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  • Moved in on Saturday. It's way bigger than either of us remembered, but also way tattier - fuck me we have a lot of work to do now.

    A question - I'm a designer by trade so little things not being right bugs the hell out of me. How do people deal with this when they buy a house? Am I fucked? I'm spotting wonky sockets at 50 paces at the moment.

  • A question - I'm a designer by trade so little things not being right bugs the hell out of me. How do people deal with this when they buy a house? Am I fucked? I'm spotting wonky sockets at 50 paces at the moment.

    I felt like this when I moved in my place, a month later and I'm blind to all that stuff now.

  • Time to design round sockets because a builder will never get square sockets straight.

    Do your doors have a equal gap all the way round?

    How about the kitchen cupboard doors, are they all level?

    It's an OCD nightmare until your brain adjusts to the new normal.

  • I'm a designer by trade so little things not being right bugs the hell out of me. How do people deal with this when they buy a house? Am I fucked? I'm spotting wonky sockets at 50 paces at the moment.

    Ask an electrician for a quote to put them all straight. You'll find you can live with them just fine.

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