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Shingles and stone provide eye-catching textural variety to the Lone Rock, a bungalow designed for construction on a lot that slopes down at the rear.
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MARKET INDEX IS EDGING UP
Home builder Kimmi Houston of Houston Homes is shown at her home in the Oakdale Valley addition in northeast Oklahoma City. Houston was named chairman of Professional Women in Building, a council of the National Association of Home Builders, in January. PHOTO BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN
HOMES | LOCAL BUILDER KIMMI HOUSTON IS NEW CHAIRMAN OF PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN BUILDING BY DYRINDA TYSON Special Correspondent dyrinda@gmail.com
She might be a homebuilder, but Kimmi Houston won’t be spending much time at home this year. “Well, of course I’m the voice of women in the industry,” said Houston, 48, co-owner of Houston Homes with her husband, Kim Houston. She was installed as chairman of Professional Women in Building, a council of the National Association of Home Builders, in January. She’ll spend her one-year term working on behalf of both fellow builders and other women in the business. “I’ll travel quite a bit this
year to different conferences,” she said. “In fact, I go to Washington, D.C., several times this year. We’re on Capitol Hill on the issues.” Hot issues include the mortgage interest deduction, which has been in budget-cutters’ gun sights for years. That’s the wrong approach, Houston said. “How do you really bring down the debt of the nation? Jobs. How else? People want to work,” she said. “Construction supports a lot of families, a lot of salaries, a lot of families’ livelihoods. Without that, there are a lot of people who don’t have a job.” As it is, the building industry has been squeezed SEE HOUSTON, PAGE 2F
SEALING DRAFT AT DRYER VENT
The Houson home has warm earth tones and an open floor plan with back windows overlooking a rolling expanse of grass and trees in the Oakdale Valley neighborhood. PHOTO BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN
Retirement readiness analysis suggested A couple in their early 60s portant was the fact that both wanted to build a mountainside could qualify for substantial Socottage they could enjoy after cial Security benefits once they retiring from the cleaning supply reached 66, what the government company they owned. currently defines as their “full But before signing retirement age.” a contract with a Leslie Brey, custom building firm, the president of Ellen they wanted to ensure a fee-only fiJames they could afford the nancial planMartin cottage without putning firm who’s ting their retirement developed an funds at risk. To be expertise in certain they were on Social Security, SMART MOVES sound ground, the suggests you do couple headed to the office of a thorough analysis of your recertified financial planner, Shawn tirement readiness before taking Koch. the plunge. She helped them compare their Here are a few pointers for savings against their expected those nearing retirement age who future cash-flow needs in retirewould like to buy a second home: Do your homework before ment. She also factored in the committing to a purchase. Social Security benefits they Eric Tyson, co-author of “Percould collect to help cover their sonal Finance for Seniors for income needs during their nonDummies” and a personal finance working years. This gave them the confidence to go forward with expert who formerly worked as a financial counselor, recommends their plans. that before they start shopping One reason the self-employed for a second home, older boomcouple could afford to fulfill their ers should ask an accountant or homebuilding plans was that financial planner to help them they’d lived frugally and socked develop a retirement budget. away more than $1 million in Alternatively, they can create retirement savings. Equally im-
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The latest National Association of Home Builders Remodeling Market Index edged up to 41.5 in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to 40.8 in the third quarter. An index below 50 indicates that more remodelers say market activity is lower compared to the prior quarter. The index has been running below 50 since late 2005. In the fourth quarter, the index component measuring current market conditions stayed flat at 43.3 from 43.4 in the previous quarter. The component measuring future indicators of remodeling business increased to 39.7 from 38.1 in the previous quarter.
their own budget with the use of one of the free retirement income calculators available on the Internet through such investment companies as Vanguard (www.vanguard.com) or T. Rowe Price (www.troweprice.com). In making your calculations, Tyson strongly recommends you assume you’ll live into your 80s or even 90s. Don’t claim early Social Security benefits just to fund your second home. Once they’re eligible, many people find the notion of tapping Social Security benefits tantalizing, Brey said. This is especially likely if they’re anxious to purchase a second home. But she urges anyone who can hold out for larger retirement benefits at age 66 or beyond, to do so. And she says it would be particularly unwise to claim early benefits — with diminished amount — for the purpose of helping fund a second home purchase. Don’t let political rhetoric undermine your financial future. One of the hottest topics of the current political season is wheth-
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er the government should cut Social Security benefits to help reduce the ballooning federal budget deficit. Such talk has many older baby boomers fearful their benefits could be slashed, said Craig Copeland, a senior research associate with the Employee Benefit Research Institute in Washington, D.C. In the belief that cuts could be imminent, Copeland said many older boomers think they should claim their Social Security benefits as soon as they’re eligible, at 62. That way, they reason, they can “lock in” benefits while there’s still time. But Copeland and other Social Security experts contend that for political reasons it’s highly unlikely that older boomers — those now in their late 50s or early 60s — will ever face benefit cuts from Congress. And he thinks it’s even more doubtful that the benefits of those already receiving Social Security will ever be cut. “Remember that older people represent a powerful voting bloc,” Copeland said.
