No, I didn't ask for permission to tape the ducts. Our management company barely fixes important issues. Anything cosmetic or non-catastrophic needs to be reported 5+ times before anyone acknowledges it. Typically they then have someone come over to look at it, charge the landlord $100 for a diagnostic, and then the person never returns to fix anything. I'm handy so if I really don't want some tiny issues lingering I will fix it myself. Since it would only put me out the $10-$15 of the tape I did some myself for sanity in hopes of lower utility bills. It was probably 5-6 spots where ducts were misaligned by 1-2 inches.
Case in point... I called about the burst pipe yesterday at noon and no one has even called me back to come by and fix it. Its been "assigned" to someone and I just have to wait. I later realized, I needed to be very clear about the cleanup so I will need to call and set up a separate request, with a separate someone. I doubt anyone will come for that until early next week. I should have just gone to HD to get a patch so I could actually use the kitchen.
Ah this house is perfect for us. Except when we need something fixed....And to think I'm still crazy enough to think it would be a good deal to buy. Even with all the unpredictable headaches.