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Leap of faith leads Oklahoma couple to homebuilding dream
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FHA adding restrictions on sellers The Federal Housing Administration plans to impose significant restrictions on the amount of money sellers can contribute at settlements in the near future. Page 3F
IN BRIEF ARCHITECTS’ TOUR SET FOR APRIL 14
Landmark Fine Homes of Norman, named America’s Best Builder 2012 by Builder magazine, constructed this model home at 4601 Kingsland Road in Norman. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN BY DYRINDA TYSON For The Oklahoman dyrinda@gmail.com
NORMAN — For Dan Reeves, a single phone call from his wife, Amy, would change everything. “She called me one day and said, ‘Hey, we haven’t seen each other in a couple of years,’ ” he recalled with a laugh. She had a point. They worked opposite shifts — Dan Reeves as a field training officer with the Oklahoma City Police Department, and Amy Reeves as an elementary school teacher. Their spare time was gobbled up by the growing homebuilding work they had going on the side. “And I was glad she called,” Dan Reeves said. “I was tired.” “And so we took a leap of faith,” Amy Reeves said, “left our careers and started a homebuilding company.” Eleven years later, there are no regrets, not even with a market downturn
thrown in to complicate things. Dan Reeves credits his police department training — “Prepare for the worst and hope for the best” — for not only getting Landmark Fine Homes through but even growing it a little. “We retained earnings and (did) not just spend all our money, to make sure we’re going to be around to take care of our customers and our family and our employees,” he said. “I think you can see there were a lot of other people who were spending it as they were making it, overextending themselves.” That was a factor earlier this year when Builder magazine, published by the National Association of Home Builders, named Landmark America’s Best Builder 2012 among builders its size, in the 25-100 closings-per-year category. The award is hardly a cosmetic one. Dan Reeves said his company had to provide details about its systems and practices, accounting, employee reten-
tion and more when it applied for the award. “Having beautiful homes, all that plays a part,” he said. “But it’s a little easier to build a beautiful home than it is to build a company.” His wife said, “A lot of times people, I think, misconceive America’s Best Builder as just the sticks and brick and the exterior and what you see. But it really is a lot of the behind the scenes, how you run your organization.”
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Beyond bricks, mortar Amy and Dan Reeves grew up in the MooreNorman area, were high school sweethearts and now live within miles of their childhood homes. Both are active in the community through Relay for Life, Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity and the American Red Cross. Amy Reeves has served with the Salvation Army for years, including four years as kettle chairman,
Dan and Amy Reeves of Landmark Fine Homes of Norman, named as America’s Best Builder by Builder Magazine, are shown at a model home in Norman.
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PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Tips to get best agent for home sale Are you a homeowner who for several years has been sitting on the sidelines waiting for a stronger market before you sell? Are you finally ready to put your place up for sale this spring? If so, you’re not alone, said Ronald Phipps, a real estate broker and recent president of the National Association of Realtors (www.realtor.org). “Home sellers are more pragmatic now. They’re no longer holding their families and plans hostage for some magical price they might have gotten in the past. They’re ready to sell now,” Phipps said. Eric Tyson, a personal finance expert and co-author of “House Selling for Dummies,” said anyone planning to sell a home should take all the time necessary to find the strongest available real estate agent to list the property. How can you screen agents to find the best one for your listing? Jodi R.R. Smith, a human re-
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sources trainer who heads her own consulting firm (www.manner smith.com) suggests you create a preliminary list of five to 10 agents who are recommended by people you know. Then prescreen each with a brief phone interview. Focus on the agents with whom you establish a rapport, and ditch the ones you don’t. This should leave you with about three or four agents. Now it’s time for in-person interviews. Here are a few pointers: I Pose open-ended questions to the candidates. As the founder of MarketStar, (www.marketstar.com), a large
The American Institute of Architects Central Oklahoma Chapter will present the 11th annual Architectural Tour from noon to 6 p.m. April 14. The selfguided tour will include six residential properties among its nine stops. Advance tickets go on sale March 26 through April 12, and can be purchased online at www.aiacoc.org/tour or at Taparchitecture, 415 N Broadway, or the AIA Central Oklahoma office, 3535 N Classen Blvd. Tickets will be $15 the day of the tour at any tour stop.
sales and marketing company, Alan Hall has interviewed hundreds of job applicants. Experience has taught him that openended questions elicit the most revealing answers. “For example, ask them about a past failure they had in their real estate career and how they handled it. They should tell you how they turned failure into a learning experience. If they stumble in response, that’s not a good sign,” Hall said. I Request statistics on each agent’s past performance. Smith recommends you ask all the candidates for data on the homes they’ve sold in the past six months. In each case, what percentage of the list price did the homeowners obtain? And how many days did the property sit on the market before it sold? She also cautions against hiring an agent who promises to get you much more than the others say your home is worth.
