I just moved into one of these for the first time. All my friends have dealt with it already (and still are), but all my previous buildings were built 40+ years ago. The building I just moved into was built after 2000 and it has those windows with hinges at the bottom that only open a few inches at the top.
You can’t put an AC unit in, but more importantly you can’t cool your place down at night. The window opening simply isn’t big enough, and a fan can’t properly take outside air and circulate it. It’s horrible. It’s genuinely inhospitable at times. I can’t imagine what it’ll be like in August.
I don’t understand how this is allowed in apartments without central air. If they have central air, it’s still ridiculous, but at least it isn’t actively life-threatening. I have places I can go when it’s 80+ degrees at night, but what about the people who don’t? And regardless, why should I be forced to leave the place where I pay rent just because I’m actively prevented from cooling my own place down unless I take apart the window (which probably goes against my lease)?
I have never wanted to start a housing regulation petition so badly in my life. I don’t know why new apartments started doing this, but it makes absolutely no sense and is endangering lives. Why have we allowed this to continue, Seattle?
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