I know it has been a little while but we have been pretty busy. The RV resort on the Mississippi has shut down. We had left there to go and stay in Chicago because my youngest daughter’s 2nd baby boy is due. Then went back to our spot on the Mississippi river in MN for a couple of days to close on our new house and get our stuff out of storage. Then drove back to the Chicago area and are patiently awaiting a new grandson. Any day now!
While we were back at our place on the Mississippi it was looking pretty sad and deserted. We didn’t see anyone out, but we weren’t around much. We were dealing with closing and other things at the new house.
Lots of sheds still there of course but most all of the RVs were gone. From the lot we are in on down in the direction that the photo is capturing, is considered a flood plain in the spring. It doesn’t flood often, they say, but no one is allowed to keep their RVs there over winter and spring…well not until mid-April when the park opens. In the other direction there are still RVs but the flowers and lawn items are gone, things are covered up and no folks stirring.
Getting into the house itself was a pretty easy thing. Closing went well. The only thing is that the outside isn’t finished. The landscaping… it has been too rainy and is too muddy to take care of it and now it is just getting plain old COLD. The cold is coming earlier than usual and the rain (prior to closing) just would not stop.
So I didn’t see any escrow coming from the builders for the sod and landscaping….I complained. And was promised the company WILL be doing it. This particular builder is very good and has an excellent reputation. So we went through with it….feeling they will do a good job like the other houses that are surrounding us, that are finished.
The afternoon of our closing the folks doing the sod showed up. They had already done the back portion of the yard, so they did the front (mind you…the front – did not do the side…)
The sod they laid already looked like it was dying to me. And as you can see the landscaping around the house was still not done.
AND they planted the trees…if that’s what you want to call it…
That is just one of the two trees in the front. The other was ‘bumped’ up too, but not as badly. I am not an expert of course, but I am wondering if the tree that is pictured will even survive the winter. The had them just laying in the yard at first…which we drove up and then put them in a hole that was not large enough. Especially the one in the picture, then just threw some extra sod on that didn’t even cover the roots. So it is a big bump in the yard with exposed roots.
The story from our builder is that the sod is fine and the guy thought they planted the trees ‘bumped up’ like that so it would settle. I know it is supposed to be ‘slightly’ above the ground…but this one…more than slightly. Hopefully, it will turn out okay. When we left they still had not finished the landscaping around the house. So we are hoping when we return all will be well.
We are still waiting for grandson #3 to come along. Here grandson #2 (and his ducky boots) are playing at the playground while his mom keeps a close eye!
Ticktock, 😉
Happy Monday!
Spacial Peepol 