Q: I’ve never found a good solution to the drafts I get from around my dryer vent. As my laundry center is in a corner of my kitchen, a cold day with the winds on that side of the house can be uncomfortable when I’m spending a lot of time (as I do frequently) in that room. Do you know of any products designed specifically for that purpose? A: Brian Smith, of Energy Saving Comfort Systems Inc. of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, suggested making sure your dryer vent has a functioning damper. Lint buildup sometimes prevents the damper from closing properly, which can let cold air in. He also recommended checking for gaps around the vent where it leaves the house. A gap of a quarter-inch or less can be sealed with silicone caulk. For a wider gap, use an expanding foam sealant such as Great Stuff. However, Smith said it may not be possible to stop the chill completely. Aluminum transfers heat quickly, so the duct can get cold fast, he said. FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
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since U.S. financial markets nose-dived in 2008. It comes down to “the ADCs,” she said: acquisition, development and construction lending. Existing homes are selling, she said, but home construction is sluggish. “It’s very, very difficult for builders to get lending, to support their companies,” she said. Homes under construction aren’t following the old patterns. “They’re being scaled down as far as the amenities,” Kim Houston said. “There are not as many amenities being put in.” The 2008 crash ushered in another problem. Home appraisals are partly based on the value of surrounding homes, Kimmi Houston said, and in the past the number of foreclosures wasn’t high enough to cause problems. As foreclosures have snowballed, though, they’re affecting surrounding property values. “There may be two or three that have foreclosed or gone into short sale, so their values have just plummeted. They virtually had to give them away,” she said. “And they comp (run a comparative market analysis on) them off of those values, so of course it will hurt new construction — like crazy.” Nothing keeps appraisers from lumping neighboring foreclosures and short sales into their appraisals. “It’s a sad reality that houses have gone into foreclosure, and it’s a sad reality that this has happened,” she said. “However, why compound it by having those still comped with good properties? It takes your value down that much more.” Meanwhile, as the voice for women in homebuilding, Kimmi Houston will emphasize education, networking and promotion. Members of Professional Women in Building have a host of tools at their disposal: web seminars, meetings and books, some written by fellow members. They also band together for projects such as Habitat for Humanity, she said, unleashing all-women crews in Oklahoma City and beyond to build houses for people in need. In between, they dole out a variety of endowments, including scholar-
Kimmi and Kim Houston built their own home in Oakdale Valley addition and moved in late last year. PHOTO BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN
Cabinets almost fill a wall of the kitchen of the home that Kimmi and Kim Houston built for themselves in the Oakdale Valley addition. PHOTO BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN
A bedroom in the Houston home is decorated for the Houstons’ granddaughter. PHOTO BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN
ships and awards to members. “That’s what we do,” she said. “Promote women, promote your own professionalism and you can take it to the next level that you choose to take it on.” It’s worlds away from the council’s roots as a women’s auxiliary started by builders’ wives in 1955. “Part of the board of directors would meet and discuss, but that was behind closed doors. Women weren’t allowed,” Houston said. “So they formed the
women’s auxiliary for the ladies to have something to meet about. They were there anyway, so they just formed a group.” It evolved into the Women’s Council in 1962, taking on philanthropic and fundraising projects, she said. Members took another major step last year, renaming it Professional Women in Building. “When we changed the name, it was the evolution of women,” she said. “Women had become more predominant in the
industry — business owners, not just a wife or a family member, but actually owning their own companies and dealing with things themselves.” Houston said she can count the number of women builders in Oklahoma on one hand, and out of 160,000 member builders nationwide, only 23 percent are women, she said. But they’re a growing segment. “That number has doubled over the last 10 years,” she said. And they’re hardly alone. The council welcomes men, too, including her husband. “That’s the one thing I want to say,” Kim Houston said. “I support her and the women in professional building.” In fact, men make up more than a quarter of the council’s membership. “We have a good support system,” Kimmi Houston said. “But they are not just there for support — they’re not just husbands. They actually participate with us, very much so.”
