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1. Gavin (ceilidhman@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:26:36 JST Gavin

   Got the funny feeling the socket shouldn't look like this...

   • Penguinflight (penguinflight@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:26:31 JST Penguinflight

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     • Delphi

     @Delphi @ceilidhman HAH! That one was great after a few years. it was literally a wreck when we moved in. So bad the first month was free because they just wanted someone in it. The plumbing also needed re-doing from scratch and that happened after two and half years.

     Meanwhile, we carpeted it from scratch, redecorated the whole property, cleaned out the loft of FOUR INCHES of soot dust (lethal; I was masked the whole time) and insulated it. And did both gardens to exhibition standard. 1/2

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   • Penguinflight (penguinflight@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:26:31 JST Penguinflight

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     • Delphi

     @Delphi @ceilidhman 2/2 At which point, after six years hard work to turn this shit, dilapidated rental into a proper home, the landlord via the agent, evicted us and moved his son in.

     before digital cameras so we don't have any pictures of what we did, especially to the gardens, front and back. They started out as dumps for uncounted years of previous tenants. I did all the physical labour and my partner of the time designed them. They were beautiful. Two months after we finished, we were out

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:26:31 JST Aral Balkan

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     @Penguinflight @Delphi @ceilidhman This makes me so angry. I’m so sorry. The bastards.

   • Penguinflight (penguinflight@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:26:32 JST Penguinflight

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     • Delphi

     @Delphi @ceilidhman This was only because the agent sent an electrician to have a look and he left in hysterics, begging us not to double plug ANYTHING.

     When the rewiring was done and we had a crew crawling about under floors there would be bursts of hysterical laughter and a head would pop up out of a hole. Gesturing wildly to his colleagues to come and have a look. Further outbursts would follow. Apparently it was original Victorian DC wiring and 1950s/70s DIY AC wiring all jobbed together.

   • Delphi (delphi@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:26:32 JST Delphi

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     • Penguinflight

     @Penguinflight @ceilidhman Scary stuff. I thought my brother's house with 1970s wiring was bad enough. Hope it's all safe now.

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   • Delphi (delphi@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:26:33 JST Delphi

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     @ceilidhman Perhaps they hope for a big insurance claim. I have a clear photo of the socket which I will send to their insurers if the building goes up. On one fire-drill (not told it's a drill until after) they left a lady with a disability in the stairwell (where someone is supposed to go & evacuate them). She didn't know it was a drill & had a very tense 30 minutes. The company didn't apologise & just said it was a drill so they didn't need to get her!

   • Penguinflight (penguinflight@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:26:33 JST Penguinflight

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     • Delphi

     @Delphi @ceilidhman JFC.

     Also, send a picture of the socket to the local council's HSE now; don't wait. It's not just you at risk.

     I moved into a house in East london once and the landlord's agent said it was problematic but that it would be fixed up inside a couple of years. We had to go back and point out that the guy who turned the electricity on said he wouldn't live there and that every socket and light switch had scoring.

     Rewired the place in six months.

   • Gavin (ceilidhman@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:26:35 JST Gavin

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     • Delphi

     @Delphi Yikes! I hope you have good fire insurance there lol!

   • Delphi (delphi@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:26:36 JST Delphi

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     @ceilidhman Have you been in my office? It looks like it from the picture!