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11 November 2009 @ 11:02 pm
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11 November 2009 @ 03:13 pm
So, we (my husband, myself, our housemate, our daughter, and our house mate's daughter) moved into a home (Washtenaw County Michigan) about 2 weeks ago. It's a great house, and the landlord seems to be pretty cool and understanding, but there are some things going on with the house that are frustrating and we believe we deserve a rent credit for.
The landlord seems pretty agreeable, but we don't know how much we should be asking, nor do we know if all of this stuff is reasonable for us to ask for a credit. He wants to be fair to us, so we want to be fair to him.
The biggest thing is that he was suppose to have a lot of these issues taken care of before we moved in, but he didn't. The whole house was really filthy, so we're trying to clean up all of the messes that the previous tenants left, including things such as: a large amount of spider and cobwebs in one of the bedrooms, a very strong cat urine smell in the basement, a large amount of dust on all surfaces, dirt built up around windows, stains on carpets and walls. We know that there is a certain amount of normal ware and tear on a living space, but this places more or less is like there was nobody here for a year, and they just left their cats in the basement. We want compensation for our time, is this a reasonable request? How much compensation should we ask for? An hourly 'wage' of time spent?
He called a cleaner, and they charge 35$/hour for a 2 person team. But he says "You guys are already making a dent in the mess and you know what you want to happen so I figure you probably want to finish"
He is giving us a credit for the Nature's Maricle used to get rid of the cat smell.
The day after we moved all of our food into the fridge the fridge broke. His handyman came over and threw EVERYTHING away, including things that were not perishable--we had them in there to extend shelf life. Is it reasonable to ask for compensation for those things? We went to the store and priced things out--most of those things were unopened, actually and it came out to be $128.69 worth of groceries. Also, we were without a fridge for a week because he had to buy a new one.
Most recently we are dealing with mold. There was an ice dam in the roof last winter(when the old tenants lived here), and a small leak in our bedroom closet. He came to fix it last week and found that the whole ceiling of the closet had mold in it. They took all of our stuff out of the closet and 'quarantined' off the closet with some plastic there is no door on it--it is a huge walk in closet. I am wondering if actually was safe for us to be living here...he said it is not the 'bad' kind of mold, "even though all kinds are not good, but it's not the bad kind"...that was last Thursday. Yesterday he came and tore a part of the Ceiling out of the closet, which has basically opened it up to the outside...it is not warm here in Michigan in November...and we have to live with this until Friday. Is it reasonable to ask for compensation for this? We are running the heater and responsible for the gas. I would imagine that we are losing a decent deal of heat since the only thing that is blocking it from what is basically the outside is a piece of plastic.
Also, all of HIS stuff is in the garage...why am I paying for that space when it is filled with his stuff? He said he was going to move it...but hasnt yet.
I know the house wouldn't pass an inspection with the mold thing because he is trying to get it all fixed up by the 23rd, when the county inspectors come.
Any information or opinions are appreciated.
The landlord seems pretty agreeable, but we don't know how much we should be asking, nor do we know if all of this stuff is reasonable for us to ask for a credit. He wants to be fair to us, so we want to be fair to him.
The biggest thing is that he was suppose to have a lot of these issues taken care of before we moved in, but he didn't. The whole house was really filthy, so we're trying to clean up all of the messes that the previous tenants left, including things such as: a large amount of spider and cobwebs in one of the bedrooms, a very strong cat urine smell in the basement, a large amount of dust on all surfaces, dirt built up around windows, stains on carpets and walls. We know that there is a certain amount of normal ware and tear on a living space, but this places more or less is like there was nobody here for a year, and they just left their cats in the basement. We want compensation for our time, is this a reasonable request? How much compensation should we ask for? An hourly 'wage' of time spent?
He called a cleaner, and they charge 35$/hour for a 2 person team. But he says "You guys are already making a dent in the mess and you know what you want to happen so I figure you probably want to finish"
He is giving us a credit for the Nature's Maricle used to get rid of the cat smell.
The day after we moved all of our food into the fridge the fridge broke. His handyman came over and threw EVERYTHING away, including things that were not perishable--we had them in there to extend shelf life. Is it reasonable to ask for compensation for those things? We went to the store and priced things out--most of those things were unopened, actually and it came out to be $128.69 worth of groceries. Also, we were without a fridge for a week because he had to buy a new one.