I Screen for frankness but also good manners. Smith said you should consider only those agents who are candid in assessing the changes needed to make your property sell for its full market value. But you don’t want someone who is overly blunt. “I need to know, for example, that my NASCAR-themed bathroom must be painted over. But I want someone to tell me tactfully,” Smith said. She recommends you tell all the agents how much money you have for pre-sale upgrades and then ask them to give you a list of priorities. “Ask for their gut reactions and whether, for example, you would be better off spending the money you have to plant flowers beside your front entrance or to paint your bathroom. The right agent should have good suggestions that fit in your budget,” Smith said. To contact Ellen James Martin, email her at ellenjamesmartin@gmail.com. UNIVERSAL UCLICK
Q. Will the new lightbulbs work with touch lamps? A: There are several relatively new types of lightbulbs on the market, but you probably are referring to either compact fluorescent or LED bulbs. Either kind might pose a problem with some touch lamps. Lighting consultant Terry McGowan said that if a touch lamp has a mechanical switch, it will work with any CFL or LED bulb. However, if the lamp has an electronic switch, you’ll need to use a CFL or LED bulb that’s specially marked as dimmable. Even then you may have some problems, he said. You can tell what kind of switch the lamp has by putting a standard incandescent bulb of 40 to 60 watts in the socket and then trying the switch while listening carefully. If you hear a click when the lamp is turned on and off, then the switch is mechanical. If you don’t hear a click, it’s electronic. STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
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A recessed ceiling and crown molding accent the master bedroom in the Landmark Fine Homes model at 4601 Kingsland Road in Norman. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
This view shows the breakfast dining area next to the kitchen in the Landmark Fine Homes model in Norman. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
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and Landmark’s annual “Thanksmas” brings friends, colleagues and families together during the holidays at one of its model homes to collect food and toys for the Salvation Army. The Reeves children — Kaitlin, a sophomore at the University of Oklahoma, Matt, 13, and Mackenzie, 10 — often are involved as well. “It feels natural to be out there helping and teaching my kids to do the same,” Amy Reeves said. Dan Reeves cut his construction teeth in high school and college working with his uncle Lyndsey Gay, who owns L.G. Construction in Oklahoma City. Reeves put that experience to work in his spare time after going to work as a police officer, heeding the advice of another uncle who also worked in law enforcement. “He said, ‘Don’t work extra police jobs because you’ll die a young man,’ ” Reeves recalled. So Reeves built instead. And the buyers came. Then he built more, and more buyers came. “And it was growing and growing,” he said. “And (Amy) was doing the books after teaching all day. And we grew it. Basically it came to us.”
And Dan Reeves’ background didn’t hurt. “From the police department, people knew they could trust us,” he said. So Landmark has built for district attorneys, federal officials, judges and fellow police officers.
Staying the course Even so, the maelstrom unleashed when the nation’s economy began to slide in 2008 made itself felt. Reeves recalled the 2009 International Home Builders Show he and his wife attended in Las Vegas. They stopped in the middle of the Vegas Strip as Amy Reeves took a phone call. “Of course, from my police days, I don’t want to stop because it’s kind of a dangerous place,” he said. “And I remember stopping, and I turn and look behind me, and there was nobody as far as I could see. And I looked the other direction, and there was nobody.” The downturn and its squeeze on Oklahoma City’s housing market would provide whiteknuckle moments. “It’s kind of like driving through a snowstorm when you’ve got both hands on the wheel,” Dan Reeves said. “You’re not sure of where you’re going, but you’re being really
This bathroom joins two bedrooms in the Landmark Fine Homes model in Norman. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
careful, and you can still manage through the snowstorm, but it’s dangerous.” And it paid off. Landmark continued to grow through the downturn, and now he and his wife are ready to see what the fu-
ture brings. “Staying with teaching and staying with the police department — we knew where that ended,” Reeves said. “And we had this dream, and if we didn’t pursue this, we wouldn’t know where we ended up.”
The upstairs media room features lounge chairs and big screen in the Landmark Fine Homes model. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
City garage sales require $7 permit Planning a garage sale in Oklahoma City? Don’t forget to get a permit. Permits are $7 and are available online by logging on to www.okc. gov, calling 297-2606 or by visiting Oklahoma City’s licensing office at 420 W Main downtown. The permit number will be given to applicants
over the phone and must be posted at the sale location. Each household is allowed to have two garage sales annually. The sale must be held between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. and each permit is good for three consecutive days. People who enjoy bargain hunting at garage sales can log on to to view
daily garage sale listings throughout Oklahoma City. The listing is free to those who get the required permit for their garage sale. Garage sale signs are not allowed on utility poles, traffic sign poles, medians or in the city right of way. For more information, log on to www.okc.gov.