You’ve come a long way, women homebuilders BY DYRINDA TYSON Special Correspondent dyrinda@gmail.com
It’s the 800-pound gorilla in the room sometimes, even if the builder who happens to be a woman is a successful builder who happens to be a woman. Is there still a bias, you know, against women builders? “Considering where we live, here in the South, that’s probably a fair question,” builder Kimmi Houston said. But is there? “Probably not so much anymore, not at all,” she said. Efforts to build a home with husband Kim Houston — then a drywall contractor with industry connections — gradually lured Kimmi Houston into construction. The first house, near Memorial and Western, sold before it was complete. The Houstons finished it out for the family and moved on. “So we tried it again, and sold that one,” she said. “Then we sold a third one. All of them sold very quickly, and we got to finish them for the families the way they wanted it — so a very nice taste of what custom home building is like.” Eventually they were able to finish a home of their own, but the experience had her hooked — on building as well as on the building business. Kimmi Houston is 2011 chairman of Professional Women in Building, a council of the National Association of Home Builders. “I was in that corporate world and wasn’t going any farther,” she said.
HOUSTON HOMES Houston Homes has built in the following neighborhoods: Oakdale Valley, Sooner and Hefner — prices range from $250,000 to $350,000. Shadow Ridge, NE 122 and Air Depot — $350,000 to $450,000. Stone Valley Ranch, Waterloo and Douglas Boulevard, Edmond — $300,000 to $400,000. Hampden Hollow, Covell and Air Depot, Edmond — $250,000 to $350,000. Englewood, Bryant, south of Memorial Road — $350,000 to $450,000. Englewood Manor, Bryant south of Memorial Road — $200,000-$250,000.
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“So we talked about it a lot and I prayed about it a lot, and I decided that was probably my answer.” And in the beginning, in the mid-1990s, she did face resistance, she said. Phone calls to contractors would meet dead-ends. “They simply wouldn’t talk to me. They would not talk to me because I was a woman,” she said. She decided to take a pragmatic approach. “At first, it was quiet annoying,” she said. “But then I said, ‘Well, it’s just going to take time. I need to stay the course, because it’s going to take time for them to get to know me, and they’ve got to trust me, and they’ve
got to have respect for me. So you show them respect, they show you respect, somewhere it’s going to merge in the middle. And it did.” Things went well enough that she elected to leave her corporate job around 1997 and go into construction full time. Her husband has since phased out his drywall business to do the same. Kimmi Houston said she faces little resistance among contractors these days. “They really embrace you,” she said. “If you have shown them you have a passion for the industry, they’ll do anything under the sun for you.” The Houstons have scaled down since their children left home, moving in late 2010 into a stone home in the Oakdale Valley addition, south of Hefner Road and east of Sooner Road in northeast Oklahoma City. The warm earth tones and open floor plan with back windows overlooking a rolling expanse of grass and trees belie the home’s 2,400 square feet. Those hills often come alive with the sound of yipping — coyotes prowl the landscape, along with deer and other wildlife. “You absolutely have to bring your pets in at night,” she said. The latest National Association of Home Builders statistics show 23 percent of the group’s 160,000 members are women. The number has doubled over the past 10 years, Kimmi Houston said. What is drawing in women? Houston shrugged. “It might be more opportunity, or it might be someone like me,” she said.
