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End of lease day

End of lease day

Sunday, Apr 16, 2000

@ Adrian Tritschler

I got to Kay & Burton’s office at 9:30 am since the letter from them stated that the keys must be returned by 10 am. Discovered that the office isn’t open on a Sunday until 10:00 am, so I had breakfast first and then dropped keys and papers off at 10:45 am. Justin – the agent – is on the desk and states that the final inspection will be done tomorrow – monday – and that my bond should probably then be deposited into my account on Monday or Tuesday.
How to end a lease?

How to end a lease?

Thursday, Mar 16, 2000

@ Adrian Tritschler

Today I: paid Kay & Burton $694 rent from work. Receipt no. #380753 phoned to check up on how I must notify them I’m ending my lease – fax is fine, 28 days notice is required. faxed in a letter letting Kay & Burton know that I’ll be leaving on the 16th of April
Rent day

Rent day

Tuesday, Feb 29, 2000

@ Adrian Tritschler

Paid Kay & Burton $694 rent from work, receipt no. #769534.
My flat inspected and valued

My flat inspected and valued

Wednesday, Feb 16, 2000

@ Adrian Tritschler

The valuer from Kay & Burton arrived on time and only took about three minutes to go over the place. He is completely amazed at the huge gaping cracks in the brick wall and shakes his head when I explain the endless phone calls to Kay & Burton and no-show of their maintenance people. He says he will get them to contact me to fix it. He comments that there must be something basically wrong with the building for a crack that bad to be there – I suspect that ever since the Richmond Plaza’s three storey concrete car park was built right up to the property boundary, its weight has been pushing the ground down and twisting our old block of flats.
My flat to be inspected and valued

My flat to be inspected and valued

Monday, Feb 14, 2000

@ Adrian Tritschler

A phone call today from Kay & Burton’s sales department. They want to arrange a time to view the property I’m renting to do a valuation for the owner. We agree on Wednesday, 8:30 am.
Not moving downstairs

Not moving downstairs

Wednesday, Feb 2, 2000

@ Adrian Tritschler

I rang Kay & Burton today to ask about my rental application for flat 4/42 downstairs since Justin – the agent – hasn’t called me back. Apparently it has already been let, no reason was provided why unsuccessful applicants didn’t get told. I asked why Justin hadn’t called me when he had said that he would and was told “all I know is that the property has been let”.
Rent day

Rent day

Wednesday, Jan 26, 2000

@ Adrian Tritschler

Boring; paid Kay & Burton $694 rent from home. Receipt number #613123.
Applied to move downstairs

Applied to move downstairs

Saturday, Jan 15, 2000

@ Adrian Tritschler

After chatting with Jeff as he was moving out I decided to apply for his flat downstairs. Being on the ground floor its cooler, with courtyard, and a bit more space. I filled out the application form at Kay & Burton in the afternoon and handed it in. Justin – the agent – was there and said there should be no problem getting it approved, and that he would call me in about a week.
My flat is vacant soon… or not!

My flat is vacant soon… or not!

Thursday, Jan 13, 2000

@ Adrian Tritschler

I rang Annette – the girl who left the note yesterday – and she says that Kay & Burton have my flat listed as being vacant from the 16th of this month! ie Sunday, in three day’s time! She said she’d asked Justin for details a couple of times but he never got back to her so she put the note in the mailbox. I explained that this was news to me – my flat becoming vacant – and she said she was going to call Justin back.
My flat is vacant soon!

My flat is vacant soon!

Wednesday, Jan 12, 2000

@ Adrian Tritschler

I got home today to discover a note in my letter box from a girl who wants to look at the flat as it “is due to be on the market soon”. This is news to me, what have Kay & Burton got planned?
Garage door remote control, part 8

Garage door remote control, part 8

Tuesday, Jan 4, 2000

@ Adrian Tritschler

I’m still trying to get a working remote control for the garage door. Peter, the Kay & Burton maintenance manager, left a message for me at home while I was at work, giving the code “3,6,7,8” which he got from Jeff, another tenant downstairs from me. I called around 12 pm and eventually spoke to Peter, where he relayed the message. I pointed out that Jeff has a different garage to me, something that Peter was not aware of!
Rent day

Rent day

Saturday, Dec 25, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Paid Kay & Burton $694 rent from home, receipt number #786997.
Garage door remote control, part 7

Garage door remote control, part 7

Friday, Dec 24, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Still trying to get a working remote control for the garage, at 3 pm I attempted to call Kay and Burton to find that they’ve shut down for Christmas. I guess it’s no action till next year.
Garage door remote control, part 6

