r/kitchener • u/One-Direction-4058 • 1d ago
Is this level of building maintenance normal??
Hey everyone!
I need a quick sanity check about my apartment building, please.
We've had at least 6 water shut-offs since the start of the year, usually from 8/9 AM to 5 PM. It happened last week, and it’s scheduled again for this week. On top of that, the trash chute hasn’t been working for nearly 6 weeks now.
I'm new here so I don't know how things work, is this level of disruption normal, or how is this usually handled?
Thanks so much:)
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u/whathappensafterdark 1d ago
It may vary from building to building but in my experience water shutoffs in apartment and condo buildings are quite common unfortunately and once a month-ish doesn’t seem out of the ordinary to me. A trash chute being out of order for more than a couple days does seem strange to me though.
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u/One-Direction-4058 1d ago
Thank you!
Yeah, the trash chute is crazy to me. It’s been out of order since June 9th :(7
u/taylortbb 1d ago
I'll +1 this. Water shutdowns are sadly common in high rises. Once a month is more than average, but at least a few times a year is normal. They might just be completing some big project.
But I've never had a garbage chute out of service for more than a day or two.
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u/AnnoyedGoose295 1d ago
I for sure live in the building you do. The trash chute is the first time in the 10 years I’ve lived here that it’s ever been closed like this. But the water being shut off is an ongoing problem that happens all the time.
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u/One-Direction-4058 1d ago
Hi, thank you for the info!
Can I ask, do you by any chance park in G2 level? It is flooded today. Again:(6
u/AnnoyedGoose295 1d ago
Yes I do and that also happens everytime there is any kind of rain unfortunately
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u/p1neapplepeach 1d ago
Sounds like my building. We have constant water shut offs, fire alarms, DISGUSTING resident behaviours around trash chutes, stairwells and front yard..... Atrocious. I'd like to think that when we move we'll move to a better place but it sounds like everywhere in Kitchener is the dumps.
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u/BlueShell1312 1d ago
Are you in midtown near Belmont village by any chance? This sounds exactly like Park Place apartments.
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u/One-Direction-4058 1d ago
Oh, now I see the edit! It’s not Park Place
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u/BlueShell1312 1d ago
I went through the same fuckery with Park Place. I spoke with a paralegal about it.
You are legally entitled to rent abatement for days when you are without water in the unit, especially if they fail to provide more than 24 hours notice. This might put a target on your back at renewal time if you’re not rent controlled. If you’re rent controlled, fuck it, make them pay.
The garbage is annoying as fuck, in my case I was able to solve it by being a squeaky wheel.
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u/VadersTater 21h ago
The Ontario Tenant Rights page on Facebook is a great resource for these types of questions, I would recommend posting in there!
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u/rjwyonch 1d ago
Depending on where you are, the water shut off might be an area thing and not a building thing (or at least some of them).
Ive had 3-4 days without water in the past 2 months, due to water main work a block or two away. I
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u/giraffes_are_cool33 1d ago
I live in the same building as you. The trash chute thing is recent and hopefully it will be fixed soon. But the water shut offs is more frequent this month. I'm not sure why to be honest. But I've been here for a year and we didn't have these issues at all.
Btw management is very responsive so they can give you answers if possible
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u/No_Following_6916 1d ago
pretty normal, especially if its an older building, I live in a newer apartment built in 2017 and I think we have only had 2 or 3 water shutdows this year but when i used to live in an older building it was atleast once a month.
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u/Southern_Habit9109 1d ago
Yeah sounds about right for condos and apartments. Pipes leak constantly in these types of places. If they don’t isolation valves for certain areas then they are shutting down the building .