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‘Pay up’ is new message from FHA WASHINGTON — If you’re considering buying a house with a Federal Housing Administrationbacked mortgage and expect the seller to help out with your closing costs, here’s a heads-up: FHA plans to impose significant restrictions on the amount of money sellers can contribute at settlements in the near future. On top of that, FHA also will be raising its mortgage insurance premiums during the coming weeks, increasing charges for new purchasers across the board. You might ask: Why hit us with additional financial burdens right now, just as housing is showing modest signs of recovery in many areas, and the spring buying season is getting under way? One big reason why: Over the past six years, FHA has been the turnaround champ of residential real estate, offering down payments as low as 3.5 percent despite the recession and housing bust, growing its market share from 3 percent to 25 percent-plus. The program is now financing 40 percent or more of all new home purchases in some metropolitan areas and is a crucial resource for first-time buyers and moderate-income families, especially minorities. With a maximum loan limit of $729,750 in highcost areas, it is also a force in some of the country’s most expensive markets — California, Washington, D.C., New York and parts of New England. But during the same span of rapid growth, FHA’s insurance fund capital reserves have steadily deteriorated — far below congressionally mandated levels. Delinquencies have been increasing. According to the latest quarterly survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association, FHA delinquencies rose to 12.4 percent compared with a 4.1 percent average for prime (Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac) conventional fixed-rate mortgages and 6.6 percent for Veterans Administrationbacked loans. As a result, FHA is under the gun, from Congress and from within the Obama administration, to get its own house in order, cut insurance claims and rebuild its reserves. The upcoming squeezes on seller contributions and bumps in premiums are steps in this direction, but may not be the last. The seller-contribution cutbacks could be painful, particularly in areas of the country where closing costs and home prices are relatively high. Here’s what’s involved: Traditionally, FHA has
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been uniquely generous in allowing home sellers — including builders marketing new construction — to sweeten the pot for purchasers by chipping in money to defray closing costs. FHA currently allows sellers to pay up to 6 percent of the price of the house toward their buyers’ settlement expenses. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, by comparison, cap contributions at 3 percent. VA’s ceiling is 4 percent. Under newly proposed rules, the FHA cap would drop to the greater of 3 percent of the home price or $6,000. In sales involv-
ing houses priced at $100,000 or below, this wouldn’t change anything ($6,000 equals 6 percent of $100,000). But on all sales above this threshold, the squeeze would get progressively tighter. On a $200,000 home, a buyer could today ask the seller to pay for $12,000 of a long list of settlement charges including all prepaid loan expenses, discount points on the loan, interest rate buy-downs and upfront FHA insurance premiums, among others. Under the proposed cutback, the maximum amount would be slashed in half. On many home transactions, the reductions would force sellers to lower their prices to enable cash-short buyers to get through the closing. In other cases, sales might simply be too far of a stretch for some purchasers.
The proposed cuts are open to public comment through the end of this month, but are highly likely to be adopted in much the same form soon afterward. FHA also is restricting the types of “closing costs” that sellers can pay. Six months’ or a year’s worth of interest payments or homeowner association dues in advance no longer will be permitted — a serious blow to many builders who use these as financial carrots. Beyond these changes,
FHA also plans significant increases in insurance premiums — from 1 percent to 1.75 percent on its upfront premiums, effective April 1, and annual premiums by 0.1 percent on all loans under $625,000 and 0.35 percent on mortgage amounts above that, effective June 1. William McCue, president of McCue Mortgage Co. in New Britain, Conn., which does a sizable percentage of its business with FHA, said the cumulative impact of all these
increases “will not just crowd first-time buyers out of the FHA market. It will prevent them from owning a home that absent these new costs would be affordable.” Bottom line: Nail down your FHA money and seller-contribution negotiations as soon as you can because later looks a lot more expensive. Ken Harney’s email address is kenharney@earthlink.net. WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP
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Dream home tickets are on sale EDMOND — Tickets for the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway are for sale at all Citizens Bank of Edmond locations or by calling (800) 592-1596. A limited number of $100 tickets will be sold. This year’s house is by Dunhill Fine Homes on a 1-acre lot in The Lake at Chitwood Farms addition near Post Road and 15th Street. The 3,900-
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Brad Reeser Team gets top Realtor honor EDMOND — The Brad Reeser Team at Keller Williams Realty, 10 E Campbell in Edmond, was recognized as the No. 3 Keller Williams team in the country, and the No. 5 team in number of units sold, at the recent Keller Williams national convention in Orlando, Fla. The Reeser team also was recognized at the Keller Williams Oklahoma regional awards banquet in Norman as the top team in units closed and for outstanding production at the brand’s Double Platinum Level. The team includes Brad Reeser, Tracy Ratcliff, Julie Reeser, Peter Lehmann and Angie Seabrook. Keller Williams Realty Inc., founded in 1983, has
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square-foot house, valued at $575,000, will have four bedrooms, 4 ½ baths, a study, game room, three-car garage and covered patio. In addition to the house, other prizes will include a $1,000 shopping spree at Conn’s, fondue for two for a year at The Melting Pot, a $1,000 gift certificate at OnCue Express and others.