Garage door remote control, part 6

Thursday, Dec 23, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

I took the new garage door remote control back in to Kay & Burton and recited the whole story again. Spoke to Peter, the maintenance manager, who contacted the Body Corporate and got me a different code (1,2,3, 10,11,12 on, 4-9 off). When I got home this doesn’t work either, nor does the reverse of it, or the reverse of 1,7,9. I climbed over the fence and took the cover off the receiver and it appears to be set to 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12 on, but nothing happens when I set the transmitter to those numbers.
Garage door remote control, part 5

Garage door remote control, part 5

Wednesday, Dec 22, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

I called in at Kay & Burton to pick up the replacement garage door remote control this morning then, discovered when I get to work and go to put the battery in it that no one has bothered to set the combination! Call Peter, the maintenance manager … again. He expresses dismay at the continued stuff-ups and isn’t sure what the combination is since people have been fiddling with the old remote.
Garage door remote control, part 4

Garage door remote control, part 4

Tuesday, Dec 21, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

I got to Kay & Burton at 8:30 am to pick up the new garage remote control that was to be dropped off yesterday … surprise surprise, it wasn’t there. After much ringing around it turns out that the locksmith didn’t bring it over yesterday as promised because, “It is only a small item and it wasn’t convenient for him to come here.” I’m promised that it will be here today and available tomorrow morning.
Garage door remote control, part 3

Garage door remote control, part 3

Friday, Dec 17, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

First thing in the morning I attempted to phone Peter at Kay & Burton again since he didn’t call back on Wednesday, the receptionist won’t take a message but gives me his mobile number. I then called Peter, he will call me back. At approximately 2 pm Peter calls back; “Damian” has the garage remote control and will be bringing it from Campbellfield to Kay & Burton and I should be able to pick it up tomorrow, but to call first.
Garage door remote control, part 2

Garage door remote control, part 2

Tuesday, Dec 7, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Called in at at 9 am to Kay & Burton to drop off the broken garage remote control along with a problem report stating that it doesn’t work, that a new battery didn’t help, and that since the side gate has been broken – and reported – since January I can’t get into the garage. The girl on the desk reads this then asks me to try a new battery! I point to the line stating “A new battery didn’t help” and she promises to get the maintenance manager to look at it.
Garage door remote failed

Garage door remote failed

Monday, Dec 6, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

After a couple of weeks of requiring two or three taps on the button I got home today to find that the remote control for the garage has stopped working entirely. I went out and bought a new battery but still no difference.
Rent day

Rent day

Tuesday, Nov 30, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Paid $694 rent to Kay & Burton from work. Receipt no. #109149
Rent day

Rent day

Monday, Sep 27, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Paid $694 rent to Kay & Burton after hitting a few wrong keys. Receipt no. #203912
Yay, partial repairs

Yay, partial repairs

Saturday, Sep 25, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Absolutely bloody amazing, I got home this afternoon to find that the Body Corporate or real estate managers had actually got around to replacing the light bulbs in the hallway of the flats. It only took four months to fix after I first reported it! Pity that absolutely everything else I’ve reported as broken has been ignored.
No repairs today

No repairs today

Tuesday, Aug 24, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Surprise, surprise, the maintenance people who said yesterday that they’d be here today didn’t turn up. Nor did they ring, leave any message, or attempt to arrange any other date to look at the place. So much for their message from Tuesday.
Repairs tomorrow… probably

Repairs tomorrow… probably

Monday, Aug 23, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Got home from the day out to find a message on the answering machine promising that the maintenance company would be around at 10:00 am tomorrow to check out the damaged loungeroom ceiling. I missed the company name though. I called back and they wanted me to be there, but I explained that it was ok for them to come round with the agent’s key, so long as they called me first.
Ceiling collapse

Ceiling collapse

Sunday, Aug 22, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

A long chunk of ceiling cornice was hanging down about a metre when I got home this afternoon – a 3m length in the loungeroom that has had a slow growing crack for months. Wrote out a repair sheet and added – again – the outside gate and leaky bathroom, and mentioned the broken hallway lights – the timeclock is stuffed and the upstairs bulbs haven’t worked for a month. I tried to hand deliver it to Kay and Burton thinking they were open till 6 pm, found they were already closed and slid it under the door around 5 pm.
Rent day

