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The Listing of the Week is a large single-story home with a side-entry garage on a wooded cul-de-sac in south Oklahoma City’s Rivendell neighborhood. PAGE 4E
More than anything else, the keystone-accented stone lintels inspired the name of this traditional ranch-style home: Manor Heart. PAGE 5E
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Plants spring back to life NICHOLS HILLS GARDEN TOUR | RESIDENTS WEATHER HAILSTORM, DROUGHT TO REVEAL SPLENDID DISPLAYS BY DYRINDA TYSON For The Oklahoman dyrinda@gmail.com
NICHOLS HILLS — Between 2010’s wildly destructive hailstorm and the dry, broiling stretch that defined summer 2011 — and now this week’s storms — gardens in Nichols Hills bear their share of scars, adding a touch of poignancy to this weekend’s Garden Tour. Kittye Little singled out a yellowing pine tree as she led visitors through the garden behind the 1920sera home she shares with her husband, Scot Conner, and their family at 1604 Drury Lane, one of six on the 29th annual tour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. (If it’s raining, the event will be 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.) Hail shattered the home’s tile roof two years ago and pummeled the garden. “It’s trying to heal up,” she said, pointing to a scar on the tree trunk. “But see, it’s getting stressed now.” A few blocks away at 1712 Pennington Way, homeowners Diana and Danny Kennedy just shook their heads at the memory of the 2010 storm. Even Bucky and Lucky — the decorative metal deer keeping vigil under a backyard tree — couldn’t escape nature’s wrath. “It was awful,” Diana Kennedy recalled. “It broke one of the antlers off the deer. That hail was so huge — it was just awful.” But hope — and certain shrubs — spring eternal. “I had a crape myrtle that was spectacular, the best it had been in 15 years,” Little said. “Last summer it didn’t even come out.” She said she decided to trim it back this year just to see what would happen. “Well, it’s all coming up from the ground. So I’m real excited because I think that’s going to be a save,” she said. This year’s Nichols Hills Garden Tour offers a mix
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STRICTER RULES Baby boomers might have significant financial assets tucked away in retirement accounts, but their diminished monthly incomes may not be sufficient to meet some lenders’ hyper-strict underwriting rules. PAGE 4E
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Leaves of a canna hybrid seem almost to pose in the sun at the home of Scot and Kittye Little at 1604 Drury Lane in Nichols Hills. It is one of six stops on Saturday’s Nichols Hills Garden Tour. PHOTOS BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN
Landscaping color around a copse of trees forms its own garden in front of Diane and Danny Kennedy’s house at 1712 Pennington Way. The site is one of six stops on Saturday’s Nichols Hills Garden Tour.
of styles ranging from the traditional to the herbal to the modern, punctuated with bold highlights of
color, said tour chairwoman Wiley Hugos. “It’s very eclectic this year.” Tickets are $20 and can
be purchased at any garden along the tour. For Conner and Little, family time is spent work-
ing in the garden together. “When I was growing up, that was what we did as a family: We dug in the dirt, and it was good family bonding time,” she said. “So when we got this (house), we knew because it’s on an acre more or less, there is a lot of yard.” They have worked hard over the years, installing fountains, putting in plants and carving little surprises out of what was a flat, standard yard. Wander into what appears to be a clump of magnolias dominating one corner and behold, there’s the Secret Garden. “You don’t even realize it’s there, and then you walk down and say, ‘Oh my gosh, where did this come from?’ ” Little said with a laugh. The Kennedys also are hands-on gardeners, digging up hundreds of caladium bulbs at the end of SEE TOUR, PAGE 2E
Make sure the price is right when selling Each year, home values are increasingly subject to neighborhood-by-neighborhood variations, said Richard M. Betts, an expert on real estate economics. Some neighborhoods are blazing “and some are still dead,” said Betts, who has followed real estate pricing trends for 45 years. In many communities with excellent public schools, multiple bids over the asking price have become a reality lately. That’s because school quality now varies more widely than in the past, and prospective buyers are acutely aware of distinctions due to the ease of obtaining test scores online or through newspaper coverage. Meanwhile some neighborhoods in remote suburban areas continue to suffer valuation declines. That’s because the public is increasingly fearful that gas prices could spike at the pump. “Since the 2007-2008 economic downturn, value influences have become more intensely local,” he said. Fred Meyer, a veteran real estate broker who’s also an appraiser, said the increasingly fine distinc-
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tions in property values are due in large measure to the painstaking approach most homebuyers are taking to property selection. “During the boom times, people were less picky. They figured they could buy any house or condo and its value would automatically rise. Now they’re aware this is no longer true, so they’re much more cautious,” Meyer said. Here are a few pointers for home sellers: I Search for a listing agent with a deep knowledge of your area. When searching for listing agents capable of recommending an accurate price for your property, stick to those who specialize in your neighborhood, Betts said. “Drive the streets and look for
for-sale signs. That’s one way to find out who’s actively working the area within your same ZIP code,” Betts said. He said you should disabuse yourself of the notion that someone who scores a high volume of sales in your area will necessarily devote enough time and energy to evaluating your property to make the best possible pricing recommendation. “Those so-called ‘top producers’ usually have a lot of assistants working for them. This often means they’re spreading themselves thin over a large area. You could wind up working with an assistant who isn’t so knowledgeable,” Betts said. I Seek a minimum of three opinions on the worth of your home. A price that’s even 10 percent more than what the market will bear is usually a big mistake, he said — a home that’s overpriced from the get-go will be shunned by buyers. In the end, this almost inevitably leads to a later sale and less money for the sellers. In seeking the correct price for
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your property, Betts recommends you consult at least three potential listing agents before selecting the ideal one to assist you. I Review the data used by agents to come up with their pricing proposals. “Which ‘comps’ the agent picks is critical. You don’t want the agent to just use any three properties from your general area. Now that values are so variable neighborhood by neighborhood, the agent should choose comps in your immediate vicinity that are truly very similar,” Betts said. He said it’s always wise for agents to examine more information than they will use to produce their opinion of value about a property, known within the real estate profession as a “Comparative Market Analysis,” or CMA. “An agent should examine six or eight comps before choosing the three right ones and then adjusting them for fine distinctions,” Betts said. To contact Ellen James Martin, email her at ellenjamesmartin@gmail.com. UNIVERSAL UCLICK
GARDEN PHOTO TIPS Flowers don’t last. Photos do. Organic Gardening magazine helps you create garden photos worth keeping with “The Photographic Garden: Mastering the Art of Digital Garden Photography.” Author Matthew Benson teaches about light, design, postproduction and even choosing the right camera, all with an emphasis on using those skills in the garden. Benson also teaches specific techniques, such as creating movement in an image and taking tight shots. The book is published by Rodale and sells for $24.99 in softcover. MCT INFORMATION SERVICES
