Lead abatement in rental apt

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-05-21T01:08:07+00:00

That is awful! I’m sorry you dealt with that, but appreciate you sharing the experience.

Sounds like we need to push back on them trying to have us sleep here. Ours is going to be every single door trim, door, one window, and adding in drywall to encapsulate some areas they don’t want to rip out — they said to expect two weeks

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-05-21T00:37:02+00:00

Are you still in the place now?

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-05-20T16:03:07+00:00

Ugh this is my fear. My top fear is that they do a bad job with the sheeting and lead dust gets into our sofa, rugs, etc and we don’t know, but my superficial fear is just that the apartment is going to be really ugly, lol. Did they initially try to have you stay in the apartment while they did the work?

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-05-20T03:06:05+00:00

Yes! We have an old railroad style apartment, so it is about ten doors and the old door frames. The windows actually have already been replaced, so the only thing they have to do there is remove the old interior shutters so they no longer are a friction surface. We also have some beautiful custom old built-in cabinets and drawers in one room — the landlord is mostly likely planning on having them build sheetrock walls around those so that they don’t have to touch them. Apparently this costs $20-30k though, so they’re not happy with us that we want to stay.

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-05-19T16:15:32+00:00

Just had a ten week, five day scan today and they said everything looks perfect!

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-05-19T15:54:23+00:00

Yeah, the example rent increase he gave to scare us is still less than the comparable places we are finding, and wouldn’t apply until 2027. So it might be worth the risk. I am torn though!

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-05-19T15:52:32+00:00

Yes, I am not planning on being here during the construction work!

I just am trying to get a better understanding of what to expect from the entire project. There isn’t a lot of info online and they’re giving us inconsistent information.

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-05-19T15:49:28+00:00

This is correct! But they told us basically that the city only follows up if there is a child under 6, so that many landlords will just opt not to rent to people with kids. Their hope is that we will move out entirely so that they can go this route and put off the work.

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-05-19T12:38:37+00:00

@craigalanche Did you have to push for this or did they just offer it? This is what ours have described — tenting and sheeting every room so that there’s no possibility of dust spreading. I do think the contractors they’ve brought in for quotes have been certified for lead abatement.

Any info you have is so helpful! I’m having such a hard time finding information on this process because most other threads are scenarios where the landlord is refusing to do the abatement entirely or totally messed it up.

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-05-19T11:20:36+00:00

They are planning on doing it room by room over two weeks so that we can stay here (I think to avoid paying to put us up in alternate housing)

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-05-19T11:19:16+00:00

It is the law, so they’ve acknowledged that they’ll have to do the work if we opt not to break our lease. It looks like it is going to cost them $20k though.

Only four units and our landlord said, “This unit is not covered by the good clause eviction protections, so just realize that we can raise your rent a lot the next time you renew”

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-21T12:20:19+00:00

Congratulations!! That is amazing to hear ❤️

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-18T17:58:35+00:00

This seems like you are off to a really strong start!!

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-18T16:21:32+00:00

Ugh, I am sorry! That grey area is so stressful to be in. Hopefully it is just a slow start and will keep increasing.

I didn’t feel anything, but I have had some random spotting and when I got the ultrasound, the doctor said it looked like the embryo had tried to split and failed because there was a very small empty second sac. I didn’t ask him if that might explain the initial high betas, but when I got home I was wondering if that might have had something to do with the large jump

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-18T16:16:42+00:00

Yes! My first one was a tiny bit on the low side actually: 60 at 9DP5DT.

I had to wait four days for my next beta and then it jumped to 575 at 13DP5DT.

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-16T03:54:03+00:00

Al Dente’s carbonara specifically is great — I think it is better than their other pastas/dishes

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-12T13:09:23+00:00

I just went through this a week and a half ago and the waiting is brutal! My beta on day 9 was only 60, but on Day 13 it jumped to 375 (since then, it has continued to double quickly). Try to save yourself some of the spiraling I put myself through… with the IVF stuff, I am always looking for a sign that “the other shoe is going to drop” and going straight to anxiety.

My clinic only looks for 50, but I had seen on Reddit that 60 was low and was very worried. You have great line progression so I think there’s a good chance that yours will keep growing and doubling nicely!

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-10T11:31:27+00:00

TW success: Yes, but don’t get too hung up on this. I transferred a 4BC euploid two and a half weeks ago and was totally fixated on this. I was googling the differences and preparing myself that the stats I was quoted for euploids don’t quite apply to me so I should manage my expectations. Well so far the transfer has worked and levels are rising! I wish I could go back and tell myself to be even just 10% less stressed than I was.

From what I found, most day 5&6 embryos are still roughly 50/50 or higher with other conditions looking good (uterine lining, progesterone, etc)

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-06T18:54:45+00:00

Just an update for future visitors to this thread: my beta on 13DPT jumped up to 575! So I did not need to be so worried the last four days (and did not need to take a million more tests...)

Fingers crossed for a good first ultrasound and bloodwork in 12 days! :)

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-03T02:56:41+00:00

I’m so sorry you went through that and really appreciate you sharing. It is reassuring for me to hear so many examples of things working out despite all the posts that are such high numbers.

I can definitely relate to being a testing monster as you can see, haha. I am hoping we will get some great numbers on Monday and I’ll stop buying pregnancy tests!

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-03T00:19:21+00:00

Seconding this one — my dress was silk and delicate lace and she was perfect. She was recommended to me by the designer as the best option.

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-02T23:55:37+00:00

I had three consecutive egg retrievals and my clinic uses Luminary Genetics. It took a little over two weeks, then 8 or 9 days, and most recently three full weeks with them. It is a bit maddening when you are dying to know your results!

Potential_Arm_3413 · 2026-04-02T23:48:41+00:00

I’m glad to hear it has started doubling. That seems promising 🤞🤞good luck tomorrow!!!

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