1. many commercial things actually are just better (and much more expensive) than residential things. This is because they are used much more by people who are less careful with them. A chair in a cafe will see many more hours of active use over a week than a chair in most peoples’ homes!
2. a huge amount of residential property these days is outfitted by landlords—that is, people who don’t actually have to live there—on the cheap, and with as little drilling into the walls (affecting the resale value) as possible.
1. many commercial things actually are just better (and much more expensive) than residential things. This is because they are used much more by people who are less careful with them. A chair in a cafe will see many more hours of active use over a week than a chair in most peoples’ homes!
2. a huge amount of residential property these days is outfitted by landlords—that is, people who don’t actually have to live there—on the cheap, and with as little drilling into the walls (affecting the resale value) as possible.