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LOS ANGELES — Fresh off a quarter punctuated by a loss and weaker home orders and closings, homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. said it expects 2011will be a tougher slog for housing than last year. And that’s saying something: Last year, builders sold the fewest homes on records going back 47 years. “We need job growth, we need consumer confidence and we still have issues with qualifying people with tighter mortgage underwriting,” said Donald Tomnitz, the builder’s president and chief executive. “Our goal still is to be profitable in 2011 and we are going to struggle more than we did in 2010 to be profitable.” High unemployment, tighter bank lending standards and uncertainty about home prices have kept many potential homebuyers on the sidelines even as mortgage interest rates hover near alltime lows. Low mortgage rates have made homes more affordable than they have been in years, but that’s little consolation to would-be homebuyers who are worried about their job security or unable to sell their own home. And yet Horton, based in Fort Worth, Texas, is seeing some signs that business might at least perk up this spring, traditionally a period of strong home sales. Traffic from prospective buyers is up at the company’s model homes, Tomnitz said. “In two weeks the spring selling season begins in earnest and we will begin to get a much better read on demand,” he said. To gear up for the spring, Horton has been tying up option contracts on land even outside its core markets, which have included Oklahoma City since 2006. But Tomnitz warned that the builder’s profit margins would continue to be squeezed in the second quarter due to intense competition among builders for a smaller pool of potential homebuyers. “Over the next couple of months there’s going to be some extreme competition in the marketplace,” he said. That could mean better deals for homebuyers, but lower profits for Horton and other builders. Horton and its rivals will be hard-pressed to match their sales orders from last spring, when tax credits helped prop up home
sales. The tax credits expired last April and demand cratered for much of the year. New home sales did pick up in November and December, but even with that upswing, Horton failed to match its sales from the prior-year quarter. The builder’s new home orders fell 17 percent in the October-December period, while closings tumbled
34 percent and revenue fell by nearly one-third. The weaker sales trends helped push Horton into the red. The company reported a loss of $20.4 million, or 6 cents a share, for the quarter. That compares with a profit of $192 million, or 56 cents a share, in the prior-year period, when the builder got a one-time tax benefit of $149.2 million.
Revenue plunged 31 percent to $767 million from $1.11 billion. Horton closed on 3,637 homes, down from 5,529 a year earlier. Orders for the quarter fell to 3,363, with
declines in every region except the East, which accounted for only oneeighth of Horton’s orders. The company ended the quarter with fewer homes under contract than a year
earlier. D.R. Horton operates in 26 states and mostly targets first-time homebuyers with houses in some markets starting at under $100,000.
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Saltwater pool, waterfall embellish OKC home
The Listing of the Week is at 2700 SW 137 in the Cascata Lakes addition.
The Listing of the Week is a 1½-story Dallas-style house with well-landscaped lawn and an in-ground saltwater pool with a decorative waterfall. The 2,740-square-foot house at 2700 SW 137 has three bedrooms, two baths, two half-baths, two living areas, two dining areas and an attached three-car garage. The main living room is downstairs and has a fireplace and ceiling fan; a game room is upstairs. The kitchen has a breakfast bar, granite counter tops, work island
Lone Rock offers cozy feel Shingles and stone provide eye-catching textural variety to the Lone Rock, a bungalow designed for construction on a lot that slopes down at the rear. Craftsman windows on all sides add their characteristic sparkle. To enter, you climb a few wide steps. These lead to a welcoming covered porch with stone veneer bases accented by tapered columns that are linked by nostalgic wooden railings. The entry opens directly into a vaulted great room with a masonry fireplace. Wide arched openings at the rear lead to a vaulted country kitchen that expands out on the right. The mud hall straight ahead runs past a storage closet and a coat closet before opening onto a covered porch with a cozy sun porch to the left. Basement stairs are nearby. Counters and cupboards wrap around three sides of the kitchen, which is loaded with windows on two sides. Near the apex of the vaulting, two transom windows crown the four lower-level windows. The
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informal dining area is completely open to the kitchen, and a sliding glass door opens onto the side deck that links with the front porch. A vaulted owners’ suite with a full bathroom fills out the left side of the home along with the den. The small powder room across the hall is convenient to the kitchen and family room as well as the rear porches. While most of the home is on one level, a bedroom, bathroom and spacious utility room are located in the finished half of the Lone Rock’s daylight basement below. A convenient pet door accesses the utility room there. The downstairs bedroom has a roomy walk-in closet and offers direct access to the side patio. As space needs expand, the owners might want to finish the basement’s other half. For a review plan, including scaled floor plans, elevations, section and artist’s conception, send $25 to Associated Designs, 1100 Jacobs Drive, Eugene, OR, 97402. Please specify the Lone Rock 41-020 and include a return address when ordering. For more information, call (800) 634-0123.
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and large pantry. The master bedroom is downstairs and has a cathedral ceiling and ceiling fan. Secondary bedrooms have full baths and ceiling fans. The home has a storm shelter and security system. Built in 2008, it is listed for $345,500 with Cheryl Cupps of Century 21-Clinkenbeard Group. For more information, call 365-4314 or 799-2100. Nominations for Listing of the Week are welcome. Send information on single-family homes to The Oklahoman, Richard Mize, P.O. Box 25125, Oklahoma City, OK 73125. Nominations may be faxed to 475-3996.
