This gave me a chance to observe the accuracy of the description given to her by the disgruntled reviewer in my last post!
Notice he had no problem parking his trailer behind our car again.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Argument Outside Our Window
Five minutes ago, after reading the reviews of the Harrington 102 and reading the description of the wife....there she was, in all her glory having an argument outside my window with Mehrab-Khani.
This gave me a chance to observe the accuracy of the description given to her by the disgruntled reviewer in my last post!
Notice he had no problem parking his trailer behind our car again.
This gave me a chance to observe the accuracy of the description given to her by the disgruntled reviewer in my last post!
Notice he had no problem parking his trailer behind our car again.
Harrington 102 -- Must Read Reviews From Trip Advisor
Mehrab-Khani and his wife own the Harrington 102 Hotel. The latest reviews of this hotel on Trip Advisor are hysterical and shocking at the same time--
Most Recent Review:
“Warning! an abomination...do not stay here”
1 of 5 stars
Date of review: Feb 7, 2011
This venue is a complete disgrace...
I am a medical doctor and travel frequently for both
business and pleasure.
This is without a doubt the worst excuse for accommodation (and I use the term very loosely) that I have endured in the last decade. I pre booked two nights several days in advance before my stay, and was met by a dishevelled scatty looking woman, who scurried downstairs to open a locked door when I arrived.
My girlfriend and I were cold and hungry after a long road trip, at this point. She firstly did not recognize that we had a booking, and in a surprised fashion she asked to see my printout from the internet (which had already been paid by visa card), and did not seem to know we were coming at all. After fluffing around on an ageing computer which she did not really seem to know how-to operate, she eventually told us that she "may have a room, because someone left...I just have to clean it up first...can you wait?"
I was unhappy and concerned by what seemed to be an introduction infested by gross disorganization, and a fundamental lack of professionalism...however I was polite and obliging - perhaps she would only be 15 minutes or so. Ever the optimist, I endured an extensive 45 minute wait while she haphazardly ran up and down the stairs in the process of preparing our room.
Eventually my girlfriend and I left and informed her that we were hungry and going to eat. No apology was received for her gross display of incompetence. When we returned the floor was wet in the closet sized room that contained no window. We spent some of the night watching some quiet TV. In the morning I noted that one of the tings we were promised was a free "intercontinental breakfast" - this sadly consisted of a tub of weetbix, along side an adjacent tub of rice bubbles, and international roast caterers blend instant coffee, with free milk (I assume it was carnation).
Smouldering silently I sipped a bad cup of coffee as I had inner visions of soon making my way to Hudson's. I then proceeded to make my way over to the grossly incompetent woman who seemed to be in charge of this hell-hole.
I asked calmly for a refund as I communicated that I did not wish to endure another night at- -this .....establishment. I asked for a refund for my 2nd night as I -thought she may have the decency to offer this however I was yelled at and accused of being "-too noisy" -I didn’t realise -this hotel was run by an unmedicated psychotic patient.
Second Most Recent Review:
Link to reviews on Trip Advisor:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g255097-d300914-Reviews-Harrington_s_102-Hobart_Tasmania.html
Most Recent Review:
“Warning! an abomination...do not stay here”
1 of 5 stars
Date of review: Feb 7, 2011
This venue is a complete disgrace...
I am a medical doctor and travel frequently for both
business and pleasure.
This is without a doubt the worst excuse for accommodation (and I use the term very loosely) that I have endured in the last decade. I pre booked two nights several days in advance before my stay, and was met by a dishevelled scatty looking woman, who scurried downstairs to open a locked door when I arrived.
My girlfriend and I were cold and hungry after a long road trip, at this point. She firstly did not recognize that we had a booking, and in a surprised fashion she asked to see my printout from the internet (which had already been paid by visa card), and did not seem to know we were coming at all. After fluffing around on an ageing computer which she did not really seem to know how-to operate, she eventually told us that she "may have a room, because someone left...I just have to clean it up first...can you wait?"
I was unhappy and concerned by what seemed to be an introduction infested by gross disorganization, and a fundamental lack of professionalism...however I was polite and obliging - perhaps she would only be 15 minutes or so. Ever the optimist, I endured an extensive 45 minute wait while she haphazardly ran up and down the stairs in the process of preparing our room.
