# European housing - what's with all the doors and corridors?

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**Created:** [January 14, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-housing-whats-with-all-the-doors-and-corridors/827713 "2019-01-14T01:16:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-housing-whats-with-all-the-doors-and-corridors/827713/79 "2019-01-15T05:55:44Z")

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> [@Acsenray](#):
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> In my experience, larger apartments likely come with clothes washers and dryers and smaller ones have access to a shared laundry room.
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> I’ve never heard of an apartment where you could choose to buy and install your own washer and dryer if there already wasn’t one there.
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> As for houses, the general default I have always seen is that you must supply your own washer and dryer.

Like I said, the conventions are different in different places , even in the same country , probably in part because situations are different. For example, in the neighborhoods where I’ve lived, most apartments are in owner-occupied two to six family houses which generally means 1) there’s not enough space for a laundry room and 2) some people become very friendly with the landlord who lives across the hall who then allows the portable washer/dryer. I’m guessing the neighborhoods/buildings you’ve lived in were different.

> [@clairobscur](#):
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> And anyway, I assume that even in the USA, most people would prefer to have their own furniture, TV, computer, etc… I’m not sure why you’d expect it to be different for kitchen stuff, unless you’re accustomed to the idea.

It really is just a matter of what you’re accustomed to. I think in one of your earlier posts you referred to cabinets as “kitchen furniture” and it took me a moment to get what you meant. Because from my point of view, “kitchen furniture” would be a table and chairs. Kitchen cabinets are in the same classification in my mind as the kitchen and bathroom sinks and the toilet.

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