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Left: This view shows the porch entry to Diane and Danny Kennedy’s extensively landscaped backyard at 1712 Pennington Way. PHOTO BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN
Left: Caladium leaves at Diane and Danny Kennedy’s house, 1712 Pennington Way in Nichols Hills. Above: Vines drape over a statuette at Scot Connor and Dr. Kittye Little’s home at 1604 Drury Lane in Nichols Hills. PHOTO BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN
Tour: Trees provide some heat relief FROM PAGE 1E
the season to replant in spring and wintering many plants in the small greenhouse tucked behind the fence in the back of the yard. “It keeps it all heated to 60 degrees in the wintertime, and everything, even the tropicals, stay,” Diana Kennedy said. The enormous trees shading the yard were a little help when it came to weathering last summer’s scorching weather, she said. “But nothing likes hot and dry that much,” she said. One sycamore tree near the house is a replacement for one planted on the same spot decades before to mark the birthday of the home’s original owner, Bill Bentley, Danny Kennedy said. A fire scorched the original tree after the Kennedys bought the home. Afterward, Bentley dropped by for a visit. “And he said, ‘Oh my gosh, my tree really looks bad,’ ” Danny Kennedy remembered. “And that’s when I found out it was put in on his 50th birthday.” The tree later died, and Danny Kennedy said he made arrangements to replace it with as large a tree as he could. “I felt so
Nichols Hills Garden Tour Committee includes, from left, Kelley Moody, Natalie Hugos, chairman Wiley Hugos, Joni Flesher, Amy Bankhead and Dana Childress. PHOTO PROVIDED
guilty,” he said. A local steel company stationed a crane in the front yard to lift the new tree over the roof and into the backyard, he said. “They said it was the biggest tree they’d put in.”
About the tour Money raised by the Garden Tour is put back into the 38 parks, large and small, scattered across Nichols Hills, Hugos said. “Citizens take care of them, and public works takes care of them — they water it and mow them,” she said. “That’s what it’s for. It’s for our open spaces here.” Homes on the tour are: I 1604 Drury Lane, Kittye Little and Scot Conner.
Vines frame the back gate and a clock at Diane and Danny Kennedy’s home in Nichols Hills. PHOTO BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN
I 1712 Pennington Way, Diana and Danny Kennedy. I 6609 NW Grand Blvd., Leigh Ann and Paul Albers.
I 7209 Waverly, Simone and Peter Fulmer. I 1806 Huntington Ave., Jan and Jim Loftis. I 6807 Avondale Drive, Tammy and Bill Federman.
Danny and Diane Kennedy show some of the landscaping at their house, 1712 Pennington Way. PHOTO BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN
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Minnesotans resist high price of safe rooms BY BILL MCAULIFFE Star Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS — A year into repairs to more than 3,000 tornado-damaged homes in north Minneapolis, there still is not a “safe room” in sight. Safe rooms are reinforced interior spaces designed to offer even more protection from tornadoes and hurricanes than basements do. But they’re expensive. And across north Minneapolis, residents are even cutting corners on shingles, said contractor Ishmael Israel, chairman of the Northside Residents’ Redevelopment Council. “They’re opting for the more economical route,” Israel said, adding that typical disaster precautions in the neighborhood now include storing bottled water and having working flashlights and extra batteries. Although Minnesota had more tornadoes than any other state two years ago, there have been no moves to require protections beyond what’s in the state building code, said Mike Godfrey, manager of education, rules and code development for the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. The code says residential housing must be able to withstand a three-second gust of 90 mile-perhour wind. Wind speeds in the tornado in May 2011 were estimated at 100 to 110 mph. Safe rooms, which can also do doubleduty as laundry rooms or bathrooms, are designed to withstand a blow from a 15-pound 2-by-4 fired at 100 mph. Flying debris, such as lumber, is one of the most dangerous features of a tornado. Standard safe rooms also offer overhead protection that basements often do not. But the code also explicitly aims to balance safety with affordability, calling for design and construction at “the least possible cost consistent with recognized standards of health and safety.” “Is it a good idea for people to be safe in their houses? Absolutely,” Godfrey said. “How much can people afford toward that
Brick and tile work inside a safe room built by OZ SafeRooms Technology at its Del City factory, 3216 SE 30. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
end is another issue.” After a tornado in May 2008 killed a boy at home in Hugo, Minn., some residents asked city officials to consider requiring safe rooms in new homes. Ultimately, the city council voted to require builders to offer to include them in construction and let the buyer decide. The council was told safe rooms could add between $7,000 and $10,000 to the cost of a home, City Administrator Bryan Bear said. “Maybe that prices you out of a house you might otherwise be able to buy,” Bear said. Hugo has few safe rooms. The same is true in Wadena, Minn., where an EF4 tornado in June 2010 destroyed the high school and more than 100 homes. The new high school, scheduled to open in September, will include a freestanding safe room that can hold 1,100 people — more than one-fourth the city’s population — during a storm and serve as a gymnasium at other times. Superintendent Virginia Dahlstrom said it’s the only school safe room in the Upper Midwest. It’s costing nearly $1.3 million — $950,000 from a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant and $316,000 from local taxpayers. The entire high school is costing a separate
$38 million. Other interior rooms in the school will also serve as tornado shelters, but Dahlstrom said committing to the extra safe room was easy. “We knew we wanted a safe room where the community would feel safe — and our kids,” she said, adding that many students still get jumpy when storms approach. Wadena Mayor Wayne Wolden noted that the death toll from the devastating 2010 tornado was zero. He attributed that to nearly all the city’s residences having basements. There was little discussion after the tornado of making safe rooms required in new or rebuilt housing, he added. By contrast, nearly 11,000 homes in Oklahoma, and more than 20,000 nationwide have had safe rooms installed with federal grants since 1999. But Minnesota has only three FEMA-funded safe rooms (all public community shelters) — even though the state had 113 tornadoes in 2010, 48 of them on June 17 — compared with Oklahoma’s 102. (The Minneapolis tornado was one of 31 last year.) The prevalence of basements in Minnesota is the main reason safe rooms are rare, officials say, and basements are prevalent
C.A. McCarty Construction built a safe room with 6-inch reinforced concrete walls and an even thicker ceiling in this home at 4748 Ridgeline in Norman. STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES
mostly because of the need to sink home foundations below the frost line. Much of Oklahoma’s housing is built on slabs, without basements. In Minnesota, most mobile home parks require a group shelter. Lakeville may be Minnesota’s safe-room capital, with “several hundred” built into slabon-grade townhomes,
building official Gene Abbott said. The city saw a boom in that kind of home a decade ago, and city leaders decided to require the extra tornado protection in light of the lack of basement protection. “There was initially some resistance (to the requirement),” Abbott said. “But now a lot of them use it as a selling point.”
