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Tour showcases 6 kitchens KITCHEN TOUR: | SUNDAY’S EVENT INCLUDES QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSIONS WITH DESIGNER KAREN BLACK BY DYRINDA TYSON For The Oklahoman dyrinda@gmail.com
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CONDO SELLING TIPS Demand is up for detached, singlefamily houses, but condos lag. To sell a condo requires thinking strategically. PAGE 3E
NICHOLS HILLS — A few
walls had to fall to give Mary and Jerry Durbin the new look they craved for their home at 6641 Avondale Drive. “We essentially took out five rooms, if you count the workout room that was above, to create an open concept for cooking, eating and living with accessibility to what everyone wants today, which is an outdoor room,” said designer Terry Carlson, who works with her husband, Anders Carlson, in AC Dwellings. “They’re not just our designers, but our neighbors,” Mary Durbin said with a laugh. Taking out a workout room directly above freed up the space to turn an 8foot ceiling into a cathedral ceiling, and a line of French doors across the back wall brings in natural light. The kitchen itself mixes old and new in a work space made ideal for cooking and entertaining. A large stove dominates one wall, flanked by a pair of cabinets with leaded-glass fronts — repurposed windows Carlson said she and Durbin found on one of their many décor hunts. It was the same for the oversized lanterns above the kitchen island and the glass-fronted bookcase that now serves as storage. “We mix it up, Mary and I,” Carlson said. The Durbins’ kitchen is among six on this year’s Oklahoma County Medical Alliance Kitchen Tour, set for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The event will also include question-and-answer sessions with kitchen designer Karen Black, whose company is providing courtesy shuttles, as well as cooking demonstrations at the Culinary
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Anders Carlson, Terry Carlson and homeowner Mary Durbin show part of the expansion and renovation of the Durbin kitchen at 6641 Avondale Drive, one of six homes on the Nichols Hills Kitchen Tour Sunday. PHOTOS BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN
Kitchen store. And it’s a return engagement for the Durbin kitchen, which was on the tour in 1998. Dark floors and brightly patterned French country wallpaper dominated at the time, and the space beyond the kitchen was divided into smaller rooms, including the TV room that served as a family refuge. The Durbins came upon the house 18 years ago after an exhaustive search. With four children between them, they were looking for a place where each child could have their own room. “We looked for a long time, and when we came to this house, we said, “Oh my gosh, this house was made for us,’ ” she recalled. SEE KITCHENS, PAGE 2E
Dark floors and brightly patterned French country wallpaper dominated the kitchen and breakfast room in Mary Durbin’s home in 1998, the last time it was on the Nichols Hills Kitchen Tour. PHOTO BY ROGER KLOCK, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
Freddie Mac warns about rental scams WASHINGTON — No one wants to take the blame for the housing bust in this political season, but scammers and rip-off artists in the hundreds are working overtime to siphon dollars out of the wreckage of the crash and its stillvulnerable victims. You’ve probably heard about the loan-modification predators who promise financially ailing homeowners that they’ll prevent or forestall foreclosures. But they are really after thousands of dollars in fees, for which they do nothing. Now the second largest source of mortgage money in the country — Freddie Mac — is warning about a troubling new wave of postcrash fraud: scammers who illegally rent out its foreclosed and for-sale homes to unsuspecting consumers shopping for houses to lease. The bogus landlords don’t own the properties — Freddie does — and they have no right to offer them to anyone. But they use Craigslist and other online sites to advertise them to prospective tenants. Typically the rents are tantalizing — say $1,200 a month for a three-bedroom home in a neighborhood where similar houses
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command double that — and the terms are straightforward: Pay us a one-month security deposit and one or two months’ rent upfront — always in cash or money order — and we give you the keys, no questions asked. The fraud promoters sometimes change the locks on the front door, remove the “lockbox” installed by the realty broker marketing the house for Freddie Mac, and they tell prospects: Oh, and don’t worry about that real estate sign in the front yard offering the house for sale. We tried to sell the house but it didn’t work out, so now we’re renting it. According to real estate brokers working with Freddie, this type of scam can bilk unsuspecting rental home shoppers — some of whom have themselves lost their own homes to foreclosure or short sales — out of hundreds or thousands of dollars. Robert O’Hara, a foreclo-
sure specialist with RE/MAX Synergy in suburban Chicago, said that one victim told him she lost a total of $10,000 in upfront fees and rental payments to a fraudulent landlord before being forced to leave the property. “This is happening all over the place, in every price range,” O’Hara said. “They take the victims’ money and disappear.” Sometimes the tenants don’t even get the keys; they fill out a fake lease application, disclose sensitive personal information such as Social Security and financial data, send the money and never hear a thing again. Other times they move in and are later discovered by property managers or the real estate agent who listed the house for sale. If they refuse to move out, they’re evicted. Robert Hagberg, Freddie Mac’s associate director of fraud investigations, said foreclosure rental scams are becoming a significant problem, in part because of the sheer number of foreclosed properties on the market for sale. Freddie Mac had more than 53,000 houses — spread from California to the East Coast — listed for sale, under contract or being readied
for sale as of June 30. Another reason why foreclosure scams are becoming more commonplace: In the backwash of the worst economic downturn since the 1930s, rental markets are unusually hot and competitive in many cities. For consumers shopping for rental homes and condos who want to avoid getting ripped off, here’s what Freddie Mac recommends: I Check to make sure the property is not already listed for sale. Google the house address and drive by to see if there are for-sale signs posted. You can also check Freddie Mac’s foreclosure listings at www.homesteps.com. I If you discover that the “rental” is already listed for sale, notify the listing agent immediately. I Under no circumstances should you submit online lease applications, including personal credit data, until you have verified that the house is a bona fide rental. Otherwise you risk not only losing upfront deposits and rent payments to swindlers but your financial identity as well. Ken Harney’s email address is kenharney@earthlink.net. WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP
Ana White’s interest in building furniture grew out of desperation. Or maybe stubbornness. White built her first piece because she and her husband couldn’t afford good furniture, and she refused to waste money on low-quality pieces as a stopgap. Since then, she’s built hundreds of projects as well as a following for ana-white.com, a website where she teaches others how to create her easyto-build pieces. Now White has a book, “The Handbuilt Home,” with instructions for 34 inexpensive projects that she insists are achievable even by people without woodworking skills or elaborate tools. It’s published by Potter Craft and sells for $22.99 in softcover.