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Could adjustable-rate loans be returning? WASHINGTON — After years of virtual are no more of the two-year adjustables exile from the home loan arena, is the that hooked record numbers of consumadjustable-rate mortgage staging a quiet ers in 2003 and 2004 with teaser rates comeback? Could an ARM be on your that needed to be refinanced with heavy shopping list the next time fees within 24 months. No you need to buy a house or more “pick-a-pay” ARMs refinance? that were mass-marketed You might be surprised. Kenneth with loosey-goosey unA new survey of 112 derwriting and negative Harney lenders by mortgage giant amortization. Freddie Mac found that The most popular ARM ARMs are starting to atin the market today, actract applicants again. THE NATION’S HOUSING cording to the Freddie Mac Adjustables accounted for survey, is the “5-1” hybrid. just 3 percent of new home loans in early Its rate is fixed for the first five years of 2009, but are projected to be the final the loan, then adjusts annually for as choice for nearly one out of 10 borrowers much as the next 25 years, with protecin 2011. In the jumbo and super-jumbo tive rate caps to cushion payment shocks segments, the share will be even larger, if rates suddenly spike. There are also according to Freddie Mac chief economist “7-1” and “3-1” hybrids. The antique Frank Nothaft. one-year ARM still is available but How could this be, with fixed 30-year doesn’t get a lot of takers. The real key to the growing popularity rates at half-century lows, hovering just of hybrid ARMs is in their pricing. Rates under 5 percent? Isn’t it axiomatic that are significantly lower than fixed 30-year it’s always smarter to lock in a low fixed alternatives, with no teasers or negative rate for as long as possible rather than to amortization involved. In some cases, they gamble on a loan whose rate might come with other attractive terms, such as bounce around in the years ahead? more flexible underwriting standards. That logic still holds up for most peoAccording to data supplied by Dan ple, but not for everybody. Here’s why: Green, a loan officer with Waterstone The boom-era models of the ARM Mortgage Corp. in Cincinnati and author have pretty much disappeared — there
of TheMortgageReports.com blog, the rate spread between 5-1 hybrid ARMs and 30-year fixed-rate loans has now widened to around 1.625 percentage points. To illustrate, say you’re interested in a $250,000 conventional loan to buy a home. You’ve got a 740 FICO credit score and want to close in 45 days. You could opt for a 30-year fixed loan at 4.75 percent, requiring a monthly principal and interest payment of $1,304. Alternatively, you could opt for a 5-1 ARM fixed at 3.125 percent, costing $1,071 in principal and interest per month — a $233 saving. But check out the niche where hybrid ARMs really shine: Jumbo and superjumbo mortgages. Generally jumbos range from $417,000 to $729,750, depending on home prices in your local market. Super jumbos can go into the millions. Say you need a $450,000 mortgage with a 45-day closing and you have a 740 FICO. According to Green, you should be able to get a 30-year fixed-rate jumbo today for around 5.625 percent. Monthly principal and interest on a fixed-rate jumbo would total $2,590 a month. Compare that with a $450,000 hybrid 5-1 ARM: 3.5 percent for the initial five years, requiring $2,020 a month in principal and interest.
