XPost: alt.fashion, alt.home.repair, sac.politics   
   From: HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.com   
      
   On 1/25/2026 11:43 PM, Ed P wrote:   
   > On 1/25/2026 10:50 PM, andy wrote:   
   >> No guest wants to walk into your house, see, and smell your kitchen.   
   >>   
   >> The open floor plan is just bullshit to reduce construction costs.   
   >>   
   >> Kitchen oil residue and fumes screw up electronics, paintings, photographs   
   >> and anything paper.   
   >>   
   >> That's what you get with an open floor plan.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Not at all.  Perhaps you are a slob and don't keep it clean or have   
   > ventilation while cooking.   
      
   My biggest gripe about open floor plans is noise - clatter from the   
   kitchen area, overhearing a phone conversation not involving me, hearing   
   my spouse's iPad playing a podcast through those tinny sounding   
   speakers, etc. etc.  We told our real estate agent that it was an   
   absolute non-starter when we decided to move from our single family   
   detached 4 bedroom + den home on 3 levels and started looking for a   
   condo to move to.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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