My world is falling down

[Will]

As some of you have seen from my FB updates my ceiling collapsed in my flat. Some of you have been to see me and stayed with me, so you can appreciate this a little more.

A bit of my stuff has been damaged, but the biggest thing is the amount of dust and dirt that now covers the lounge! I've cleared most of it up but it's going to take a few goes to get the place tidy. I weighed the bags of rubble - it came to over 200kg! Had anyone been under there.... :/ Also, some of you know I'm quite proud at keeping my place relatively tidy.. so this has set my OCD off big time!

My landlady came to see the damage this morning and was gobsmacked - and to her credit has got the builders round straight away to have a look at things.

For those that do not know, it's a victorian mansion with 15ft ceilings, and cornicing around the sides.

I'm thinking of asking for a discount or amnesty from having to pay next month's rent owing to the inconvenience caused (although I'm going on holiday for 2 weeks, it's just the principle of it - I've had to take a day off work today and will have to take the day off tomorrow for the builders to come round). Also, I'll have to put in a claim with my insurance, but will request the landlady to cover the excess value, as well as get her to pay for the cleaning materials I've had to buy to get the rubble out and the dust. I don't think that's unfair do you?


Here are the pics of my horror this morning at 330am!

General horror



Damaged speaker :/



Clear desk policy in effect...



Another desk shot



Mantle piece



Futon a mess



Coffee table



More carnage - Yes I had been doing some ironing tonight



Ceiling pic



Desk - I'm usually uber tidy - this makes my OCD bad :/



Giant slab of doom



Caranage



Giant slabs of concrete/mortar



Dust on hi-fi kit



Back of futon and corner of desk



Dusty TV and Audio equipment :/



Pic of the exposed ceiling:



Here's a vid:

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8136/dtbt.mp4

I'm now filthy, have moved everything out of the room and put dust sheets everywhere ready for them to come and rip everything down tomorrow. What a palava. I'm knackered. Up since before 4am and been non stop clearing all day.

I blame el nino!