That’s a rate spread of 2.125 points — “the best we’ve seen in years,” Green said in an interview. “It’s very aggressively priced” by banks who want to originate them to hold in their own portfolios. The savings go even higher in the super-jumbo space: A $1 million 5-1 ARM goes for 3.5 percent and saves a borrower $1,266 a month compared with a competing $1 million fixed-rate 30-year loan at 5.6 percent. Cathy Warshawsky, president and senior loan officer of Bay Area Loan Inc. in San Jose, Calif., cited another advantage for some jumbo borrowers: special enhancements in payment terms. For example, a client of Warshawsky’s needed a $950,000 mortgage at the lowest rate and monthly payment. She signed him up for a 5-1 hybrid at 5.75 percent, interest only. None of this is to suggest, of course, that hybrid adjustables make financial sense for everybody. They don’t. But if you fit one of the niches — you need a jumbo, you know you’re likely to be transferred or you expect to sell the house within the coming five to seven years — they merit a serious look. Ken Harney’s e-mail address is kenharney@earthlink.net. WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP
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anything,” said Cheryl Miller, of Long & Foster Real Estate in Blue Bell, Pa. “The Wizard of Oz has had the curtain pulled back.” In other words, those housing-boom days when people would sign deposit checks at the front door are long over. Sellers who have let things slip may have a lot of work to do before their house can be considered ready for the market. Deferred maintenance “is almost a death sentence” for a listing these days, Badalamenti said. “Things like nail pops and settlement cracks, while often easily repaired, are not being tolerated.” MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE INFORMATION SERVICES
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the TV shows or articles on staging.” When she goes to a listing appointment, Williams — who has a real estate designation qualifying her as an expert in staging — can quickly tell whether the house needs tweaking or major changes. If only minor touches are required, she gives the homeowners “suggestions to make the house more showable.” And, of course, it should be “Q-tip clean,” as Williams’ staging course recommended. After-showing feedback is important, too, even though many sellers do not want to hear buyers’ opinions. “Gone are the days when buyers were willing to settle for
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spoiled,” Badalamenti said. “Homes are almost being put on the market as museum pieces. You can bounce a dime off a bed.” Said Carol Sabatelli, an agent with Weichert Realtors in Media, Pa.: “Right now, you need to pull every trick out of your hat in order to even get a showing.” Staging has become big business and is often recommended for hard-to-sell houses and potentially easy ones alike. “It is rare to find a home that does not need some suggestions for showing,” said Diane Williams, an agent with Weichert Realtors in Spring House, Pa. “In fact, I find that sellers ask about it because they are familiar with
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Cari Cucksey turns talent into reality show BY JEFF SEIDEL Detroit Free Press
DETROIT — Morris Cucksey would burst through the door, excited about showing off his newfound treasure. “Wait till you see what I have,” he’d say. “Grandpa, where did you get it?” Cari Cucksey recalled asking. “Alongside the road,” he’d tell her, time after time in his gruff voice. Furniture, tables, chairs — “anything and everything that he thought he could salvage,” Cari said. Morris Cucksey, a World War II veteran, taught Cari that everything had potential — all it took was some creativity and vision to uncover it. “He went through the Depression, so he couldn’t throw anything away,” Cari said. “If he saw a computer on the side of the road, he’d pick it up and get all of the screws and nuts out of it because he didn’t want to see anything go in the garbage.” She sat on a stool in RePurpose, a resale shop she opened three months ago in Northville, Mich., and looked around at the things she sells — furniture, tables, chairs and countless home items that have been salvaged and transformed, including a bowling alley lane turned into a kitchen table. “I heard my name,” she said, her head snapping to the big-screen television tuned to HGTV. She watched a commercial for her new reality show, “Cash & Cari,” which is based on her estate-sales business. “Cool. That must be the next episode.” In many ways, Cari, 35, has taken her grandfather’s advice and applied it to her life. This onetime fitness instructor has evolved into a businesswoman, entrepreneur and budding TV star. “With the way the world is, you have to recreate and repurpose yourself, just to keep up with technology,” she said. It all started in 1998, when Cari wanted to go to Europe after graduating from Central Michigan University. She didn’t have enough money, so she started buying and selling things on eBay, making enough to go overseas for two weeks. When she returned to Michigan, she started shopping estate sales for items with resale potential. “I started realizing I knew a little about a lot of
Above: Cari Cucksey is recorded for HGTV’s reality show called “Cash & Cari" at a location in Livonia, Mich. MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE PHOTO Right: Cari Cucksey, 35, from Northville, Mich., is owner of RePurpose Estate Services, an estate sales company that is featured on an HGTV reality show called “Cash & Cari." MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE PHOTO
It’s really grown because there are so many aging baby boomers dealing with liquidating their parents’ estate.” CARI CUCKSEY