Winners of the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway will be drawn live June 24 on Fox 25. Sponsors of the event, a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., include Fox 25, 101.9 The Twister, Dunhill Fine Homes, Turner & Co., Citizens Bank of Edmond, Edmond Furniture Gallery, Legacy Cleaners & Laundry, The Oklahoman, Slice Magazine, Epsilon Sigma Alpha International, Brizo and Shaw Flooring.
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New home inspector feeling his oats DEAR BARRY: In one of your articles, you said, “The essential purpose of home inspection is to disclose property defects.” If that is true, why don’t home inspectors use the top tools of the trade, such as thermal cameras, borescopes and moisture meters? In my opinion, most home inspectors are retired general contractors with a lock on Realtor referrals. I am a new home inspector, but I provide a far more thorough inspection than my competitors who don’t use specialized testing equipment. The problem, however, is getting real estate agents to refer me to their clients. They all seem to use the same few home inspectors who have been here forever. Can you offer any help on this? Mark DEAR MARK: When I said that the essential purpose of a home inspection is “to disclose property defects,” I didn’t mean
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that the purpose is to disclose every possible property defect. If home inspectors intended to disclose every possible defect, thermal cameras, borescopes, and moisture meters would definitely be needed, as you suggest. But even then, the inspections would not be complete. To provide disclosure of all possible defects, inspectors would need to take air samples for mold, to place test canisters for radon gas, and to sample various materials for possible asbestos fiber and lead content. But that’s not all. Home inspections
would not be complete without a structural analysis of the foundations, which would require that the inspectors be licensed structural engineers or that they subcontract with a structural engineer on every inspection. Inspectors would also need to take core samples of property sites to ensure geological stability and to evaluate subsurface water drainage characteristics based upon soil composition. This, of course, would require credentials as a licensed geotechnical engineer. Homes would also need to be tested for electromagnetic fields, for soil contamination, and for offgassing of synthetic compounds such as urea formaldehyde. This list could be expanded almost indefinitely if the essential purpose of a home inspection was to disclose all possible property defects. In truth, home inspections are preliminary visual
It might surprise you to know how very thorough many home inspectors are in their forensic duties. inspections, not technically exhaustive evaluations. A home inspection is analogous to the routine annual physical that you receive from your doctor. Family physicians don’t do EKGs or CAT scans as part of an annual exam. Instead, they look for indications that such tests might be necessary. If so, they refer you to specialists. In the same way, a competent home inspector is looking for conditions that might warrant further evaluation by specialists such as
plumbers, electricians, geotechnical engineers, or registered environmental assessors. It might surprise you to know how very thorough many home inspectors are in their forensic duties, how able they are to find significant defects without the use of sophisticated testing devices. As for referrals by real estate agents, there are many reasons why they recommend particular home inspectors. Some refer the inspectors they believe will provide the most thorough disclosure, while others refer inspectors who are not so thorough and are perceived as less likely to scare away their buyers. Either way, it takes persistent marketing to develop a base of agents who will routinely recommend you to their clients. To write to Barry Stone, visit him on the web at www.housedetective.com. ACTION COAST PUBLISHING
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Warehouse Space For Rent 363.5 Warehouse space available on bustling Meridian. 2300 block South. 7000 & 9000sq ft. Brand new for sale or lease. 6K ac yard space. Ideal for HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Oil Field Service Contractors. 843-0006 "R.T." K Office, K Warehouse for lease. Various sizes. 221 W Wilshire 842-7300
