jennyjinx3
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2011
Kidani sounds wonderful! I ADORE AKL - I've decided for my next trip I'd like to try Kidani 1BDRM / even willing to give up CL if need be -- for that in room washer/dryer (I do a lot of laundry on my trips!) and a King sized bed! I'd like my daily housekeeping though ( its just a holiday thing!) so I'll have to book through CRO -- my other option is BWI Deluxe room. Hard decisions
I'm having a dilemma with my back neighbour now -
2 yrs ago they asked us if we'd want to cost share on a fence and we where in the middle of our 45K basement Reno, so we said no a fence isn't even in our thoughts or our budget. Well she went ahead and put up a $8,000 vinyl / albeit beautiful fence anyway, and I thought that was that! I'd never have bought such an expensive fence anyway! But I thought she was eating the cost because she wanted it then.
Fast forward to Friday afternoon, I'm at work, she catches DH at home and gives him an invoice for $900! For "our share" of the small piece at the back of us. That's our half of the $1800 that section cost and said they'd like us to pay our share as they are having another baby. Well -- my world has been turned upside down with the shooting, DH off work and his career up in the air. I'm paying so many things right now, I don't have $900 laying around (and if I did my Disney trip would be all set! ) - but that's besides the point. The thing I'm peeved about is I told her NO in Sept 2011 and she built it anyway.... Which is fine, but don't come to me for money 19 months later! I'm going to my town office tomorrow to see if I have any legal liability to pay, and if not, I am just going to have to find a way to tell her so sad, sorry but we can't help her.
Our finances are tight enough right now. DH wants to pay just to keep good neighbour relations, plus he's a nice guy -- he says pay her $150 a month for 3 months and its done. I pay the bills and he doesn't realize that I'm paying "just 150 a month" to about 4 other people, which adds up to a lot of money going out. I just can't take on owing another person money right now! I'm so upset I haven't been able to go talk to this woman yet.
I wish I could just send her a letter outlining the fact we said no already, and we have no legal obligation to cost share (at least I'm pretty sure we don't) and that we just can't afford it. I think she deserves me to tell her in person though, but my stomach is in knots thinking about ringing her doorbell! UGH!!!! Just what I need right now to deal with
Ugh, sorry Marie. Hopefully you don't have any legal obligation to pay. What a cruddy thing to do 19 months later.