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Stern warning to baby boomers on refinancing WASHINGTON — It’s a mortgage problem that is likely to intensify as homeowning baby boomers by the millions shift into retirement: Though they may have significant financial assets tucked away in retirement accounts, their diminished monthly incomes may not be sufficient to meet some lenders’ hyper-strict underwriting rules. Jim Eberle of McLean, Va., found this out the hard way when he applied to refinance his mortgage. After spending much of his career working for banking industry trade associations in Washington, Eberle, 68, decided to take advantage of this spring’s unprecedented low interest rates with a 2.89-percent adjustable-rate 30year loan offered by a large Midwestern bank. To his utter shock, Eberle was rejected — the first time in 45 years of homeownership and eight home loans. The reason for the turndown: insufficient income. “To get rejected was incredible,” Eberle said in an interview, because based on the extensive documentation he provided the bank, he looked highly qualified. He had substantial checking, savings and 401(k) holdings and a net worth he describes as “in seven figures.” The appraisal the bank did on his house showed it to be worth $664,700 — more than double the $322,000 refi he was seeking. His credit score, according to TransUnion, was 826, indicating minimal risk of default. Yet the bank “told me it could not make the loan because, even though I have sufficient (liquid) assets and a high credit score,” his monthly Social Security payments, bank deposits, checking accounts and 401(k) plan “were not enough.” How commonplace is Eberle’s experience? Conversations with mortgage lenders and analysts suggest it is happening more frequently, thanks to some large banks ratcheting up their underwriting standards so tightly that the old joke — they’ll only lend to people who don’t really
Part of the problem, according to mortgage market expert Dennis C. Smith, appears to be overcorrections by some banks to the lax underwriting that characterized the years leading up to the housing bust — especially see-no-evil practices such as “stated income,” where the loan officer accepted the monthly income number provided by the applicant with no verification.
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need the money — is beginning to resemble reality for some borrowers. Eberle said he was willing to pull out funds from his checking and banking deposits and set them aside to make up any perceived income shortfalls. “I was willing to do whatever it took,” he said. But the bank still said no. Mortgage market experts, such as Dennis C. Smith, co-owner of Stratis Financial in Huntington Beach, Calif., are not surprised at Eberle’s experience. Smith had a recent client — a physician seeking a $350,000 loan with $2.5 million in bank accounts — who was rejected by one lender because the deposits, which were proceeds from an inheritance, had been in his account for just eight months. This was too short a time period to satisfy the bank’s unyielding standard. Part of the problem here, according to Smith, appears to be overcorrections by some banks to the lax underwriting that characterized the years leading up to the housing bust — especially see-noevil practices such as “stated income,” where the loan officer accepted the monthly income number provided by the applicant with no verification. But another factor, said Bruce Calabrese, president and co-founder of Equitable Mortgage in Columbus, Ohio, is that some loan officers aren’t aware of techniques available for qualifying retirees who are as-
set-rich but income-deficient. For example, Calabrese’s firm employs “annuitization” procedures acceptable to Fannie Mae to help borrowers over 59 ½ qualify on income tests using their IRA and other retirement account balances. “We take 70 percent of the total value of the funds and then spread them out over 360 months if the loan is a 30-year fixed and 180 months if the loan is a 15-year fixed. We also gross up their Social Security by (a factor of) 1.25. So if they get $1,000 per month in Social Security income, we give them credit for $1,250 as long as they don’t have to pay income tax” on that income, he said. Jeff Lipes, vice president of Rockville Bank outside Hartford, Conn., uses similar income-qualification procedures sanctioned by Freddie Mac. Say you’re a senior with $1million in a brokerage account. To help qualify you for a refi, Lipes would “discount the value by 30 percent to $700,000 and use a conservative rate of return — say 2 percent — and that would give the person (an extra) $14,000 a year in income.” Some of the computations can get complex, but the message here is clear: Just because a homeowner’s post-retirement income is below what it used to be, this doesn’t mean he or she can’t refinance, get a new mortgage or buy a house, provided there are sufficient retirement assets. You just need to shop around and deal with experienced loan officers who know the ropes. Ken Harney’s email address is kenharney@earthlink.net. WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP
Paradigm adds Brown Jennifer Brown has moved to Paradigm AdvantEdge Real Estate’s north office at 16301 N May as a residential real estate sales associate. She lived for several years in the Pacific Northwest and worked in cosmetology sales and marketing. She also previously worked in banking and residential property management in Oklahoma and Dallas, worked in leasing and development for the rental division of a large real estate company and worked as a community manager for a homebuilding company. She has a marketing degree from the University of Oklahoma.
