Sunday, February 1, 2009

Top 10 features of $328,000+ government housing

I live in a pre-fab housing unit inserted into a fort casement (about 900 sq ft). This unit is less than one year old and was installed under government contract at a cost of approximately $328,000. (I still don't have all of our moving tubs put away but as soon as I do, I'll post pictures.)
  1. Paint so cheap it rubs off with your finger and is so thin you can see the brand of the drywall and where it was made. (Robin got his elbow and arm covered with paint one time when his arm hit the wall getting out of the shower.)
  2. Air conditioning that doesn't work at all. (It's only been really hot a few times and mostly at night. Robin promised to get it fixed by March before it starts getting really hot.)
  3. Light switches wired the opposite way they should be.
  4. Only one exit/entry with no way out in case of fire or other calamity. (Unless you count jumping off the second floor balcony into a moat filled with crumbling brick and two feet of water...I'm thinking seriously about investing in a fire ladder.)
  5. Random holes punched in the drywall that were never finished off with the electrical.
  6. No pulls on any cabinets or drawers (and half the kitchen cabinets open the opposite way they should, too).
  7. A hole in the ceiling over the shower where they never installed the light fixture.
  8. Two kitchen cabinets unusable because they ran the plumbing right through the center of them.
  9. Plastic molding that no longer sticks to the walls and is peeling off two to three feet at a time.
  10. Remote controlled ceiling lights and fans but the remote control doesn't work right and the wall switches don't work unless you press a series of buttons on the remote control in the proper order. (It takes about 3 minutes to turn on and off the light or fan.)

2 comments:

Doogman said...

Find manufacturer names. Post them. This is an outrage and I'm betting someone skimmed.

KIA said...

One thing I learned is that after the first 4 days that these units were occupied, all the water and sewer backed up and flooded into the units. Turns out the contractor didn't tie them in to the water and sewer mains. Nasty! Glad I wasn't here for that!