things,” she said. “The light bulb went off” and she started an estate-sales business. Now, Cari and her team go into homes, hunt for treasures, research what each item is worth and conduct a two- or threeday sale for clients, trying to liquidate everything before someone moves or sells a house. “It’s really grown because there are so many aging baby boomers dealing with liquidating their parents’ estates,” she said. In early 2010, TV executives were scouting for a female liquidator for a reality show on estate sales. A woman with a British accent saw Cari’s website, called her and said: “Cari, I’m on your Facebook page, and you are very tele-worthy.” Producers came to Michigan and filmed 12 hours of Cari in action. The series was sold to HGTV and premiered Jan. 3. “We already have a contract for a second season,” said Cari’s fiance and business partner, Vincenzo Iafano. “They are already talking about a third season, and they are predicting five to seven.” Cari’s team of roughly 25
employees is made up of everyday, hardworking Michiganders who’ve suddenly been thrust into a national television show, doing the same things they did before the cameras showed up. “We are like a super dysfunctional family,” said Sharon Gabrian, 46, of Bloomfield Township, Mich., whom Cari describes as her “right hand” and her “left hand.” “Cari is like my sister. We banter back and forth all the time.” The cast is “extraordinary together,” said Dennis Beauchamp, who is directing the first two seasons of “Cash & Cari.” “You have a family atmosphere in this cast.” When Cari holds an estate sale under normal circumstances, she deals with people who have lost a loved one or are selling their things for financial reasons. “She coaches them through a lot of emotion,” Iafano said. “Now that she is doing her grandfather’s house, she is feeling that same emotion. It’s a little bit of a tough experience for her.” MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE INFORMATION SERVICES
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Man cave overhaul begins with new colors DEAR MI-LING: Several months ago my doctor told me I had to have surgery on my spine and that I wouldn’t be able to walk up and down the stairs for at least six to eight weeks. This meant I would need to live in my “Man Cave” in the basement. My basement allowed me to live independently without having to go up and down the steps. I had all the comforts of the Mi-Ling main level of my home, which included a shower, Stone bedroom and my comPoole puter. The only thing missing was the kitchen. The small windows ASK MI-LING and the walkout to the backyard saved me from total boredom while recuperating. Now that I’m fully recovered I want to change up the colors. I realized that the dark gray was perfect for watching TV, but not for living day to day. Do you have any suggestions on color combinations that will not be depressing just in case I end up back in the cave one day? Brent Manson DEAR BRENT: I agree, gray can be a depressing color. Of course, it’s a personal choice but I try to avoid using gray in my home. A few of the colors you might consider are warm tones of cream and beige, or colors of the ocean like corals, blues and aqua greens. Sherwin Williams has a color called Turkish Tile that offers a nice tone of blue perfect for a man cave in combination with brown, gray or cream. After you repaint, fill your space with color with artwork, rugs and pillows to create a warm and inviting man space. In the future, you might want to add a wet bar or a small refrigerator to the room to keep those drinks cold for your buddies. Consult with a contractor to find the perfect location to carve out a cabinet and a sink. Now go out and create your own unique comfort zone! For more design tips and other lifestyle information go to www.mi-ling.com.
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Permits Oklahoma City Putnam City Schools, 8500 NW 23, school, erect, $3,000,000. James C. Sanders, 7600 N Coltrane Road, residence, erect, $560,000. Silvergate Construction Inc., 10021 Forest Glade Drive, residence, erect, $495,000. Coleman Homes Inc., 4925 SE 104, residence, erect, $480,000. Tom Vorderlandwehr Inc., 9100 NW 90 Circle, residence, erect, $466,000. Michael Chappell, 14040 N Pennsylvania Ave., restaurant, erect, $450,000. Home First Inc., 15101 Turtle Lake Place, residence, erect, $425,000. Omni Construction LLC, 5517 SW 29, warehouse, erect, $350,000. Manchester Green Homes LLC, 14809 Remington Way, residence, erect, $279,400. Gary Owens Carpet & Construction Inc., 8700 SW 109 Court, residence, erect, $275,000. Gary Owens Carpet & Construction Inc., 8721 SW 109 Court, residence, erect, $275,000. Don Kaspereit, 13808 Santa Fe Crossings Drive, office-warehouse, erect, $269,100. Don Kaspereit, 13808 Santa Fe Crossings Drive, office-warehouse, erect, $269,100. Steven James Homes Inc., 604 Prairie Hill Lane, residence, erect, $264,000.
Cypert (Claud) Construction, 9309 NW 94 Circle, residence, erect, $250,000. McDermott Construction Co. LLC, 9112 Scarlet Blvd., residence, erect, $210,000. Old World Design Build LLC, 17513 Sparrowhawk Lane, residence, erect, $200,000. Old World Design Build LLC, 2428 NW 176, residence, erect, $200,000. Sam Gresham Architect, 1 NE 2, office, remodel, $200,000. R&R Homes LLC, 3217 Tenkiller Court, residence, erect, $185,000. SWM & Sons Inc., 5101 Old Schoolhouse Road, residence, erect, $157,221. Tom Vorderlandwehr Inc., 9109 NW 92, residence, erect, $155,400. Mashburn Faires Homes LLC, 109 Settlers Way, residence, erect, $153,600. Cinema Building Services, 1600 W Interstate 240 Service Road, retail sales, remodel, $150,000. Harbor Homes, 17309 Aragon Lane, residence, erect, $110,000. Oden Homes, 14916 Bette Lane, residence, add-on, $107,000. Alan Stuck Custom Homes, 7716 Marathon Lane, residence, erect, $100,000. Alan Stuck Custom Homes, 704 Tall Grass Drive, residence, erect, $100,000. Ali Seirafi-Pour, 10928 SW 31, residence, erect, $100,000. Design Development
Capitol Abstract promotes Zangari to office manager Capitol Abstract & Title Co. has promoted Kathy Zangari to manager of its Midwest City office, 9205 SE 15, Suite A. She also has received the Affiliate of the Year award from the MidDel-Moore Association of Realtors. She is past president of the association and has been a member for 20 years. She started working at Capitol Abstract in 2002 on the Midwest City business development team,
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then became an escrow closer and assistant manager.