PREFAB OUTDOOR SHOWERS Oborain is bringing a vacation favorite to the backyard. The company makes prefab outdoor showers that can be assembled in 30 minutes and plumbed with garden hoses. Each shower has a stainless-steel frame, a deck made from the Brazilian hardwood cumaru and wall panels made from dark red meranti, a hardwood from Malaysia that resists weathering and splitting. The shower fixture has a shower head with three settings, including pulsating massage, as well as a thermostatic temperature control. More info on Oborain showers, can be found at www.oborain.com. The company makes showers ranging in price from $4,300 to $12,000. MCT INFORMATION SERVICES
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Left: Taking out a workout room directly above freed up the space to turn an 8-foot ceiling into a cathedral ceiling in the Durbin kitchen, one of six on Sunday’s Nichols Hills Kitchen Tour. PHOTO BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN
Kitchens: No longer a hiding place FROM PAGE 1E
They’ve been working on the house off and on since with the Carlsons’ help. Two years ago, with the kids now out of the house, the Durbins decided it was finally time to tackle the kitchen-livingdining area. “It was just looking tired, and we had lived for however many years — 16, 17 years — in a little tiny TV room over there,” Durbin said. The design isn’t just about more space, Anders Carlson said. “The open space is so they have a connection to the kitchen,” he said. “The kitchen isn’t to hide in anymore. Before, you hid in a kitchen; today you live in a kitchen.” Guests visiting the Durbins’ kitchen Sunday will find Anders Carlson there serving Swedish meatballs. The Swedish-born designer said he has been cooking on the tour for years. “When you’re doing Swedish meatballs in the kitchen, it kind of turns it into a little bit of a party,” he said with a smile. Kitchen tour tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door, and proceeds will benefit Toby Keith’s OK Kids Korral and the YWCA’s battered women’s shelter. Tickets are available at New Leaf Florist, 2500 N May Ave.; On A Whim,
Custom cabinets had a shutter look in the Durbin kitchen the last time it was on the Nichols Hills Kitchen Tour, in 1998. PHOTO BY ROGER KLOCK, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
5850 N Classen Blvd.; Culinary Kitchen, 7302 N Western Ave.; Whole Foods, 6001 N Western Ave.; A Karen Black Co., 3013 NW 63; The Market at Quail Springs, 14001 Joel McDonald Road; Pinkitzel Cupcake Bakery & Candy Store, 150 N E.K. Gaylord Blvd. and 1389 E 15th St. in Edmond. Other kitchens on the tour are: I Katie and Tony Say, 6709 NW Grand Blvd. Fresh off a yearlong renovation and expansion,
this home offers a bright and airy kitchen with a farm sink overlooking a kitchen garden just outside the window. A mix of French and English antiques evokes a feeling of times gone by, but the appliances are thoroughly modern. I Brittney and Chip Keating, 1502 Bedford Drive. Fresh blue-and-white accents punctuate this expanded kitchen, which draws heavily on country French design. The island
The eating area of the Durbin home is open to the living area.
with its intricate wood plank countertop and a custom-carved marble fireplace add warmth to the space. I Sandra Precure and Debbie Brown, 1715 Dorchester Place. Hand-chiseled stone columns and beams set the tone for this kitchen, which features a 4-foot chandelier and a china cabinet that’s more than just a china cabinet: It artfully conceals a washer and dryer. I Tracey and Tim Hughes, 1218 Belford Ave. The adage about too many cooks spoiling the broth doesn’t apply here. This kitchen was designed for a crowd with a large island where guests can gather and has plenty of work space for the cooks. Both form and function prevail: The cabinets are equipped with drawer rails and hinges designed to cut down noise, and the light pewter-white cabinet finish factory applied and baked on for durability. I Amy and Aaron Compton, 6908 NW Grand Blvd. Amy Compton designed this modern Italian kitchen to suit her busy family of seven. It features marble countertops and professional, stainless steel appliances, including a builtin steamer, a glass-door refrigerator and two dishwashers.
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Dealing with lead during renovation BY MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE INFORMATION SERVICES
If you’re planning to renovate a home built before 1978, there are regulations concerning dust and other materials containing lead, a toxic substance formerly used in paint. Some key things to know: I Contractors: A contractor hired to remodel more than 6 square feet indoors in homes, schools or child-care facil-
ities built before 1978 must by law be trained and certified in proper practices. The Environmental Protection Agency website, EPA.gov, can help you find a certified renovator in your area. I Get informed: Renovators must give homeowners and tenants a copy of an EPA pamphlet called “The Lead-Safe Certified Guide to Renovate Right,” which you can
also read online. I Testing: To determine whether there is lead in your home — whether it was built before 1978 or not — you can hire a certified inspector or risk assessor. I Dust control: The EPA recommends that your contract with a renovator spell out how dust will be handled and prevented from spreading. The contract should also
specify that the contractor will clean up the work area, verify that it was cleaned adequately and clean it again if necessary. I Post-job testing: If you want lead testing done after the job is completed, be sure to specify this in the contract, stating who will do the testing and whether further cleaning will be required based on the results of the test. MCT INFORMATION SERVICES
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The Buckminster and The Chadwick are two of the many traditionally styled homes created by New World Home. These homes are in Great Barrington, Mass. AP PHOTOS
This photo provided by Greenfab shows the dining room of a prefab house in Seattle.
Prefab homes are making inroads BY CEDAR BURNETT For The Associated Press
So much of what is in our homes these days is factory-made — toasters, furniture, toys — but not the homes themselves. Most are still built onsite, as opposed to being prefabricated and trucked in. That doesn’t make sense, said Sheri Koones, author of four books on prefab housing, including the new “Prefabulous and Almost Off the Grid: Your Path to Building an Energy-Efficient Home” (Abrams). “Would you want your car to be built in your driveway?” said Koones of Greenwich, Conn. “Of course you wouldn’t. You want your car made in a climate-controlled factory by skilled professionals on an assembly line. Wouldn’t you want the same thing for your home?” Prefab housing, a concept that’s been around at least since Sears and other companies introduced mail-order kits in the early 1900s, generally refers to factory-built modular and panelized housing. They are built to the same code as traditionally built homes, with additional structural requirements to make sure they withstand being transported. Depending on the home’s size, multiple pieces (or modules) are delivered to a site and secured together onto the foundation in a matter of hours. Prefab homes are typically 60 percent to 90 percent complete at the time of delivery, but often require an additional two or three weeks for finishing touches. By contrast, mobile homes, which carry much of the stigma against prefabricated housing, are built to a more lenient federal code, arrive on their own wheels, depreciate quickly and are not generally zoned for urban use. Because modular prefab homes are indistinguishable from site-built homes, they have become increasingly popular, pushed by the growing interest in green building. “Prefab homes are much more efficient and environmentally friendly. There is so much less waste in the manufacturing process. Any excess materials can be recycled into other homes or sent back to the manufacturer
This home, by Seattle company Greenfab, was the first Platinum-certified LEED home in Washington state.
instead of ending up in a Dumpster,” Koones said. “Because the materials aren’t exposed to the elements, prefab houses avoid problems with mold, rot and bacteria …” Still, some consumers remain unsure of what a green home built off-site would entail. Greenfab, a Seattle company, recently used a newly built prefab home as a teaching tool. After producing the first Platinumcertified LEED prefab home in Washington State, Greenfab opened the modern house to the public for three months. School groups, builders, buyers and nonprofit groups toured it. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy & Environmental
Design. “People in the neighborhood just saw a foundation in the morning, and came home to find a completed house,” said Johnny Hartsfield, founder and president of Greenfab. “Our main goal as a company is to educate the public on the benefits of green and prefab. “ He also lists cost as a reason to go prefab. Since the homes are pre-designed, he said, there are no architect fees, time delays or cost overruns. “Site building is loud and stressful,” Hartsfield said. “We want to make building your home more exciting and fun — we don’t want you to hate it or get divorced over it.”
