New Hope Gardens, the bain of my existence - 新希望花园和我家的问题
Whilst the dramas, of the first week have basically settled down as my Chinese has gradually picked up the thorn in my side of life in Dalian is unfortunately my current place of residence. Ironically it is one of the more prestigious residential parks around with a rent rate to match that name. However from the initial kitchen flooding, this progressed into wars with the landlord over air conditioning (or lack of) and a smell free toilet (or lack of)!
Actually it was eventually discovered that the smell was caused through a leaking sewerage pipe in the roof that was released with all its pungent glory when they broke the roof open to fix it. From there on the landlord refused to close the roof back up until she was sure that it was fixed. Brushing your teeth in the kitchen may have been something that my manly grottiness could handle however this happened to correspond with a visit from Mum and Dad =)
I am sure you can all imagine the commotion when the Head of Gucci Australia who is accustomed to luxury villas on Lake Como was asked to do her business, blow dry her hair and do her make up in her own personal latrine smelling bathroom!
Add to that, since I have been here the phone line, cable TV, living room lights and heaters have also not worked and required fixing or adjustments. All of which my landlord has taken her own sweet time in dealing with sighting "busy work" as the main excuse. Well welcome to the real world of renting. On top of that she has the nerve to tell me to close the windows and turn off the lights when I pay for the electricity saying that it may damage the longetivity of the light bulbs =) Well my Dad did tell me that Chinese were careful with money ..
High price has led to high problems and its high time I changed places I reckon. New Hope Gardens but the only Hope that I have is to be able to change to a New house soon so that I dont have to put up with my ridiculous landlord any more..
在我到大连之前,我的老板已经帮我找到了一个住的地方。这是他和平广场的同事推荐的房子,就是新希望花园。我第一次看这个房子的时候我觉得他又大又方便。因为它在和平广场的旁边所以买东西很方便而且可以很快到达我的办公室。尽管看起来房子非常好,但其实有很多问题。
我刚到大连的时候我的房东来机场接我。然后我们一起去他的房子。到的时候我察发现这个房子没有空调。因为我夏天的时候到大连所以我担心太热。可是我的房东说这个房子的通风很好所以不用空调也行。我相信他但后来我发现这是错的。大连夏天的时候一定需要空调。
首先我的房子没有空调。其次的问题是它厨房的水龙头。我的房东刚走我就发现厨房的地上有点儿水。起先我不知道这个水从哪儿来,不过当我看水槽下的时候我注意坏了。我告诉我的房东的时候她不相信我。但是他过来的时也看到了这个坏的水龙头。我再问她可不可以给我安排一个空调但是被他拒绝了。她说不要买。因为我刚到这个陌生的城市所以我并不好意思再问她。
我住进这个房子两个月后又有新的问题出现了。洗手间里的气味真不难闻。然后我注意天花板上的水管坏了!还有漏水。我的房东说必须打开天花板,水管修的时候让它管一段时间然后可以恢复天花板。但是干着的时候气味仍然又臭又臊而且这个时候我的父母正好来大连看我。太恐怖让我很难堪!虽然我的洗手间一个月还没修但我还必须付房租。这让我很不满意!
这三个问题是最大的。但是我客厅的灯,电话,电视,暖气 都坏过。每次我反映这些问题我的房东都会说对不起,工作很忙没有时间给我修理。虽然她是这样的人,他还有时间告诉我别打开窗户,关灯等等。但是开不开窗,关不关灯是我的决定不是他的!
我现在住在新希望花园。但是我只有一个新希望。我希望明年的时候我可以找到新的房子让我能搬家!
Whilst the dramas, of the first week have basically settled down as my Chinese has gradually picked up the thorn in my side of life in Dalian is unfortunately my current place of residence. Ironically it is one of the more prestigious residential parks around with a rent rate to match that name. However from the initial kitchen flooding, this progressed into wars with the landlord over air conditioning (or lack of) and a smell free toilet (or lack of)!
Actually it was eventually discovered that the smell was caused through a leaking sewerage pipe in the roof that was released with all its pungent glory when they broke the roof open to fix it. From there on the landlord refused to close the roof back up until she was sure that it was fixed. Brushing your teeth in the kitchen may have been something that my manly grottiness could handle however this happened to correspond with a visit from Mum and Dad =)
I am sure you can all imagine the commotion when the Head of Gucci Australia who is accustomed to luxury villas on Lake Como was asked to do her business, blow dry her hair and do her make up in her own personal latrine smelling bathroom!
Add to that, since I have been here the phone line, cable TV, living room lights and heaters have also not worked and required fixing or adjustments. All of which my landlord has taken her own sweet time in dealing with sighting "busy work" as the main excuse. Well welcome to the real world of renting. On top of that she has the nerve to tell me to close the windows and turn off the lights when I pay for the electricity saying that it may damage the longetivity of the light bulbs =) Well my Dad did tell me that Chinese were careful with money ..
High price has led to high problems and its high time I changed places I reckon. New Hope Gardens but the only Hope that I have is to be able to change to a New house soon so that I dont have to put up with my ridiculous landlord any more..
在我到大连之前,我的老板已经帮我找到了一个住的地方。这是他和平广场的同事推荐的房子,就是新希望花园。我第一次看这个房子的时候我觉得他又大又方便。因为它在和平广场的旁边所以买东西很方便而且可以很快到达我的办公室。尽管看起来房子非常好,但其实有很多问题。
我刚到大连的时候我的房东来机场接我。然后我们一起去他的房子。到的时候我察发现这个房子没有空调。因为我夏天的时候到大连所以我担心太热。可是我的房东说这个房子的通风很好所以不用空调也行。我相信他但后来我发现这是错的。大连夏天的时候一定需要空调。
首先我的房子没有空调。其次的问题是它厨房的水龙头。我的房东刚走我就发现厨房的地上有点儿水。起先我不知道这个水从哪儿来,不过当我看水槽下的时候我注意坏了。我告诉我的房东的时候她不相信我。但是他过来的时也看到了这个坏的水龙头。我再问她可不可以给我安排一个空调但是被他拒绝了。她说不要买。因为我刚到这个陌生的城市所以我并不好意思再问她。
我住进这个房子两个月后又有新的问题出现了。洗手间里的气味真不难闻。然后我注意天花板上的水管坏了!还有漏水。我的房东说必须打开天花板,水管修的时候让它管一段时间然后可以恢复天花板。但是干着的时候气味仍然又臭又臊而且这个时候我的父母正好来大连看我。太恐怖让我很难堪!虽然我的洗手间一个月还没修但我还必须付房租。这让我很不满意!
这三个问题是最大的。但是我客厅的灯,电话,电视,暖气 都坏过。每次我反映这些问题我的房东都会说对不起,工作很忙没有时间给我修理。虽然她是这样的人,他还有时间告诉我别打开窗户,关灯等等。但是开不开窗,关不关灯是我的决定不是他的!
我现在住在新希望花园。但是我只有一个新希望。我希望明年的时候我可以找到新的房子让我能搬家!
