Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: đ¤łđąâď¸đ˝ 𤯠Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
After my little mini rage on Monday, they pushed child protection along and got the security upgrades happening. The 4 things they promised were:
- a gate on the driveway (which is currently the only unprotected entrance)
- security cameras around the property
- proper locks on the side gates (currently 2/3 gates are just a simple latch with a padlock hole Iâve put an unsanctioned padlock in)
- a deadbolt on the front door
- replacement door frames to fix all the damage old mate inflicted with his little knife episode
Apparently all except the deadbolt have been approved (theyâre still trying to come up with a solution that doesnât violate the fire code thingies, although I guess technically the screen door is a deadbolt, since it canât be opened by sliding a knife into the lock and prying, which is all I really wanted. A dude came out today to measure the door frames, apparently theyâre going to replace all the doors as well. Interestingly theyâve actually used a local tradie instead of the idiots from mcpeake.
Mcpeake are the previously unnamed idiots that do stupid work that I mention almost weekly. As I understand it, they have the contracts for fixing, upgrading, and maintaining all public housing and out of home care properties in Melbourne. They seem to take it for granted, or the department is locked into a long contract. they donât provide timeframes, they usually rock up unannounced (a problem because Iâm not allowed to let them in, or approve/sign off on any work, thatâs all the property managers job), at least outside of emergency works. They also do shoddy work, are staffed exclusively by arseholes (their google reviews are hilarious btw), and usually donât even finish the job right.
But it seems that people above the property manager have been stressing the importance of getting things done in a timely fashion, and they ended up finding local tradies to do most of the work.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Oh good! You shouldnât have had to rage to get repairs and safety features⌠hoping things look up for you soon
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Me too. Last night and the night before were difficult sleeps. I slipped into some sort of weird state where I was asleep but it was more like I was just resting with my eyes closed, very shallow âsleepâ. Melatonin did not help, and neither did trying to get some exercise and sunlight in yesterday
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Even just resting with your eyes closed helps
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Can confirm it did not. Made it worse