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To the inadequate management of this poorly designed apartment building undergoing a full-blown foundation makeover: FUCK YOU. Maybe let your tenants know about construction before you start a six-month long JACKHAMMER job. We work from home, and this is our hell. —Pissed off thesis student
This article appears in Jan 29 – Feb 4, 2015.
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And if they didn’t do the work, you’d bitch because the building fell down. Boo-fucking-hoo, the world don’t spin around you/ Further, they probably gave you notice but you just threw it away without looking at it.
Move.
Renters are not people. Where the hell did you hear that? Geezuz, hope your thesis is not sociology based.
What is your thesis on? Is it for a Master’s degree or a Ph.D.? I have two Master’s degrees and a Ph.D. and would be happy to act as your adviser. Write back soon.
I hold a BOFA.
Yeah honestly, if you’ve rented for any period of time in Halifax you would know that you have essentially zero rights, or at least most landlords would like to you feel that way. I’m talking to you 7165 Quinpool Rd and all of the other Peter Rouvalis/Ocah properties.
stay away.
My landlord and superintendent are awesome. Would like to own my home in the future but as it stands now, no hassle. I’m with Meaty: move.
My rates are very reasonable, particularly if your thesis is in philosophy or a related subject area. However, our meetings must take place in surroundings more congenial than your apartment with its jackhammer noises which are not conducive to philosophical reflection as I’m sure you will agree. Write back soon.
I’m flattered that ya’ll mistake me for our beloved Mister Meaty! RIP Meaty, wherever you are…
Maybe HE’S the one rattling your cage OB!? Did you speak nicely of him?
Sounds like one of those dreaded parking garage renos. Been stuck with those in a couple of buildings over the years. The first one took the summer of two years to finish.
Meaty, we hardly knew ye.
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I believe the issue here is that the building owners failed to communicate the extent of the renovation noise and the duration. If the OBs and been told that the jackhammering noise would take place every day for six months and had, thus, been offered the option to break the lease then they probably would have chosen that option. Sound to me like the building owners either didn’t have control of the project or were unwilling to let tenants know what they were in for. They should also have offered a lease cancellation to any tenants who worked from home or worked shifts and needed to sleep during the day. I side with the OBs on this one.
One of these guys might know where to find Meaty.
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I don’t want to find Meaty.
I believe you do have a legal recourse here if they didn’t warn you about the work. You could break the lease citing the noise. Call Residential Tenancies through Access Nova Scotia. Basically what The Cat said.
Ya, I think you could break the lease…
but that still means you’d have to move.
And moving sucks big time.
That’s very insightful, Willard.