I just bought a house from a guy who had been renting it out since the '80s and this hits especially hard. So many fucking layers of paint on everything. Couldn't even be bothered to remove the outlet and switch covers first, to the point where I can't find the damn screws or even the edges of the covers.

I wish he had painted over the breaker box, though, since that might have prevented the last tenant from installing a GFCI outlet that somehow trips the circuit breaker if there's no high-amp appliance plugged into it.

[–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I had a place like that in school. There was so much paint on the walls they were squishy.