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The Listing of the Week is at 2609 SW 121 Court.
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Large home on wooded cul-de-sac has 4 bedrooms The Listing of the Week is a large single-story home with a side-entry garage on a wooded culde-sac in south Oklahoma City’s Rivendell neighborhood. The 3,521-square-foot home at 2609 SW 121 Court has four bedrooms, 3½ baths, three living rooms, two dining areas and an attached three-car garage. The family room has a fireplace, built-in
bookcase and entertainment center. The kitchen has a breakfast bar and pantry. The master suite has a sitting area, whirlpool tub and shower and ceiling fan. Secondary bedrooms have walk-in closets and ceiling fans; one has its own full bath; two share a Jack-and-Jill bathroom. The study has a wood-paneled ceiling and built-in desk. The home has a cedar
closet, outbuildings, a covered patio, central vacuum system, security system, underground sprinkler and intercom. The home, built in 1996, is listed for $449,900 with Joe Pryor of Redbud Realty & Associates. For more information, call 590-2135. 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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Survey shows trends of smaller homes, fewer front porches BY ASSOCIATED DESIGNS
Front porches have long been popular with families, but that could be changing. And the average size of desired homes has gotten smaller, as well. These are just two of the emerging trends seen in the results of Associated Designs’ 2012 Home from the Heart survey. Newspaper readers from all over the United States participated. Their fresh input is invaluable for keeping our home designs attuned to what real families actually want. As recently as last year, more than 90 percent of the participants opted for a front porch. This year, not quite 70 percent wanted that feature. Meanwhile, the desire for shop-storage space in the garage shot up this year from nearly 60 percent to almost 80 percent. The average size of home desired has clearly paralleled the roller coaster ride of the economy over the past three years. It was about 1,800 square
feet in the doldrums of 2010, zipped up past 2,500 during the increasing optimism of 2011, and dropped back closer to 2,250 this year, perhaps as the reality of a slow recovery set in. Some preferences are holding pretty steady. The desire for a deck or patio continues to hover at around 70 percent, and close to 80 percent would still put the owners’ suite on the main floor, away from other bedrooms. The desire for formal living areas (as opposed to informal) has hardly been worth mentioning for years. Interest in building green is mixed. Extra attention to site selection and building design dropped in importance, while acceptance of recycled materials nearly doubled. More than 25 percent of recent respondents would not spend extra money for green features, compared with 15 percent last year. In 2012, about half expressed willingness to spend 10 percent or more. Last year, only about 30 percent were willing to
spend that much. Finally, 11 percent have no budget constraints, up from 3 percent last year.
More than anything else, it’s the keystone-accented stone lintels that inspired the name of this traditional ranch-style home: Manor Heart. The liberal application of stone veneer also plays a role in the visual drama of its front facade, as do the wrought-iron railing and stone caps on the column supports. While the exterior is traditional, the interior is totally contemporary. Bright and spacious gathering spaces fill its core, and private rooms are off to the right and left. Double doors in the entry open into what could
HOUSE PLAN be a den or home office. This location is ideal for running a small home business that requires occasional meetings with clients or associates. Just past the coat closet, you emerge into the naturally bright, vaulted great room. Media cabinets and bookcases flank the fireplace centered on one wall. Across the way, this room flows into the dining room, which is open to the kitchen. Sliding glass doors in the dining room open wide to offer easy access to a covered deck that could be screened.
Counters and cabinets wrap around three sides of the large kitchen, encircling a wide work island rimmed on one end by a rounded conversation bar. Work surfaces and storage areas are both generously supplied, the latter boosted by a roomy walk-in pantry. The owners’ suite boasts an even deeper walk-in closet. A review plan of the Manor Heart 10-590, 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.
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Log homes’ charm not always simple BY KATHLEEN LYNN The Record
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Tony DiOrio wanted a rustic home, but his heart sank when his real estate agent drove him up to a West Milford, N.J., log house in 1999. “It was not really what I was thinking of,” DiOrio recalled. “The whole thing was slathered with this obnoxious brown paint.” But something clicked when he stepped inside. “I knew I was home,” he said. “I could see where all my furniture went.” In the years since he bought the home, DiOrio has extensively renovated the property, figuring out how to do a lot of the work himself because he couldn’t always afford to hire contractors. Along the way, he started a website, www.bearfortlodge.com, to share his hard-won lessons with the community of log homeowners. There are an estimated 1.5 million log homes in the nation, including many historic buildings dating to the 19th century, according to Roland Sweet, editor-in-chief of Log Home Living magazine and author of “Log Home Secrets of Success.” Owners “tend to be individualists, people who want something a little different,” Sweet said. The houses are certainly not for everyone, but their owners love the rustic atmosphere, with the overtones of self-reliance and natural living. In his book, Sweet call logs the only building material “that people romanticize, rhapsodize and fantasize about.” Along with their rustic charm, log homes have some green credibility be-
cause they’re built from a sustainable, renewable source and because the cellular structure of the wood has insulating properties. In northern New Jersey, log houses can be found in the northern reaches of Passaic County, especially in the lake communities of West Milford and Ringwood. Many were built in the 1930s and 1940s as weekend or summer homes for New York City residents. They’re priced at roughly $150,000 to $400,000 — in line with other homes of similar size and location, according to the Ringwood real estate agent Orly Steinberg. Larger and lakeside homes, of course, fetch higher prices. Most started out as twobedroom, one-bath cabins, though some homeowners have expanded them or turned a sleeping loft into another bedroom, Steinberg said. DiOrio’s is larger — about 2,400 square feet, with four bedrooms, on a hilly, wooded 2-acre lot. The house apparently started life as a hunting lodge for well-off men from New York City. During Prohibition, it may have been a speak-easy; it later was a bar (there is still a bar in the great room). “I wouldn’t say it was a seedy place, but it began to have a reputation,” DiOrio said. Later, it was turned into a private home. Log homes require no more maintenance than other wood homes, Sweet said. But if you think they’re maintenance-free — because, after all, no one maintains trees — think again. “Logs need protection because they aren’t trees
any more than leather is a cow,” Sweet writes in his book. The two biggest enemies of log homes are moisture and bugs, especially termites, carpenter ants and carpenter bees. To protect the wood from rain and sun, log homes are often designed with overhanging roofs or porches. And there are coatings that protect the logs from bugs and moisture.
