I just found out that my neighbor that I share a wall with is moving out because of “the mouse issue.” This is the first I’ve heard about it. I’m pretty sure I don’t have mice. I haven’t found any chewed food packaging or what looks like mouse droppings. I do have a cat but I’m not confident he would know how to kill a mouse. I’ve never seen him chase anything on the floor but I know he will chase flying insects. I also haven’t been presented with any “presents.” Could he really be keeping the mice from my apartment by just his scent?
Huh. That’s the first time I’ve ever heard that definition. TIL. Googling it, it seems to be a cultural thing and very much depends which country you live in.
Yep, it’s not the case where I live. Besides, is there a secret third name it must have for you to call it by when you don’t know the resident’s ownership status?
It’s a flat if it’s one floor, owned or rented. ‘Flat’ is also easier to write, say, and spell too.
Shithole should work.
I would also accept “crack den”.
I own and live in a condo, and sometimes call it an apartment., because condo sounds bougie to me. Especially because I happen to know the building was built as apartments and converted later. Lots of people rent condos as well, so they have a landlord, the owner of the unit. Anyway, you can usually say apartment to give the idea it’s a multifamily dwelling.
In Germany: if you’re an estate agent you’d call it an Eigentumswohnung but most people aren’t show offs so they just call it a Wohnung.