Living in Tips: Rain, Windows and Doors

Here's 2 CRUCIAL tips:

• DO NOT open the bay windows when it rains, and when you're out of your flat and it looks like it's going to rain.
• DO NOT leave the backyard door open when there are strong winds either.

We left the windows opened one day, went out, it rained, came back, and found a nice big puddle of water on the bay ledges, floor, along with soaked walls, everything on the ledges soaked etc... There are no shelter for our units from rain. It will come right into the flat if you leave the windows open.

As for the door, the higher you are the stronger the winds, and sometimes the door (including some of the inside ones if you leave both backyard and balcony open) will slam. We've had our backyard glass door's pane smashed when it slammed in one day. We've also notice that if we leave our bathroom window open (for circulation), and close the bathroom sliding door, during strong winds the doors will rattle.

Keeping us awake. And grumpy the following morning. Makes you wonder why the architect never designed canopies to prevent the rain from entering. Must be aesthetically so-yesterday's style... :(

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