Since we have moved into our apartment we have had one problem after another. The apartment seemed great at first, but as time has continued things began to go wrong.
Problem #1: When I moved in the toilet seat was broken. I couldn't actually even sit on the toilet. So I called the superintendent and he said he would come fix it. So finally the next day he showed up to fix it. Ok no big deal but a little frustrating.
Problem #2: The pipe under the kitchen sink had a slow leak. I asked them to fix it shortly after I moved in, but finally after about 3 weeks they fixed it. Again, not a big deal, but a little annoying.
Problem #3: Most of the apartments out here are heated by radiators and are generally all heated by the landlord in the basement of the building. We got a huge snow storm the beginning of February and we noticed that the temperature had fallen a little below 60 degrees. We called the landlord and said he would send the super in to turn it up. In the mean time we heated the apartment with electric heaters. After about 2 weeks, Josh finally went down to the basement and turned it up himself.
Problem #4: After the snow storm and then the rain that we got following after that, we noticed some new water spots on the ceiling. We called the landlord and he said that if it got bigger then to let him know. We asked if he would send somebody sooner than later because we didn't have the best feeling about that. He said that he would try to. Well about 2 weeks later we got another huge rain storm and I woke up in the middle of the night soaking wet. I jolted out of bed and the ceiling was leaking. We called and called the landlord and finally about 10 am or so he called back. He said he would send someone and no one showed up until the next day to look and then at that point it was too dark to do anything. Finally the next day, so about 2 days after the leak, he came back. The guy couldn't find anything wrong from the inside so they would have to take the bricks out from outside.
We were told it was going to have to wait a few days until they could get to it, I sure you could imagine that we were not happy. So the next day they sent someone out and said they would try. We were not happy. They could not find anywhere from which it might be leaking so they patched it here and there and then said we would have to wait until it rained again.
At this point we had had enough and had started talking about moving. We talked to our landlord and told him why we wanted to move. At first he was less than willing to let us out and give us our deposit back, however, the next day he had reconsidered and we are free to go.
We have found a new place and are just waiting on the credit check to go through. This new place is awesome and is about 2 1/2 blocks from the shore! We are so excited and we hope it works out. If it does then that will be a whole other blog post in itself! Well that is where we are and I know that many of you have been wondering whats been going on... so there you are! Now you know! Hopefully we will have more answers soon and I will continue to fill all you in as it goes!
