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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 62 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I had an apartment where the landlord had clearly painted right before I moved in, and had done so with an ungodly thick layer of latex paint. That's fair enough for the walls... I hope it wasn't to cover up mold, but he was very thorough. He did paint over the outlets and some hinges too. But even worse he also painted the bathtub/shower combo. Like... the whole thing, including the sloped interior basin of the tub.

Not only is that fucking weird, it's also a major hazard as ot turns out. Did you know that latex paint is very slippery when wet? I do now. Had to cover the bottom of the tub in adhesive strips of traction tape to not crack my skull open. What's more, latex paint is not meant to be applied to bathtub, nor is it meant to be bombarded with hot water every day for months on end. So as you can imagine, shortly after moving in, paint would periodically bubble up and chip off

By the time I moved out, a little over a year later, almost all of the paint had peeled off the bottom surface of the tub revealing the heavily lime scale stained surface they tried to cover up. So glad they tried to kill me with a frictionless curved bathtub bottom rather than to replace, properly clean or even just leave the bathtub as is.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] wjdghks@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

What the hell 😂😂

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

~~landlord~~

Slumlord... This screams "investment property"

If I ever have a tenant (might buy a 2 family and rent one) I plan to treat tenants with respect and decency.

Hire someone to do it right or do it right yourself.

I rent. Got mold in the bathroom. Talk to my landlord and worked a deal to just paint it myself with good quality paint. Took me like 3 hours on a weekend and I got to keep the leftover supplies/tools.

Hopefully i get good tenants and ill treat them like family. Stick around and don't fuck up my house please.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 months ago

I rented out my condo while I was doing my MSc in another province - I wanted to hold on to the place, and couldn't on a student stipend. I had bought it when I was working in industry and making good coin.

it's hard to find half decent renters, but if you can, they're amazing

[–] ramirezmike@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

is that what that is? I've been in the same place for a couple years now and the bathtub has slowly been peeling away during that time. The peeled paint clogs the drain so I have to clean it out every couple weeks (I did add a drain catch thing but it's not perfect)

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Or was absorbed. Returned to the mold from whence she came.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago
[–] OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What is up with JK and mold?

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

People noticed that in her old Twitter profile picture, the wall behind her had some heavy black mold. This led some people to joke how the mold controlled her brain and caused her personality change, making her transphobic

[–] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I remember in the final Harry Potter book, after Voldemort is defeated Peeves (the ghost thing) sings a song about how Voldy has "gone moldy." Yet another thing he and Joanne have in common these days.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Seems like it wasn’t actually mold, but JK still sucks although that was great:

Somewhere in the distance they could hear Peeves zooming through the corridors singing a victory song of his own composition: 

We did it, we bashed them, wee Potter's the One,

And Voldy's gone mouldy, so now let's have fun!

'Really gives a feeling for the scope and tragedy of the thing, doesn't it?' said Ron, pushing open a door to let Harry and Hermione through.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We would never paint blue over mold. We would use a grey primer as a base. Then use a neutral color so as not to offend anyone.

[–] Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 9 months ago

One of the better landlords I had painted the walls inside the color of vomit.

[–] phuntis@lemm.ee 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

ha they'd never paint it in blue light grey light beige light greige cream or white only

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

In the UK rental market it's perpetual magnolia.. 😑

[–] Korbs@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Ah yes, the classic landlord special

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

This makes me sad.