I can see how that would be off-putting. Better to make your own place from scratch.

[ He'd experienced it too, when he was looking around. That feeling that people must've been living in this place mere moments before. ]

You don't know the first thing yet! The very best way to learn how something is put together is to take it apart.

[ Spoken like someone who had been wreaking havoc disassembling expensive clocks and proprietary machinery since he was knee-high. Nikolai seems genuinely enthused by the idea of teaching this kid how to re-build something. ]

I can show you, if you'd like. Pick a bed you like and send me a message. Name's Nikolai, by the way.