Dinata Misovec

We could see people on the roof as we drove up to the house this morning. This man is working on the garage roof.

The plumber came around the corner of the house and said, “we have a problem”.  His English was very poor so we followed him to figure out what the problem was. We had seen that the water spigot was very close to the window sill outside our bedroom. He was attempting to move the spigot to the left of the window, but that was solid concrete-filled concrete block.  He pointed to a spot below the spigot and looked at me with a question on his face.  I shook my head and said yes, that was fine. I think he was a little self-conscious when I took his picture.

We continued around the back corner of the house and saw that some dirt had been filled in behind the house.  Then I noticed that the “recess” had been cut out for the sliding-glass door in our bedroom.

I took another picture of the plumbers outside the window.

Then a dump truck came around the corner with more dirt.  They are building up the level of ground behind the house so they can pour a patio back there for the “bird-cage” screen room. He assured me that it will have a nice slope away from the house and there will be room for a flower bed.

The plumbers were finishing up the spigot move.

We walked around to the other side of the house to watch the woman nailing down shingles. About 11:30 or so, the roofers came down from the top of the house.  They had very heavy European accents that I did not recognize.  They told us they were going to do a very good job on our roof.  I asked how long it would take them.  He said three days, counting today.  Then he told us that before they got into their fifties, it would take two days.  But, now that they are in their fifties, it takes three days.

We went home for lunch and then had to make another run to the bank in Orlando.  When our business was done at the bank, we stopped at Costco – just because it was so close by. We only had a few items on our Costco shopping list.  We each got one of those Costco mocha freeze drinks and sat and chilled while watching shoppers haul out cart loads of goods.

Of course, we had to make another inspection when we got back to Leesburg in the early evening. The living room window was installed.

And, so was the sliding-glass door in the bedroom.

The ground-level at the back of the house was noticeably higher.

I walked out past of lot line to get a picture of the house from the rear. They are not done with it yet.

We noticed that several of the thru-hull fixtures had foam oozing out.  It was dried at that point.  This is an outdoor electrical outlet on the back of the house. I thought it was funny.

There was even more water in the bathtubs.

Here is a closeup of the roof shingles. I chose the lightest gray option, thinking it would be best for the Florida summer sun.

The City of Leesburg was here today too.  This little forest of flags is marking electric, water, sewer, gas, and “reuse” (?) lines.  All the utilities are located on the garage side of the homes in the development.  So our neighbor on the garage side will have their garage next to ours.  The neighbor on the front porch side will have their garage on the far side from us.  So, utilities run in between every other house.