It’s always amazed me how much a house can deteriorate simply by being unoccupied for a little while. It’s almost as if something more than just physical upkeep is involved in keeping a house ‘alive’.
But this apartment looks like it could be brought back pretty quickly with dusting and wood polish. I’m surprised it isn’t much worse.
-JT
I know exactly what you mean...a building goes unoccupied for even a few weeks, and things start to deteriorate.
I suspect that since this apartment was part of a larger building, it fared better. The roof would be kept in good repair, and even some air conditioning and heat from adjacent apartments would help keep extreme temps and humidity away.
I am thinking that perhaps there was a cleaning lady who came in periodically. Otherwise you would have cobwebs and dust everywhere.
Agreed!