Apartment Repairs

The balconies on the upper apartments of my building have been a little shakey for a while, and now the owner is doing some repairs. Unfortunately, even though I live on the ground floor and have no balcony, my apartment is impacted because the floor joists in the second floor can only be reached via my ceiling. So, my front bedroom is torn up. I had to empty 3/4 of the room, which has filled my living room, really the only available space, with stuff. I hate it!!!

Added on Thursday, 8/13--the repairs were supposed to be done Friday, tomorrow, but today one of the workmen told me that they won't finish until at least Monday. I thought they were behind because the ceiling in my room hasn't been finished yet. There's still bare beams visible, only some of the drywall is up. They need to put up more drywall, and then they need to tape and then paint and texture. Monday may be optimistic. I'm going to call the landlord tomorrow and negotiate some further reduction in my rent for August--I would suggest rent free for the month, but that's optimistic too I think.

Added on Thursday 8/20 (!!!)--finally finished today. Almost a week late and more excuses than you can imagine.