Rent day

Saturday, Jul 31, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Paid Kay & Burton $694 rent via the Rentcard, receipt #503475. No problems!
Rent and more repair delays

Rent and more repair delays

Saturday, May 29, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

I paid Kay & Burton $694 rent via the rent card, receipt #896051. I wish there was some way to get a balance! Also telephoned Kay & Burton during the week and asked again what is going on about repairing the roof since there’ve been a couple of days recently when the rain leaks in.
Roof repairs delayed

Roof repairs delayed

Monday, Mar 15, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

I’m still trying to get the leaking ceiling in my flat repaired. Alison from Kay & Burton called me at work to explain that it was “very complicated” since the body corporate look after the roof and any repairs have to be okayed by them. In her words, “It might take a little while, I’ll be in touch.”
Raining inside

Raining inside

Tuesday, Mar 2, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

I arrived home shortly after it had finished raining to discover that there is water running in through the ceiling and down the wall in the bathroom. As there has been no action at all from Alison at Kay & Burton since last week when she assured me that she would contact the Body Corporate and arrange for a tradesman to attend to it “that afternoon”, I wrote a letter asking that it be repaired.
Still more rental hassles

Still more rental hassles

Saturday, Feb 27, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

$800 rent, what a production! “The computer” still lists my rent as being either $250 or $270 a month! Kay & Burton cannot work out what I owe them, again it was up to me to tell them what I thought the rent was! Last month’s $594+$62 was completely wrong, the $594 that I guessed was out by $100, the $62 calculated by Kay & Burton that was supposed to round it off to the end of the month was completely wrong.
Rental hassles and leaky roof

Rental hassles and leaky roof

Wednesday, Feb 24, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Called Alison at Kay & Burton again since she didn’t call me back last time, apparently something was “miss-keyed” on my rent-card application so I now have to give them all the information again. Why can’t what I’ve already given them be “re-keyed”? I also reported that during the rain last night and this morning water was pouring in through the ceiling in the bathroom and out through the shower. I was unable to use the shower.
More rental hassles

More rental hassles

Monday, Feb 22, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Received a blank one page form in the mail, sent by Kay & Burton, with boxes for bank account details, no covering letter, no explanation. It appears to be half the rent-card application form.
Rental hassles

Rental hassles

Friday, Feb 19, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Called Alison at Kay & Burton since my rent card still doesn’t work, she promised to look into it and call me back today…. …she did not call me back.
More rental confusion

More rental confusion

Friday, Jan 22, 1999

@ Adrian Tritschler

Paid Kay & Burton $656 rent for [1999-01-19 Tue] to [1999-02-28 Sun] – a weird amount calculated to get to end of February – however the computer showed that I owed only around $270 per month rent! The girl at the desk couldn’t find the real rent and I guessed (incorrectly) that it was $594 per month, plus the balance to get to the end of the month. My rent card still doesn’t work
Rental confusion

Rental confusion

Saturday, Dec 19, 1998

@ Adrian Tritschler

Paid Kay & Burton $694 rent – for [1998-12-19 Sat] to [1999-01-19 Tue] – the computer records still show that I’m at 4/42 rather than 5/42. Kay & Burton updated the records and told me I would be issued with a new receipt for the bond…. …I never received a replacement receipt.
A new real estate firm to deal with

A new real estate firm to deal with

Monday, Dec 14, 1998

@ Adrian Tritschler

Not the best start for my dealings with Kay & Burton as a tenant: Signed the lease for 5/42 Cameron street, Richmond paid $694 bond, the receipt was issued for the wrong address

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…The Site

Vanity site? Technology experiment? Learning tool? Blog? Journal? Diary? Photo album? I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you…

I experiment. I play. I write and I take pictures. Some of the site is organised around topics, other parts are organized by date, then there’s always the cross-references between them.

Its all been here a fairly long time. Like the papers on my desk, or the books on the bedside table, the pile just grew… and it all grew without much plan or structure. I try not to break URLs, so historical oddities abound.

Long ago it started as a learning experiment with a few static HTML pages, then I added a bit of server-side includes and some very ugly PHP. A hand-built journal/blog on top of that PHP, then a few experiments in moving to various static publishing systems. I’ve never wanted a database-based blogging engine, so over the years I’ve tried PHP, nanoblogger, emacs-muse, silkpage and docbook before settling on Emacs Org mode for writing and jekyll for publishing. But the itch remained… I never really liked jekyll and the ruby underneath always seemed so much black magic. So now the latest incarnation is Org mode and hugo.

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