Most recently we are dealing with mold. There was an ice dam in the roof last winter(when the old tenants lived here), and a small leak in our bedroom closet. He came to fix it last week and found that the whole ceiling of the closet had mold in it. They took all of our stuff out of the closet and 'quarantined' off the closet with some plastic there is no door on it--it is a huge walk in closet. I am wondering if actually was safe for us to be living here...he said it is not the 'bad' kind of mold, "even though all kinds are not good, but it's not the bad kind"...that was last Thursday. Yesterday he came and tore a part of the Ceiling out of the closet, which has basically opened it up to the outside...it is not warm here in Michigan in November...and we have to live with this until Friday. Is it reasonable to ask for compensation for this? We are running the heater and responsible for the gas. I would imagine that we are losing a decent deal of heat since the only thing that is blocking it from what is basically the outside is a piece of plastic.
Also, all of HIS stuff is in the garage...why am I paying for that space when it is filled with his stuff? He said he was going to move it...but hasnt yet.
I know the house wouldn't pass an inspection with the mold thing because he is trying to get it all fixed up by the 23rd, when the county inspectors come.
Any information or opinions are appreciated.
11 November 2009 @ 03:18 pm
My destiny is in my own hands now, and I'm pretty OK with that. I think I have the skills and resources to survive, and eventually thrive, if I can just summon the will and the courage.
Train Man is one of my favorite mangas now. SO ADORABLE.
I need to paint so bad now. Finishing that one painting really did take care of my creative block, but now I need more canvas. >.
Train Man is one of my favorite mangas now. SO ADORABLE.
I need to paint so bad now. Finishing that one painting really did take care of my creative block, but now I need more canvas. >.
Current Mood: 
hopeful
hopeful11 November 2009 @ 03:10 pm
Is it illegal to open someone else's mail? (In Canada, specifically.)
Proxy situation: Roommates A and B are both over the age of 18. Roommate A routinely opens mail which is addressed to Roommate B. Is this an offence?
I've been able to identify a section of the Canada Post Corporation Act which seems to be headed in that direction, but I'm unclear on if it applies to mail that has been delivered, or just mail which is in transit.
I'm not looking to prosecute, just looking to have something I can wave under their nose.
Proxy situation: Roommates A and B are both over the age of 18. Roommate A routinely opens mail which is addressed to Roommate B. Is this an offence?
I've been able to identify a section of the Canada Post Corporation Act which seems to be headed in that direction, but I'm unclear on if it applies to mail that has been delivered, or just mail which is in transit.
I'm not looking to prosecute, just looking to have something I can wave under their nose.
11 November 2009 @ 11:54 am
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11 November 2009 @ 06:02 pm
These are just a few of some pictures I took around the fields close my house, the first above is of the Snowdonia mountains (Welsh: Eryri pronounced 'EGH-RU-RI) in a field at a time when we were lucky enough to get some snow fall. The rest are from late summer and taken in Lover's field (Welsh: Cae Cariad pronouced 'KAI KA-RI-ADD') which is a field just further up from this first photo.
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11 November 2009 @ 05:48 pm
I have a question about the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish.
As far as I know, the two sets of endings are equally used in Spanish, but the Mexican people I know never use the -ese/ -ase endings.
I personally much prefer the -ara/ -iera endings, but my teacher would rather I used -ese, to be sure I'm not using the future tense instead of the imp. subj. I however, want to avoid things like sintieses, because that sounds strange to me.
He says use whichever, as long as you stick to one.
My question is, essentially, which do you prefer to use (and what kind of Spanish do you speak)? Is there any difference? Can you mix and match -iera with -ase between -er/ -ir and -ar verbs?
Any help you can give me would be thoroughly appreciated, as we got ourselves into a real semantic dilemma! Thank you.
As far as I know, the two sets of endings are equally used in Spanish, but the Mexican people I know never use the -ese/ -ase endings.
I personally much prefer the -ara/ -iera endings, but my teacher would rather I used -ese, to be sure I'm not using the future tense instead of the imp. subj. I however, want to avoid things like sintieses, because that sounds strange to me.
He says use whichever, as long as you stick to one.
My question is, essentially, which do you prefer to use (and what kind of Spanish do you speak)? Is there any difference? Can you mix and match -iera with -ase between -er/ -ir and -ar verbs?
Any help you can give me would be thoroughly appreciated, as we got ourselves into a real semantic dilemma! Thank you.
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11 November 2009 @ 11:08 am
Program(+version) I'm using: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Example(s) of the coloring I want to learn how to make + credit to the maker:
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onew @ abouquetofroses
A link to the un-edited/not colored original image/screencap: http://i34.tinypic.com/343sqhd.jpg
Other: I don't really need the cloud part, just the colouring, unless the cloud part really just makes the colouring what it is.
Example(s) of the coloring I want to learn how to make + credit to the maker:
onew @ abouquetofrosesA link to the un-edited/not colored original image/screencap: http://i34.tinypic.com/343sqhd.jpg
Other: I don't really need the cloud part, just the colouring, unless the cloud part really just makes the colouring what it is.