Commercial RE Established Business For Sale C-Store lease or sale. $40K + inv. $2500/month 405-474-1249 PIER Drilling 1 or 2 trucks. Profitable. Can train Owner Retiring 405-670-2676
Business Property For Rent 360 Office/shop combo, approx 1620 sf, north OKC, near Memorial & Broadway Ext, $700 per mo, $700 dep, 1 year lease, Pruitt RE, 405-812-1716. PRIME RETAIL LOCATION I-35 frontage, showroom, offices, warehouse 10,800sf ¡ 8801 S. I-35 Dale or Mike, 631-4447
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erect, $85,000. Ron Walters Homes LLC, 536 SE 16, residence, erect, $85,000. Kent Hoffman Construction, 216 NW 59, automotive repair-wash, remodel, $82,960. Home Creations, 11117 NW 6 Terrace, residence, erect, $80,600. Westgate Marketplace, 205 S MacArthur Blvd., business, remodel, $80,000. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 2720 NW 186, residence, erect, $79,000. Home Creations, 11113 NW 6 Terrace, residence, erect, $78,300. Home Creations, 12700 Nittany Drive, residence, erect, $78,200. Home Creations, 5613 Marblewood Drive, residence, erect, $78,200. Home Creations, 12004 NW 133 Terrace, residence, erect, $78,000. Carriage Homes, 14501 Coles Road, residence, add-on, $75,000. Neighborhood Housing Services/Oklahoma City Inc., 1212 SW 17, residence, erect, $75,000. Neighborhood Housing Services/Oklahoma City Inc., 1216 SW 17, residence, erect, $75,000. Neighborhood Housing Services/Oklahoma City Inc., 1220 SW 17, residence, erect, $75,000. Neighborhood Housing Services/Oklahoma City Inc., 1224 SW 17, residence, erect, $75,000. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 2520 Fountaingrass Road, residence, erect, $72,000. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 1108 SW 155, residence, erect, $72,000. E.V. Cox Construction, 5100 W Reno Ave., warehouse, add-on, $72,000. Bruce Mulford, 10916 Maple Grove , residence, remodel, $60,000. Crown Construction LLC, 4713 Seabrook Court, residence, add-on, $60,000. No name provided, 225 NE 97, medical clinic-office, remodel, $60,000. Blackmon Mooring Construction LLC, 2817 NW 45, residence, fire restoration, $52,000. Allenton Homes & Development LLC, 11732 Burning Oaks Road, accessory, erect, $40,000. No name provided, 12100 SW 53, accessory, erect, $40,000. Michael Martin, 11900 SW 15 Terrace, manufactured home, move-onmobile home park,
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$35,500. Stuart D. Howard, 109 SW 98, residence, add-on, $35,000. Malcolm Hall Properties, 8031 N Classen Blvd., cleaners-laundry, add-on, $30,000. Westgate Marketplace, 203 S MacArthur Blvd., retail sales, remodel, $30,000. No name provided, 816 Glenlake Drive, residence, add-on, $30,000. Standlee Homes & Renovations, 16012 Big Cypress Drive, residence, add-on, $25,000. Champion Window Co., 4701 SE 81, residence, addon, $21,718. Oscar J. Boldt Construction, 101 W Hefner Road, office-warehouse, remodel, $20,000. Champion Window Co., 10913 Fountain Blvd., residence, add-on, $19,500. Curtis Smith, 10712 Green Valley Road, storage, erect, $15,000. Mike Carson, 7105 W Hefner Road, office, remodel, $15,000. Silvercliffe Construction, 2600 NE 63, moveon, move-on, $15,000. Vernon Smith, 13401 Spruce Valley Drive, storage, erect, $10,000. Antonio Otero, 1718 NE 11, accessory, erect, $9,300. Lopez Construction, 2706 S Shartel Ave., church, add-on, $8,000. Oz Saferooms, 4221Mellow Hill Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $7,999. Larry Todd, 2504 SW 81, install-storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $5,400. 4d Construction, 200 S Oklahoma Ave., residence, remodel, $5,000. Site Excel, 4420 SW 3, equipment, move-on, $5,000. Robert Wienecke, 14601 Fossil Creek Lane, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,900. Timmy Vu, 1325 SW 123, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $4,895. No name provided, 14012 Saw Mill Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,745. Steve Hebblethwaite, 2116 Pinnacle Point, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,500. No name provided, 2729 Blue Quail Pass, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,500. Kay Crews, 2621 NW 151, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $4,495. Maria Lopez, 4301 NW 49, storm shelter, install-
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Condominiums, Townhouses For Rent 441 NW 1 bed, 1 bath, $450 month, $200 deposit, 1 year lease, 818-4455.