In an increasing number of neighborhoods, property is starting to move off the market more quickly than before, and prices are ascending. Yet in many areas, demand is strongest for detached, single-family houses, while condo sales still lag behind. “Whether you face a great or not-so-great market for your condo depends on where you live,” said Mark Nash, a real estate broker and author of “1001 Tips for Buying and Selling a Home.” “In some places sellers must still compete with a lot of short sales and foreclosures at distress prices, so it’s harder to get a condo sold.” Selling a condo can be a particularly daunting task if your apartment is a lookalike unit in a complex where many are on the market. “If your building has 20 one-bedroom apartments available that are similar to yours, you have to differentiate yourself. Buyers will probably only look at three to five units, and your place has to be one of them,” Nash said. Condo sellers who face stiff competition have to think strategically, as do their listing agents. Here are a few pointers: I Hang a realistic price tag on your property. Are you seeking to sell a unit in an area where many new condos have been constructed recently or are in the pipeline? If so, Nash said you’ll want to be particularly careful not to set too high a price or your unit could languish unsold for a lengthy time. “People look at headlines about rising values and think they can push
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Condo sellers who face stiff competition have to think strategically, as do their listing agents. their price. But if you try that with your condo, it will probably just sit there,” Nash said. Owners planning to sell in a complex where many units are on the market should do a careful review of what other apartments — known as “comparables” or “comps” — have gone for during the last three to six months. “You have to walk in the buyer’s shoes. The market is stronger, but people refuse to overpay,” he said. I Make sure your property is visible to real estate agents around your area. “As always, there are strong niche markets for condos throughout the country. These are markets where turnover is rare and sellers don’t have to worry,” said Dorcas Helfant, a real estate broker and former president of the National Association of Realtors. To help get more showings for your condo, Helfant suggests you ask your listing agent to stage one or
more “brokers’ opens.” These are open houses to which all real estate agents in the area are invited. To draw in attendees, they often feature food, entertainment or both. “Nearly all serious buyers work with agents. If the other agents prescreen your condo and like it, chances are good they’ll bring their buyers through, and this could result in a sale,” she said. I Focus on the demographic group most likely to show interest in your condo. “People trying to sell an apartment that’s matchymatchy with others in the building have to make sure all their marketing materials their agent produces are very professional looking,” Nash said. One way to create compelling materials is to identify your target audience. Besides the usual advertising materials and brochures, he recommends that your listing agent develop community “resource lists” with your target audience in mind. These can be used as a draw for potential buyers who come through. For instance, young single buyers might like a lengthy list of restaurants in the area, along with ratings and reviews. Families with an infant or small child might appreciate a roster of nearby day care facilities and nursery schools. And empty nesters could be grateful for information on cultural and recreational venues and events. To contact Ellen James Martin, email her at ellenjamesmartin@gmail.com. UNIVERSAL UCLICK
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YUKON — Ideal Homes of Norman and Caddo Electric Cooperative are working together on three new geothermal neighborhoods. Starting this fall, every new home built by Ideal Homes at Somers Pointe, Somers Village or The Springs at Settlers Ridge will come with a ClimateMaster geothermal heat pump and incentives that offset thousands of dollars in installation costs. Somers Pointe is south of Reno Avenue on Garth Brooks Boulevard. Somers Village is west of Garth Brooks Boulevard on Reno. Springs at Settlers Ridge is north of Reno on Garth Brooks Boulevard. “We’re making the world’s best heating and cooling technology available to more Oklahoma homebuyers than anyone ever has before,” said Vernon McKown, co-owner of Ideal Homes. “Ideal has always been on the cutting edge, bringing energy efficiency to mainstream building in Oklahoma with Energy Star, Guaranteed Heating and Cooling Costs and the Zero Energy
Home. Now we are helping some of our homeowners realize enough savings on geothermal to recoup their initial investment in less than three years.” Without this program, the largest part of the cost for geothermal is for the installation of the buried pipe loops. Ideal’s partnership with Caddo Electric replaces thousands of dollars in loop installation costs with a small monthly thermal energy fee. Homeowners will benefit from geothermal comfort and savings without significant up-front costs or maintenance concerns, Ideal said, and will qualify for Caddo Electric’s lowest utility rate for an even faster return on investment. Geothermal heating and cooling uses a high-efficiency heat pump and sealed underground piping loops filled with water to exchange heat between the home and the earth. “We call our homes EnergyAdvantage because our smart construction saves homeowners hundreds of dollars a year on heating and cooling costs. Now we’re leading the charge to bring geothermal into the market on a large
Profits soar at nation’s 2 largest mortgage lenders BY CHRISTINA REXRODE AND DANIEL WAGNER AP Business Writers
NEW YORK — Is the mortgage market really back? The country’s two biggest mortgage lenders, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, reported last week that a surge in home lending pushed them to record profits. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon declared that the housing market “has turned the corner.” Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf said that “every quarter, we have more confidence.” Wells Fargo said it issued $139 billion in mortgages from July through September, compared with $89 billion in the same period last year. JPMorgan wrote $47 billion in mortgages, compared with $37 billion last year. There were signs, though, that the boom isn’t as strong as it might seem. The large majority of mortgage lending was driven not by people buying new homes but by owners refinancing mortgages, which is less helpful to the housing market. The business was also propped up by government programs, like a federal initiative meant to encourage refinancing, and the Federal Reserve’s pledge to buy more mortgage-backed bonds. The banks’ mortgage units are also a magnet for legal disputes, with both banks facing new mortgage-related lawsuits just this month. And nobody knows how long the revenue gains will last. “We don’t expect to count on the high margins and mortgage origination forever,” Dimon said in a call with financial analysts. “You’re going to have it next quarter, maybe for a couple of quarters after that, but it won’t last for that much longer.” Still, the numbers were eye-catching: Mortgage lending revenue jumped 56 percent at Wells Fargo and 29 percent at JPMorgan compared with a year ago, driving overall revenue gains at both banks. And it’s all against a backdrop of signs nationwide that the fractured housing market could be healing. A Federal Reserve survey earlier this week
found that a stronger housing market helped economic growth in almost every part of the country. Home sales are up, prices are rising more consistently in most places, and builders are more confident. The executives didn’t suggest that one quarter of mortgage strength means the housing market is fixed. At both banks, about three-quarters of the mortgage-lending revenue was from refinancing. About 15 percent was from a government program, the Home Affordable Refinance Program. The Fed’s plan last month to buy mortgagebacked bonds is also likely to fuel the numbers. The plan is meant to keep interest rates low, which is supposed to encourage borrowing and refinancing. It can help banks make a bigger profit when they sell mortgages to investors. Stumpf, the Wells Fargo CEO, said that the Fed plan was enabling the bank to hire. Wells Fargo and JPMorgan are bellwethers for mortgages. Wells Fargo controls a third of the market, according to the trade publication Inside Mortgage Finance. JPMorgan is second, controlling about 11 percent. Both banks cited low interest rates to help explain the boost in refinancing, though it wasn’t clear why this quarter was so strong. Rates have been low for several years. The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 3.47 percent, according to the government-sponsored mortgage giant Freddie Mac. It’s been under 4 percent for almost a year. There are still plenty of homeowners who can’t afford their mortgages, a point that Dimon was quick to note. He said his bank is still seeing a high level of souring mortgage loans, and said he expects high default-related expenses “for a while longer.” Stumpf acknowledged that the housing market is still “not back to where we need to be, and it is not as robust as we would all want it to be.” Shoddy lending standards helped cause the 2008 financial crisis, and both banks are still dealing with the hangover.
