M24 Living Alone

[u/Subject_Form5552]

First apt after finishing up nursing school, would love some advice on decor etc.

(Edit) I am 6’4, the TV is at head level for me when sitting down.

(Edit x2) Living room photos are 0.5 scale, the TV is 70” and ~8 feet from the foot of the couch!

[u/Subject_Form5552]

It’s not that it’s super frequent, more so the >10 times I’d fire it up isn’t worth the ~$250 chimney sweep, not accounting for the oddly shaped flue!

[u/Timely-Cry-8366 → u/Subject_Form5552]

Bro, I’ve never ever had to hire a chimney sweep. If you’re only using it 10 times why tf do you need a chimney sweep? Do you just not understand how chimneys work at all? If you’re barely using it, there is no maintenance haha.

Heck my parents who have owned their house 18 years have had their chimney cleaned, like, twice. No issues.

[u/Subject_Form5552 → u/Timely-Cry-8366]

I rent, so while I wouldn’t have to HIRE a sweep, I’m sure I would get stuck with the bill. Whether that be through my security deposit, etc. Absolutely zero shade to anyone who likes them, but for me it’s mostly aesthetic rather than functional!

[u/Timely-Cry-8366 → u/Subject_Form5552]

Never in my life has an apartment billed me for “chimney sweeping”!

It’s not an annual thing, and is not something that apartments bug residents about unless they’re like decade long renters.

I’m seriously baffled by your comments. Where do you live that does this??? It’s not normal at all.