Friday and no show the whole week...

They said they would be here this week. I guess not. I'm going to have to do another round of calling again...

They didn't need to come into my apartment

I called Delorbe and apparently they didn't need to get into my apartment. They were able to look at things from the outside. So something is going to happen next week. They are going to tear down the ceiling, fix the vent and fixe the plumbing all in one shot. I wish they would have called to let me know.

The thing is I prepared to let them in so I took everything out of th bathroom. And actually one of the stands broke. I will see If I can fix it so we can use it for the rest of the week.


-Ian

It's 4pm and no one is here

So I've been waiting for more than 2 hours and no one has shown. IT is like 3:50pm and supposedly they were suppose to be here at 1:30pm. I need to do some errands. Going to call Delorbe and tell him that I will be out but be back in half an hour.

Big News!

Both Frank Didio and Frank Delorbe came by yesterday at around 6pm. Both of them saw the fan. Didio offered to either seal it off or make it into a louvered vent. That's cool but I kept asking if it would keep the cold air out. I am not sure I understood if it would or not. I am hoping to talk to Delorbe today. They said it would happen within the next two weeks when reconsruction of the building is happening. Rumor has it that the building is going to be raised. Another fellow, Jay the building engineer came from downstairs and took a look at the vent.

Delorbe said the vent is cut off and is of no use. The only good thing this vent might be doing is airing out the insides of the wall. The only problem is that in the winter is makes the bathroom at least 10 degrees lower than the rest of the apartment. We always have to keep the door closed, and put a towel at the bottom the door because it makes the whole apartment cold. Jay agreed that the vent is not providing ventalation to the halls because currently the duct is disconnected to the hall. Didio agreed to this and said that construction will be done. We can either seal it off or we can option to get a louvered vent. We have to verify that the louvered vent will keep the cold air out. I am assuming it is somthing lie this.
Here's a image of what I am guessing the construction is going to look like:



Supposedly today Delorbe and the Brick man is coming today to inspect as well as to do some aater tests. So around 1:30 today. I am waiting as I type this.
More to come...

Kevin making waves

Kevin replied back and said he would be on top of things and apparently he was. I got a call from Frank Didio saying that they are sending Frank Delorbe upstairs to do some testing to see if the leaks are actually coming from Greg's apartment.
Checking on the plumbing is suppose to happen here at 3:00pm tomorrow. So I'll be here.
Didio also said that he is meeting with his engineer at 6pm tomorrow. He said that the vent is used for ventilation but they are going to see if it may be possible to put some insulation, but he said he would first have to see the vent and the insides to see what possiblities there may be.

Round of Calling

texted Kevin to see if he was able to get a message through to Frank Didio
Called Greg, he has had no contact from Frank, although Cesar rang in this morning to his apartment and asked if it was finished yet. Not even started yet.
I left a message on Frank Didio's cell asking for an update on the plumbing situation upstairs.

Talked with Kevin yesterday

It was hopeful. I explained what the blog was about and he said that it was a good idea. He said it might be a good idea to try a conference call with Lawrence Manning. We tried to conference call with Didio but got his message machine. It was funny though, when Kevin finished leaving a message, perhaps it had to do with something with the conferecne call, but the answerinf machine said that there was no voice and that no message was recorded. I had to swap to get back to Kevin. Kevin said that he would try again and leave a message and call me back. Haven't heard from him since. Perhaps I shall call tomorrow.

Progress

Sent the link of this blog to Kevin. Left a message on Lawrence Mannings cell at 11am today. We'll see what happens. Hopefully this will be resolved soon.

Ok good news. I just got a call back from Rusty from Metro Mobile. Here's what he said pretty close to verbatim:

"Hello this message is for Ian Toledo. This is Rusty Stark from Metromobile Real Estate. We spoke yesterday afternoon regarding your apartment 22A about some bathroom leak repairs that you were charged for. I spoke to Frank Didio this morning about that and originally the plumber reported to us that the leak was coming from your apartment, holes in your floor, and water was coming through there and we charged you for that. But then we later found out, recently, that the plumber was wrong and that it was coming from the apartment above you. So what we are going to do is a billing adjustment on your account and give you credti for that 471.86, so you won't have to pay that in the future. You'll see int hte next bill that that was creditted. If you have any questions just call me back at #."

So it looks like we don't have to pay that charge which is great.

Left a message for our neighbor

Called Kevin at 9:46pm today. Left a message on his cell inquiring about if we could meet with the board to discuss this plumbing situation. Kevin is on the board. So let's see what happens. Maybe he can help with this situation. If no answer I shall leave a message on his email.

Check is ok with that date!

I just called my bank and they said that putting that date is ok. It should be fine. I had already called and told the bookkeeping fellow that I was going to cancel the check. (He also said he will Frank Didio my number for I inquired about the surprising extra charge to our maintenance bill). So I called again and left a message saying it was ok for that check with that date. Then I actually called later and reiterated that statement to him so He got the message personally. So at least the regualr maintenance is set.

Called greg Today 6.03.09

Crud! I put 7.02.09 on my maintenance check instead of 06.02.09. I wonder who do I call. I wonder if they will respond. I was scrambling to hurry writing for the check because my ride was here.

I called Greg today and he has not heard from anyone or Frank Didio. He bumped into Frank Delorbe and I don't think he has heard anything either. So no one is apparently doing anything. Lawrence Manning has not contacted us despite the 2 letters we sent him more than a week ago. One left at his doorstep the other by snail mail. We called Frank Didio about the extra amount billed to our maintance and no reply.