It took 18 months for the SM/EC to repair the deteriorated crumbling Vermiculite ceiling in my Kitchen …
When I first phoned the SM he ranted ‘that’s not a strata problem’ and rudely hung up on me …
I wrote requesting urgent attention as the Vermiculite was everywhere including falling into whatever food I was preparing at the time in the Kitchen…
They knocked back the motion to repair – even though no one had even bothered to inspect the damage … and also didn’t let me know this decision for months until I chased it up and phoned the SM …
During the year & a half I had to put with the deteriorating Vermiculite and it’s raining debri (it’d become like snow at this stage ) – I suffered greatly from Asthma attacks (hospitalised by ambulance on one occasion @ Sutho Hospital Emergency … Emergency treatment at Kirrawee Medical Centre for breathing difficulties (Atrovent mask-inhaler @ 1 hour) … countless countless Sinus infections & GP consultations including eventual Hospitalisation & Sinus-Surgery at St Vincent’s)
I went through a small fortune in medication due to adverse reactions to the vermiculite debris including Asthma inhalers, Seretide Inhalers, Cortisone Medication (both Tablet + Topical forms) Sinus Rinses, the ridiculously expensive Nasonex, cartons & cartons of Anti-Histamines, headache meds, Migraines, and daily daily freaking daily cleaning cleaning cleaning of Vermiculite dust and debris.
It wasn’t until a piece of Vermiculite had fallen into my eye slicing a nice little nick – and me ending up at Sydney Eye Hospital – unable to see for 2 weeks – that one exec member finally decided to come and have a look at the now-snowing-vermiculite.
Vermiculite-repairers turned up in Hasmet-type outfits + masks and covered the entire Kitchen in ‘Dexter-type-plastic-sheeting’ … looked like a blooming crime-scene.
Yet … the SM + EC happily allowed me to breathe this toxic-shite in for @ 18 months !!!
Am I entitled to an apology ?
Cheers,
Gina Martin