Does This Seem Right To You? One-Day Notice for Repairs In Our Building  

Actually where I am (NY) there are no real rules or laws like that...I know cause one time I was looking into exactly what time element for a notice is given. Nope I no longer have any coolers now, and my one friend who lives down the block from me is away until Monday as she is going to a wedding..I would have asked her to store my food in her refridge/freezer. LOL--curtains? I don't have any...hehe...but thankfully it's a sunny apartment for most of the daytime anyway--Good idea about the water though!!

I have my refrigerator set pretty cold to begin with...Yes I could even put the frozen veggie bags on top of the chicken..that might help a little bit..as for my ice cream...mmmm....maybe I'll have that for dinner..LOL

Sounds like a perfect plan to me Pye.

The water thing idea is a good one and you might even be able to go get a couple large bags of ice to help keep food in your freezer cold.

I know it won't be easy but you'll manage.

I'd be going nuts all day without the internet.


Mooch

Another thing that you might want to consider doing is buying a block of ice (they melt much more slowly than ice cubes do) to stick in the freezer, but only if there's enough room for it. Stick it on the bottom, pack stuff that will thaw more quickly (like ice cream) next to and on top of it, then fill in the rest of the space with more solid items that won't defrost as quickly. If you're worried about it melting and getting water all over, stick a towel or two between it and the door and it should be okay.

Like ElicBxn said, though, as long as you leave the fridge and freezer cold, you probably will not have any problems with anything getting warm. We've had power outages that lasted 12-14 hours here, and never had any problems with food spoiling during them.

Problem is, there is no place to get blocks of ice here :(

Wonder if my kitties would eat the chicken..LOL...they don't eat people food anymore, just Fancy Feast for their royal highnesses...Hey want to come over for a big chicken dinner???? :)

Yes I would like that! What should I wear?LOL My cats eat fancy feast too. Just the salmon one.LOL But Blacky the one that ran away would eat chicken and anything else.LOL

Oh I just got a nice supply of Fancy Feast for my cats today--including Salmon--Hehe

No --was told that they have to shut the electricity off down in the basement, so that means all the apartments are affected :(
Plan to shut down my computer completely tonight and unplug it--uh, just in case of any power surges--even with a power strip could still be affected. I wish my friend down the block was home, I zip over to her place and have her store my food for me until it's all over with, but she's away until Monday on a trip for a wedding...drat

Aww man! That really sucks then.
I feel for you.
Good idea too about shutting the computer down. You just never know. I would unplug everything too while your at it. Even your other stuff could be affected with surges. My fridge and my xbox messed up because of a surge once (ice storm tore my lines off the house). Luckily the fridge was brand new and still under warranty.

Oh the plumbing in the building is a winner too...NOT--Mmmm..can't wait to make my fortune so I can move into my own house...LOL Good to know that the food might be all right for so long though..It was two? Three? years ago, when we had that blackout here in NY for three days...I was eating canned food for I don't know how long...blaugh..Didn't get any meats or anything for a long time, as there were warnings that all the meats stored in warehouse freezers were affected too

The problem with the plumbing (besides it actually being used) was that the building was built right after World War II, so you had Canadian and American parts mixed all together. And the landlord was too cheap to rip it all out and start all over. One of the selling points on this house was that the plumbing was all newly replaced (the previous owner was a plumber by trade).

Yikes, three days without juice. I forgot all about that happening in your neck of the woods. Yummy, it is carrion for dinner--too bad, we are not ravens.

I had looked up the laws relating to giving tenants notice once before on another issue, and here in NY there aren't any "proper" laws about notices..gee, isn't that nice??

I myself have plans for tomorrow, and most people do on weekends anyway who work all week long--Yes I certainly think there should be some kind of compensation...like a reduction on the rent for next month?? LOL

Or even a month FREE of rental. he he he. Go for whatever your lawyer or adviser thinks fit. They know what they can get away with but I would certainly try to recoup something from it.

As for the wiring... did enough people stay home to allow them to finish? :)

All the wiring was done in the basement of the building so one was free to come and go..Not so when they came here back in May to do the individual wiring for each apartment...my kitties weren't thrilled that day...I'm lucky I have a gigantic pet traveling case that could fit a pony...Before they came that day I shoved them in there and I'm glad I did, cause the electricians kept the front door wide open..I was afraid they'd run out....And the noise must have terrorized them something fierce with all that drilling and stuff..after they left, and I opened the traveling case door they wouldn't come out for hours..and they sure as heck must have been annoyed at me for shoving them in their like that...but hey it was for their own safety--I didn't want to lose them!

Oh my, what a bad time your kitties must have had. I would imagine they were traumatised by the noise and the invasion of their space, by strangers whilst all the time, being cornered, so to speak, with no means of escape.

I understand your concern, my friend. They had just two chances, and you gave them the best one, in a bad situation. I do hope that they understood your reasons... I'm sure they did because I know you would have shown them all the love you have for them on releasing them afterwards, but it must have taken them some time to adjust to that "invasion", the noise, and their helplessness, and indeed, to emerge from their place of safety.

Brightest Blessings, my dear friend.

That's horrible...gee aren't our landlords really considerate??..NOT

Do you think it is because we are 'low income', and they don't think it matters?

I don't think it has anything to do with low income or not...all I know is that my landlord is....uh, well, I'm a lady..can't say that here...LOL

I think I'm getting your message telepathically. : )

The reason most sidewalks and walkways are painted is to put down a non skid surface, in preparation of ice, lowers the insurance premium.

I said ice but really any wet situation.

Gee, you were held hostage in your own home..what if someone had a doctor's appointment to go to or another emergency--or people who needed to walk their dogs?---I'd go nuts having to stay home all that time..

I think that's the reason they painted it at night...90% of the people in my building didn't go anywhere at night. I didn't. I took a sleep aid that night and was so groggy I didn't realize what the maint man said until I woke up and saw the freshly painted sidewalks the next AM.

And they were not painted to make them slip proof. They were horrible even after they were painted when it rained or in the rare case of Arkansas weather, iced or snowed.

Electricians are bad. In part, it is simply that emergencies take first priority. Between that and job site issues--you can't put in wiring before the framing is done and if the inspection fails, you have to go back--their schedule is unstable and at best guess when they are trying to figure out when they are going to show up. This viewpoint is from the son of a construction worker.

I wish I could do that...I have a friend who lives down the block and she'd be more than happy to store my food...one big problem...She's away until Monday on a trip attending a wedding...drat

Oh don't get me going about contractors showing up--when I was waiting for the plasterer to come to fill in the holes the electricians left, it was told that they would be here on such and such a day...never showed up...four times!!! They did finally come, but in their own sweet time