At the log house, his first job was to blast the paint off the exterior with ground-up corncobs. Unlike sand, the corncob powder is soft enough that it wouldn’t damage the American Chestnut wood, which was harvested from a species that was wiped out in a blight decades ago. He created his own mortar recipe to replace the chinking between the logs. MCT INFORMATION SERVICES
Tony DiOrio’s great room, seen from the second floor of his log home in West Milford, N.J. MCT PHOTO
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Building permits Oklahoma City Oklahoma City-County Health Department, 2600 NE 63, office, erect, $6,500,000. Gardner Construction, 6005 S Air Depot Blvd., office, remodel, $5,250,000. Fite (Roger) Homes LLC, 11225 Waters Welling Way, residence, erect, $1,200,000. Vintage Dwellings LLC, 6404 Outabounds Court, residence, erect, $1,000,000. Gary Randolph Construction Inc., 2608 W Wilshire Blvd., residence, erect, $625,000. Quality Preferred Builders LLC, 17608 Prairie Sky Way, residence, erect, $450,000. Home First Inc., 5012 Turtle Lake Court, recreation center, erect, $425,000. Home First Inc., 15000 Turtle Lake Place, residence, erect, $410,000. Dodson Custom Homes LLC, 10617 Berrywood Drive, residence, erect, $379,500. Willco Homes LLC, 3413 NW 166 Court, residence, erect, $365,000. Richmond Signature Homes, 1520 NW 172, residence, erect, $353,500. Trinity Group Architects, 1004 W Sheridan Ave., restaurant, remodel, $350,000. Manchester Elite Homes LLC, 14808 Sedona Drive, residence, erect, $344,750. Justice Homes Inc., 14721 Rochefort Lane, residence, erect, $304,000. Manchester Elite Homes LLC, 8209 NW 147 Terrace, residence, erect, $296,500. Davenport Homes LLC, 1505 NW 188, residence,
erect, $295,000. Dave Carr Construction, 15304 Creek Vista Circle, residence, erect, $290,000. Dave Carr Construction, 15304 Creek Vista Circle, residence, erect, $290,000. Onpoint Construction, 8708 Halbrook Manor Lane, residence, erect, $280,000. D.R. Horton, 16108 Wind Crest Way, residence, erect, $271,990. Shawn Forth Custom Homes, 18220 Haslemere Lane, residence, erect, $265,000. Shawn Forth Custom Homes, 18216 Bridlington Drive, residence, erect, $262,000. First Star Homes, doing business as Turner & Son Homes, 17708 Silverhawk Way, residence, erect, $250,000. VP Homes, 5613 NW 163 Terrace, residence, erect, $250,000. Neal McGee Homes Inc., 3112 NW 163 Court, residence, erect, $249,900. J.W. Mashburn Development Inc., 3117 SW 136 Terrace, residence, erect, $235,000. J.W. Mashburn Development Inc., 3124 SW 137 Court, residence, erect, $230,000. Renaissance Custom Homes LLC, 4900 SW 127, residence, erect, $225,000. Shawn Forth Custom Homes, 18204 Haslemere Lane, residence, erect, $225,000. League Custom Homes LLC, 12608 NW 7 Court, residence, erect, $215,000. Bonadeo Building Co., 9016 NW 84 Terrace, residence, erect, $200,000. R&R Homes LLC, 3413 Canton Trail, residence,
REAL ESTATE erect, $200,000. R&R Homes LLC, 3409 Canton Trail, residence, erect, $200,000. Meek Construction, 13436 Cross Vine Court, residence, erect, $190,000. Rice Custom Homes LLC, 19508 Fieldshire Drive, residence, erect, $190,000. Meek Construction, 11733 SW 20, residence, erect, $189,000. Timber Craft Homes LLC, 8440 NW 142, residence, erect, $187,257. Rice Custom Homes LLC, 19504 Fieldshire Drive, residence, erect, $186,000. Bashaw Construction Co., 12701 N Pennsylvania Ave., apartment, fire restoration, $185,232. Meek Construction, 2309 Makaila Way, residence, erect, $180,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 15221 Western Vista Drive, residence, erect, $180,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 13909 Drakes Way, residence, erect, $180,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 13905 Drakes Way, residence, erect, $180,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 4821 Millstone Drive, residence, erect, $180,000. Bryce Enterprises LLC, 4829 Granite Drive, residence, erect, $175,000. Bradbury Homes Inc., 11720 SW 24 Terrace, residence, erect, $167,500. D.R. Horton, 2304 NW 155, residence, erect, $165,550. D.R. Horton, 7513 Meadow Lake Drive, storm shelter, erect, $159,000. D.R. Horton, 11001 SW 38 Circle, residence, erect, $154,900. David and Diane Sheets, 12350 Ruff Road, residence, erect, $154,000. Bryce Enterprises LLC, 4709 Granite Drive, residence, erect, $150,000. Graham Construction &
Development, 3600 NW 138, office, remodel, $143,000. Dub Stone Construction Co, 744 SW 157, residence, erect, $140,000. Sun Properties LLC, 11744 SW 20, residence, erect, $135,000. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 309 Durkee Road, residence, erect, $123,000. Home Creations, 1621 NW 126, residence, erect, $116,300. American Building Contractors & Developers LLC, 10928 SW 30 Terrace, residence, erect, $115,000. American Building Contractors & Developers LLC, 10925 SW 30, residence, erect, $115,000. Home Creations, 16117 Juliet Drive, residence, erect, $113,500. Harbor Homes, 17108 Barcelona Drive, residence, erect, $110,000. Two Structures LLC, 9308 Tara Plantation Drive, residence, erect, $110,000. Rausch Coleman Homes LLC, 11445 SW 25 Terrace, residence, erect, $109,000. Rausch Coleman Homes LLC, 13300 Beaumont Drive, residence, erect, $109,000. Rausch Coleman Homes LLC, 11709 NW 131, residence, erect, $109,000. Rausch Coleman Homes LLC, 11804 NW 134, residence, erect, $109,000. Home Creations, 15909 Sonador Drive, residence, erect, $107,100. Home Creations, 2421 NW 196 Terrace, residence, erect, $103,700. Alan Stuck Custom Homes, 7609 Meadow Lake Drive, residence, erect, $100,000. Alan Stuck Custom Homes, 9317 Brian Lane, residence, erect, $100,000.
