Hey all,
So we had a little 'incident' this AM at our apartment rental where we got a knock on the door and it turned out to be an AC repair/installation crew, announcing they need to come in to start the work...huh? I didn't open any maintenance requests. They said that they're replacing the AC/Furnace for our unit and the unit below ours. This was unannounced and no prior notice was given. Since I didn't quite know what to do, and it seemed urgent, we cleaned up the place and cleared some space for them to come in. This is an interruption with my kids having online classes and I'm WFH. But we're currently making due as they lay down tarps, prep and walk all over the place (without shoe coverings, which we have requested in any and all prior unrelated work requests). The assistant manager called me and said that the work originally is for the unit below but the access point is in our unit (there's attic entry access and other access that they need in our place to work on the downstairs unit). She said that we were *supposed* to have gotten notice of entry at least a few days ago. I told her we got nothing at all - no phone call and no email.
I mean, since we already let them in and have them working on our place, I'm guessing there's not a whole lot we can do now.... or am I wrong? Is there any sort of recourse? What bothers me most besides the unannounced visit/no prior notification is them not wearing shoe coverings or being willing to remove their shoes to lay down their tarps (we don't wear shoes in our place) and then COVID with them working inside our place in close proximity. We have our air purifier on high and the windows open for cross-ventilation at least. This whole thing is supposed to take all day apparently. My wife and kids will be out after lunch. But I'm pretty upset, flustered and confused with everything going on.
In fact, one of the workers just came up to me 15 mins ago and told me they need to access the storage closet and that I have to clear everything out of it. I have a lot of stuff in there...currently clearing it out now. Really not happy with any of this. I've lived at several apartments and have never experienced this kind of incompetence before.