REAL ESTATE Service, doing business as Elite Quality Homes, 4520 SW 122, residence, erect, $94,770. Home Creations, 12016 SW 10, residence, erect, $92,500. Design Development Service, doing business as Elite Quality Homes, 4505 SW 121, residence, erect, $88,500. McBride Construction & Roofing LLC, 1413 S Fairmont Ave., residence, erect, $80,000. No name provided, 2728 SW 25, restaurant, remodel, $70,000. No name provided, 1 NW 23, retail sales, remodel, $50,000. No name provided, 1 NW 12, tower-antenna, install, $50,000. Jerrod Idleman, 6401 SE 160, accessory, erect, $45,000. No name provided, 4475 NW 50, retail sales, remodel, $40,000. ARC, 7901 S Council Road, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. Jesse Martinez, 917 NW 20, accessory, erect, $30,000. Nastassja Evans, 7901 S Council Road, manu-
factured home, move-onmobile home park, $30,000. Nastassja Evans, 1325 Regatta Drive, manufactured home, move-onmobile home park, $30,000. Nastassja Evans, 1425 Whitecap Lane, manufactured home, move-onmobile home park, $30,000. Nastassja Evans, 1424 Windsurf Way, manufactured home, move-onmobile home park, $30,000. Natassja Evans, 9717 NW 10, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. Nastassja Evans, 9717 NW 10, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. Nastassja Evans, 2001 S MacArthur Blvd., moveon-mobile home park, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. Nastassja Evans, 2001 S MacArthur Blvd., moveon-mobile home park, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. Nastassja Evans, 2001 S MacArthur Blvd., erect, erect, $30,000. The Upchurch Co. LLC,
THE OKLAHOMAN | NEWSOK.COM 6400 NE 109, residence, add-on, $25,000. Callahan Steel Buildings (Curt), 12101 SW 27, residence, add-on, $20,000. Permit Place, 2501 W Memorial Road, retail sales, remodel, $20,000. Lenell Cheatham, 7800 N Post Road, manufactured home, add-on, $20,000. David Bonham, 10717 Eastlake Circle, residence, add-on, $20,000. Lynn Nguyen, 7642 W Reno Ave., business, remodel, $15,000. Home First Inc., 8120 Double Springs Drive, accessory, erect, $11,000. No name provided, 2137 NW 23, restaurant, remodel, $5,500. Morgan Building, 3225 SW 66, storage, erect, $5,000. Roberto Perez, 3500 SW 40, residence, add-on, $4,800. Wendell McMahan, 728 SW 56, canopy-carport, add-on, $3,500. HGL Construction, 1201 NE 17, residence, remodel, $3,000. Dustin C. Yeager, 912 NW 104, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,700.
Kenneth Guthrie, 7405 NW 114, accessory, erect, $2,500. Kenneth Guthrie, 7405 NW 114, accessory, erect, $2,500. Julie Gilstrap, 2617 N Grant Ave., accessory, add-on, $2,500. David S. Keel, 9910 Paisley Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,500. No name provided, 3827 W Hefner Road, public building, move-on, $2,000. No name provided, 3827 W Hefner Road, public building, move-on, $2,000. No name provided, 3827 W Hefner Road, public building, move-on, $2,000. Frank Rudolph, 14900 Gaillardia Lane, accessory, erect, $1,500.
Demolitions Midwest Wrecking, 8313 Candlewood Drive, restaurant. Midwest Wrecking, 2110 N Lottie Ave., grocery store. Midwest Wrecking, 1307 NE 20, apartments. Midwest Wrecking, 529 W Main, dry cleaning.