The heating issue.
Since this is very old building, tenants can't control the heating in their units. It is up to management to control the heat. Since last year, 2011, management of the building is trying to freeze us out. They hardly turn the heating on. The outside temperature could be below 0 C, and if Homestead Land Holdings doesn't feel like turning the heat on, they won't.
Since the beginning of the cool season,we rarely get heat in our units. There is entire procedure in order to have the heating working in the units:
- Call the superintendent and ask to have the temperature in the unit measured.
- they come into your unit, measure the temperature, tell you that in their unit is 25 C.
-They seem surprise that we don't have heat, and/or tell you that on the other side of the building is very warm and tenants are complaining that is too hot, (that is not true, since I spoke with tenants on the other side of the building).
- they promise to call engineer to turn on the heat, and if we are lucky, we'll get some heat 2 hours later.
The heat will eventually will get turn on for about 8-12 minutes and then it will get shut off again for about 1.5hr.
Now, this is really funny, last Thursday when the temperature outside was 20 C, the radiators were blasting with heat all day and all night! Try to figure this one out.
All last year we have been calling City of Toronto with complains, every time we called they came and order the management to turn on the heat. The minute they left, heating was off .
From October 1-7 we had no heat at all, regardless that outside temperature was average 16 C.
On October 8, Thanksgiving day, we got heat once for about 8 minutes. Inside the unit was 16 C.
Again on October 9 there was no heat. Outside temp. 11 C, inside 16 C.
October 16 and 17 no heat. Inside the unit temp. 18 C, outside temp. also 18C.
For past 2 days we have no heat again. Outside temp. 5 C, inside the unit 17C, only because I was cooking.
I follow up the procedure, heating came on for 8 minutes. Superintendent gave me a tiny little heater and told me to plug it in the hallway. The hallway electrical outlets don't work. I think he is a joker.
