Thankful Thursday: Before and After
After five years of trying, without success, to get my almost 40-year old, damaged eavestroughs repaired via the property management company, I took it upon myself to do it out of pocket.
Before: Note the lack of eavestroughs along the top roof line. None of the units have them, only eavestroughs along the garage roof.
The rotting trim around the old garage door (which also needs to be replaced).
I had the soffits and eavestroughs replaced last week (delayed from the end of June/early July), and had him install an eavestrough along the top line of the roof, as should have been done when these units were built.
Below, the makeshift metal trim around the garage door. It's fine for now, but he was heavy-handed and sloppy with the caulking, the only thing I wasn't happy with. And because he removed the trim, I had to run up to Rona (closest home box store) and get vinyl garage door weather proofing, as he hadn't realized there would be a gap around the door once the trim was gone. Still, at least this won't rot, and I'll have something better done when I get around to replacing the garage door.
I have my fingers crossed that I'll have better drainage; I'll find out soon enough! We're supposed to have rain on and off for the next few days, I think.
Had I known before that unit owners could undertake repairs themselves, I could have saved myself 16 months of my roof leaking in the front/master bedroom. You can be sure that if I have another issue, I'll deal with it myself, if I'm financially able to. I'm not sure what I pay condo fees for, though. It's certainly not competent property management!
Anyway, I'm thankful that I was finally able to have this done!
Comments
Hugs Cecilia
I would not recommend a condo again (first experience), unless you get a really good condo board and property manager. And that's hard to know going in. For the record, it was a different property management company when I bought, and at the time, we had an on-site caretaker--he and his family owned the unit immediately adjacent to mine. There were issues with him, but overall, the place was far better run than it's been since the current property "manager" (a former mayor who offers nothing but bs) took over, years ago now.
Well, you also got it done before the bad and cold weather will start.
Always a good feeling to have things under control.
Hugs,
Mariette
In any event, I'm sure it feels much better to have the work done. Though the repair clearly did a good job with the eavestroughing, it seems he's a bit clueless when it comes to the garage door repairs. Hope it keeps things dry there too.