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OKC SW, 1bed, bills paid, no pets, $450 month + dep. 272-0650
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1321 Beachwood Dr 3/1.5/2 $675 Free List 681-7272
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732 Red Oak Terr. ¡ 3 bd, 2 ba, 2 car gar, fenced $750 + dep. 348-0306 Beautiful 512 NW 141st & 312 W. 10th, 3/2/2 nice area, Edmd. Schls. $1000ea/mo. 749-0603
storm shelter, $4,295. No name provided, 2413 SW 113 Terrace, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,200. Andrew Tuls, 7617 NW 134, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $4,000. Dale R. Hunnington, 13248 SW 10, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,000. Jason Shirazi, 15710 Wood Creek Lane, storm shelter, install, $4,000. William W. Perry, 1133 NW 176, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,000. A-Fox Electric, 300 Johnny Bench Drive, office, remodel, $4,000. James Montemayor, 10501 Bishops Gate, storage, install-storm shelter, $3,995. Joyce Baxter, 625 SW 159 Terrace, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,995. Marty Summers, 3617 SW 124, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,995. No name provided, 6725 NW 133, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,950. Nick and Amanda Hilton, 16517 Moorgate Lane, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,925. No name provided, 5901 NW 81, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,925. Loren L. Berridge, 16113 Hemlock Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,920. James Collins, 14704 Carlingford Way, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,800. John Cunningham, 8901 NW 71, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,800. Brady Buchan, 18517 Chestnut Oak Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,795. Monty Dolph, 16617 Kingsley Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,795. Del Laidley, 12828 NW 5, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,500. Diane Locke, 8716 Pikes Peak Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,500. Kristi Mahaffey, 2316 NW 158, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,500. No name provided, 2805 N Meridian Court, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,500. Matt Jeffcoat, 19404 Thornhill Blvd., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,400. Othello Dotson, 6408 SEE PERMITS, PAGE 8F
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Seminole Point 3/2/2 2609 NW 164th, 1510sf $1100mo $1100dp 245-6857
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3bd 1ba new crpt ch&a, fncd yd 1 car $600+ dep. 1037 S Holly Dr 769-8800 9317 NE 14th 3/1.5/1 $575 Free List 681-7272
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1000 Eagle, 3bd 1K ba 2car, ch&a, $850 + dep, 694-1384 905 SW 1st 3/1 $625 Free List 681-7272 4bd 2.5ba 2car 2650sf $1275 Home&RanchRlty 794-7777
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3/2/2, 1240sf, new crpt/ tile, fncd 919 Tesio, off Czech/152 $850 376-9415
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N. Highland Addtn. 4Bd, 1K Ba, $0 dep. if Sec. 8. $750. Avail. now. 1-800-529-0307 code 37 Rent to Own Elegant Home $1185 monthly 603-4775 Exceptional 3BD 2BA home 1900sf, $1085 603-4775
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221 SE 57th nice 2bd home, fresh paint, clean, nice area. Only $450!! Fidelity410-4300, 692-1661 1 bd, 344 SE 43rd, $350 mo, $150 dep, no appls, wtr & garb pd, 321-4773
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(2) 3 bed, 1 bath, $500 & $550 + $400 dep, call 631-8220 4113 NW 62nd Terr. Updated 3BR, 1.5 BA, wood fire, 2 car, $1100/mo. + Dep. 405-721-6713
2 bd, fenced yd, 1 car gar $550+$300dep, no sec. 8 2608 SW 27th¡631-5695
12420 Springwood Dr 4bed 2.5ba 2car $1250mo $1250/dep 2300sf 2living 2 din 409-7989 no sec 8
3 bed, 2-car carport, 20ft from OCCC. $700mo + dep. 405-677-1808
3BR, 2BA. 2 car gar, PC Schls 10708 Bayberry Dr. $1100+ sec dep 596-2217 1738 NW 15th St. 4bd, 2ba, ch&a $700+ $400dep Sec. 8 OK ¡¡¡¡ 549-3880 Updated 3/2/2, lrg storage shed 3104 Orlando (Hefner & May) $975mo 830-3399 3bd, 2ba, 2liv areas, FP, 2 car gar, prvt yard $995 PC sch No Sec 8. Ray, 740-4108 3020 W Park Place, 2 bd, 1 ba, 1 car, fenced, $650 mo, $350 dep, 285-2627.
1100 SW 38th 2/1/1 $495 Free List 681-7272
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Cotton Wood Ridge Condo 2bd 1.5ba 900sf Amazing must see, fireplace, ch/a, New Stove & Dishwasher, Stackable Washer/Dryer $750/month $600deposit 409-7989 No Sec 8
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3BR, 1.75BA, gar, PC Schools, back yd. $875 + dep. App fee. 408-3074
3/1K /2, 1100 sq ft, 801 W 7th St, recently remodeled, no pets, $800 mo, $650 dep, 340-3058
1514 NW 17th 4 bed 2ba 2car 1920sf $1150/mo $900dp 409-7989 no sec8
2bd, 1ba, w/appls incl. + W&D, Edmond Schools, storage shed. No pets. 348-6240 or 623-1181
» 12109 Windmill Rd PCN 3bd, 2ba, 2car, appls, fp, nice, $895 avail. 721-1831
101 NW 160th 3bd 2.5ba 3car garage, 2000sf, $1800 mo, $1800 dep 409-7989
3/2N /2 PCN, 2 stry, fenced yard, exc cond $1200 neg + dep, 1-866-663-0149.
