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Wasn’t sure where to post this- please remove if it’s not allowed.

Recently moved into a home with some original bathrooms built in the mid 80s. We’ve just noticed our ensuite shower wall which is under a window has looked a bit out of whack- something we wish we noticed before purchasing. While getting ready to clean the tiles and tub today this soap dish and a tile came down with barely any pressure. A few of the tiles that looked wonky also seem to now want to fall out. We are also concerned about mold issues as this window sill doesn’t seem to drain properly and I cannot manage to get the tile grout in just this area clean no matter what I try.

Any advice on how to fix this in general? If there looks like mold? What would be a temporary fix, as this is our only shower!

Sorry the pictures are not the best- we also have terrible lighting in this space.

Any recommendations and/or advice is greatly appreciated!

Hi all! Long term nanny with 2 decades of experience here. I’m supposed to be starting with a family in a few weeks and I’m having a tricky time with one thing in particular.

One of the parents will be working from home everyday- not ideal, but manageable for the most part. In the contract they recently sent that I’m getting ready to sign, they are explicitly forbidding me to drive anywhere with the kids. Is this a common experience? I’m not trying to galavant all over the state or anything, but having the ability to take them for an ice cream sometime over the summer, go to local farms and the library for story-time once a week would be great.

I have an impeccable driving record, and have worked with many families over the years and none of them were so strict about this. I feel like it has the potential to make us feel a bit trapped? Especially with a parent home, hot summer days when we can’t be outside all day, and also just a change of scenery is so helpful for a few hours one day a week. Also- they live local to so many great things within a 10 minutes driving distance- museums, a major university with a vibrant and safe downtown, farms, many libraries with fantastic kids programs etc.

I feel a bit like they don’t trust me? Or am I reading into that. I reached out to the parents to go over a few items in the contract- but is it okay for me to push them a little on this issue? Or is it better off left as is.

Any and all advice is welcome!

****UPDATE****

Had a great in depth conversation with the parents before signing the contract about this issue, and though they’re still not fully keen on the idea, we were able to meet in the middle and work toward getting out at least one day a week for a special event or story- time and/or parks and such. We worked on re-writing that part of the contract to reflect this new agreement.

Thank you all so much for your thoughtful feedback!

Need help assessing a situation!

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