It was a really weird week on the restaurant front...
Apparently my landlord showed up at the inspections to close the walls and tried to talk the inspector into making them do a bunch more work before we could pass the inspection (this was after the inspector was done approving the work). Then he called the inspector again the next day and talked him into going down to the site when the contractor wasn't there to crawl around under the building and try to get them to... I am not sure? Rescind the approval?
David finally got fed up and told him off. He's been in the industry for more than 35 years and never had that happen... ever. It sometimes feels like this nightmare I cannot wake up from. I don't know how it got so bad or why? I am taking a very outdated simple space and making $70k worth of improvements and the building owners are furious with me and trying to prevent it (They were fully aware of everything I planned to do and even had input into the scope of the work). I just don't understand how they think? They are always full of rage and complaints, obstructionist and abusive. David was going to try to help them get the ADA work done, but none of his guys want to work with Stan/Kevi any more. Stan has no idea when the work will be done, or even how he is going to get it done. It's all so unorganized and angry and strange... I don't understand why they are trying to sabotage my business. It just doesn't make any sense. We all succeed when I succeed.
I informally called a good friend who is a real estate lawyer to see what my rights are. We've set up a chat tomorrow morning. God I hope we can come back from this and forge something good from the chaos.
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document EVERYTHING.
ReplyDeleteCasually get pics, emails organized, phone calls logged and make sure you know who saw them doing these things. Most likely everything will turn out okay, and they will move on to another issue with hopefully a different tenant.
But if their actions cause you to fail to open, and you can prove they were the cause, you may be entitled to financial compensation to recover your money spent on this project.
Also, remember, the inspector, at this point, probably sees these guys are a PITA as well, and has sympathy for you.
This is true... I am pretty sure they all know what the deal is with the Landlord. I am carefully saving everything, plus logging when we speak and sending recap emails
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ReplyDeleteGreat explanation.....
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