Bizarro Bathroom

One of the stranger features of our new apartment is the bathroom, in which nearly everything that is wired or plumbed is done so backwards.

The sink's hot and cold water plumbing is backwards. The hot knob is on the left and the cold knob is on the right, as expected, but the hot knob controls the cold water and the cold knob controls the hot water.

Similarly, the shower hot and cold water plumbing is backwards. Again, the knob is correct, showing hot water to counterclockwise, cold water to clockwise, but the actual water temperature is controlled opposite of that.

Finally, there are two light switches which control two lights, one over the toilet/shower area, and one over the sink. Amazingly, the light switches actually control the lights closest to them. However, the fan, which should come on when the shower/toilet light is on (it is part of the same ceiling unit) actually turns on only when sink light is on.

Maybe our apartment's construction crew was Australian?