Condo: Keys in Hand

I got the keys to my condo today. Left work early to go over and collect them and look over the place. Unfortunately, all did not go well.

All week I've had mixed feelings. I want to be really excited, and everyone else wants me to be really excited, but I know if I let myself get too excited I'll be disappointed. And that's what happened today.

The reasons, well some are not entirely unexpected, and the others are frustrations that will pass. I will be very happy with my place. It's just not in a state where I can feel that way yet.

The first problem was with the keys, or lack of a parking garage key. It's kind of hard to do anything at your residence when you don't have a place to park. I had planned on moving a bunch of stuff over there tonight, but that was quashed by having no place to park. Apparently they ran out of FOBs for the resident parking. There is no way to access my spot without them. While the did make an effort to allow me to park on the ground level until Monday when they will have more FOBs, I'm not comfortable with the ability of the parking attendants and security to grasp this concept, and not tow my car. By Monday this will pass, but it has thrown a wrench in my plans.

Second, almost no work was done on my unit from the time of the inspection a week and a half ago till now. The only exception is they installed the closet doors in the bedroom. Unfortunately they installed three, when the contract calls for two, and they installed mirrored doors when the contract calls for white.

While the mirrors are interesting, I'm not really excited by the idea of having an entire wall mirrored. That's why I had it written into the contract that they be white.

Finally the place is really dirty. The inspector said there would be a cleaning crew come through before I took possession. There is just as much or more dust on every surface as there was during the inspection.

So now I've got to give the place a thorough cleaning, and their off the hook for the work. I can't wait around for them the come in and do it. I need to move stuff in and get setup to live there.

I hope this doesn't sound too negative. It's not all bad. It's going to be a great place once everything is finished.

Pictures to come.