The scaffolding is gone! YAY! We've even had a lot of rain since and the hallway has stayed dry so far. It's amazing!
You know you've had scaffolding up for a long time when the pizza delivery guy congratulates you on getting rid of it. Haha!
Anyway, they still need to finish the decorating down there, and there was an issue where the guys who removed the scaffolding left the decorating equipment quite literally everywhere - including right in front of our door and that of one of the other people who live in the building - so we had to get the landlords to send someone to clean it up. We got them to do it partially because we were annoyed the guys they sent had left it like that, and partially because we actually couldn't even open our door safely in order to get out there to do it ourselves anyhow. The landlords were as annoyed as we were that the mess had been left though, and had someone back to clean it up pretty quickly. Luckily, our neighbour was out at the time, and it was cleaned up before she got back, because there's no way she'd have managed to get herself and the kids safely inside with how things were left (she has a five and a half year old and a baby of around three months old).
Anyway, we're crossing our fingers this is the end of the hallway saga, and they can just finish the decorating and be done with it. Actually, I'm personally crossing more than just my fingers, since I really, really, REALLY don't want the scaffolding back!
In other news: the windows are fixed!
Well, sort of.
The landlords agree that what they really need to do is replace them, but enough work has been done so that we can open and close them whenever we want - properly and safely - and when we close them to keep the bad weather out, it actually does stay outside where it belongs. It's only been a few weeks, and we're already seeing a very nice decrease in the cost of our heating bill, despite the fact it's been chilly and stormy a lot of the past month. We wish they'd actually done the full replacement, since that would have been better. But what they've done is a great improvement, so we're glad of it. The plan is for the actual replacement to happen some time next year - probably in late Spring, or in the Summer. We'll see what actually ends up happening though. In the meantime, at least this Winter promises to be a warmer one in our place than last Winter was.
6 comments:
Oh, what a relief, Tori. You must have been doing your happy dance to have that done. I hope the windows do get finished but nice to know that what's happened so far is taking care of some savings!
Jeanie:
Yep, happy dancing is going on for sure! Well, not literally, because I'm not sure doing so literally is a good plan... Knowing me I'd put myself in hospital trying. But I'm doing a happy dance in my head for sure! ;)
It would be great if the windows were done properly, but since what they've done is an improvement, and only a month or so ago I was sure they weren't even going to do this much in time for this Winter, I'm satisfied. Not entirely happy, since the proper replacement really should have been done, but at least satisfied that they've done something, and Winter won't be quite as cold and expensive as last year, even if it's a long and chilly one this year.
So glad they are done in the hallway!! And that they came back to clean up the mess they left--good grief! And that your windows close decently now and you have a warmer weather ahead for you and the fur family! Good news all around. :) :)
Rita:
Thanks... Yes, good news all round!
I'm glad they finally made some progress in getting things done. I don't blame you for insisting that they clean up the hallway, and it was nice of you to get them to take care of it before your neighbor with the kids came home.
Danielle:
Yes, it's great there's finally decent progress.
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