THE OKLAHOMAN | NEWSOK.COM Alan Stuck Custom Homes, 716 Dusty Trail, residence, erect, $100,000. Rausch Coleman Homes LLC, 4708 Hunter Blvd., residence, erect, $100,000. D.R. Horton, 11309 NW 96, residence, erect, $96,900. Home Creations, 2429 NW 196 Terrace, residence, erect, $96,700. Home Creations, 19620 Vivace Drive, residence, erect, $95,800. Home Creations, 12001 SW 8, residence, erect, $94,000. Home Creations, 19637 Rondo Drive, residence, erect, $90,300. Burdette Construction, 1820 N Michigan, residence, fire restoration, $90,000. Home Creations, 900 Aspen Creek Terrace, residence, erect, $81,000. Central Oklahoma Habitat For Humanity, 8553 Durland Way, residence, erect, $80,000. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 11437 NW 131, residence, erect, $80,000. Home Creations, 2321 NW 198, residence, erect, $78,700. Home Creations, 2425 NW 196 Terrace, residence, erect, $78,200. Classic Contracting LLC, 1001 NW 14, residence, erect, $76,000. D.R. Horton, 2212 NW 193, residence, erect, $74,400. Westpoint Homes, 6241 NW 158, residence, erect, $70,000. Westpoint Homes, 15924 Positano Drive, residence, erect, $70,000. C7C Homes LLC, 16201 Wynchase Drive, clubhouse, erect, $70,000. James Minh Le, 12114 SW 25, manufactured home, move-on, $53,900. Maxxum Construction, 2323 SW 29, shell building, add-on, $50,000.
The Boeing Co., 5708 S Douglas Blvd., storage, erect, $50,000. Chris Ryan Homes LLC, 15200 Turtle Lake Place, accessory, erect, $40,000. Kathryn L. Richardson, 11224 S Choctaw Road, manufactured home, move-on, $35,000. Maxxum Construction, 2323 SW 29, retail sales, remodel, $35,000. Maxxum Construction, 2323 SW 29, retail sales, remodel, $35,000. Maxxum Construction, 2323 SW 29, retail sales, remodel, $35,000. Maxxum Construction, 2323 SW 29, retail sales, remodel, $35,000. Maxxum Construction, 2323 SW 29, retail sales, remodel, $35,000. A&P Enterprises LLC, 9717 NW 10, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. A&P Enterprises LLC, 7901 S Council Road, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. A&P Enterprises LLC, 7901 S Council Road, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. A&P Enterprises LLC, 7901 S Council Road, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. A&P Enterprises LLC, 7901 S Council Road, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. A&P Enterprises LLC, 7901 S Council Road, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. A&P Enterprises LLC, 7901 S Council Road, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $30,000. Four Seasons Sunrooms, 7401 NW 131, residence, add-on, $29,164. SEE PERMITS, PAGE 9E
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Stonetown Bills, 5902 S Terry Joe, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $25,000. U.S. Star Properties, 212 S Council Road, retail sales, remodel, $20,000. Wayne P. Rakett, 12825 NW 106, residence, addon, $20,000. Precision Builders, 13801 N Bryant Ave., business, remodel, $17,512. Ronny Phu Dai Tran, 4904 Creekwood Drive, residence, fire restoration, $17,000. Four Seasons Sunrooms, 4828 SE 118, residence, add-on, $16,402. Daniel Gober, 2100 Justin Lane, barn, erect, $14,000. Oliverio Gonzalez, 3225 W Park Place, residence, add-on, $14,000. Wil Ihle, 16420 E Memorial Road, barn, erect, $14,000. Daniel Gober, 3401 Willow Pond Drive, barn, erect, $12,000. Kent Hoffman, 12131 N Midwest Blvd., manufactured home, move-on, $10,500. Ezequiel Soto, 3700 S Linn Ave., accessory, addon, $10,000. Oz Saferooms, 9401 Rose Ridge Drive, storm shelter, erect, $7,999. Debbie Bell Brown, 12120 Skyway Ave., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $5,400. Luis and Maria Perez, 1725 NE 35, residence, remodel, $5,400. No name provided, 10801 Cliffe Hollow Drive, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $5,000. James Shrier, 3121 SW 125, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $4,595. No name provided, 10001 Henderson Drive, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $4,595. No name provided, 713 SW 157, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,595. Clarence Washington, 1405 NW 166, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,550. Donna Bronson, 12300 Shorehan Court, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,500. David Kelley, 12717 Arrowhead Lane, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,375. Gregory C. Dahlgren, 9925 Sudbury Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,375. Howard Hines, 11823 Sagamore Drive, storm shel-
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ter, install-storm shelter, $4,050. Blue Sky Construction, 2309 SW 135, residence, add-on, $4,000. Gerald Wahahrockah, 2808 SE 96, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,000. Cliff Gallarneau, 1529 SW 121, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,975. Dustin Trammell, 10016 Daughety Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,925. No name provided, 10129 Bradford Way, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,920. Rhonda Stavern, 2920 SE 95, residence, remodel, $3,500. No name provided, 2244 Lane Way Drive, residence, add-on, $3,500. Kerry Jones, 6505 NW 112, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,450. Edward Fisher, 5701 NW 102, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,400. Peter Burke, 400 SW 173, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,400. Kenneth Beausoleil, 5112 SE 85, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,395. Brady Cline, 2712 Dorchester Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,300. Bennett Richey, 13903 Middleberry Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,200. Hayden and Michael Smith, 11101 Maple Grove, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,200. Ryan Aller, 14000 Agate Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,200. Scott Fletcher, 2925 Drakestone Ave., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,195. Roy Bridges, 120 SW 174, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,105. John & Lori Shively, 5220 NW 108 Terrace, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,100. No name provided, 13909 Briarwyck, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,100. Clint Palmer, 17309 Clove Hill Place, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. David Gales, 16204 Windrush Place, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. David McMahan, 12600 Ponderosa Blvd., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. Gail Piraino, 3116 SW 103 Place, residence, remodel, $3,000. George Cullum, 13113 Bright Prairie Circle, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000.
