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I give up.
The latest from our esteemed informed EC is in regards to the security screen doors for each townhouse. An existing feature, common property, the paint on these screen doors is peeling off in shards. One flick with a finger nail results in an 8cm length of paint coming off. My own screen door has half the paint missing resulting in exposed aluminium. This is starting to deteriorate with a white powder substance evident on the surface.
The EC has finally, after three years of quotes, managed to get the exterior painted for the first time in 14 years. In regards to the screen doors they have said we could just “touch them up” ourselves if this bothers us. Well it does bother me in more ways than one. Not only is it unsightly, but one cannot just touch up aluminium. It is more involved than that. One has to scrap off as much paint as possible, sand the edges of existing paint, wash down with sugar soap, rinse, paint exposed aluminium with an etch primer, then paint with a paint suitable for aluminium. All on a screen door with an intricate pattern on it. Easy! Or you can put up with paint falling off every time you open or close the door. What a welcoming sight when one has visitors with the peeling paint on the screen doors and adjacent balustrades framing the newly painted surfaces!
Wouldn’t it be better and easier to get the doors either powder coated or replaced. Getting all the doors done at once would be cheaper and if it is a matter of cost, a special levy to cover. apparently not. But our EC isn’t thinking about that or like that. But we have to make sure we fold our cardboard boxes and be mindful of how we park on the street.
Beam me up Scotty, there is no intelligent life here!