I've just made two sets of built-in shelves
and a built-in cupboard in a Georgian flat.

I don't think I used a tape measure once for exactly your reason in point two. One of the gaps varied by 5 cm from the bottom shelf to the top. And the wall junction angle for one set of shelves varied between 140 and 148 degrees over 2 metres of height.

1900's builders. God fucking love them.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 13:48, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Our house was built in about 1830.
It's solid as a rock. But it's a bit damp and nothing is straight.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 13:50, Reply)

Mine was built in 2009ish and it's perfect.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 13:52, Reply)

Except that the rooms are small, and it will fall apart in about 30 years.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 13:55, Reply)

Oh, yeah, I'm not complaining really
except when you try and put up shelves. Especially in a room that has 8 walls.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 22 Mar 2013, 13:53, Reply)