A construction site shows the pipe loops that will be tied into the geothermal unit of a home. The loops go 250 feet under ground. PHOTOS PROVIDED
scale and also educating our customers about the advantages of solar and offering solar options,” McKown said. In residential solar generation systems, photocells capture sunlight as electricity, and the system converts it to usable power for the home, offsetting the amount of electricity the homeowner has to buy. A fully functioning solar system is on display in the Ideal model home in the Village Verde addition off Northwest Expressway just west of Kilpatrick Turnpike.
This home by Ideal Homes is in the Somers Pointe addition south of Reno Avenue on Garth Brooks Boulevard in Yukon.
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Tips on purchasing, storing firewood With rising fuel costs and wildfires in a lot of forested areas, whether you buy firewood or cut your own, you could see an increase in the cost of the wood you burn this year. So whether firewood is your primary source of heat or just cheery ambience on a cold night, it pays to invest wisely and then protect your investment.
Buying firewood There are a number of sources where you can locate firewood. Many people turn to their local newspaper, Craigslist or maybe a community bulletin board. Other — and sometimes more reliable — sources of firewood include local tree-trimming services, fireplace shops, and retailers that sell and service chain saws and related cutting equipment. Firewood is sold by the cord, which is a stack of wood 4 feet high, 4 feet deep and 8 feet long (128 cubic feet). That’s what a cord should look like in a perfect world. Ideally, the dealer you’re buying the wood from will deliver it in a truck that makes verifi-
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cation of the load easy, such as a 4-by-8-foot truck bed, with wood stacked 4 feet high. That doesn’t always happen, and you need to be careful when you see a truck roll up with wood tossed in the back: A sloping pile of firewood in a standard pickup truck may contain only 3/4 of a cord. The other thing you’ll be looking for when you buy your wood is whether it’s dry, also sometimes called “seasoned,” or whether it’s “green.” Dry firewood has been out in the air for a while since it was cut, allowing a significant amount of the wood’s moisture to evaporate, typically down to a moisture content of around 20 percent or less. Green wood still has a lot of the moisture in it — as much as 40 percent — so when you burn it, the fire has to
first evaporate that moisture. Therefore the wood burns cooler, and you get less heat energy per cord. Inspect the wood that you buy. Dry wood feels light, has loose bark and darkened ends with clearly visible splits, and makes a very definite “thunking” noise when you hit two pieces together. Wet wood is just the opposite, and will sound dull and heavy when knocked together. You’ll typically pay a little more for dry wood, but it’s worth the cost if you plan to burn it right away. If you’re going to store the wood for burning next season, then you can save some money by buying green wood and letting it dry. There are a couple of other ways to save some money when you buy your wood. If you have a truck or a trailer, you might be able to pick the wood up yourself at the dealer’s lot and save delivery charges, and also verify your full cord at the same time. If you have wood delivered, there’ll be an extra charge for stacking, so do that chore yourself if you can. Also, you can usually get
‘Lake view’ property misrepresented to buyers DEAR BARRY: We bought a home in Virginia, but did not actually see it during the escrow because we are serving in the military. The house was listed as 2,300 square feet, four bedrooms, and with a “lake view.” During the escrow, we learned that the house is only 2,000 square feet, one of the bedrooms was added to the building without a permit, and the “lake” is actually a retention pond because of drainage problems in the area. We contacted our agent and he advised us to consult an attorney. None of the local real estate attorneys would represent us because they had a conflict of interest with the agent. We hired an attorney who was not familiar with real estate law, and he didn’t have any definite answers. We were afraid of losing our deposit, so we closed the deal. What can we do to recover our losses? Doug DEAR DOUG: It is always disappointing to hear of someone closing a deal because of perceived financial pressure. In your case, it is particularly irritating to know that this happened while you are in the service of our country.
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Rose joins Paradigm south office Dennis Rose has joined Paradigm AdvantEdge Real Estate’s south office at 1530 SW 119 as a residential real estate sales associate. He is a longtime resident of the metro area and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma. He is retired from 30 years with BMI/ Imagenet. He started as a sales associate, was promoted to sales manager and was president at the time of his retirement.
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Your agent should have done more to serve you interests, rather than rushing you off to an attorney. When you learned that the listing details were false, you had every right to cancel the sale. The sellers could not have gotten your deposit without taking legal actions, and it is not likely that they would have prevailed. The sellers and their agent appear to be liable for misrepresentation and false disclosure, but you were in a better position to press that point before you closed the deal. The attorney you consulted should have known enough to advise you against closing. At this point, you need some advice from a competent real estate attorney. If none is available in your area, try someone in the next town. DEAR BARRY: We are buying a foreclosed home, and there is work that
needs to be done before we move in. The inspector said there is a carbon monoxide leak in the attic and there are no carbon monioxide detectors in the home. We are being told that this is an as-is sale, so no repairs are being done by the bank that is selling the property. Does this sound right to you? Joanna DEAR JOANNA: When banks sell a foreclosed home, it is typically an “as-is” sale. More importantly, the presence of carbon monoxide in the attic demands immediate investigation because that can be a lifethreatening condition. You can have this checked by the gas company to determine the source of the CO. Once that is determined, a contractor will be needed to correct the problem: a heating contractor if it is the furnace, a plumbing contractor if it is the water heater, and so on. You should not occupy the home until this issue has been resolved. To write to Barry Stone, visit him on the web at www.housedetective.com. ACTION COAST PUBLISHING
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firewood in full rounds or split. If you’re ambitious, consider getting rounds — they’re cheaper and you can get some great outdoor exercise by doing your own splitting.
