Week 4: CAUTION – written from a 5 floor LES walk up

Closing update – The Department of Environmental Protection has rectified the issue at the new house and the builder has filed the application for the Certificate of Occupancy (CofO). It takes approximately 10 days before the CofO is issued, barring any violations.

My next homeFREE stop is on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, thanks Ya-Ya! My good friend turned over her keys as she vacated her LES flat for the beaches of Greece for 3 weeks! I am blessed to have a significant stay in which I can have “me time” as well as Sondays before Medium and his mom head out to Canada on his own holiday.

As I write this entry, wanting to focus on my own circumstances, the entire eastern sea board is focusing on hurricane Irene. Irene is set to hit NYC this weekend and rumor has it the NYC/MTA will shut down the ENTIRE mass transit system. My house is being constructed on the Rockaway peninsula, two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean and less than one half a mile from Jamaica Bay; in short the house is located in Zone A of the flood plain; sandwiched between a disaster from either the ocean or the bay or both! The mayor has issued a mandatory evacuation for Zone A which is sure to slow the construction process if not bring it to a full halt. The only silver lining is that I have not closed yet; therefore it is currently the builder’s problem to resolve and rectify.

Stay tuned for updates.Click link to see live streaming video from Rockaway Beach