Lee and Peter Sailing Trip was for Four not Two Years. Now an Italian adventure

The bed arrived, we have a home! We are moved in!

We are buying things and installing what we need. First on the block was a shower cubicle. The base was installed by the original builder. At first, we thought it was a wet room where the shower is in the open. However, there are no drains in the floor. Shower boxes are the thing around here, a box with sliding doors that surround the shower base. We bought one and Peter was installing it. He carefully estimated where water and electricity were behind the walls. The water pipes are thick plastic so no method of identifying them.

Lee hears a yell from the bathroom indicating a sudden and unexpected and urgent sound. Peter had drilled into a water pipe and water was spurting from the wall. Luckily we already had a connection with an architect (geometra) and building workers. We shut the water off. The architect came to examine right away. The plumber came the next morning, in the meantime, we should break into the tiles and expose the pipe. So the banging and breaking of the tiles started.

The plumber came and fixed a new section of pipe. We cleaned up and installed new tiles. We found a stock of tiles in the roof space.

More water problems! We found that the water gets turned off at about 3PM and comes on again at about 5AM. Not very convenient, made toilet visits challenging! We thought it may be because the bill had not been paid.

The next day we went to the water company office and stood in line for about 30 minutes. The account was already in our name and we paid all outstanding amounts. We asked if our water was being turned off for non-payment. The woman in the office replied if you have water issues contact the technical department. All talking done with Google translate on the phone, technology is wonderful.

We later found out that the water turn off is everywhere in the village, most people have tanks. So we talked with the architect and plumber and ordered a tank. 1000L with a pump. After 2 days a truck pulled up with a giant tank in the back. The plumber came and installed it at the back of the house with an electric pump. Now we have water 24 hours per day, the simple pleasures of life.