Hi all,
I have lived in the same RS unit for over 30 years and in late 2019 put in a number of 311/HPD complaints for needed repairs to my cracked and damaged walls among other things. An inspector came in 2020 and verified the issues and submitted violations (A/B/C) with deadlines to remediate ranging from 30 days to one years. I hadn’t heard anything from LL and thought it was a lost cause.
Fast forward to last week, I receive an email from my management company saying they want to make repairs to my apartment starting this week. I say great, confirm the day, move my furniture, and wait. The day before the confirmed date they come and ask to start. I say sure and allow them to begin work. They work over two days while I monitor and on the third day nobody shows up and I hear nothing, the work is not complete. I reach out and am told they’ll be back next week to continue and that I can’t move my furniture back until then.
This is all just for one room, they still need to do the same for an additional 3 areas. At this rate it will take over a month. Did I mention that my moved furniture makes it impossible to access my appliances for cooking and such? I work from home and have had them disconnect me from work meetings multiple times while working around my coaxial line. I just found a banana peel on my fire escape that could only have been left there by one of the workers. Who does that?
While I’m happy the apartment is getting needed repairs after well over 30 years, it’s really becoming quite a hassle and prohibiting me from functioning in any semblance of a normal way, especially because they leave their equipment in my apartment.
Do I have any sort of recourse here? Any information is greatly appreciate. Thank you very much!