System Failure !

jwil

Glad you are making improvements to your flat.  Little changes like that can make a big difference.

another_casualty

jwil said:

Glad you are making improvements to your flat.  Little changes like that can make a big difference.

Thanks @jwil😼
It dawned on me that I moved in properly on 1st June 2017 . ( I spent all of April - June getting new bathroom , kitchen , new furniture etc) . 

Due to distractions etc I find that moving the computer into the living room is the way to go
Once I tidy up the gasroom and do a bit of patching up, should I ever have to sell it I won't have to do much at all . 

I was getting into old habits of displaying my bass guitars etc but the way things are now ,it's more tidy and functional whatever happens . 

another_casualty

No party last night . It seems like case closed for now . My venting off to the owners, letting agents and managing agents may have put everything to a halt for now . 

No need to go on about them anymore ,and if they start again I now know what to do.

I would imagine I have a busy week ahead of me , in terms of dealing with issues affecting my pattern for the remainder of the year . By this I mean , the work related guy calling me someday this week assessing my aim to get back into employment and a catch-up by him 
He was confident initially , that I'd get a part time job to suit by around sept . TBH , I think this year is a write off for obvious reasons . 

MT trainer wants to give me a video session on Tuesday .🏋️. Apparently he is opening his gym around the middle of this month . I stand to be corrected , but again I have to be realistic . I cannot see myself going to Bournemouth till at the very least August and maybe I may be better off with video classes instead permanently . Not 100% mind made up but I aim to avoid most things for as long as I can . 

If the pubs open soon , I'm not gonna bother for a very long time as I honestly believe that it sounds too much of a nightmare to start again at this stage . I will start walking regularly again , as I need to . Probably tomorrow . 

Things I need to do today ..tidy up the gasroom . Probabky take about an hour .
Tidy up kitchen . Same again. More room as most of unwanted food gone . 

Hoover and dust the flat .
One other thing I need to do, is try to do those induction courses that the work related guy sent  to me . 

I'll leave it there ..🌥

doingitanyway

I'm glad you had a weekend free of parties. 

I know what you mean about avoiding things for as long as you can. It is scary out there. Your situation is different from mine but I will be gradually trying to take reasonable risks. For example I don't fancy a pub but might in a few months be okay to sit in a socially distanced pub garden. 

I think there may be a second spike with or without the protesters. (I'll leave it there as you might say) 

Well done on keeping the exercise going despite the changes. I wish I had your commitment to exercise. 

You are doing great with sorting the flat. I'm tackling my house as you know and its amazing what a difference small changes make...

Have a relaxing evening.

another_casualty

Thanks DIA 😼
Interesting what you said about beer gardens . 🌱🍺. That would be my angle , but even then it's walking past people etc. I had a discussion with a couple of friends mentioning service changes to the European way where the bartender comes and brings drinks to th table . We'll see. 

As for the training 🏋️ , I'm surprised that I've kept at it at home . In terms of progress, I'd say that I only have a bit of a belly due to the crap I'm still eating from time to time but much better than what it was. If I can go walking again and keep up the home stuff, then I've more or less got to where I thought impossible a few years back .

Yesterday was a strange but calm day . I did over 90% imho of what I set out to do.
no, the blinds haven't been dusted. No, not all of the gasroom ( now Store room ) has been finished. No, the kitchen floor hasn't been cleaned and disinfected . 🙀
Having said that, I did clear the massive obstruction of unwanted food, carrier bags, flat packed boxes and stuff generally in the way in the kitchen that has been looking run down for weeks ( months really ). 

I also hoovered carpets . I rearranged Store room ,and have almost finished it. 

I fell asleep twice during the day and that felt great . It didn't effect my sleep last night, which is surprising. 

Which leads me to today .. 
I'm thinking of deleting my Facebook account altogether . In all honestly, until my sisters visited  last August , I hardly bothered with it . With this lockdown , I've been following bands and music websites etc. However, I find with all this virtue signalling it is easy for people to become toxic without realising and humour goes out of the window so it seems 
The only things I found it useful were for criticising poor customer service  which led me to getting proper help ,and Facebook messenger which mr trainer uses to do my video sessions .  Mr trainer uses Instagram which I haven't used yet. I do realise that trustpilot help with poor customer service also . Do I quit or not ? Mmmm..

This morning I was going to watch everybody loves Raymond , or cheers etc. 

However, Mike and molly and Big Bing Theory is worse than toothache .🦷,so Im listening to planet rock on the freesat box. 

