4. About the nonexistant lamp socket

It might seem so trivial, again, and in a way it is, but German flats are not made for human life when I compare to those in France, North America or East Asia. I know, I know, I repeat myself...

I talked about the moveable kitchen, the unhygienic toilets, the washine machine that awaits to be stolen (or used by neighbours) and now, going back to the fact that when you rent an apartment in Germany when coming from abroad, you must expect the moving budget to be much much higher than any other country and you also must learn few basics about DIY (as you have to fill in all the holes you made, repaint the whole freaking apartment white even if you had not touched the walls). Not difficult tasks to undertake per se, but as a tenant, I never had to make any modification, as small as they can be, to the rented apartment.

When I moved into my horrible newly build German flat, I had to buy sockets, bulbs, a stepladder (the first time in my tenant's life that I had to buy such a one-time use item, as it only served to put the freaking sockets and bulbs) and an electric drill (also first time purchase, as useless as the stepladder to me) as litteraly no lights were set up: only electrical wires coming out from holes in the ceiling of each room. Nice.

I installed one lamp only, and eventually decided not to install others as I was already ruined by spending 15000 euros in my kitchen. Therefore, one year later, I still have only lightbulbs in their sockets, hanging from the wire.
The other reasons why I only installed one lamp is that I really do not want to fill in the other holes I would have to have drilled had I installed normal lamps in the other spots were electrical wires coming out from the ceiling.
However, it means I will need to buy the necessary material to fill in the 2 holes I drilled for my one lamp when I leave this shithole.

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