at home. I like the big ones more though, so I often carry a little purse with them plus scissors in my handbag.
I have had the pleasure to move last year and there was allready a kitchen. it was way too small for me so I ripped it and replaced it with a kitchen I wanted. with lots of cabins and table to put stuff in/onto. usually if you rent or buy an appartment or house you live in there for a long time, so why not make your self comfortable to your likings and not your landlord or pre tenent. sure it costs a lot of money, but mostly you'll have it for 20 or more years.
If you catch a home in the US before its built you can do whatever you want to the closet (it all costs money). Even if you don't you can easily take it down and put up the system like Germany. The apartment I lived in the master bedroom was your typical American closet. I pulled that out and did a custom closet. This was just a middle of the road apartment also. It was $2,000 a month which was cheap for a good neighborhood in Miami. I didn't have to worry about drive by shootings, drug deals happening on the corner, gangs, American prostitution, etc. I don't have an issue with prostitution. What I have an issue with is the way the US does it. A lot of times the girls aren't able to get out of it if they want to. If they try to get away they will be killed.
Kitchen: me as a german, am extremly happy, that i don't have to take a kitchen, someone else chooses to look best for the flat i wanna make my home! Last flaz i was in, i had to bzy sticky foils, to give the kitchen an "ok" look. It looked like out of the 70s, like blind granny was tricked into buying it and even the dirty stove i never was able to make it look clean again. And not everyone likes this "perfectly build in kitchens". I like to have single standing interor. E.g. a around 150 year old wonderfull cabinet (Anrichte). So for me and very many other people, it is the best to rent "build in kitchen free". It is also a kind of individualism, like i want to have it in all other rooms of my fkat.
I prefer the ready-cut band-aids in different sizes. Mostly you forget (or you are too lazy!) to prepare and to cut band-aids for the emergency case- and to do that in a hurry with a bloody hand is no fun... 🤕
I had to buy myself all kitchen furniture at a cost of 10k DM when I moved into my last flat. It was beautiful, perfect fit but I had to take it out when leaving. I offered it for a fraction of the original price, it was still like new and the next tenets were asking where the kitchen went because they wanted to take it. German landlords are just stupid. I'm glad that I'm living in my own house now.
Ha, talk about being cheap. Mom is the director of a library here in the USA, and she says it's the rich people who give her the hardest time when they have to pay small fines for not returning their books or CDs on time. 🙄
people didn´t get rich in the first place by giving their money away for nothing. I own a restaurant with a delivery service and the lesson every delivery guy learns very quickly: The bigger the house, the fancier the car in front of - the lower the tipping. With only a few exemptions
The kitchen situation is actually not that bad, if you are short on money and won't need a kitchen very much. I lived in a flat with just a sink as kitchen. That was neat since I was broke and did not much cocking anyway 😃
I wanted to rent one apartment and then I had planned to buy all furniture of the apartment, kitchen, cabinets and everything else for 1k usd but she requested 1.1K Usd so I said that is okay with me but I lost the job and then I said I am out of this tourist city, there is no job for me and I came back to Munich
Ja, aber MEINE Küche muss sehr sauber sein. Keine Mehlwürmer, keine Kakerlaken, keine Fruchtfliegen, kein...jegliches Geziefer ! Bei MEINER Küche kann ich mir da ganz sicher sein, bei einer fremden Küche ? hmmm.... Ich möchte auch nicht auf einer gebrauchten Matratze schlafen ;) ... Ok, ich weiß, bei ein wenig "Monk" 😅😅
I hope I am not asking, Hayley, something that you already talked about - but - is Michael coming with you to the United States? If you have already ANSWERED THIS - sorry, I missed out - but - it would really interest me. I mean, your relationship was kind of turning in to a long distance relationship, anyway, as it is...at times...
The Kitchen thing is a stupid German standard. I can imagine it's from a time where you start a family, move into a new house or appartment and are supposed to stay for the rest of your life, because, of course, you would stay at the same job for life. But the 1960s are over and this isn't working anymore. But try to teach that to Germans.
Das ist doch der Punkt: Es gibt billige und teure Küchen. Jeder will selbst entscheiden, ob er eine billige eure luxuriöse Küche haben will ( kleiner oder großer Kühlschrank? Größe des Kochfeldes etc)
Aww hopefully you don’t get reversed culture shock and miss Germany too much 😢. You forgot to mention there’s no lamps in the ceilings either with a German apartment, also extremely annoying!
In its original meaning a closet was a small room for study or contemplation which is the way it's used in the Bible when Jesus instructs his disciples how to pray. Clothes were not stored there but in a chest (folded) or a wardrobe (hung). It is we Americans who decided to put our clothes in the closet and our TVs in the wardrobe ... LOL!
