tae_glas 18 points 6 days ago

with all that carpet to scratch and grass to chew and everything! i bet your cat's delighted 🙌

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bennypr0fane 3 points 5 days ago

She has phases of using it daily vs completely ignoring it 🙂 But apparently the most recent addition of the mats/carpets made it much more attractive to her (also easier to walk up and down the ladder - the bare wood was a bit too slippery).

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uhmbah 13 points 6 days ago

Awesome. How is that ladder fastened to the wall?

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bennypr0fane 6 points 5 days ago

With this camouflage-colored set of brackets (is that what you call them in English?)

Tbh I'm kinda proud of how I made the board fit between the upper and the lower window 🙈 although now I can't open the upper one anymore (but I unhinge it during summer)

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Sunshine 7 points 6 days ago

Birbs: “the cat is just watching me menacingly”

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livligkinkajou 3 points 6 days ago

I quite like the neighbours colourful homes. Is your a different shade of yellow? Or is it the sun that makes it look more yellow?

Did you also paint the tile(?) pieces at the bottom of the ladder?

edit: ops, I got distracted and forgot to comment on the ladder itself, as I'm also curious on how it is fasted to the wall

I'd say the cat clearly approves it based on the second picture

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bennypr0fane 2 points 5 days ago

My own house sadly is a run-down, never-been-repainted shade of grey, but on the plus side, I mostly don't have to look at it. Am also pretty happy with the renovations done across the street (the whole building used to be a brothel before, now they have apartments with a shower in each bedroom 🤗 and in the ground floor is a halal restaurant 😂). Some pastel shade of yellow is pretty common here, but I don't know if the city has rules for it (if anything the pastel seems to be a rule). The tiles on the wall are photo prints of street art - the photographer sold them at an arts & crafts fair.

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Psythik 3 points 6 days ago

Why does your apartment/condo have anti-suicide nets? Do you live in a factory in Shenzhen?

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birne 5 points 6 days ago

I would guess that it is to keep the cat inside.

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Psythik 2 points 6 days ago

If that's the case I'm genuinely surprised that the city/HOA isn't complaining.

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bennypr0fane 4 points 5 days ago

We don't have HOAs in Europe, and why would the city complain? Edit: If anything, the landlord would complain, but I have high hopes they will never discover it. If they do, I made the whole contraption easy for me to remove (no tools needed!).

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poVoq 4 points 5 days ago

They exists for apartment complexes with individual owners, but it is not something the typical renter would have much experience with.

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Psythik 1 point 3 days ago

Why would they not? I've heard that Europe is extremely strict when it comes to altering the facade of your building; is that no longer the case?

I mean I've literally seen videos of garages in The Netherlands with the door being disguised as a normal wall with a window, to maintain the appearance of the original building. Am I wrong about this?

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Hellstormy 3 points 6 days ago

It's for the cat not the human

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bennypr0fane 3 points 5 days ago

These nets would be poorly suited for that purpose. They're for the cat

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