Hello friends and fellow bloggers,
I hope you are all fine today.
It's been a busy day for me after a night of insufficient sleep. After a period of dormancy and lack of action it seems things are moving forward at last on both indoor and outdoor repairs.
There wasn't much happening outside today. It seems they were removing garbage and excess materials in preparation for the final restoration work to be done. I'm hoping it will be done soon because it is already going on 6 months of work. Mostly work that has occurred elsewhere on the property, not on my own balcony.
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| The work hasn't progressed beyond this point. |
Indoors, the insurance adjuster came at last to inspect the interior damage and work to be done. It was a pro forma visit just to add something to her files because the household insurance will not be responsible for the interior renovation work. The strata building's insurance provisions have been triggered and work will be done by a contractor of the strata's choosing. The same company that did the emergency work will do the interior repairs. Someone is arriving shortly to take an overview and make sure he and his crew are prepared for the actual repair work with the needed supplies.
I'm happy about that because now I will make sure that I bring two areas to their attention which were not captured in the original report. One of the items is the malfunctioning bathroom exhaust fan. It stopped working shortly after the water leak and I believe the motor probably died due to excessive water contact. So I'll bring it up today and see how it goes. In the meantime, I removed the old fan and I'm cleaning out the opening. It's so full of heavy duty dust. I was shocked since I'm always vacuuming the ventilation screen at least every week. In any case, it is a good opportunity to make sure things are nice and clean.
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| Old fan full of lint/dust |
In fact, I ordered a fan from Amazon and was simply going to install it myself. However the fan arrived in obviously used condition without instructions. In addition, it is much smaller and lighter than the original fan despite my checking to make sure it was the right model etc. So I will be shipping it back. If the insurance doesn't cover a replacement, I'll take the old motor to Home Depot and make sure I get something that will work.
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| New fan & motor |
I've been cleaning out several boxes that the movers packed and stored in the master bedroom closet. I got rid of a lot. Most of which has become trash because I've kept it so long without using it.
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| Books 35 & 36 |
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| Book #37 |
4 comments:
Renovations, insurance is a stressful issue.
@Red The worst part was looking for temporary accommodations especially here in Vancouver in the summer. In the end we stayed home and that helped reduce stress.
dear Joyful you have wonderful blog and i really like how you participate in every corner of life enthusiastically and share it with your friends :)
i am glad that your insurance and renovations are going along well .best of luck may everything goes smoothly and accordingly amen!
wow i see how you are just like hubby in keeping things for long time .yes i have watched him storing small remains of things carefully for time they can be handy on time :) my mom was also like this . hubby had many small boxes and one huge box that he kept full of such stuff for decades . much more of them seemed useless when we relooked after the renovation of our house recently and he was convinced to throw it finally .now he is more careful with keeping things because as you said things change quickly on many levels and older aren't helpful most of the time .
i am glad you are thinking to make some improvements as well :) heartfelt best wishes for them too !
the books you read look interesting .
i too love your comments you leave on my place my friend
enjoy your blog space and weather !
hugs and best wishes
@baili, Yes it seems your husband and I share a character trait of saving everything and we were probably trained that way. At least I know I was *smile. Thank you for all your well wishes. Enjoy your weekend my friend. Here it is going to be blazing hot so I won't be very active for the next week.
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