Tuesday, July 16, 2013

I Really Hate This Unit...

We moved into this new unit in Kedron because it's pet friendly. But because we were given the hurry up by our previous units property manager we didn't look over the place well enough before we signed a one year lease. It's on the second floor, which is technically on the third floor because of the garages, which isn't too bad as it makes you exercise every time you leave the apartment. It only has a doorknob lock, there is no deadbolt or chain within.  The garage is a tandem two car garage with only one remote, plus there's no interior way to open the garage. So if I want to air out the garage after my husband goes to work I can only do it via the door but not a full on open so a breeze can go through. The garage door has a flimsy lock, my bedroom in NewYork had a more secure lock than the one we have for this garage. This garage has a spider issue, daddy long legs among others. I have to go down and spray the sucker down with the habanero pepper, vinegar concoction I found online to keep the suckers at bay. The hot water tap in the garage for the washing machine leaks and therefore I can only do cold washes which sucks when I need to do towels and flannel sheets and socks. You are not allowed to hang anything on the walls, there are no nails and in order to do so you have to ask and the answer's usually no. (very annoying) This unit has an electric cooktop, which I hate, it's got an electric oven which is fan forced, so it's basically a convection oven. The sink is a double sink but it's not wide enough to soak a frying pan, the handle sticks out. It's a three bedroom deal, the masters our room, the medium one us a spare bedroom and our office, the smallest bedroom is for the boxes of stuff I won't unpack until we own our own house, and for muppets litter box. The toilet is its own separate room, which is a great idea, and the bathroom has a shower over a tub, though there's not enough room for two bath sheets. There's a heat lamp in the bathroom for those chilly evenings or mornings so you don't freeze your ass off after you get out of the shower. Ugh, only one powerpoint in every room, it's not enough outlets. The balcony is huge and off the kitchen, there's one huge problem...the guy downstairs smokes like an effin chimney and it comes up onto our balcony, into our bathroom and the worst into the toilet room, that's the worst as it's a small box of a room with a toilet, it's almost suffocating, yuck. Our biggest complaint are the lights in the stairwell. The problem is that often they're not on and when they are they get shut off early. There are ten units in this complex, there are no doorbells or gates, any deviant can walk off the street and onto the complex. If someone knocks on our door we have to answer it with a flashlights onto the knockers face. We cannot have guests over for dinner in fear they could fall down the stairs and hurt themselves. We cannot go out and come home late without taking my big blue Mag Lite. We've complained to the property manager but the body corporate doesn't give a flying fuck. We want to break our lease for the safety issue  because of the lights plus the smoker. Second hand smoke while sitting on the toilet is nasty, I think poo smells better than the nasty smoke penetrating the toilet room. I've even laid out a bowl of vinegar to help but it just helps a little, you can still taste the smoke. We SO want the get out of this smelly, dangerous place. 

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