Many older homes come with inactive fireplaces
My building owner said he doesn’t allow candles, but I’m genuinely still going to use them
I was so happy to transfer into an condo in a historic village that had a elegant fireplace in the photos. I have regularly wanted an condo with a fireplace, or just a condo in general that has one. All of our number one movies that I grew up enjoying regularly had an intimate fireplace for deep conversations and moments of revelation. For me, having a fireplace was a right of passage to our destiny. You can imagine our disappointment when every one of us came to the condo during move-in day and I found out that the fireplace was inactive and could not be used. Why would anyone let such a elegant fireplace rest to collect dust? Apparently all of the fireplaces in the building are inactive because the building owner does not want to increase their liability insurance if something were to happen. I feel I can understand that from a corporation perspective, but our fireplace dreams were completely shattered. I tried to research some other creative ways to use an inactive fireplace, but nothing was entirely sparking our spirit the way that a real fire would. I am going to try to make the best of the condo even though the selling point for myself and others is no longer within reach. I am going shopping with our partner soon to look at furniture and condo decor. I assume if I can set up the kitchen to center around the fireplace, I can still sort of make our vision a reality. My building owner said he doesn’t allow candles, but I’m genuinely still going to use them. I’m a pretty careful candle user.