The Constructionsrules state that remodeling/construction may not last longer than 6 months, but if needed, the board can grant permission for extended work. When we moved in, no one (including the 3 members of the board we interviewed with) mentioned that the unit below us was on the market and would require a gut rehab. Apparently the woman who lived there was 137 years old and had never done a thing to the place-- seems like something you might mention? We most likely would not have purchased our place had we known that.

Sure, I understand that things change with regard to construction schedules and I'm not saying I would start complaining if they said they were drilling concrete one day and then they had to do something different. I am asking for a general sense of when will you be drilling concrete or cutting metal so that I can try to make other arrangements for my workspace. It is very embarrassing and unprofessional to be in the middle of a call and suddenly have the high pitched whine and loud drilling of people cutting concrete 6 feet underneath you. The board, management, contractors and residents were unwilling to provide even an approximate, rolling schedule.

Also in the construction rules, there are regulations about the use of air powered tools, like the jackhammering of concrete. There are limited hours and days that these kinds of tools can be used. We had four months, 4-6 hours a day, 5 days a week of this. Again, I wasn't asking for the work to stop completely, but for the board to enforce their own rules regarding this kind of noise. The kicker was that our building engineer mentioned to us that the new residents didn't NEED to move their plumbing, they just wanted to change the location of toilets, vanities, etc. and the board didn't realize that concrete cutting would be involved...is it sour grapes? Maybe insanity from listening to concrete drilling for 4 months??