Not the condo itself, but rather an element of the individual unit.
I know I’m critical of condos in the city, and on a long enough time horizon, I’ll probably have something to say about your building.
So today, I’ll show you one of the worst-designed condo features in existence, and it happens to be in my building on George Street…
DavidP
at 8:51 am
1) I hate our VU sinks not only because they’re flat and square, but also because they’re matte dirt magnets that are hard to clean.
2) You can change the water flow by just removing the little attachment at the end of the faucet and replacing it with a different piece. I swapped both of mine out for a 1.5 GPM (or 5.7 L/min in metric) piece 3 years ago right after moving in since I couldn’t even wash my face.
GeorgyBoy
at 2:54 pm
What were you wiping with those paper towels in the bedroom David??
David Fleming
at 3:20 pm
@ GeorgyBoy
Hahahaha I figured somebody would mention that!
That paper towel was to wipe out the sink because I did two takes of this video after my damn battery ran out!
JC
at 5:37 pm
It’s not so much the flat-bottomed sink that would bother me – it’s the poor water pressure and slow draining sink. If you had decent pressure and drainage, the sink would probably be much more functional. What are people in that building doing that all the drains are mucked up?
DavidP
at 8:14 pm
The water pressure is actually fine.. There’s a eco-friendly restricting filter on the tap which is constricting it in this video. It just takes a trip to Canadian Tire and less than a minute to swap them out. VU is LEED certified so the builder’s fixtures are low flow everything..
David Fleming
at 1:27 am
@ DavidP
As a not-so-manly man, masquerading as a true man, I will admit that I have no idea how to fix this valve.
Maybe I’ll ask my wife for help…
Frances
at 12:07 am
Install a better sink?
We had a sink like this in a hotel room. I poured out the water from a insulated jug that we have in the car when travelling and the water splashed up over the edge and all over the floor. Design fail!
Frances
at 12:53 am
I look at floor plans and I think that most condo floor plans are the pits. Poorly laid out kitchens. Bathrooms across the apartment from the bedroom. Bathrooms that open into the living area. Doors to the balcony from the bedroom instead of the living room. Too much window area esp. in bedrooms or the opposite, bedrooms without windows.. One recent one bedroom plus den in which the bedroom had a too small closet and no room for a dresser unless you placed the bed against the window and the den was really the dining area. Another 2-bedroom in which the second bedroom had a narrow corridor to the window. And people buy them!
IanC
at 12:21 pm
Poor draining? I know some people getting floods from poor drainage and water backing up. At a large development whose initials are C.P… I know a person who put a stop valve at the bottom of their kitchen sink. When they leave the house they turn it off so water won’t flood their unit repeatedly.
JC
at 2:47 pm
Why is the drainage so poor in that building? Is it limited to the bathroom sinks or is it the kitchen sinks as well?
honeyoak
at 10:43 pm
I love the pepper David….