Eventually my girlfriend and I left and informed her that we were hungry and going to eat. No apology was received for her gross display of incompetence. When we returned the floor was wet in the closet sized room that contained no window. We spent some of the night watching some quiet TV. In the morning I noted that one of the tings we were promised was a free "intercontinental breakfast" - this sadly consisted of a tub of weetbix, along side an adjacent tub of rice bubbles, and international roast caterers blend instant coffee, with free milk (I assume it was carnation).
Smouldering silently I sipped a bad cup of coffee as I had inner visions of soon making my way to Hudson's. I then proceeded to make my way over to the grossly incompetent woman who seemed to be in charge of this hell-hole.
I asked calmly for a refund as I communicated that I did not wish to endure another night at- -this .....establishment. I asked for a refund for my 2nd night as I -thought she may have the decency to offer this however I was yelled at and accused of being "-too noisy" -I didn’t realise -this hotel was run by an unmedicated psychotic patient.
Second Most Recent Review:
“Deserves no stars”
Date of review: Nov 5, 2010
Absolutely disgusting!!! Don't be fooled when you read there are reception hours, no one is ever on the reception and you need to call the number and wait for them to open the door.
This took 20mins. Took them forever to fill out the form so that we could stay, whilst this was happening the owners were rudely talking amongst themselves in a foreign language.
The owners left and gave us our key to the room. The hallway up the stairs is dark and not lit up, the exit sign is not lit and is falling from the wall and there were electical wires coming out from the wall.
We opened our room to find a small prison like room. There was a double bed, no bed side tables, no windows, no carpet, the light was gone in the small bathroom. It didnt even have room for a chair.
It was very cold and very unwelcoming. We called them to say we were not staying in a place like this. We ended up paying for another room at wrestpoint that night. We went back to Harringtons in the morning and again no one was on reception and had to call a number.
They did not come out and wouldn't even consider giving some of our money back. They are very rude and unreasonable. DO NOT GO HERE.
This took 20mins. Took them forever to fill out the form so that we could stay, whilst this was happening the owners were rudely talking amongst themselves in a foreign language.
The owners left and gave us our key to the room. The hallway up the stairs is dark and not lit up, the exit sign is not lit and is falling from the wall and there were electical wires coming out from the wall.
We opened our room to find a small prison like room. There was a double bed, no bed side tables, no windows, no carpet, the light was gone in the small bathroom. It didnt even have room for a chair.
It was very cold and very unwelcoming. We called them to say we were not staying in a place like this. We ended up paying for another room at wrestpoint that night. We went back to Harringtons in the morning and again no one was on reception and had to call a number.
They did not come out and wouldn't even consider giving some of our money back. They are very rude and unreasonable. DO NOT GO HERE.
Link to reviews on Trip Advisor:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g255097-d300914-Reviews-Harrington_s_102-Hobart_Tasmania.html
Confirmation Bias
This is how planning appeal seems to work: Council hire an independent planner to take a position (pass or fail a building), then evidence is looked at to confirm this position, ignoring other evidence.
This is called the confirmation bias and you can see it in the reports done by Planners where some evidence is ignored, and other points are cited which make their case.
This is a variation of the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy, where bullets are fired at a barn door, then bull eyes are drawn, the shooter now claiming to be a sharpshooter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
By it's nature, this is a biased approach, I can't think of any other industry grounded in more fallacies.
This is called the confirmation bias and you can see it in the reports done by Planners where some evidence is ignored, and other points are cited which make their case.
This is a variation of the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy, where bullets are fired at a barn door, then bull eyes are drawn, the shooter now claiming to be a sharpshooter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
By it's nature, this is a biased approach, I can't think of any other industry grounded in more fallacies.
Tribunal Adjourned, Then Adjourned Again - Date Unknown
Hobart City Council has decided to bring in a planner to fight me and take sides with a serial offender Soheil Mehrab-Khani.
This is after Council issued a partial demolish order on Unit 1, at which point the developer applied for a new permit for what he had built using plans from DGJ Potter and the Council BUT it wasn't for he all built --Council did not pick up the errors in the surveys. I was told on at least 3 occasions the surveys were correct.
This is after Council issued a partial demolish order on Unit 1, at which point the developer applied for a new permit for what he had built using plans from DGJ Potter and the Council BUT it wasn't for he all built --Council did not pick up the errors in the surveys. I was told on at least 3 occasions the surveys were correct.