Open House 8713 NW 105th St 4/2.5/ 3 Open House May-27 from 1-4pm. $197,900 569-0669 11808 Blueridge Ct, 4bd 3ba 3car w/pool 3781 sf LIKE NEW! $280K obo Emery Realty 405-921-6606
2acres, 3/3/2, 2000sf, indoor pool, shop, xlg patio, many extras, $165,000 405-249-4899
OWNER FINANCING 1-10 Acres Many Locations Call for maps 405-273-5777 www.property4sale.com Unfinished home & 5A NE of Shawnee, potential 3bd, 2ba, blacktop rd TERMS Milburn o/a 275-1695 paulmilburnacreages.com
3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage on 4 city lots, 1700sf, lots of updgrades, asking $133,000. 405-485-8222
14009 Apache Dr 3bd + library, newer appls & a/c 2.5ba 2car $183K obo Emery Realty 405-921-6606
Call for Maps! See why we sell more acreages than anyone in Okla. E of OKC. o/a 275-1695
Bank Owned 3/2.5/2 blt 85 brick, wood floors $87,900 Realty Experts 414-8753
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Immaculate 4/2/3, blt 2008 granite, SS appls$166,000 Realty Experts 414-8753
Lindsay, OK 175 acs, live creek, 3 ponds, 40% treed, rural water. May divide. 405-830-1473 420 ac, near Holdenville, small log cabin, Mt view, 35% open, $375K 386-6629
320 acres farm & pasture ground, live water, in Reno County, Kansas. $3350/acre Serious inquiries only, 620-6657233 Evenings or lv msg.
Updated Brick 3/1 extra parking, newer roof & ch/a, wood floors $84,000 Realty Experts 414-8753 6508 NW 130th St. $123K Open Sat/Sun 2-4; 3/2/2 Deercreek schools. 405-410-8000 Owner OWNER CARRY 2 bd, 1 bth, remodeled $3K dwn 1340 NW 95th 348-2108
1229 NE 43 3bd/1ba $35K obo Seller pays $5K in rprs Emery Realty 405-921-6606
Owner carry, 609 SE 32 Nice log house. 5,000 down. 650-7667. www.homesofokcinc.com
OWNER FINANCING $2000 down No Credit Ck 1505 SW 45 2/1 $46,000 2728 Texoma 4/1 $5K dwn ¡596-4599 ‘ 410-8840¡ Owner carry, 3912 S Agnew Ave. Nice home. 5,000 down. 650-7667. www.homesofokcinc.com
2bd, 1ba, 1161sf, lot next door incld, $47,000 AS IS 2115 N Bath. 405-751-2029
2245 NW 38th St. 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 car, fixer-upper. Appt. only 405-524-6311.
Special Gov't Program! Own Land/Family land ZERO DOWN! New and Repo homes avail. E-Z qualify by phone. Top dollar for your TRADE in. $2,000 furn allowance with purchase. WAC 405-631-7600 405-834-8814 Cash 4 Clunkers! Guaranteed $5,000 for any trade towards down pymt of new home. WAC 405-631-7600 405-834-8814 Abandoned D/W Repo set up on 5 Acres!! Ready to move in. Free phone application 405-631-7600 Rent to Own: Nice 2&3bd MWC $350&up 390-9777
Office Space For Sale 700sf Nice Office Space avail. on NE 23rd in Nicoma Park $42,500obo. 323-3976
Business Property For Rent 3928 E. Reno $2000 mo house & large 1500 sq ft whse 601-5905 235-5028
Office Space For Rent 7608 N Western Ave Retail/Office space, 1200sf avail, 370-1077 GREAT Office Space Various NW locations 300-6000sf 946-2516
Bank Owned 3bd 1ba 2 liv PC Schls, .23 acre $57,900 Realty Experts 414-8753
2817 Fairfield Dr 3bd 3ba 2car 1800 sf. $135K obo Emery Realty 405-921-6606
3 bed, 2 bath custom home, $156,000. Open House Sunday, 2-4 (405)429-0746/615-2676
$2,995. James Kopenhafer, 12012 Kimberlyn Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,970. Marc and Jeanne Valois, 8101 Hawksbury Road, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,950. Janet Ewing, 4413 Brandt Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,910. David Carithers, 6501 S Harvey Ave., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,900. No name provided, 16604 Brewster Lane, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,900. Roberto Soto, 9517 N Walker Ave., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,895. Elise King, 16325 Del Mar Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,885. Alfonso Violante, 2224 SW 24, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800. Jo Anne Thomas, 613 NW 115, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,785. Jim Jackson, 7400 SW 112, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,700. Justin M. Wilson, 2136 NE 19, residence, fire restoration, $2,700. Scott Snider, 6209 NW 162, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,600. Todd Jackson, 15801 Traditions Blvd., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,600. Walt Evans, 3025 SW 64, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,500. No name provided, 2632 SW 95, canopy-carport, add-on, $2,500. No name provided, 4720 Doe Run Drive, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,500. Home Creations, 5814 Marblewood Drive, temporary building, erect, $2,000. Tom Russell, 5112 NW 20, canopy-carport, addon, $1,800. No name provided, 2916 SW 63, canopy-carport, add-on, $1,400. Minske Massage LLC, 11330 N May Ave., business, remodel, $1,280.
