Building Woes

I just came across this email that I sent to the builders after I had moved into my loft. The builders were terrible; It was a shit show from the start, and in the end I was left with the $2500 expense of installing glass in a window that had metal siding instead of glass (try to figure that one out). Most of the other deficiencies didn’t got addressed either, including dirt (and a pube) sealed into the concrete floor, shoddy flooring and no lights in the kitchen. My tone in this email is a nice example of how fucking annoyed I was on a regular basis for about a year and a half.

“Hi all,

As I mentioned in my deficiency list, there are no vent covers on either of the vents going from my bedroom to outside. I also mentioned that it’s an open invitation to birds and other wildlife to take up residence there. Well there is now a chickadee living in my vent. I can hear it scrabbling around in there, and when I went round to the side of the building, I could see it in there, snug as can be, nestled in beside the brick that someone, in his or her infinite wisdom, decided was a good enough substitution for an actual vent cover. Shirley, you seemed to think the outside of the building was not your responsibility. I don’t know if this is true, or whose responsibility it is, so you’re all included on this email. Someone please just do something about this. It’s one more ridiculous thing on a long list of ridiculous things that have gone on, but sharing my space with a bird is not something I can live with. Thanks.”