elementary / elementary/files

Inconsistent indications of free disk space

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Description

## Describe the bug
When selecting on properties for the root directory (the one at the top of the file system where /home is located), the window displays an incorrect value on used disk space and the folder size, however, the information displayed is correct when the data is still loading.

To Reproduce

1. Open 'Files'.
2. In the 'Devices' section, select the file system being used by the OS.
3. Right click in the right part of the window where the directories are displayed.
4. Select 'Properties'

### Expected behavior
When the properties window finishes loading I expected to show the data that it already had while loading.

### Screenshots or screen recordings

![Screenshot from 2020-05-06 01-03-25@2x](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/42823638/81190216-27d25080-8f7d-11ea-8d6a-26a918a4b07d.png)

![Screenshot from 2020-05-06 09-34-07@2x](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/42823638/81190267-3b7db700-8f7d-11ea-8c4b-8c61f6eeaed3.png)

## Platform Information
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/42823638/81190374-61a35700-8f7d-11ea-8c32-cc44cba5a82f.png)

- [ ] I'm using the latest version from git that I've manually compiled
- [x] I'm using the latest released stable version

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