So Frustrating!

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So on Friday my boyfriend and I got a letter taped on our apartment door from our landlord. We live on the third floor, and the letter said that on Monday they were having contractors come in that would be removing the stairs from the 2nd floor to the 3rd floor of our building. They said that they would start at 8am and should be finished by 5pm, and during this time we would not have access to our apartment. The letter said, "Please be sure that you have everything you will need from your apartment when you leave in the morning, this also means that pets will need to be removed if you have a dog that will need to be walked during the day. If you will not be leaving your apartment on that day, please understand that you will need to remain in the apartment the entire day." Now, my boyfriend leaves for work in the morning and comes back in the evening. I work from home, so I'm home all day with our dog. And on such short notice, we had nowhere to take the dog for the day! Luckily my boyfriend's mom had Monday off work, so she said she could take our dog for the day. And then it snowed on Monday. The letter also said that all work would be weather permitting and if it rained, the project would be delayed "a day or two" and in that case we would NOT be re-notified. So yesterday we had no idea if they'd be doing the stairs today or not! We called the landlord and left a message. No one called us back. Today's almost over and our stairs are still here! So I guess they'll be doing it tomorrow. Problem is my boyfriend's mom works tomorrow, so we're not sure if she can take the dog or not. The whole situation is very frustrating! They didn't give us a whole lot of warning to begin with, and then they were very vague about "in case of weather" plans! And not being able to go in and out of your apartment for a whole day is pretty major stuff! Do you live in an apartment? Have you ever? Did your landlord every pull any crazy stuff like this on you?