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Grandeza has Mediterranean flavor Refreshing Mediterranean influences inspire the contemporary Spanish Grandeza. Stucco arches and columns combine with round-arched windows and a tile roof to give the plan a sunny ambiance that is equally evocative of the American Southwest. This home is almost as naturally bright inside as out. At center is a highceiling, hexagonal great room where arched windows fill most of three rear walls. The patio that wraps across the entire back has four access points, so it’s easy to move outdoors when sunny weather beckons. When the weather turns chilly, the warmth of the pellet stove will be welcome. A spacious kitchen fills most of one hexagonal segment. Counters on four sides offer plenty of room for food prep, and a long, raised eating bar rims the peninsular counter nearest the dining area. A pantry nestles into an alcove created by the upper flight of a centrally located stairway. Upstairs, French double doors in the vaulted hexagonal recreation room open onto a rear balcony. On the opposite side of the room, a V-shaped railing allows people to safely overlook the entry. With windows on five sides, this bright and lofty room has its own bathroom and makes a great place for rainy day play. It could be outfitted as a study, home office, guest room, art studio or whatever suits. The Grandeza’s luxurious owners’ suite fills the
The Listing of the Week is at 1415 Canterbury Place in Nichols Hills. The house has five bedrooms, 5 1/2 baths, four living rooms, two dining areas and an attached three-car garage. PHOTO PROVIDED
Large two-story brick house in Nichols Hills
right wing. Its skylit bathroom has a dual vanity, spa tub, linen closet, shower and private toilet. The walk-in closet is quite large.
Two more bedrooms share a bathroom in the left wing, close to the large utility room that links the house and garage.
A review plan of the Grandeza, including floor plans, elevations, section and artist’s conception, can be purchased for $25 by phone, mail or online. Add $5 for shipping and handling. Associated Designs, 1100 Jacobs Drive, Eugene, OR, 97402. www.associateddesigns.com. (800) 634-0123.
The Listing of the Week is a large two-story brick house in Nichols Hills. The 4,851-square-foot house at 1415 Canterbury Place has five bedrooms, 5 ½ baths, four living rooms, two dining areas and an attached three-car garage. The family room and study have fireplaces and built-in bookcases. The kitchen has a breakfast bar, commercial Thermador appliances, Monticello cabinets and a butler’s pantry with icemaker. The master bedroom has a hisand-hers bath and walk-in closet. Three secondary
bedrooms have full baths and walk-in closets. The home has imported Brazilian walnut floors, a lap pool, fire pit and covered patio with grill and wet bar. The home has a security system and underground sprinkler system. The home, built in 2007, is listed for $1.27 million with Laura Terlip of The Covington Co. For more information, call 8340805. 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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Storm-torn trees help launch company BY GEORGINA GUSTIN St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Noah Alexander works on a piece at Goebel & Co. Furniture in St. Louis, Mo. MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE PHOTO
Nick Leidenfrost places wood on a drying rack at Goebel & Co. Furniture in St. Louis, Mo. MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE PHOTO
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Braniff Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,395. No name provided, 7000 NW 159 Place, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,350. Chris Kohutek, 17213 Ridgewood Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,300. Chris Ziegler, 609 SW 158 Terrace, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,300. Ryan Hinson, 700 Gregg Court, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,300. Charles Scott and Susan A Sjulin, 16809 Shorerun Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,195. Jason van der Kooi, 16400 Old Oak Drive, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,195. Jim Minx, 9809 S Harvey Ave., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,195. Keith Hudkins, 17312 Grove Hill Terrace, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,195. Lisa Larose, 1304 Spring Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,195. Donald Harris, 16015 Vintage Court, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,100. Kimberly Park, 13705 Traviness Trail, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,100. Richard and Rebecca Kelsey, 8100 N McKee Blvd., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,100. Ted Baker, 508 SW 153, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,100. Andree Pollock, 10917 SW 31, residence, installstorm shelter, $3,000. Bruce, 500 NW 155 Circle, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,000. Charlotte and Ryan Wilshire, 3008 SW 136, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. David Alan Shaw, 19200 Green Springs Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. Jayson Kennedy, 9810 Olde Tuscany Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. Linette Tresher, 16904 Halbrooke Circle, storm shelter, install, $3,000. Lynn Brooks, 16801 Halbrooke Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter,
$3,000. Taylor Wheeler, 16324 Snowy Owl Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. Ground Zero, 7908 NW 82, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,000. No name provided, 2116 Hackberry Creek Ave., storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,000. No name provided, 8200 NE 140, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. April Hubbel, 16313 Stoneview Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Billy Gleaves, 8001 Hillcrest Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Chris Wadsworth, 8505 SW 46 Place, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Garry George, 4104 NE 142 Court, install-storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. G.L. Cobb Construction, 12212 Wileman Way, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,995. Glenn Linenberger, 3020 SW 138, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. James Hunter, 3108 Rolling Stone Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Kelvin and Keasha Hobbs, 15804 Cantera Creek Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Mary Nguyen, 12515 Bree Lane, residence, installstorm shelter, $2,995. Misty Eccard, 13121NW 1, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,995. Paul W. Means, 10901 SW 30 Terrace, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Robert Cowan, 10 SW 97, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,995. Robert Miller, 11505 Kingsgate Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Thomas Tracey, 10104 S Drexel Ave., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Houston Davis, 1704 NW 183, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,900. William Marwil, 6701 NW 118, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,900. George Kiser, 11632 Lochwood Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,870. Richard Haggard, 812
NW 140, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,825. Milton Ware, 8501 NW 74, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,800. Ann Owens, 1817 NW 194 Circle, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,795. Randy Chandler, 13108 Wisteria Way, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,795. Joseph D. Kays, 13305 Baldwin Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,700. Josephin Williams, 8101 Timothy Lane, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,680. Ron’s Gutters of OK, 8433 Stonewood Drive, canopy-carport, add-on, $2,600. Bill and Laurie Compau, 16801 SE 113, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,570. Steve Rayburn, 12901 Tracy Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,570. No name provided, 4101 S Czech Hall Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,570. Larry Watters, 15409 Elizabeth Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,500. Robert Dean Owens, 7212 S Drexel Ave., residence, remodel, $2,500. Audie Gorgas Jr., 21300 SE 103, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,470. James Cody Bennett, 11312 Fiddlesticks Lane, residence, install-storm shelter, $2,200. Randy Johnson, 4505 SW 121, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,200. James B. and Cheryl F. Thompson, 9021 NW 93 Circle, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,000. Mario Cardenas, 1408 SW 31, canopy-carport, erect, $1,500. Mike Barlow, 323 Kuhl Terrace, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $1,500.
