Well I'm by no means any expert but I'd hazard a guess that its because they're renovating it
Yeah thanks guys, I was just wondering what kind of renovations they might be doing. We renovated our apartment 4 years agao and had a new floor put in but no drilling involved. I was wondering if it might have something to do with pipes.
The ground floor apartment in our block is being renovated and they've been digging up the entire concrete floor with pneumatic drills for the past week. Any of you experts in the building trade know why this would be necessary?
If it's an older building, perhaps they are replacing the heating pipes in the floor. So they have to dig out the old ones with the top layer of the floor.Or they could be extending some of the rooms with the balcony area. When they do that, they dig up some of the floor to find the heating pipes so they can connect some more to it and bring the heating out to the balcony as well.
Speaking of breaking up concrete flooring in Korean businesses, one thing that really irritates me is the ubiquitousness of unfinished poured concrete flooring in Korean businesses.It was kind of cool the first time I saw it: a nicely varnished and polished coating over concrete gave off a sort of minimalist hipster kind of vibe, but after seeing it for the millionth time, I realise its just a cheap time and money saver. Similarly, that unfinished look that many ceilings have here in Korea what with all the ducts and wiring exposed is also super common. I mean, come on, that's just super lazy...
I think you're spot on with the balcony idea, I noticed it was sticking out a bit more this morning.
It's not supposed to stick out. Older apartments have a crapload of balconies. Basically it looks like: living room and there is a window, then there is the balcony and another window. And then the outside world after that. So people like to get rid of some of this balcony space to extend their rooms. They take out the inner window, bring out the heating to the balcony and lay down a new floor. So the former balcony becomes part of the living room or a bedroom.
Couldn't agree more. I tried a new Italian restaurant the other day in my neighbourhood in a basement and it had the decor you decribed above. I just found it really depressing, not quirky or novel.
how do businesses decide on their.. businesses? i mean, near me, a bar opened up. it sold shitty italian food and cocktails. it looked shite. it also closed down in 6 months. did the owner not do any surveys or research into what the locals wanted? i feel like a lot of new businesses operate under the field of dreams quote: "build it, and they will come"
Ice cream shops. That's not shops selling home made ice cream or baskin robins style shops but shops literally selling ice creams and ice bars you'd find in any convenience store BUTThey actually pay rent for a building and they open in the middle of winter in places with a lower footfall than Cyaena's waygook log in saved passwords list.
The fact that they survive on such a low margin, low-volume business model makes me think there's something up, either speculative real estate or some sort of front.