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[Wadeowner]

One other note is that the elevators were smaller than standard ones but were more than sufficient for what I was moving in with. They were pretty laissez faire with allowing you to use the elevator. One other thing is one night there was a guy passed out (drunk?) on the street near the front door for an hour or so. That was a little eyebrow raising on trying to enter the building but it is downtown essentially and there are the social issues that exist and such things do happen.

[Victoria Watcher]

One other thing is one night there was a guy passed out (drunk?) on the street near the front door for an hour or so.

 

 a couple of the wade housewarming parties have been real barn-burners i have heard.

[Barrrister]

I find that there are some great U Tube videos for most appliances and that most manufacturers do have their manuals online.

[sebberry]

One other thing is one night there was a guy passed out (drunk?) on the street near the front door for an hour or so.

 

At this point, I think it's a feature more than a bug.

[Nparker]

...there was a guy passed out (drunk?) on the street near the front door for an hour or so. That was a little eyebrow raising on trying to enter the building but it is downtown essentially and there are the social issues that exist and such things do happen...

It is disheartening that we've reached a point where it's just accepted that downtown living comes with drunks passed out on your doorstep. 

[Nparker]

 a couple of the wade housewarming parties have been real barn-burners i have heard.

Even with no more than 6 people in attendance? 

[Casual Kev]

One other note is that the elevators were smaller than standard ones but were more than sufficient for what I was moving in with. They were pretty laissez faire with allowing you to use the elevator. One other thing is one night there was a guy passed out (drunk?) on the street near the front door for an hour or so. That was a little eyebrow raising on trying to enter the building but it is downtown essentially and there are the social issues that exist and such things do happen.

 

The building does face Harris Green park which, in all frankness, is one of the few areas of the city I actively avoid going through.

[Barrrister]

The druggie problem in the area is likely to get a lot worse over the next few years.

[Moxuz]

The building does face Harris Green park which, in all frankness, is one of the few areas of the city I actively avoid going through.

Hm, I really like this area (lived here for 3 years in the past). If we’re saying living 2-3 blocks from a homeless shelter makes the area “bad” then just about all of downtown is “bad”. I think the park is really nice and I don’t generally see homeless folks in it

[Moxuz]

The druggie problem in the area is likely to get a lot worse over the next few years.

Yeah, it’s really sad. Super high housing prices, lack of community support, people falling into poverty and taking drugs to escape. Hard to leave that life once you’re in it. Really awful.

[Moxuz]

Looks like that YouTuber someone posted previously is taking some film in and out of the building. At least it looks like him.

[Mary_s]

 Hi everyone,

 

I just talked to the Interior designer regarding the south building and again I am veryyyyy disappointed.   

She said it is going to be ready sometime in April (in the last email, they had said the end of February or March) but she is not sure which day it is which she believes this the nature of construction.

 

For me as a person that works in this industry, this is like making excuses.

I can understand the delay in delivering and installing materials but not for 3 yearssssss. 

[Rob Randall]

What's going to be ready?

[Mary_s]

What's going to be ready?

The south building 

[Rob Randall]

Oh, the whole building? I thought you were talking about towel bars or something.

[Mary_s]

Oh, the whole building? I thought you were talking about towel bars or something.

I asked her about completion date for south building.

[Rob Randall]

Ah, I was so caught up in the move-in stories of the north residents I forgot the south buyers are still out in the cold. I wonder what specific item is the hold up.

[Mary_s]

Ah, I was so caught up in the move-in stories of the north residents I forgot the south buyers are still out in the cold. I wonder what specific item is the hold up.

This time she said it is because of a delay in delivery of countertops.

But there is a different story every time.

[LJ]

A friend of mine is re-doing a bathroom. He has waited 3 months, so far, to get faucets.

[sebberry]

A friend of mine is re-doing a bathroom. He has waited 3 months, so far, to get faucets.

 

You'd think by now we'd have figured out how to get product flowing again with proper pandemic precautions but no, everything is backed up for miles.  I'm looking at a two+ month wait for some types of IT equipment for resale at work.