Everyday is a modern struggle with my aging condominium.
Back when this building was erected in the early 1978s, it looked appreciate a gem along the coastline & stood out among the other housing complexes in the area.
The photos from the time phase paint a thoroughly idyllic image of a condominium complex that is now in total disrepair. Trees are left to grow for years at a time with no trimming, leaving branches & leaves scattered around, both on top of & underneath cars. The lawn grows up to my knees before it’s mowed & nothing is ever swept, be it dirt, yard debris, or dead insects & insect droppings. Once you step inside numerous of the units, the problems just intensify. Two major hurdles presented themselves about numerous or fifteen years ago, following a few decades of seemingly no ill fate. The first was the plumbing—we found out that the pipes were done inofficially from the start & that there was not regular venting to handle the load from a full building of occupants at a single time. The whole sewer method was given modern venting to maintenance the problem. But, just as awful was the bad ducttoil design throughout. The ventilation is too narrow & the tiny air handlers in the condos are not sized for the ducttoil installed. Either you spend money around 4 thoUnited Statesnd dollars to refit custom metal HVAC duct, or you deal with 1 end of the apartment always being cold with the other always hot. Putting in a greater a/c, even if it could fit inside, wouldn’t solve the concern either because the ducttoil then becomes too narrow to handle the extra load from the AC.