Tradd
10-15-11, 10:21pm
Something else has happened to land a load on my plate. I can't catch a break! Uh, God?!
Back story: Since Sept. 08 I've rented a privately owned condo (guy kept it after he got married). Great landlords, rent has never increased. They keep everything fixed and are even proactive with things like furnace and central a/c maintenance. Complex is more than 25 years old. I live ground floor, on a slab.
I return a call from wife land of landlords today. I'm in shock when I get off the phone.
My building is SINKING. Soil erosion, I think she said. There will be major repairs outside but then they will have to come inside and do stuff in my LR and BR. Rip carpet and sub floor up and get down into the slab.
**I have to move everything out for a week.**
Condo assoc said I could keep stuff in the K, but it would get very dusty, I would think. Landlords are being great - wife has found several extended stay hotels with kitchenette where they will put me up. This will be after the office moves, so she's going to check out by the new office.
Wife half of landlords is 40, pregnant, on bed rest, and due in TWO weeks! She didn't need this either!.
It's questionable about when the town granted the building permits 30 years ago. It's only my building that's affected. Of course, only mine!
They're going to move my stuff into one of those POD things that can be easily moved about. The landlords are then going to put it in the driveway at their place so my stuff has someone watching it!
I am in the midst of: finishing up a massive exam for my previous class, stuff for the current semester (last one! yay!), and soon to begin studying for a professional licensing exam (the exam itself is in early April). I either need to get my arse into gear in a MAJOR way and get the class exam done in the next week or so or I can haul a ton of books with me to wherever I'm staying.
Husband half of landlords and some of his friends are going to do the schlepping with moving my stuff and helping to pack up, but I think I'm going to do most of the packing myself (they're going to supply me with boxes, etc.). I happen to have a pretty good stash of large plastic storage tubs (8-10), so I can do my books and clothes myself. They're doing the best they can to make sure I'm inconvenienced as little as possible. I don't have a ton of stuff so this move will be not too bad on them.
The condo assoc is being half-arsed about this. They don't have a definite date (starting date for the outside work will be sometime within the next 20 days), but given that it's northern IL and we're quickly heading into winter, they better get going SOON.
What a PITA! Prayers, please that this goes well.
The only positive thing is that I can get rid of the cruddy beige old carpet that shows the dirt easily and really needed to be replaced anyway. I was just thinking I wish I could get rid of the carpet.
Bad stuff, aside from having my life in upheaval for a week: I had just done a nice stash of canned goods and such for the winter. Several cases of water. One large double doored base cabinet is just loaded with my stash. This is in addition to a plastic tub full of lanterns and batteries and a huge thing of TP and paper towels under my bed. I'm going to see if I can put the TP and other paper products in my hall storage closet. I also have to see if I can somehow tape up cabinet doors with plastic, so the canned goods stash doesn't get much dust.
Ugh. Has anyone been through anything similar?
Back story: Since Sept. 08 I've rented a privately owned condo (guy kept it after he got married). Great landlords, rent has never increased. They keep everything fixed and are even proactive with things like furnace and central a/c maintenance. Complex is more than 25 years old. I live ground floor, on a slab.
I return a call from wife land of landlords today. I'm in shock when I get off the phone.
My building is SINKING. Soil erosion, I think she said. There will be major repairs outside but then they will have to come inside and do stuff in my LR and BR. Rip carpet and sub floor up and get down into the slab.
**I have to move everything out for a week.**
Condo assoc said I could keep stuff in the K, but it would get very dusty, I would think. Landlords are being great - wife has found several extended stay hotels with kitchenette where they will put me up. This will be after the office moves, so she's going to check out by the new office.
Wife half of landlords is 40, pregnant, on bed rest, and due in TWO weeks! She didn't need this either!.
It's questionable about when the town granted the building permits 30 years ago. It's only my building that's affected. Of course, only mine!
They're going to move my stuff into one of those POD things that can be easily moved about. The landlords are then going to put it in the driveway at their place so my stuff has someone watching it!
I am in the midst of: finishing up a massive exam for my previous class, stuff for the current semester (last one! yay!), and soon to begin studying for a professional licensing exam (the exam itself is in early April). I either need to get my arse into gear in a MAJOR way and get the class exam done in the next week or so or I can haul a ton of books with me to wherever I'm staying.
Husband half of landlords and some of his friends are going to do the schlepping with moving my stuff and helping to pack up, but I think I'm going to do most of the packing myself (they're going to supply me with boxes, etc.). I happen to have a pretty good stash of large plastic storage tubs (8-10), so I can do my books and clothes myself. They're doing the best they can to make sure I'm inconvenienced as little as possible. I don't have a ton of stuff so this move will be not too bad on them.
The condo assoc is being half-arsed about this. They don't have a definite date (starting date for the outside work will be sometime within the next 20 days), but given that it's northern IL and we're quickly heading into winter, they better get going SOON.
What a PITA! Prayers, please that this goes well.
The only positive thing is that I can get rid of the cruddy beige old carpet that shows the dirt easily and really needed to be replaced anyway. I was just thinking I wish I could get rid of the carpet.
Bad stuff, aside from having my life in upheaval for a week: I had just done a nice stash of canned goods and such for the winter. Several cases of water. One large double doored base cabinet is just loaded with my stash. This is in addition to a plastic tub full of lanterns and batteries and a huge thing of TP and paper towels under my bed. I'm going to see if I can put the TP and other paper products in my hall storage closet. I also have to see if I can somehow tape up cabinet doors with plastic, so the canned goods stash doesn't get much dust.
Ugh. Has anyone been through anything similar?