The previous owner turned this house into a rental for 2-3 families at one point and did everything as cheaply and unsafely as possible for maximum capacity.
This house passed multiple inspections because they hid a multitude of plumbing, electrical and structural issues behind fake walls and a fresh sheen of landlord magnolia beige paint and shiny fixtures that looked fine (if a little dated) until you realized they were held up with the wrong type of screws, zero anchors, and gravity-defying hope.
Every time we take down a wall, we never know what we will find. Sometimes it’s another wall with a sealed door that’s been welded shut. Other times it is mold or asbestos that they sealed up.
But we always know it’s going to be some landlord, cheap build, mind-bending fuckery.
i tend to be cautious about bothering cats but I think it’s important to remember that some pretty extreme cat bothering is still within the typical bounds of cat social life