Demolitions Midwest Wrecking, 2641 NW Grand Blvd., residence. Classic Contracting LLC, 1001 NW 14, garage. Midwest Wrecking, 622 N Broadway Ave., office. Midwest Wrecking, 2901 SW 44, commercial. Midwest Wrecking, 2837 SW 31, residence. Midwest Wrecking, 8320 N Western Ave., business.
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Building’s lack of permit puts buyer at risk DEAR BARRY: We bought our home seven years ago. Recently, the county building department informed us that the studio apartment in our backyard was built without a permit. Neither the sellers nor our home inspector informed us about this, and we are now forced to spend more than $7,000 for retroactive permits and in fines to fix something we did not do and were not made aware of. Is this something that we should be liable for, or should we hire a lawyer? Ann DEAR ANN: If the sellers owned the property when the structure was built, they should have disclosed the lack of a building permit. Whether they are still liable after seven years is something you’ll need to find out from an attorney. Home inspectors do not check for permits. However, if the studio was included in the home inspection, your inspector should have noted conditions that were substandard. It is reasonable for the building department to require a retroactive permit, but it is not right to impose a fine, since you were not the one who broke the law. To address that issue, you should hire an attorney. You should also make an appointment to meet with one of your elected officials, such as a county supervisor, to complain about the unfair fine. Elected officials can sometimes cut through the dogma imposed by narrowthinking bureaucrats. DEAR BARRY: We bought our home a few months ago, and there was no disclosure of any roof problem, not from the sellers or our home inspector. But when the first rain came, there were several bad leaks, so we called a roofing contractor. He said the roof is totally worn out, and replacement will cost thousands of dollars. We believe the sellers were aware of the leaking and that our home inspector should have reported
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the true condition of the roof. What can we do? Renee DEAR RENEE: The home inspector should come back to the property to explain why the condition of the roof was not properly reported. If possible, you should go onto the roof with him to see exactly what defects the roofer found. If the condition of the roof is not consistent with the inspection report, the inspector should take some responsibility for this breach. If he is unwilling to do so, find out if he is insured for errors and omissions. If the sellers say there was no previous leakage, proving them wrong could be difficult, depending on how badly the roof is deteriorated. Another possibility is to ask your neighbors if the seller ever mentioned roof leaks. DEAR BARRY: My husband and I have a disagreement about fire safety requirements in a garage. Our home has a finished basement garage with living space above. What is required for the walls and ceiling in this garage? Shari DEAR SHARI: The wall and ceiling areas that separate the garage from living space or from the crawl space should be covered with 5/8-inch, fire-rated drywall, and all seams should be taped. Doors and utility access covers should be fire-rated and self-closing, and ducts that penetrate the drywall should be firerated material, such as metal. It would be interesting to know who is on which side of the disagreement. To write to Barry Stone, visit him on the web at www.housedetective.com. ACTION COAST PUBLISHING
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Jason Lee, 2416 NW 176, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,000. Joemar Rodrigo, 19217 Canyon Creek Place, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,000. Sun Properties LLC, 11748 SW 24 Terrace, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. Kevin Colwell, 9308 SW 25, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,000. Kim Edd Carter, 1805 Shady Lane, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. Matt and Stacy Bartel, 12304 SW 11, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. Philip Moore, 7312 Kaylee Way, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. Shawn Allen, 12408 SW 10, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,000. Stephen Lewis, 12408 Lapis Lane, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,000. Sue Vann, 12116 Wentworth Place, residence, remodel, $3,000. No name provided, 4000 Thomas Road, office-warehouse, install, $3,000. Chad Harden, 11000 SW 40, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,995. Charles H. Joseph, 717 SW 113, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Danny Nguyen, 6048 Johnnie Terrace, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Laroy or Margo Cross, 8304 John Robert Drive, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,995. Minh Ly, 2309 NW 151, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,995. Nicholas Elliott, 17313 Picasso Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Ron Watkins, 517 SW 157, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,995. Shawn Sparks, 10712 Joseph Way, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Steven Turechek, 10413 Donning, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. No name provided, 3100 SW 124, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. No name provided, 7100 Woodridge Ave., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. No name provided, 8209 Lance Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. No name provided, 9305 SW 25, storm shelter, install-storm shelter,
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MAYFAIR Great location! 1/2 bd W/D hdwd flr quiet secure ngbrhood ¡947-5665
944 SW 35th 2/1 garage converted $595 Free List 681-7272
8411 Wakefield spacious 2bd duplex, 2 full baths, 1 car garage, Westmoore Schools $700mo. Fidelity RE 692-1661, 410-4300 3212 Dumas Lane nice 2bd home with 1car garage, fresh paint, new carpet, only $475 Fidelity RE 692-1661, 410-4300 4041 SW 26th nice 2bd home w/large storage building, close to grade school. Only $425 Fidelity RE 692-1661, 410-4300 605K SW 34th Spacious 1bd washer dryer hookup fridge, stove ch/a water & garbage pd $375 Fidelity RE 692-1661, 410-4300
2Bd, 29th & Choctaw Rd, $450 mo, $200 dep 390-2471 651-1165
Rent to Own: Nice 2&3bd MWC $350&up 390-9777
3bed 1.5bath 2liv areas, RENT TO OWN, down pymt negotiable $750mo 606-6655 Moore Schls 1232 SW 93 Fenced corner lot, 3bd, 2ba, 2car garage, FP $995 + dep. ¡ 755-6036
Super Nice, quiet area 2bd, appls, Sec 8 Ok 2217 NE 19¡424-2201pm
207 Stanton 3/1/1 $695 309 Potomac 3/2/2 $825 2607 Shoreridge 3/2/1 $825 Express Realty 844-6101 www.expressrealtyok.com
2-2bd 323 SW 24th St. $550 & 821 SW 50th St. $600 w/garages. 745-4414
Boat Storage 4131 NW 23rd OKC Enclosed, Secure $40/mo $50/mo & $60/ mo units avail 365-3889
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