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This is my new apartment. I've got some loverly pix of some of the problems...
The first two show you what the blinds look like closed. The decorative blue on the top right of the second picture was installed to block out the light & to give me some privacy. The new curtains, brought to the apartment 6 days after I moved in, are mostly transparent. The manager suggested clipping them into the individual blind slots while I wait for him to get curtain rods--he said about another 7-10 days. What these pictures do not capture is the yellow-y tinge they have, nor the slight tobacco odour that lingers.
This segment shows how dirty the windows are. The manager promised that this would all be cleaned by the time I moved in, in front of a witness, now 13 days ago....The cleaning lady came on the 1st and couldn't get to the windows because I had the boxes everywhere. Funny enough, I was under the impression that tenancy began at one minute past midnight on the first of the month... She was supposed to come on Thursday, which would have been day 10 if you're counting... The manager said that it would have to be done as it was just too much--and I agree!! It's beyond filthy...
And this is the bathroom. It looks like someone converted the fan opening to a heat lamp at some point but without closing off the venting. This means that the upstairs neighbours' cigarette smoke fills my bathroom on a regular basis... And the sealant around the tub clearly shows some kind of yukky growth which the manager also agreed to fix.
And this open space in the wall might just be the telephone hook-up, and necessary to make the intercom system work.
I am about ready to cry. And am going to the Tenancy Board (whatever it's called) to see what can be done. I have been camping here for 12.5 days. There's got to be something that can be done.