Storing, seasoning Most people store a good portion of their wood supply outside where it can continue to dry and season, and keep a small portion nearby where it’s accessible and ready for use. Long-term storage areas should be located outside where wind and sun can help with the drying. However, to minimize danger in the event of a
wildfire, and to protect your home’s siding in case the firewood contains insects, the wood shouldn’t be stacked directly against your house. Also, wood that’s left out in the elements, even if dry, will reabsorb water from rain and snow, as well as from the ground. This will cause it to become too wet to burn efficiently, and eventually it will rot. Ideally, consider creating an outdoor storage shed for your firewood, with a raised floor, a sloped roof for runoff, and open sides for easy access and unimpeded air circulation. Make it large enough to hold a year’s worth of wood — typically two to four cords, depending on your burning habits. After the wood is dry, most people create a smaller storage area inside the house, such as in the garage or basement. Depending on your habits and the accessibility of your outside supply, the inside supply could be as small as two or three days’ worth, or large enough to accommodate several weeks of wood. Finally, create some
storage right at the fireplace or wood stove. One nice solution is a canvas carrying bag with enclosed ends and sides. The wood is stacked in the bag for carrying, then the bag hooks over a decorative metal frame near the fireplace for storage, containing the wood inside the bag to minimize the mess. You might also consider a decorative metal tub or other container to hold one or two nights’ worth of wood while keeping the dirt and chips contained. While not quite as neat, there are also a number of attractive open metal storage racks offered by various manufacturers. Any wood that you store inside needs to be far enough away from the fireplace that it can’t combust. And most importantly, never store newspapers, kindling, pinecones or other easily combustible fire-starting materials next to your fireplace. They can and do start house fires! Remodeling and repair questions? Email Paul at paulbianchina@inman.com. All product reviews are based on the author’s actual testing of free review samples provided by the manufacturers. INMAN NEWS
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Refresh with modern midcentury furniture BY DEBRA D. BASS St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — After the bloated siege of the overstuffed couch, the “chair and a half,” and mountainous mattresses, the sleek and sexy era of midcentury modern is back with a vengeance. A slew of vintage stores cater almost exclusively to the era, and big-box stores from Kmart to Crate & Barrel have knock-off versions of low-profile sofas and slick nesting tables. Midcentury modern is as persistent as ’80s music in the realm of things that refuse to go out of style. But unlike the music genre, an Eames tulip chair is less likely to cause waves of nausea. “One thing that makes it enduring is that it was scaled for postwar houses. It was made to be uncluttered,” said David Deatherage of Century Design Ltd. in St. Louis. He sells online to a troupe of highend customers who are avid collectors of midcentury modern furnishings. Deatherage said that he personally prefers what he calls “Hollywood Modern” (also referred to as “Hollywood Regency”) pieces of the era but mostly from the 1930s and ’40s. The pieces are low-profile and slim, but they have an innate opulence — glowing acrylic accents, curved edges, glossy finishes, crystal embellishments and sculptural details sitting atop luxuriously plush rugs. He said strict clean Danish Modern designs with straight lines and sharp angles have convinced some people that midcentury modern has to
Crate & Barrel’s Milo Classic Leather Lounge Chair, $2,499.00.
be cold. Of the iconic Eames chair and George Nelson’s famed pretzel chair, Deatherage said: “I have no personal affinity for fiberglass and bent plywood. Inventive, yes. Glamorous, no. My personal preference is furniture from that same period but pieces more likely designed by interior designers — James Mont, Tommi Parzinger, Billy Haines and Dorothy Draper.” Modern furniture is rarely anonymous. Every object is attributed to specific designers, even if in later years it’s ruled a collaboration or occasionally stolen credit. For the most part, midcentury styles were designed with the intention of making rooms feel dramatically airy and inviting. There’s often a nod to nature or organic shapes through design or materials. But as styles changed, the pendulum shifted toward furniture that people could sink into — some would say that the furniture looked foreboding enough to swallow humans whole. Deatherage understands the desire for luxury and comfort but said that furniture should be scaled to
David Deatherage’s home in downtown St. Louis is filled with midcentury furniture.
The Josephine Desk ($199.99) at World Market Cost Plus.
fit the environment, not some vague quest for cozy grandiosity. A 10-by-10foot room should not have a gigantic king-sized mattress tower, in his opinion. Anna Weiss of MoModerne in St. Louis, said part of the appeal of midcentury design is that it tends to be brighter, trimmer and lighter.
“It’s minimal and clean but it’s also fun, because of the colors — turquoise and pinks and yellows and the fantastic oranges,” Weiss said. She noted that it’s an easy sell to younger clients because they are craving something unique and funky that’s no longer cookie cutter. And older clients are buying nostal-
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Prairie-style home has 4 bedrooms, 3 baths The Listing of the Week is a two-story Prairie-style home in Guthrie’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. The 2,536-square-foot home at 910 E Cleveland Ave. has four bedrooms, three baths, two living rooms, two dining rooms and a single-car carport. The formal living room has a fireplace and built-in bookcase. French doors divide the living and dining rooms. The country kitchen has a pantry, beadboard cabinets and a work island with granite and butcher-block counters. The master bedroom
has a bath with double vanities and a sitting area. The home has zoned central heat and air conditioning, a basement with concrete floors and a study. The exterior has fresh paint and the backyard is terraced and landscaped. The home, built in 1922, is listed for $199,900 with Cheryl Tarter of Ochs Real Estate Co. For more information, call 659-5659 or 282-0404. Nominations for Listing of the Week are welcome. Send a copy of the MLS information sheet on a single-family home to The Oklahoman, Richard Mize, P.O. Box 25125, Oklahoma City, OK 73125. Nominations may be faxed to 475-3996.
