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Offline cayenne

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parking lot worries
« on: January 20, 2020, 08:25:23 am »
Feeling very frustrated because my landlord has decided to stop hiring professionals to clear our apartment parking lot of snow. We had six inches Friday and I was unable to get out of the lot and so had to call in to work. I lost a morning's pay because of his pennypinching. MUCH later in the day an old man with a snow blower showed up and cleared out most of the snow, very badly. And another old man with a shovel was clearing around our cars, which I much appreciated. But, too little too late.

The trouble is, I know why he's being stingy. He used to see to it that our lot was cleared by a competent professional service in a timely manner. However, his wife has fallen ill and she's in a nursing home now. But I still need to get out of my parking space to get to work! I'm going to call him today and just quietly tell him that because the lot wasn't cleared out Saturday morning, it caused me to lose a morning's pay. If this is going to be an ongoing problem I'll have to think about moving. Grrrrr!

Modified to add that I have a disability and me clearing out snow myself isn't an option.

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Offline Pandorica

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Re: parking lot worries
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2020, 05:04:44 pm »
Do you think he might be legally required to have the lot cleared?

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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2020, 12:47:16 pm »
I've looked into it, and the ordinances don't require landlords to clear their parking lots, just the public sidewalks.

Update: Since I posted my rant, I have heard through the grapevine that the man my landlord had contracted with to clear our parking lot this winter couldn't find enough drivers for his plows and so had to cancel his contracts, among them ours. It never occurred to me that the landlord himself was having a problem, I was just thinking about my own problem. Oops! Well, I really hope that next winter turns out better. In the meantime I'm watching the weather like a hawk and trying to salt pre-emptively whenever possible. This morning I did that, and I also salted around my neighbor's truck (he was kind enough to clear off my car after the last storm).
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Re: parking lot worries
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2020, 11:46:38 am »
 Wow! Yes, 6 inches would have prevented me from getting to work also.

I remember the one winter when we lived in an apartment house, I hated having to climb down the stairs from our third-floor apartment, because they were outside stairs. 
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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2020, 01:16:01 am »
Wow! Yes, 6 inches would have prevented me from getting to work also.

I remember the one winter when we lived in an apartment house, I hated having to climb down the stairs from our third-floor apartment, because they were outside stairs.

Were you ever snowed in, i.e. the stairs were impassable?