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Is there a difference between the county appraisal and a bank appraisal?

A: A county appraisal is the value assigned to a property for taxation purposes. The county will determine the appraised value based upon similar properties in the area. Rarely does the county appraiser physically walk through the property. The property value will be reassessed if a building permit is issued for improvements to the property. The county may send out a questionnaire asking for updated information from the property owner regarding any improvements that may have been made to the property.

Bank ordered appraisal is completed by a certified appraiser and may be called a “Fee Appraisal.” This appraisal is based on recent sales in the general neighborhood of the sold property. The appraiser will try to match the common characteristics of the sold property such as style, type, square footage, condition and street appeal. This appraisal should reflect the most recent market trend at the time it is completed. The bank will take the appraised property value and determine if the value of the property will support the loan requested by the buyer of the property.

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We have our home on the market and have received a “lowball” offer on it. What is the best way to handle this situation?

A: Consider before you ignore or outright refuse a very low purchase offer for your home. A counteroffer and negotiation could turn that low purchase offer into a sale.

When you receive a low offer on your house, the best response is to counter with a price you’re willing to accept.

You just received a purchase offer from someone who wants to buy your home.

You’re excited and relieved, until you realize the purchase offer is much lower than your asking price. How should you respond? Set aside your emotions, focus on the facts, and prepare a counteroffer that keeps the buyers involved in the deal.

A purchase offer, even a very low one, means someone wants to purchase your home. Unless the offer is laughably low, it deserves a cordial response, whether that’s a counteroffer or an outright rejection. Remain calm and discuss with your real estate agent the many ways you can respond to a lowball purchase offer.

Unless you’ve received multiple purchase offers, the best response is to counter the low offer with a price and terms you’re willing to accept. Some buyers make a low offer because that’s customary, they’re afraid they’ll overpay, or they want to

test your limits. A counteroffer signals that your’re willing to negotiate. One strategy for your counteroffer is to lower your price, but remove any concessions such as seller assistance with closing costs, or features such as kitchen appliances that you’d like to take with you.

Price is paramount for most buyers and sellers, but it’s not the only deal point. A low purchase offer might make sense if the contingencies are reasonable, the closing date meets your needs and the buyer is preapproved for a mortgage. Consider what terms you might change in a counteroffer to make the deal work.

Ask your REALTOR® whether any homes that are comparable to yours (known as “comps”) have been sold or put on the market since your home was listed for sale. If those new comps are at lower prices, you might have to lower your price to match them if you want to sell.

Buyers are sensitive to signs that a seller may be receptive to a low purchase offer. If your home is vacant or your home’s listing describes you as a “motivated” seller, you’re signaling you’re open to a low offer. If you can remedy the situation, maybe by renting furniture or asking your agent not to mention in your home listing that you’re motivated, the next purchase offer you get might be more to your liking.

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hanges are coming in how homes are lit.

A number of incandescent light bulbs are being phased out by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 because of energy inefficiency, said making the SWITCH Adam Cote, By JUDY SHERARD Western Extralite Co. account manager in Salina.

Many major manufacturers are stopping production of the 100-watt bulb.

Cote recommended replacing it with a 72-watt halogen bulb or a 23watt micro mini compact fluorescent.

Other bulbs on the list to be phased out are the 75-watt in 2013 and 60-watt and 40-watt in 2014.

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Andy Kollman, Hays electrician and owner of Kollman Electric, said he keeps current on improvements and new products through continuing education.

“A lot of people ask for a service call and ask if there’s a way they can save money,” he said.

He gives them options on how to not just get by for now, but get them through the next 10 years.

Large commercial companies are more likely to call and ask for an energy audit, Kollman said.

There are several ways residential and commercial buildings’ energy efficiency can be improved.

“The best way to save energy is to turn them (lights) off,” Cote said.

For example, a good option is occupancy lights that come on when someone’s in the room and shut off when the person leaves.

They are a good fit for any commercial area people are in for short periods of time, such as restrooms, warehouses or individual offices.

Kollman said pantries or laundry rooms are a good home application.

“Dimmers work great because you can take lights down 90 percent, and most people cannot detect a difference,” Cote said.

New LED Music Lites could be just the thing for those looking to upgrade with something out of the ordinary. Controlled by a remote, Music Lites marry a speaker and a light fixture. They can be placed anywhere there’s a can light.

“If you wanted to add whole house sound, (they are a) good option for hard to reach areas,” Cote said.

When buying LED lights, the key is to make sure they’re from a reputable company.

“The quality and color is better, a warmer color that’s similar to what you’re used to,” Cote said.

With “cheaper brands, you may buy three bulbs and get three different colors,” Kollman said.

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Love of architecture, antiques fills home

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tan Dalton’s decision to make dentistry his profession helped him provide a comfortable lifestyle for his

family.

His passion for architecture and design helped give him and his wife of nearly 57 years, Jeanine, a historic home in which to raise their three children.

Dalton, a retired dentist who answers to the name of Bud, and Jeanine built a New England-style house on a large lot and a half near a pasture on the outskirts of north Hays in the early 1970s.

The design was a takeoff from the 18th-century Connecticut Valley Saltbox, which features unequal sides and a low rear roof

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line that slopes down at a steeply pitched angle to a one-story height.

