So, today on the way back home for lunch, I told the manager about my wonderful evening. She was incredulous over the (lack of) after hours support, to which she says "We're working on it." Yeah, how many times have you told me that when I have a complaint/concern that you can't address? I stopped counting after 10.
Then, she dealt with a dumbass who put his garage door opener in his swim trunks while swimming. Ok, now if you were to go out swimming, would you make sure that you locked the inside deadbolt to your front door, go out your garage, close it, and proceed to carry the opener in your swim trunks to go swimming in? Is the intelligence of people really decreasing this swiftly?
So after that, I tell her about the adventures with the across the street neighbors. Now, no-one likes these people, and many many complaints have been lodged against them. A few months ago, with the original parking fiasco, she assured me that if I lodged another parking complaint, she would have them evicted. Well, 8 complaints later, they are still there. But, after my story, she replies that she'll just go ahead and evict them.
Hmm, not the way I wanted it to go. I wanted to use this among other things as leverage to get out of paying the early move out fee when I move to the house. I really do not want to get involved in a he said/she said thing. And, IF there was pissing as retaliation for my wanting to have them towed, then what will this bring? I like dealing with incompetency. If there was a contract with a towing company when the first situation happened, or the management properly dealt with the situation, things would be much better. Of course, if people were intelligent and parked 'illegaly' in a fashion that didn't disrupt others, this wouldn't happen either.
Why, why must humans be so incredibly stupid? I mean, I wouldn't really consider myself an intelligent person. I would rate myself at what should be considered average for human intelligence. It really really pisses me off that there is so much abundance of people not using any brain cells, that I start to consider myself superior to these people.
Not that this 'Additional Entry Text' really does anything ....
So, after lunch, I went to go to my final selection meeting. This is where I go over with the 'consultant' (that's what they call themselves) the options I want in my house. Since it is being built, I get to choose what flooring, lighting, appliances, etc. that I want And this was to finalize all my selections so purchase orders can be made. BTW, http://www.kbhome.com/community/community.jsp?id=00874037 is the website where you can see my floor plan. It's the R-2026 model, and since there is a model home, there is also a virtual tour of the place. Since I am putting all this, as well as closing costs into the mortgage, I gave myself a 7k limit. 3k was spent in the kitchen, so I didn't upgrade any of the flooring or lighting. I did add 5 overhead lights, and had them prepared for overhead fans. I will in the future do the hardwood floor in the kitchen/dining room myself - they want to charge 3k for crappy assed laminate over particle board garbage. So, I'll do it the right way myself - maybe add a tile mosaic to it. I'll do the tiling in the entry way myself, and the kitchen backsplash. Maybe over the years if I get ambitious, I'll do tiling in both bathrooms. I'll in the future install ceiling fans, and replacement lighting.
So, I went with:
kitchen island - a must
divided light windows - it's the regular windows with a faux panel frame to make the large pane look like several smaller frames
42" kitchen cabinets
42" fibergalss tub in the master bath - didn't want to spring for the divided shower and tub
I had them put in the tiling I liked for the master bath walls - didn't want to deal with that, and it was only 200
which means I'll have to replace the hardware in the bath to brass to
match, at some point
upgraded the kitchen sink to a bigger model, and got the waterfall type faucet
added some cable and phone jacks, so the den, all bedrooms, kitchen and family room each have phone and cable
got the in counter gas range (which the city 'requests' - i.e., you have to pay a premium to get electric)
got the built in oven, which is electric, which I found odd. All other options give you a gas oven.
dishwasher with the garbage disposer
fridge
Whew, so now that is done, they can get the building permits and start. I am also approved for my mortgage. Need to make sure I lock in the interest rate while it's still at record lows.
Posted by haglund at July 26, 2002 9:16 PM