Thinking of Thanksgiving ... and a ROOF & WALLS!

After listening to me complain about insurance, FEMA, contractors, etc. I know that none of you would believe this without seeing it. Today I am SO GRATEFUL that there is a roof on #3 Dana Drive ... rated to Dade County standards to withstand 155 mph winds! It looks fantastic and they only caused minimal damage inside while installing it ... ;)

The REALLY BIG NEWS is that we have exterior walls. Yes, WALLS. Made of stucco-looking hardy-plank and even though they're painted primer blue at the moment, they're well on the way to finishing!

Everything has been replaced around the front porch ...

Of course, we had some original stucco left on the front & some of the missing bits had already been replaced, but we now have walls on the bay side! YES, the place is actually secured! Now all we have to do is replace the new sheetrock in the storage room that's already molded from the missing exterior walls and we are finished. I'm not going to attach a photo of the mold because I'm focused on gratitude and these funky blue walls are making me VERY HAPPY!

This is the back corner of our townhouse ... attached to #4

Back view of our townhouse. They had to take down the lattice work & gate, but they'll put it back when they finish with the painting. Next up is landscaping!!