Saturday, December 29, 2007

Mystery Landlord Strikes Again

Back in August, the townhome portion of our apartment complex (read our house) got sold to who knows what investor. The customer service has been spotty, since then, and I've heard rumors of downright rudeness to the Spanish-speaking tenants. We had assumed that they were running people out so they could gut the place, fix it up, and sell them as condos, as many places in South Austin have gone. Imagine my surprise when I walked out the door, the day after Christmas, and saw them painting the neighboring building. Figures that the day after we immortalize this place on canvas they'd change the color on us. Plus, while I have to say that I like the color, I don't like it here. It's too dark, and we've already got heat absorption issues with the vast expanse of asphalt out front.

2 comments:

Marin said...

That's awful! It makes the building blend w/ the asphalt & the roof looks akward. Honestly, what moron did that? I wonder if they think it'll help get rid of people, but that's an expensive thing to do, esp. if you are just going to repaint it later...

Regan said...

That is quite a drastic color change! I guess it keeps it exciting, wondering what's gonna' happen next!