Some people leave the wooden frames unfinished for the weathered look, but the Daltons chose to go with the traditional burnt dark red exterior with boathouse blue trim.

While it was built on the original floor plan of 46-by-36 feet, the Dalton home also has plenty of comforts of modern-day living and now spans between 4,000 and 5,000 square feet of living space.

Both antique lovers, the Daltons have furnished their home with chairs, tables, sofas and bedroom sets dating back to the American Revolution.

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The three main styles are Colonial, Early American and Victorian, and the couple has fun searching for antiques from all across the country.

“It’s a disease,” Jeanine said of antique hunting.

“It worked out,” Bud said. “We both have the same disease.

“And,” he added, “you get to know people from all over the coun-

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try who are interested in the same things as you.”

The Daltons moved in to their new home on Christmas Eve 1973, from another house in town that Bud had designed.

“My original plan that this was No. 2 of three houses,” said Bud, who will turn 79 in May. “But now, I don’t know if I have another house in me.”

Through the years, the Daltons added on to their home when they needed more room, much like the New Englanders did when they added a lean-to to their home. That shape resembles the wooden lidded boxes in which salt was stored, and is where the name of the home style originated.

As the Dalton children grew older, a bedroom above the attached two-car garage was added.

Then the garage was turned into a library and greenhouse. And a separate three-car garage was built on the property.

All along the way, Daltons have had fun searching for furniture.

A 1870s organ owned by Jeanine’s grandmother sits just inside the front entrance that features the traditional double doors with raised panels.

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Every room is filled with antique furniture, ranging from Victorian chairs by Joseph Meeks to those made from layers of laminated Rosewood by John Henry Belter, a native German who immigrated to America and became a famous cabinetmaker.

Reproduction wingback chairs in the keeping room are from Williamsburg, Va., and the wooden floors are covered with antique oriental Persian rugs.

Each of the five bedrooms feature a matching bed frame, dresser and three-door chest.

Jeanine collects Waterford crystal, and a table in the dining room is set with china of her mother’s that came from Czechoslovakia.

A 7-foot Windsor bench from the 1750s lines an entire wall in a back hallway.

“Its cousins and brothers and sisters are in Independence Hall in Philadelphia,” Bud said of the sturdy wooden bench.

In addition to preserving the historic value, the Daltons wanted to keep their house homey.

But imagine inviting your friends over and rather than hanging out in a living room or family room, you invite them into the keeping room.

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The room is built around a huge central chimney that supports fireplaces in the parlor and the keeping room, where the cooking was done in the original homes.

Just off the keeping room is a small kitchen that Bud worked hard to place into the design of the house.

In the early days of the Saltbox homes, there was a “borning room,” built off the keeping room to be used for the birth of babies or ill members of the family because it was kept warm from the large fireplace.

“We had the back bedroom in mind for our parents,” Bud said.

“Or us when we get old,” Jeanine said with a laugh.

Danna Kaiser, the youngest of the Dalton children, said she never gave it much thought about their home being different than the ranch-style homes of some of her friends.

“It was home, so it didn’t seem different to me,” she said. “Some people assumed it was more rustic than it was.”

Bud and Jeanine both came from only-child families, so it wasn’t difficult to decide where holidays would be spent.

“It was great,” Kaiser said. “The grandparents always came to us. All the Christmases were at our house.

Our house was the hub of everything.”

And still is.

“The grandkids just love it,” said Kaiser, who raised her family of four in Hays with her husband, Randy, and still frequents her parents’ home.

“There are a lot of memories there. We still go there a lot.”

How do you use purple?

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ome furnishing catalogs and décor magazines tell us purple is all the rage, and top designers have been filling clients’ homes with everything from purple wallpaper and furniture to purple lampshades and throw pillows.

It can be a tough sell, said Betsy Burnham, founder of Burnham Design in Los Angeles, who has used purple frequently this year. Clients sometimes blanch when they hear “purple,” envisioning garish, overpowering hues, she said.

“Sometimes it takes putting the color up on the wall or buying a couple of yards of the fabric to convince them,” she said. They’re usually thrilled with the elegant results.

“I’ve done walls in a greyask a DESIGNER purple and it’s super-sophisticated,” Burnham said.

By MELISSA It is true purple has to be RAYWORTH, AP used wisely.

“Too much purple can seem Austin Powers-ish or way too juvenile,” said Brian Patrick Flynn, founder of decordemon.com.

So how can you choose the right shades of purple and use them well? Burnham, Flynn and Sandra Espinet offered their ideas and advice: Start slowly No need to invest much if you’re not sure whether purple is for you. Buy several purple candles for your dining room or a purple throw blanket to drape over your sofa.

Another low-commitment approach is to bring in a lamp with a lavender lampshade to add a subtle purple hue to a room.

Choose shades wisely “My rule of thumb is to use vibrant or bold purples strictly as accents, whereas muted purples or ones with lots of gray undertones can be used more generously,” Flynn said. “If you get your purples right, they can be warm and cool at the same time. My favorite shade is violet.”

Soft lilacs and grayish lavenders can be easier to work with, Burnham said. She advised homeowners to stay with pale purples or dark, regal shades.

Save the boldest shades of purple for one important piece, she said, such as a “beautiful vintage chair in your hallway. Or do just the seats of your dining chairs in a great purple fabric.”