Above are some Council Sun Diagrams. On the right are Tecton Diagrams from 5 years ago. These are for 9.00am and 12.00pm. These diagrams were responsible for the planner of the day, Claire Hester saying there would be normal sunlight after 10.00am and Council Director Neil Noye saying that it would be normal after 10.30am.
The diagrams on the left hand side are a set of incorrect diagrams done for Council by DGJ Potter. He has left out the back of my house from these plans so no accurate sun assessment can be done! And yet Planners for Council and Mehrab-Khani have used this drawing to make claims that sunlight to the back of my house is acceptable, saying I will get 2-3 hours winter sunlight on the basis of these drawings!
Planner Liz Wilson claims in her report that the Tecton diagrams and the DGJ Potter diagrams are similar!! You can clearly see this is not the case, the shadows are in different locations and have different shapes.
I had to pay for my own survey and sun diagrams. These were shown at Tribunal and caused a commotion because of the discrepancies. Tribunal ordered all surveyors together (I am not making this up!) and so 3 surveyors eventually agree that the height and levels on my survey are correct.
In another issue, DGJ Potter is claiming the fence is in the wrong place, contrary to the latest title listing as well as the oldest survey in existence of my property, which I have in my possession.
But wait --there's more!
Besides the wonderful Freudian slip by DGJ Potter of costructed, he claims that the minimum required setback is 400mm and that they have actually built 460mm setback --both claims are wrong.
A child can measure 380mm from wall to inside boundary, yet I have to employ a surveyor to confirm this.
Building in the new millennium -- it takes 3 surveyors to get together at Tribunal to confirm the height of a less than 5 metre building!
Plans seem to mean very little because Ross Willis himself told us that the developer can build anything, because it would be subject to a Section 56 assessment by Council. And Council only seem to investigate if it is reported (and even then it must be reported often). At that point the developer applies retrospectively.
In Court Again -- Adjourned Till 18th May
Soheil Mehrab-Khani appeared back in court to plead Not Guilty to 4 Council charges. The matter was adjourned till 18th May.
Meanwhile Mehrab-Khani cut down the 100 year old walnut tree he killed. Everyone in the inner city area loved this tree, Mehrab-Khani started hacking it with a chainsaw 3 years ago, the same weekend he took possession of 157-161 Bathurst St. As documented on this web site, he damaged the roots and refused to put a protection boundary of 3 metres up until the last few months. Hobart City Council ignored letters from myself and neighbour Jenny Wilson nearly 3 years ago.
Head of Compliance at Hobart City Council, Ross Willis ignored at least 6 letters or emails from myself and the Wilson's. Yet Council lawyer Kirsten Turner writes to me telling me Council enforced a protection as soon as they were informed about this. This is an absolute lie, and I have evidence spanning 3 years on this issue. No fines or court action have ever been imposed for this.
In October Ross Willis in the presence of the General Manager and fellow neighbour Alistair Home siad they would not allow Mehrab-Khani to cut the tree down "on principle." Just 2 weeks latter Council approves application to cut down tree. As Mehrab-Khani told neighbour Jenny Wilson, "I know how to kill this tree."
Thank you Hobart City Council for "good governance" .
Meanwhile Mehrab-Khani cut down the 100 year old walnut tree he killed. Everyone in the inner city area loved this tree, Mehrab-Khani started hacking it with a chainsaw 3 years ago, the same weekend he took possession of 157-161 Bathurst St. As documented on this web site, he damaged the roots and refused to put a protection boundary of 3 metres up until the last few months. Hobart City Council ignored letters from myself and neighbour Jenny Wilson nearly 3 years ago.
Head of Compliance at Hobart City Council, Ross Willis ignored at least 6 letters or emails from myself and the Wilson's. Yet Council lawyer Kirsten Turner writes to me telling me Council enforced a protection as soon as they were informed about this. This is an absolute lie, and I have evidence spanning 3 years on this issue. No fines or court action have ever been imposed for this.
In October Ross Willis in the presence of the General Manager and fellow neighbour Alistair Home siad they would not allow Mehrab-Khani to cut the tree down "on principle." Just 2 weeks latter Council approves application to cut down tree. As Mehrab-Khani told neighbour Jenny Wilson, "I know how to kill this tree."
Thank you Hobart City Council for "good governance" .
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