Archive for November, 2011
Noise and being neighbourly
I feel it is important to respect your neighbour’s right to live in a peaceful environment. This means refraining from making any loud noises between the hours of 11pm-7am. This is a city bylaw! It also means keeping noise levels down during the daytime hours. Our building is not very soundproof so even moderate noise […]
In: Neighbourliness · Tagged with: noise
Empty parking stalls
Does anyone know which parking stalls are empty…you know…. the ones we paid a LOT of $$$ for? Strataco has not given us any direction as to where we can store our balcony items during construction. I would be most happy with a prompt reply as my nephew is coming over on Sunday to move […]
In: Facilities · Tagged with: parking, storage
Notification 2 (New City): Project Start
Delivered as I was posting the picture of the scaffolding is a letter from New City Contracting dated today with the subject “Notification #02 — Project Start”. It’s addressed to residents in units “101-108- 201- 208- 301- 308- 401- 406” (actual punctuation and spacing). I’m not sure if that means it has been delivered to […]
In: Construction · Tagged with: building repair, documents, new city contracting, notice board
More scaffolding has arrived
In other breaking news, a bunch of scaffolding was unloaded into the common area on the south side of the building this afternoon. By the way, does anyone in 202, 203, 302 or 303 have any comments on the application of deck membrane on their decks that has presumably happened by now?
In: Construction · Tagged with: building repair, deck membrane, decks
FREE to a good home
We’re de-cluttering, as they say, and are giving away a couple of items. If they’re not gone by next weekend, unfortunately they will head to the dump or (in the case of the TV) the electronics recycler. If you’re interested in taking one or both of these or at least having a look, please let […]
In: Buy and sell · Tagged with: for sale, free stuff
Notice 4 (Williamson): Balcony deck membrane
The latest notice from John Williamson Inc., dated 17 November, advises that the application of liquid deck membrane to the decks of units 202, 203, 302 and 303 will begin “immediately”. Emphasis is placed on the fact that this stuff doesn’t smell particularly good, but that the smell should dissipate within twenty-four hours and that […]
In: Construction · Tagged with: building repair, deck membrane, decks, john williamson inc., smells, williamson notices
BC Hydro notice of meter exchange
Under the heading of “better late than never” — on my part, not anyone else’s — is this notice from BC Hydro and Corix Utilities informing us that we’re getting (or had installed) smart meters on 14 or 15 November between 08:00 and 20:00.
In: Facilities · Tagged with: bc hydro, corix, electricity, hydro
Smells in the hallways
After years of wondering, I’ve finally figured something out. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has noticed that when stepping into the hallway, occasionally there is a “certain” smell lingering there. The smell is unmistakable to anyone who has lived in Vancouver long enough, but there’s no visible source in the hallway. I […]
In: Neighbourliness · Tagged with: make-up air unit, smells, smoke, smoking
Added and reorganised documents
I’ve been busy scanning a whole bunch of documents and adding them to the Documents page. Besides the fact that I have uploaded a copy of every digital document I already have, there isn’t really any logic to what is there and what isn’t; I haven’t picked a specific date and uploaded everything sent out since […]
In: Administration · Tagged with: documents, strataco management
Notice 3 (Williamson): Remembrance Day holiday
I’m a little late in posting this, but notice number 3 (dated 10 November) from John Willimason Inc. informs us of the fact that Friday, 11 November (Remembrance Day) was a holiday, and no work was conducted on that date.
In: Construction · Tagged with: building repair, john williamson inc., williamson notices