Mould, and other stuff
They seem to be really neurotic about mould over here. It must be a big problem. When we got to the first temporary apartment, there was a notice about it in the welcome pack, and when we signed the lease documents to move here, there was a whole page devoted to it, and what we should do to prevent it.They want us to always use the extractor fan in the bathroom when showering or bathing, and always use the extractor fan in the kitchen when cooking. And we are not to let water gather on any surface. And if we spot any mould we are to report it immediately so they can do something about it before it spreads. It seems to be a big issue. Not something I have ever had to worry about before.
It has made me quite paranoid, and every time a drop of water gets spilt I mop it up, but to be honest I shouldn’t bother to be so careful, as the management here are pissing us off a bit with their inability to get their asses into gear. We STILL do not have storage in our building, a full 10 weeks after moving in here. The only solution they could offer us was to suggest we rent some space at the storage facility over the road, at a cost 2.5 times the price they would charge here for the same size space. We have done so for the longer term stuff, but we need to at least keep the bikes and golf clubs at hand as we use them on a very regular basis. So the bikes are on the balcony, and the clubs in the hall cupboard. We have started a trend of using the balcony for the bikes. It is in the rules of the lease(of which there are enough for a whole separate blog entry!) that you are only allowed to keep table, chairs and bar-be-que grill out there, and we even got a letter politely reminding us of this a couple of weeks after moving in, but we told them that until they provide us with somewhere else to store them, as promised, they would have to put up with it. So since then, many others have taken up the idea and we now see several balconies with bikes. Then more recently they said they will at least get some bike racks for us so we can actually use the balcony for it’s original purpose of sitting on, but they still have not managed to do even that minor task yet. I have already had a go at the manager for neglecting the existing rent-paying residents and concentrating all her efforts on trying to get the rest of the apartments habitable. Maybe my next move should be to go and camp out in her office til I see some results! I am sure they just love residents like me, but basically I just want to get what was promised when we moved in here.
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