Ceca's Dedinje villa still flooded on day two of repairs
Svetlana Ceca Raznatovic came home from Spain to water pouring out by her gate. Utility crews turned up, but the fault was still not fixed on July 15 and repairs will take several more days.
- Water has been leaking by the gate of Svetlana Ceca Raznatovic's villa on Dedinje for more than 10 days, the singer says.
- On July 15, the second day since utility crews came out, the fault was still not repaired.
- The damage is more serious than first thought, so the work will take several more days.
- Her sister-in-law Bogdana Raznatovic faces a 5,000 dinar fine for parking illegally in a one-way street.
The flooding outside Svetlana Ceca Raznatovic’s villa on Dedinje was still not fixed on July 15, the second day since the case reached the public. Water keeps pouring out, the street in front of the house is dug up, and the repair work is expected to take several more days.
The singer had just returned from a holiday in Spain, where she visited her daughter Anastasija and son-in-law, footballer Nemanja Gudelj. Instead of a quiet homecoming, Dedinje greeted her with a pit full of water in front of the gate and a soaked yard. The clip she posted on Instagram shows water running uncontrollably right beside the gate and draining straight onto the street.
Ceca said publicly that the water has been leaking for more than 10 days and that it is causing her material damage. That was the trigger, and utility crews were on site soon after.
Why is the repair taking this long?
The answer appears to be simple and unwelcome: the fault is bigger than it looked at first glance. Workers responded quickly, on the same night, but the assessment has since been revised upwards. The damage is more serious than initially thought, which makes it clear this is not a one-afternoon job.
So instead of a filled pit and a swept street, day two brings the same picture. Water is still draining onto the road. The excavation sits open. The work will take several more days, which also means traffic on that stretch of Ljutice Bogdana remains difficult.
The Dedinje villa, with the yard now sitting under water, has been one of the best known addresses in Serbian showbusiness for years. That is exactly why the clip doing the rounds online became the story of the day within hours. It did not take much: one pit and one jet of water.
What all of this will cost, nobody has said. There is no official damage assessment and no figure, however much that is expected to be the next chapter.
A 5,000 dinar fine in the middle of it all
The story has picked up a side plot. While workers and curious passers-by took turns at the gate, Ceca’s sister-in-law Bogdana Raznatovic parked illegally in a one-way street during a visit. She now faces a fine of 5,000 dinars.
It is a small detail next to a dug-up street and water that will not stop, but it captures the mood of the past two days at that address perfectly. Anything that happens there ends up on video immediately, and becomes news immediately.
The original question still stands: how many more days will the water run before someone puts an end to the fault. For now, the only concrete piece of information is that this is a matter of days, not hours.
Do you think the repair would move faster if the same pit had opened up in front of the building where you live?
