Últimamente andamos esperando a que la propietaria termine la reforma del baño.

Últimamente means lately or recently.

It is very often placed at the beginning of the sentence because it sets the time frame for everything that follows:

Últimamente andamos esperando...
= Lately, we’ve been waiting...

You could move it, but sentence-initial position is the most natural and common choice.

This is a very common learner question.

Here, andamos esperando is an example of andar + gerund (andar esperando). In Spanish, this structure can suggest an ongoing situation with a slightly looser, more informal, sometimes slightly weary tone.

So:

• andamos esperando = we’ve been waiting around / we’re going around waiting / we’ve been stuck waiting
• estamos esperando = a more neutral we are waiting

In this sentence, andamos makes it sound a bit more like an ongoing recent situation that has been dragging on.

Yes, it is common, especially in everyday spoken Spanish.

The structure andar + gerund often gives one of these nuances:

• the action has been going on for a while
• it feels somewhat habitual or repeated
• it can sound informal or conversational
• sometimes it suggests mild frustration, vagueness, or being caught up in something

So andamos esperando is not just a plain statement of waiting; it can imply something like:

• we’ve been waiting around lately
• we keep finding ourselves waiting
• we’ve been stuck waiting

That fits the context well.

Because after esperar, when what follows is a clause with a different subject, Spanish normally uses a que.

So:

• Esperamos el autobús = We wait for the bus
• Esperamos a Marta = We wait for Marta
• Esperamos a que Marta llegue = We wait for Marta to arrive

In your sentence:

• esperando a que la propietaria termine...

That means waiting for the owner to finish...

This a que is required here.

Because after esperar a que, Spanish uses the subjunctive.

So:

• Esperamos a que termine
  not
• Esperamos a que termina

Why subjunctive? Because the action has not happened yet; it is anticipated, pending, or desired rather than presented as a completed fact.

Here, the speaker is waiting for something that is still in progress:

...a que la propietaria termine la reforma del baño
= ...for the landlady/owner to finish the bathroom renovation

Since it is a future or not-yet-completed action, termine is correct.

This is an important distinction.

• esperar a que + subjunctive = to wait for someone/something to do something
• esperar que + subjunctive = to hope that...

Examples:

• Espero a que llegue = I’m waiting for him/her to arrive
• Espero que llegue = I hope he/she arrives

In your sentence, the meaning is clearly waiting for, so Spanish uses:

esperando a que la propietaria termine...

La propietaria means the female owner.

Depending on context, in English this could be translated as:

• the owner
• the landlady
• the landlady/owner of the property

Because the sentence mentions la reforma del baño, the context strongly suggests she is the owner of the flat or house and is responsible for the renovation.

The feminine ending -aria shows the owner is female:

• el propietario = the male owner
• la propietaria = the female owner

In Spanish, definite articles are used more often than in English.

So where English may say:

• we’re waiting for the owner

Spanish naturally says:

• esperando a que la propietaria...

Using la here is completely normal. Spanish usually needs the article before a noun like this unless there is a special reason not to use it.

In Spain, la reforma usually means renovation, remodelling, or building work/improvement work.

So:

• la reforma del baño = the bathroom renovation
• depending on context: the bathroom remodel, the bathroom works

In Peninsular Spanish, reforma is very common for home renovation work.

Because de + el contracts to del.

So:

• de el baño → del baño

This contraction is mandatory in standard Spanish.

The only major exception is when El is part of a proper name, such as:

• de El Escorial

But here el baño is just a normal noun phrase, so del baño is required.

Yes, that would also be grammatically correct.

The difference is mostly nuance:

• estamos esperando = more neutral, straightforward
• andamos esperando = more informal and slightly more expressive; it can suggest the situation has been dragging on lately

So both work, but andamos esperando sounds a bit more natural if the speaker wants to convey ongoing inconvenience or weariness.

Because the sentence does not mean waiting for the owner in the sense of waiting for her presence.

It means waiting for the owner to finish the bathroom renovation.

Compare:

• Estamos esperando a la propietaria.
  = We are waiting for the owner.

• Estamos esperando a que la propietaria termine la reforma.
  = We are waiting for the owner to finish the renovation.

So here the thing being waited for is the completion of an action, not simply the person.

Yes, it sounds very natural in Spain.

Two details especially fit Peninsular Spanish well:

• la reforma for renovation / building work
• andar + gerund in conversational speech

Speakers in other Spanish-speaking regions would also understand it, but the wording feels especially at home in Spain.

Termine is the present subjunctive, third person singular, from terminar.

Here is the relevant part of the conjugation:

• yo termine
• tú termines
• él/ella/usted termine
• nosotros terminemos
• vosotros terminéis
• ellos/ellas/ustedes terminen

In the sentence, the subject is la propietaria, so third person singular is needed:

...a que la propietaria termine...

Not very naturally.

A very literal version would be something like:

• Lately we go around waiting for the female owner to finish the bathroom renovation.

That is understandable, but not natural English.

A better natural translation would be:

• Lately we’ve been waiting for the landlady to finish the bathroom renovation.
• We’ve been stuck lately waiting for the owner to finish the bathroom remodel.

This is a good example of where Spanish uses a structure that should be translated by meaning, not word-for-word.