Design Lessons from Finland

[Ferdinand]

Interesting,.There's a whole series of these about different types of Finnish homes.

 

This one is modern student apartments. In this pic, our genial host looks wonderfully psychopathic. 

 

 

What do we think?

[Ferdinand]

As someone who rents out a purpose built student house or two, I find making tenants supply their own dishwashers surprising -- it's a step towards the austere German system where most of the tenants have to supply to kitchen and bathroom fittings in rented homes :.

 

I have supplied dishwasher, washer and dryer since about 2010 for my students.

[SteamyTea]

RRRRRRRRR

 

[SteamyTea]

I am all for having a sauna again.

Bollocks to the carbon footprint and running costs.

 

[Ferdinand]

Interesting for me:

 

- That basements are still thought of as bomb shelters. (FInland, like Switzerland, still has conscription aiui,  and never really took the 1990s peace dividend.)

- The arrangement of the double windows.

[ProDave]

14 hours ago, Ferdinand said:

As someone who rents out a purpose built student house or two, I find making tenants supply their own dishwashers surprising -- it's a step towards the austere German system where most of the tenants have to supply to kitchen and bathroom fittings in rented homes :.

 

I have supplied dishwasher, washer and dryer since about 2010 for my students.

As a landlord I gave up supplying any white goods very early on.  I wanted to be a building landlord not a white goods rental shop with the repair liability that goes with that.  White good faults exceeded building faults until I did that.

[Ferdinand]

4 minutes ago, ProDave said:

As a landlord I gave up supplying any white goods very early on.  I wanted to be a building landlord not a white goods rental shop with the repair liability that goes with that.  White good faults exceeded building faults until I did that.

 

I do 2 models: Fully Furnished for students. Unfurnished for normal family lets.

[SteamyTea]

9 minutes ago, Ferdinand said:

 

I do 2 models: Fully Furnished for students. Unfurnished for normal family lets.

Down here  and I am sure it is the same in many places,  there is a 3rd model.

Completely neglected prooerties, rented out but absent landlords, for desperate tenants.

Usually the criminal classes.