One thing I have to do this week , is find out if I am allowed pip daily living allowance
Havent been in frame of mind , but must do it this week .
I'll leave it there ...

another_casualty

Big news this morning ...one set of neighbours above me are moving out . 

Not the druggies yet . I noticed my Tesco delivery was early and noticed front door open . Of course I wasn't jumpy . I could see the husband putting bags in his car. As I was talking to the driver , the mother came down the stairs and told me that they are moving out today. It was a bizarre situation that I was in , with English not being her first language and me having to lower my mask so that I was understood and I was trying to grasp what she was telling me . We got on well, but in fairness they were getting too big for the flat.
4 people plus a baby in a 2 bedroom flat . They were there for 4 years. I've been here 3
( where did the time go ?🙀). 

I have to be alert as to who is going to move in  in their place etc. 

Apparently , the landlord has recently become a director of the managing agents .
I was offered to be one , but didn't think it was right for me . 

Hopefully with the landlord being a director of the managing agents, I may get lucky 🤞🤞
nothing being taken for granted . 

doingitanyway

I hope your new neighbours are good people.
What do you mean you were offered to be a director? Is there a residents association?
Funny you saying you have been there 3 years. I am reading your diary and where you were with life in 2016!
Have a good day.

another_casualty

Thanks DIA 😼
Thanks for reading my diary from the beginning . I would love to think what you make of me then and now . As I say , at that time I didn't understand diaries at that time.
I just asked for help and guidance with my situation at that time , and ended up being a part of a great forum thanks to yourselves . I was a wreck then ..And here I am 😸
I'm thinking of a way of explaining the association that I mentioned . 

Basically it's the managing agents to who I pay my ground rent and service charges to.
They manage many properties, but there were 3 members on the board in my block .
( The snoop next door , and 2 other leaseholders ) One of the other leaseholders sold her flat last year ,and the other doesn't want to be involved . It looks like I'm one of the only leaseholders living in the block . The snoop next door being the other. The landlord of the family moving out doesn't live here, and like the others treats it as  a buy to let.
There are 7 flats in the block in total . 

I hope that makes sense 😼

harz99

another_casualty said:

Thanks DIA 😼
Thanks for reading my diary from the beginning . I would love to think what you make of me then and now . As I say , at that time I didn't understand diaries at that time.
I just asked for help and guidance with my situation at that time , and ended up being a part of a great forum thanks to yourselves . I was a wreck then ..And here I am 😸
I'm thinking of a way of explaining the association that I mentioned . 

Basically it's the managing agents to who I pay my ground rent and service charges to.
They manage many properties, but there were 3 members on the board in my block .
( The snoop next door , and 2 other leaseholders ) One of the other leaseholders sold her flat last year ,and the other doesn't want to be involved . It looks like I'm one of the only leaseholders living in the block . The snoop next door being the other. The landlord of the family moving out doesn't live here, and like the others treats it as  a buy to let.
There are 7 flats in the block in total . 

I hope that makes sense 😼

You missed a trick there AC, you would've done better to have accepted that offer to prevent what has happened - an absentee landlord becoming a Director who will have absolutely no interest in other's predicaments or feelings as long as their rent goes into the bank and their property isn't trashed. 

doingitanyway

harz99 said:

another_casualty said:

Thanks DIA 😼
Thanks for reading my diary from the beginning . I would love to think what you make of me then and now . As I say , at that time I didn't understand diaries at that time.
I just asked for help and guidance with my situation at that time , and ended up being a part of a great forum thanks to yourselves . I was a wreck then ..And here I am 😸
I'm thinking of a way of explaining the association that I mentioned . 

Basically it's the managing agents to who I pay my ground rent and service charges to.
They manage many properties, but there were 3 members on the board in my block .
( The snoop next door , and 2 other leaseholders ) One of the other leaseholders sold her flat last year ,and the other doesn't want to be involved . It looks like I'm one of the only leaseholders living in the block . The snoop next door being the other. The landlord of the family moving out doesn't live here, and like the others treats it as  a buy to let.
There are 7 flats in the block in total . 

I hope that makes sense 😼

You missed a trick there AC, you would've done better to have accepted that offer to prevent what has happened - an absentee landlord becoming a Director who will have absolutely no interest in other's predicaments or feelings as long as their rent goes into the bank and their property isn't trashed. 

Exactly where I was going with my line of questioning harz99. Definitely think you can affect change from the inside and it will give you some leverage. Why did you say no?