We are moving on up!

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Our complex is about to undergo huge renovations. Each apartment will receive a complete gut, and we will all get brand new floors, ceilings, light fixtures, walls, kitchens with new cabinets, refrigerators, stoves, new central air/heating units, new bathrooms (showers, sinks, vanities, toilets, mirrors)...etc. You name it, it will be replaced. Then afterwards our property will have our own onsite hair salons, fitness centers, computer hubs, game rooms, meeting rooms, community center for parties, lobby, post office boxes, beautiful outside landscaping (just to name a few). Plus they will be constructing a brand new 52 unit building to bring in new tenants. It will be high end living that won't cost the current residents an extra penny. Our rent is based on our income. So we never have to worry about our rent going up, unless our income does. Only the new building will be rented out using market rate prices. Preparations for the renovations are starting to begin. All the residents who had flower beds in the back of the buildings, had to get it rid of everything and move them either to other relatives property, or the dumpster. Most people just had their relatives come and get their plants and stuff that we're outside. And then yesterday I spoke with a resident, and everybody that parks in the back has to move their cars, because starting March 1st the construction people will be bringing in their equipment, so they can start the renovations on the 4th. I don’t have to worry about parking, since I have a reserved spot in the front of the building, due to my CHF disabilities. They'll be lots of banging, hustling and bustling, for the next year-and-a-half to two years. The renovations are scheduled to be completed in 1 and 1/2 years. But due to possible weather conditions like hurricanes, or construction hiccups; the schedule can alter a little bit. And in all the years when I was in GSA Contracting, commercial and residential interior design, delays were sometime inevitable. So I won't be surprised if we have a few scheduling setbacks. But it is beginning to feel real now. Because I'm seeing the land already being cleared of all the little extras (plants, patio furniture, etc.) that we have around the property. So it's starting to happen.