Co-op woes

Right before our son was born and in the middle of all that business we had some water damage to our living room walls. It just so happens that our living room wall is adjacent to our neighbors bathroom.

In the middle of all that activity and since I never bothered to prime and paint the wall. I figured I'd paint the entire living room since it really needs it and the repaired section would stand out like a sore thumb.

Anyways, the water damage came back just before Christmas. I informed the building Superintendent and he maanaged to repair it earlier this week. The Super came up and said it wasn't water damage but our failure to prime paint the walls.

I got into a slight argument with him over it, but the fact remains I did not prime the walls and in the course of this problem the building manager would stand behind his Super.

After I managed to cool down and with a small consultation with my company's attorney I learned any damage that would come at this point is the liability of the building.

I took the time to contact the building manager's office and informed them of my discussion with the buidling Super. I told him I repaired the problem and will proceed with painting the living room and that any future damage will result in a full reimbursement of all costs for repair and repainting and that I will be keeping an accounting of all records involved in this work. They didn't seem impressed.

Well today I picked up all the prime paint and completed that aspect of the work. Next week I'll pick up the paint and start painting the living room.