Demolitions Ray’s Trucking, 519 N Lindsay Ave., residence. Ray’s Trucking, 519 N Lindsay Ave., garage. Kendall Concrete, 935 NE 18, accessory. Kendall Concrete, 2224 NW 11, accessory. Shelia Allen, 1616 NW 29, accessory. Ray’s Trucking, 1244 SW 25, retail. Total Demolition Services, 2221 N Kelham Ave., residential.
ST. LOUIS — To most people, a tornado means destruction. To Martin Goebel, it means potential. Last spring, after tornadoes cut through the St. Louis area, Goebel perused the aftermath, looking for felled hardwood trees to turn into coffee tables, chairs and bed frames. Eventually those stormtorn trees helped launch a company: Goebel & Co. Furniture. Goebel, 30, had recently returned to St. Louis after finishing his master’s degree at the Rhode Island School of Design when the twisters buzzed through, leaving their offerings. With a degree from a prestigious, demanding program, and years of furniture design under his belt, Goebel had been looking for a job. He was offered one — running operations at Dakota Jackson, one of the country’s pre-eminent high-design furniture companies — but he turned down the money, the title and New York City, and came home to St. Louis instead. “I went to the guy almost in tears and said: I can’t do this,” Goebel remembers. “My teachers said I’d be crazy not to do it. But I left New York, and it was just a liberating feeling.” Goebel had a plan, though, that had been brewing for a few years and became more fully formed
in graduate school. His concept was, and is, to take wood and transform it — partly by hand and partly by sophisticated digitized machinery — into affordable pieces of furniture that last. “We do batch production of residential furniture that we consider basics,” Goebel said, standing in his production space in south St. Louis. “We’re just using the technology of the day to produce things at a better price.” Goebel Furniture, in other words, uses a hybrid approach, one unique in the industry. The wood is rough-cut in Goebel’s production space, then sent out to other companies to be precision cut, using computer models and computer-controlled routers. Then the pieces come back to Goebel’s studio where they are assembled and hand-finished. The result is a handcrafted piece made of native hardwood that’s priced more along the lines of a machine-made piece made of composite or lesser wood. “He’s using technology where it makes sense and making it handworked where he can,” explained Carl Safe, a longtime professor of furniture design at Washington University, who recently visited Goebel’s production space. “These are handmade pieces in many respects.” Safe, who designs and builds furniture himself, called Goebel’s startup a “heroic effort.”
“This is a difficult market to break into,” he said. “But I think he has a running start at this.” Goebel believes he’s in the right place at the right time. St. Louis is perfectly positioned in the center of the country to deliver pieces elsewhere. The lower cost of doing business, too, enables Goebel to spend more on material than rent. But, most importantly, St. Louis is surrounded by an abundance of trees — walnut, Siberian elm, sycamore — well suited for the demands of furniture. “All of these species of hardwood grow in our own backyard,” Goebel said. “St. Louis is really unique when it comes to geographical location and resources.” Goebel also uses local producers to mill his pieces, paying them to do the work on machines that his fledgling company could not afford. “He wanted to tap into our technology,” said Brian Berger of Kirkwood Stair and Millwork. “He does the design work and the solid modeling, then sends us the (computer) file, and we figure out a way to run it on our equipment. He picks out the wood, roughs it, and we mill it for him.” “So much of our furniture is coming from overseas,” Berger added. “It’s great to see someone making furniture locally.” MCT INFORMATION SERVICES