I won’t call the HOA Pres but I will call the news.
OK. Yesterday I hit the wall again. I can only go so long without some progress. I can only wait so long for someone to acknowledge I’ve asked them a quesiton. I am not unreasonable. I have been waiting nearly 3 weeks and yesterday was the day I decided to poke until I got action.
I started off by drafting an email to ask that the “project manager” be removed from the claim'; as he has yet to provide any value and likely is in over his head. He has not presented as a knowledgeable or helpful person and it has become clear that he will make everyone happy but the homeowner, who he alternately ignores and then blames.
This is the February summary.
PM refuses to schedule work to begin until we finish the demo.
The two items of demo not completed are the wood floors on the main level living and the 3rd level bathroom. They are not affected by the fire directly and all re-wiring of electrical can be completed without demo. This saves about $20 combined on the rebuild so we are holding strong.
Feb 5 I was able to get a meeting scheduled on property with the HOA President, the PM., Kathie, and us. The HOA President pressed the PM on moving forward. The PM insisted we sign a waiver against smoke smell and damage to the floors. “Send it over.” I said. Non issue.
Feb 8 when I followed up on the waiver I was told that an attorney needed to be hired, they needed a board meeting to approve the cost and decide if we should be assessed the cost. Also, they wanted to throw in an additional item on us refusing to repair rotted framing.
No.
I sent that email to the HOA Pres and said “not paying” and “not signing that BS about the rotted framing.” And then I waited. And waited. And waited. Not one word from anyone.
So yesterday I, as I was recapping a light bulb, went off. All we need is a waiver. They are requiring it. They aren’t doing it. I’ll do it.
So I drafted a release of liability from Rocket lawyer, ran it by my sweet friend Carrie, had Kathie sign it, and sent it to the people.
“Here is the release. Start the work”
Their answer? “We’ve had an attorney working on it. The attached release also includes damage to the floors.”
No letter was attached.
So I updated the release to include the floors, had Kathie sign the new one, and sent it to the people.
“Here is the release. Start the work.”
Their answer? “When you said you wouldn’t sign it we told the attorney to stop drafting it.”
WHAT? I cannot keep the story straight. They aren’t paying attention to their own lies nor are they trying to find a solution. And also… was their plan just to never do the work?
And then they said, “once we receive the signed waiver I’ll schedule the work.”
I bet you know what I did next.
“Here is the release. Start the work.
In the middle of this of course I got to see our old roommate several times. One time she told me a whole huge weird lie about her vaccine registration. The registration she allegedly completed several weeks ago and has told us about several times since then…. not done. Because she walked into CUB and they told her just to call every day and she hasn’t been.
And then she complained to me AGAIN about her phone caller ID not working and AGAIN when I told her to call Comcast she rather half-assed said ok.
Let me be super clear. I am done putting extra effort into helping her. I will not try and get her vaccinated. I will not think about her caller ID. Particularly when I am beating my head against the wall all day to try and get the work started on her townhome. It is an insane amount of effort and I don’t believe that quitting will be better. If I quit they quit. I gave them 3 weeks to do the one thing they decided they needed and they didn’t even do that.
I do believe that if she started calling the HOA Pres EVERY DAY something might happen. I gave her talking points. I told her why that should work. Yesterday when she signed the release I saw her notes and I asked her if she called him yet. And she said “No. I will later.” And then later I asked Steve to call her to see what he said and she said “Oh, I didn’t think I had to and I threw the notes away.”
And that isn’t a memory loss. That is manipulation and lies.
Meanwhile, if you get her talking long enough she’ll tell me how she is going to call the Attorney General, or that she already called him and he doesn’t care, or she is going to call Amy Klobuchar or she is going to contact the news and get them to run a feature on it. She either has or she hasn’t called 5 different lawyers. Lies. I can’t take it. Find something you can do that will make a difference and do that.