The Listing of the Week is at 910 E Cleveland Ave. in Guthrie. PHOTO PROVIDED
A mid-century modern chair at MoModerne in St. Louis.
gia from their childhood. “I think ‘Mad Men’ has helped a lot,” said Jennie Bates, owner of the newly opened consignment store Modern Vintage Decor in St. Louis. She said her clientele trends younger because people might have fond memories of their grandparents’ furniture when
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they were a kid, but they didn’t actually have to live with it. “Older people tend not to buy,” they browse and reminisce, she said. “But ultimately: been there, done that.” Bates started her store five months ago because she was working at another resale shop nearby and people kept coming in with midcentury items that the other store couldn’t accept. After turning dozens of people away, she knew there was an opportunity. “The great thing is that you can’t go to Pottery Barn and buy these things. Your friends don’t come over and say, ‘Oh yeah.’ They say, ‘Wow, where’d you get that?’ ” Bates said. MCT INFORMATION SERVICE
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Colorado couple Large house is handsome, stately build house from shipping containers
A handsome and stately contemporary plan, the Reynolds offers close to 4,000 square feet of indoor living space, plus a three-car garage with plenty of storage. Smooth painted columns support the graceful entry. Stepped brick detailing rims arched openings to windows and doors, while sidelights and transoms provide sparkling accents to the lofty entry. Stepping inside the vaulted foyer, you can’t help being impressed by the sense of spaciousness. The ceiling here angles up to two stories high in the great room, which is straight ahead. A loft/library bridges and overlooks the first floor, front and back. To the left of the foyer is a den (or home office). On the right, a wide arched opening leads into the dining room, which is linked to the kitchen via a pass through with a built-in buffet. A large walk-in pantry is opposite the buffet. The kitchen and nook are bright and spacious. A raised conversation bar defines the two spaces, and an eating bar rims one side of a work island with a vegetable sink. The adjacent utility room is larger than most, and has a bathroom specially designed for cleaning up after coming in with muddy footgear or clothes. A two-sided fireplace can be enjoyed from the great room as well as the poolroom, which has a full bar with a bottle storage closet behind it. Pocket doors on both
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sides of the fireplace allow the two large rooms to be opened or closed to each other. All bedrooms are upstairs. Each has direct bal-
cony access and a walk-in closet. The Reynolds’ owners’ suite is expansive and luxurious. A review plan of the Reynolds 30-396,
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.associated designs.com. (800) 634-0123.
BOULDER, Colo. — The shipping container delivered to 505 College Ave. earlier this week will form the first floor of a home that Boulder couple Mark Gelband and Courtney Loveman said represents their commitment to sustainability and creativity. They plan to turn the 53-foot-long container and another one that will arrive in the spring into a contemporary home with extensive glass and a second-floor terrace. The home fits the unique dimensions of their lot, which otherwise would have required them to seek a variance to build a house with a usable second story. Architect Mark Gerwing said it is the first home in Boulder to be built from shipping containers. “This is repurposing,” he said. “It’s using existing materials to build a house.” Loveman said it’s been a long and emotionally arduous journey to arrive at their design, but she and Gelband are “thrilled” with the house. “You start off one way for a set of reasons, and then you end up making your way to what you should have been doing all along, even if you took a circuitous route to get there,” Loveman said. Because of Boulder’s “solar shadow” requirements and because the existing 1950s ranch house is closer to the lot line than is
now allowed, Loveman and Gelband could only build a second story that was 10 feet wide if they got a variance. When they sought one, neighbors complained vociferously, and the zoning board told them to work it out and come back. However, Gelband and Loveman didn’t want to design their house by consensus with their neighbors. They went back to the drawing board, looking for a way to build a house that would conform to the zoning requirements while still being a beautiful, functional space in which to raise their three children — two 14-year-olds and an 11-year-old from previous relationships. “We decided that instead of fighting this weird dimension, we would embrace it,” Gerwing said. The interior of the 2,800-square-foot home will have wood and insulation. Extensive windows will be cut into the steel siding. The second-story master bedroom will “float in the air.” Gelband and Loveman hope to get the house as close to net-zero energy use as possible. The exterior will be painted, though Loveman said they may leave some signs of the shipping containers’ previous life exposed. Gelband said he knows the house is unconventional, but he believes it fits the spirit of the neighborhood. MCT INFORMATION SERVICES
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Love, Mediterranean style, in N.J. colonials BY KATHLEEN LYNN The Record
HACKENSACK, N.J. — After they moved to an Englewood, N.J., Tudor in the 1980s, Lorraine and Lewis Baer occasionally passed a large stucco house with a red tile roof on North Woodland Avenue. Lorraine would look at it and say, “That’s the house I really wanted.” In 1991, she got her wish when the couple purchased the home from New York Cosmos soccer star Giorgio Chinaglia. The eight-bedroom house is an example of the Spanish Revival style, which enjoyed a renaissance in the 1920s, especially in hot climates with a history of Spanish Colonial settlement, such as Florida and California. The buildings are marked by stucco walls, low-pitched tile roofs, arched windows or doorways and sometimes curved parapets or gables decorating the roofline. Often, their front doors are dramatically carved wood, according to “A Field
Marianne DiDonato and her husband, James, stand outside their Spanish-style home in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. MCT PHOTO
Guide to American Houses,” by Virginia and Lee McAlester. Architectural historians say the style was popularized in part by the Panama-California Exposition
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Spanish Revival is among a number of styles that enjoyed a rebirth in the 1920s, including Colonials and Tudors. It was a time when architects and builders freely borrowed
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“It’s got a lot of character to it,” said Gerry Santos, a graphic artist who, with his wife, owns a three-bedroom Spanish Revival in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., which has a cluster of the homes. With their thick walls, the homes are also very solid. Tile roofs can easily last a century, and many of the North Jersey homes have their originals, Brown said. “It’s a nice, sturdylooking style,” Brown said. Carol Berlin of Teaneck, N.J., who has a Spanish Revival house, agreed: “I feel like if there were some sort of natural disaster, this house would remain standing. It’s solid.” Similarly, an architect Baer hired for renovations at his home once told him: “If we have a nuclear war, I’m coming to your house.” James and Marianne DiDonato bought one of the homes in 1971. “It was different from all the Colonials we looked at,” said Marianne DiDonato, a retired human-resource employee.
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from historic styles, and homebuyers could choose house styles out of architectural pattern books. The Spanish Revival homes would appeal to people “who wanted their house to be more unusual,” said T. Robins Brown, a historic preservation consultant and co-author of the book “The Architecture of Bergen County, N.J.” (Rutgers University Press). Their facades generally “aren’t too fussy,” she notes. But the homes are still picturesque, smacking of Florida vacations and Hollywood glamour. These buildings are uncommon in northern New Jersey, and owners of these homes love their unusual character. “It’s a different place. It’s not a McMansion — 10,000 square feet of nothing,” said Lewis Baer, an art and antiques dealer in New York. “I think it really shows an old-world style of living, more of a European style of living. I think that’s really what attracted my wife. It’s that old-world charm.”
