It is normal in Brazil not to have running hot water in your kitchen. In our rented apartment, we used to have an electric hot tap, but it was more like a death trap since it kept electrocuting us. We complained and found it replaced by a second cold tap. We also have no hot water for the washing machine.
When my partner's parents kindly sourced the expensive top-loader I was horrified by how impossibly slowly it operated, moving an inch to the right, then an inch to the left etc. But the news about cold water only was too much. And it still managed to turn an entire wash pink. The combination of cold water and rubbish washing machine ensures much aggravation, especially since the terrible quality Brazilian clothes will come out creased and shrivelled, or worse, requiring much ironing.
Our bathroom shower is electric but the water volume and pressure is hopeless. Despite having a gas oven, our electricity bills are huge thanks to Brazil, the land of world-beating hydro-electric dams and alternative energy, having some of the highest electricity costs in the world.
In our neighborhood you often hear the distinctive sound of a gas cannister truck blaring strange music, like an ice cream van in the UK. It is still common for people to buy their gas in this way rather than having it piped into the building.
When my partner's parents kindly sourced the expensive top-loader I was horrified by how impossibly slowly it operated, moving an inch to the right, then an inch to the left etc. But the news about cold water only was too much. And it still managed to turn an entire wash pink. The combination of cold water and rubbish washing machine ensures much aggravation, especially since the terrible quality Brazilian clothes will come out creased and shrivelled, or worse, requiring much ironing.
Our bathroom shower is electric but the water volume and pressure is hopeless. Despite having a gas oven, our electricity bills are huge thanks to Brazil, the land of world-beating hydro-electric dams and alternative energy, having some of the highest electricity costs in the world.
In our neighborhood you often hear the distinctive sound of a gas cannister truck blaring strange music, like an ice cream van in the UK. It is still common for people to buy their gas in this way rather than having it piped into the building.
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