Now, the fun begins…
This is my first entry here since returning home…as you might imagine, the past few days have been extremely hectic!
There’s been the move, a full work schedule, other life obligations to maintain, and having to plan my time and tasks around the contractor assigned to replace the necessities removed during the cleanup of my apartment….which he has been rather slow in completing. But he has replaced everything but the bathroom sink…so I guess I can’t be too disappointed.
The real disappointment to me is that the landlord(who I like and have always gotten on well with)is trying to charge me not only for all this repair work being done, but to put a carpet back in here, should I want that(which of course, I do).
I can’t say that I don’t understand that…inasmuch as what happened here to cause the mold happened while I was still living here. But surely he realizes that my resources at this time are limited, and there is only so much I can do. I wrote him a letter explaining as much, and also made an effort to try to negotiate the costs involved.
For example, I’m being charged for the costs of them posting my eviction notice back in April, which has nothing to do with the habitability issues at all…I certainly didn’t compel them to do that! In addition, I’m being charged for disposal of the garbage removed from the property when I moved out. Only in the broadest possible sense can that be considered a “repair”…and like the above, was not my idea anyway. I’m not sure I should be charged for anything I didn’t either directly cause or ask for.
And I hope, if they insist on making me pay for all this, that at the very least they allow me to do so on an arrangement basis, rather than demand it all up front, by a quick deadline time. For if I were able to afford all that, I could move into someplace a lot nicer!
Which I don’t really want to do…I like where I live…it’s in a nice location…I have nice neighbors, and I have plenty of time to myself to relax, pray. and write! I’ve always functioned well in a solitary environment. I think the Lord allowed me to come back here because He wants me to be here now for some reason.
Yes. I’m going to have to find some furniture, a refrigerator, a carpet, and do some heavy-duty cleaning in the coming weeks…but that’s part of what having a home means. And the alternative to having this home is no longer appealing to me.
So it’s time to go to work…and trust God to keep the landlord from being too oppressive in his demands. Will He do that? Well…does the sun rise in the morning?
All is well in Fresno…despite the record heat.
Posted on Jul 24, 2006 - 09:01 PM | [0]
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