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16'x80' 3bd 2ba MH, far SE OKC, others avail. 733-8688
1416 Old Mill Rd. 3bd, 2ba, 3liv. Appx 2800 sq. ft. Pool in the backyard. Great location near schls. $1100 PMO. 1 year lease.Call Michael Methvin M-Sat Broker/Owner 823-0843
Roommate to share house in Del City, $375 mo, utilities included, smoking ok. 326-9114, 12-8PM. Fully Furnished, 1 Bath, No Pets $95/wk.References. 405-672-0877
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Building permits Oklahoma City Flintco LLC, 328 E Sheridan Ave., hotel-motel, erect, $26,000,000. RBA Architects, 3500 SW 119, school, erect, $3,100,000. Clark Construction, 5309 N Santa Fe Ave., office, erect, $1,190,000. Lingo Construction Services Inc., 744 SE 6, amusement, erect, $1,000,000. Sawatzky Construction LLC, 209 Trinity Industrial Court, office-warehouse, erect, $800,000. Richey/Zink & Associates, 2401 NW 23, office, remodel, $500,000. Dodson Custom Homes 1 LLC, 4608 NE 93 Place, residence, erect, $465,000. Eric Cheatham Construction Co., 11700 Tuscany Ranch Road, residence, erect, $415,000. Real Property Construction, 10317 Berrywood Drive, residence, erect, $400,000. Rgroup Inc., 2501 E Memorial Road, canopy-carport, erect, $369,900. Coy League Homes Inc., 4909 Old Lantern Way, residence, erect, $350,000. Elite Construction, 12017 SW 53, residence, erect, $330,000. Allenton Homes & Development LLC, 7008 NW 159 Place, residence, erect, $305,000. Lingo Construction Services Inc., 740 SE 6, amusement, erect, $300,000. Ray Owens Homes LLC, 9425 Forest Hollow Court, residence, erect, $300,000. Wayne Long Custom Homes Inc., 12604 Quartz Place, residence, erect, $300,000. Freeland Homes, 7000 SW 90, residence, erect, $295,000. D.R. Horton, 5900 NW 160, residence, erect, $246,990. D.R. Horton, 6000 NW 162, residence, erect, $241,990. J. Hill Homes Inc., 3533 Walden Estates Drive, residence, erect, $240,000. Allenton Homes & Development LLC, 7020 NW 160, residence, erect, $240,000. Miller-Tippens Construction, 2210 W Memorial Road, retail sales, remodel, $230,000. Hoshall (Tom) Homes Inc., 15021 Monticello Drive, residence, erect, $229,000. J. Hill Homes Inc., 2116 Sycamore Creek Ave., residence, erect, $228,000. Bill Atkinson Homes LLC, 1504 NW 173 Terrace, residence, erect, $225,000. J. Hill Homes Inc., 2124 Sycamore Creek Ave., residence, erect, $225,000. J. Hill Homes Inc., 2108 Sycamore Creek Ave., residence, erect, $225,000. D.R. Horton, 8729 Sally Court, residence, erect, $222,990. D.R. Horton, 2305 NW 156, residence, erect, $221,990. J.W. Mashburn Development Inc., 2724 SW 140, residence, erect, $220,000. VP Homes, 5708 NW
164 Terrace, residence, erect, $212,000. Cobanks Construction Inc., 3100 SW 136, residence, erect, $211,800. Blue Ribbon Construction LLC, 7324 Morning Song Drive, residence, erect, $210,000. Harvest Homes Prop. LLC, 17500 Tuscan Road, residence, erect, $205,000. Manchester Green Homes LLC, 1308 NW 188, residence, erect, $200,500. Lingo Construction Services Inc., 742 SE 6, amusement, erect, $200,000. Dub Stone Construction Co., 5600 Lost Deer Drive, residence, erect, $200,000. Vesta Homes Inc., 320 SW 174, residence, erect, $200,000. No name provided, 1841 Belle Isle Blvd., restaurant, remodel, $200,000. D.R. Horton, 8720 Stacy Lynn Lane, residence, erect, $199,990. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 18105 Cristobal Blvd., residence, erect, $196,000. D.R. Horton, 3708 Millers Creek Lane, residence, erect, $191,990. Taber Built Homes LLC, 8724 SW 59 Terrace, residence, erect, $190,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 213 SW 175 Terrace, residence, erect, $190,000. Oklahoma Diamond Group LLC, 5704 Creekmore Drive, residence, erect, $185,000. Blue Ribbon Construction LLC, 7300 Morning Song Drive, residence, erect, $180,000. Seagull Homes, 13137 Cottingham Road, residence, erect, $180,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 221 SW 175 Terrace, residence, erect, $180,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 2329 NW 155, residence, erect, $180,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 8513 NW 125, residence, erect, $180,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 8517 NW 125, residence, erect, $180,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 8600 NW 125, residence, erect, $180,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 8509 NW 125, residence, erect, $180,000. Taber Built Homes LLC, 8508 NW 125, residence, erect, $180,000. Oklahoma Diamond Group LLC, 5708 Faith Anne Place, residence, erect, $175,000. Tapestry Custom Homes LLC, 1501 NW 188, residence, erect, $173,300. Landmark Fine Homes LP, 2909 NE 132, residence, erect, $173,000. Oklahoma Diamond Group LLC, 8609 SW 58 Circle, residence, erect, $170,000. Witt Construction Inc., 8509 NW 114, residence, erect, $170,000. Brass Brick Platinum Series Homes, 3333 NW 163, residence, erect, $166,000. Bitter Creek Homes LLC, 925 NW 195 Place, residence, erect, $165,000. Blue Ribbon Construction LLC, 7312 Morning Song Drive, residence, erect, $160,000.
Tom Abel Custom Homes LLC, 5712 Bent Creek Drive, residence, erect, $150,000. D.R. Horton, 3712 Millers Creek Lane, residence, erect, $146,990. Foster Signature Homes LLC, 16309 Iron Fire Court, residence, erect, $130,000. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 18400 Las Meninas Drive, residence, erect, $122,000. Monarch Properties LLC, 15524 Brook Hill Drive, residence, erect, $120,000. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 613 Christian Lane, residence, erect, $116,000. Rausch Coleman Homes LLC, 11429 SW 24, residence, erect, $109,000. Rausch Coleman Homes LLC, 13412 Deer Spring Drive, residence, erect, $109,000. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 18528 Abierto Drive, residence, erect, $108,000. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 401 Partridge Run Road, residence, erect, $108,000. Rgroup Inc., 2501 E Memorial Road, recreation center, erect, $100,835. James Davidson, 4117 NW 122, medical clinicoffice, remodel, $100,000. Robert Newman, 3700 S MacArthur Blvd., office, remodel, $100,000. Dees Construction LLC, 14200 N Lincoln Blvd., office-warehouse, remodel, $100,000. Rausch Coleman Homes LLC, 4809 Hunter Blvd., residence, erect, $100,000. Rausch Coleman Homes LLC, 9601 Kylie Drive, residence, erect, $100,000. No name provided, 3011 NW 63, medical clinic-office, remodel, $98,000. Smith & Pickel, 1001 W Wilshire Blvd., office, remodel, $90,000. Home Creations, 600 Inverleith Circle, residence, erect, $85,000. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 11449 NW 131, residence, erect, $82,000. Ideal Homes of Norman LP, 2628 NW 185, residence, erect, $81,000. Connelly Paving, 9600 Broadway Extension, parking, install, $80,000. Waterford Wedgewood, 7646 W Reno Ave., retail sales, remodel, $60,000. Stacey Witter & Associates, 3300 NW 56, medical clinic-office, remodel, $50,000. Neok Oversight & Supervision, 14201 N May Ave., retail sales, remodel, $50,000. Alloy Building Co., 1716 NW 5, warehouse, fire restoration, $47,000. Charlie Bridgeforth, 11930 SW 16, manufactured home, move-onmobile home park, $40,000. Katie Ary and Donnie Ary, 11819 SW 15 Terrace, manufactured home, move-on-mobile home park, $40,000. Dustin Ritter, 14511 N Santa Fe Ave., medical clinic-office, remodel, $40,000. Florida Construction, 2317 Wayne Cutt Ave., residence, erect, $40,000. Florida Construction, 2408 Wayne Cutt Ave., residence, erect, $40,000.
