We have connections! The water is hooked up to our laneway and the main house has a new and improved water connection which should solve their low-pressure problems.
On the way to getting it done the city made a big hole full of ugly in the lane:
But at least we have water and can move forward. The back yard will need to have the trench filled in and then be levelled before it can be planted with grass soon if we are to capture the rain that will be coming.
DH took another “time lapse” shot of the place: