Wednesday, April 12, 2006

I Can't Wait for New Landlords

Yesterday when Mike and I got home from work, we found an email from our wonderful landlord Redeemer Ancillary Services informing us that there would be a secondary fire safety inspection taking place this morning sometime. This would involve inspecting the landings and stairs of the independent apartments to be sure they were clear, as well as entering the apartments (whether or not anyone was home) to check the fire alarm and the fire extinguisher. These were inspected two weeks ago, but perhaps they have gone bad since then. Well, even though it seems a little wrong to have people snooping around in our home while we're away, I suppose being tenants we can expect these safety things every once in a while. So we complied - we cleaned up the house, hid the valuables, and removed absolutely everything from the landing. And this morning we left for work and were both gone by 7:15.
After we left, the Hamilton Spectator was delivered to our door (to which we do not subscribe, but it is left unsolicited at our doorstep every morning). After this delivery, the fire inspector came accompanied, I can assume, by a member of ancillary services. So they posted this big official sign on our door informing us that we have to remove our newspaper by April 17, or else Redeemer University College will remove it forcibly, and will not be held responsible for any loss or damage of personal property. The stairway assumably being an escape from possible fire, we have been instructed to "maintain these means of egress free of combustible storage and obstructions" or else we may face a large fine.
I've never heard of anyone being fined for not being home when their newspaper was delivered. Does this seem ridiculous to anybody else?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

ABSURD!!!

Nikki Gerrits said...

UNBELIEVABLE! AND ridiculous and very funny at the same time. Redeemer will never stop being ridiculous.

Anonymous said...

You will probably want to check out Ontario Tenants Rights.