Bankruptcy doesn’t stop foreclosure Q: I filed for bankruptcy The key here is that while over two years ago and inthe bankruptcy relieved you cluded my primary and of the debt on your homes, rental home loans in the it left you as the owner of Gary M. bankruptcy. Even though the properties with the Singer the loans are not on my mortgage liens intact. In credit report, two recent order for the banks to get foreclosures for those their collateral back, they properties show up on the REAL ESTATE LAW had to foreclose. The bankreport. ruptcy does not automatiMy finances are back cally transfer a house to the on track, and my credit score is over lender, even though it wipes away the re700, but I can’t get another home loan. sponsibility of repaying the mortgage. I’ve been told I have to wait three more Most lenders have underwriting guideyears until those foreclosure judg- lines that require several years to go by afments disappear from my record. Is ter a major negative event such as a bankthere anything that I can do? ruptcy or foreclosure. A: Here’s what happened: When you You have two options: Wait out the refiled for bankruptcy and were relieved of maining time, or search for a lender with having to pay back the loans, the bank- less stringent underwriting rules that will ruptcy trustee abandoned the properties most likely charge you a higher interest and allowed your lenders to finish the rate. foreclosures. That’s standard procedure. Gary M. Singer is a Florida attorney and board-certified as an When your lenders finally got the foreclo- expert in real estate law by the Florida Bar. Send him online at http://sunsent.nl/mR20t7 or follow him on sure judgments, the judgments showed questions Twitter @GarySingerLaw. up on your credit report much later than MCT INFORMATION SERVICES your initial bankruptcy.
Cary Barger, 11648 SW 54, accessory, erect, $37,000. Lingo Construction, 734 SE 6, amusement, install, $30,000. Welcome Home Construction LLC, 1116 Life Style Lane, manufactured home, move-on, $30,000. Parven Kauser, 4600 NE 120, automotive repairwash, erect, $25,000. Don Kaspereit, 13832 Santa Fe Crossings Drive, office-warehouse, erect, $24,000. Kristy Ortega, 212 SE 39, residence, remodel, $22,000. Dean Newby, 136 NW 18, accessory, erect, $20,000. Bob Myers, 1004 NW 97, residence, fire restoration, $20,000. Lingo Construction, 736 SE 6, amusement, install, $15,000. Baker First Commercial, 2519 NW 23, business, supplement, $15,000. Lisa Om, 4500 S Sunnylane Road, retail sales, remodel, $15,000. Procom Disaster Restoration LLC, 917 NW 40, residence, remodel, $14,500. Andrew Jones, 5800 NW 34, apartment, fire restoration, $10,000. John Lane, 5020 Briarwood Drive, accessory, erect, $9,000. Hector Lujan, 4007 S Independence Ave., residence, add-on, $8,500. Juana Baeza, 1501 SW 37, residence, add-on, $8,500. Joyner Construction, 6305 Waterford Blvd., office, remodel, $8,400. Bo Ireland, 2321 NW 26, canopy-carport, add-on, $8,000. Lingo Construction, 738 SE 6, public building, install, $5,000. G. Jase Rahill, 14951 Remington Way, residence, add-on, $5,000. Sean Patterson, 8725 Pikes Peak Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $5,000. Roy Cates, 1409 Birkenhead Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,800. Jack Martin II, 11201 S Mustang Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,500. Lee Weslott, 14701 Jordan Place, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $4,100. Rhonda Wells, 17400 Hawks Tree Lane, storm
shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,995. Lucila de Loera, 11625 NE 54, residence, remodel, $3,800. Judy Cortes, 12209 Sylvester Drive, accessory, erect, $3,600. Tommy Warren, 4709 Deer Ridge Blvd., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,395. Anna Csiszar, 14820 Glenmark Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,300. Bryan Bartels, 14521 S Harvey Ave., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,200. James Purcell, 512 SW 161, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,200. Kenneth Jongeling, 804 SW 113, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,200. Tammy Gill, 4113 Rankin Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,200. Freels & Associates, 1629 S Prospect Ave., temporary building, move-on, $3,200. Flat Safe, 15413 Creek View Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,100. Deborah Gouge, 2717 SW 79, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,055. Vortech Storm Shelter, 15017 Monticello Drive, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $3,000. Juanita Giwa, 1401 Kiowa Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,995. Bill Pitts, 10004 Quail Run Road, canopy-carport, erect, $2,870. Brian Fair, 15604 Sandstone Terrace, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,850. Brittany Montoya, 12216 Oak Grove Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800. Charles Katzenberger, 19100 Butterfly Blvd., storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,800. Jim McNew, 11300 N Sara Road, storm shelter, remodel, $2,800. Kasey Hundt, 125 NW 160, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,800. Lester Teachman, 3912 Regatta Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800. Shana Watkins, 4108 Beachcomber Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800. Steve Giglio, 19224
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Blossom Court, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800. Steven Jolley, 1409 NW 175 Court, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800. Steven Kalnitzky, 2328 NW 161, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800. Todd Schrag, 4505 N Youngs Blvd., storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,800. Tracy Reece, 2849 NW 21, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,800. Andela Merriman, 18316 Haslemere Lane, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,725. Angela and Jason Burns, 1918 Lankestar Way, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,725. Bruce Hill, 11001 Coachmans Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,700. Janice Mitchell, 2202 NW 155, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,700. Kerry Simms, 5612 Republic Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,700. Linda Mitchell, 2724 Clermont Place, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,700. Zach Nicholas, 508 NW 171, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,700. Mary J. Bright Gonzalez, 1000 Cimarron Creek Drive, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,695. Zachary Jennifer Halter, 4428 Day Lilly Lane, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,695. Joan Hamner, 11917 NW 135, storm shelter, installstorm shelter, $2,500. Rory Reiner, 8816 Chukar Road, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,500. Area Septic Services Inc., 1141 SE 21, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,500. No name provided, 1213 SW Grand Blvd., canopycarport, add-on, $1,200. Maccini Construction Co., 535 NW 9, medical clinic-office, remodel, $1,000.
Demolitions Mon Tran, 2909 N Military Ave., garage. Stan Crawford, 917 NW 40, single-family residence.