Real Estate Journal - July 22 ,2019

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JULY 22, 2019 ISSUE | REJGUAM.COM 

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Properties to love

Duplex delight The right stuff Shed-ing the light

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The doctor is in The question that hits home

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Need to know Raising the flag

t INDEX PROPERTIES TO LOVE....................................................4 THE RIGHT STUFF...........................................................6 PROBLEM PREVENTION................................................8 THE DOCTOR IS IN.........................................................12 VILLAGES........................................................................14 NEED TO KNOW.............................................................16

This Yigo duplex is perfect for young families.

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High ceilings make the rooms spacious and inviting.

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Every element of the architecture shows finite attention to detail.

A fullly fenced in space lends itself to safety and outdoor fun.

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THE SKINNY 361 A AND B CHALAN GE’HALOM YIGO, 96929 SINGLE-SIDE RENTAL: $5,000 TO $6,600 PER MONTH FULL DUPLEX SALE: STARTING AT $1.6 MILLION Inside • One of a kind, brand new duplex • 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms on each side, each with a master bedroom and bath • 3,700 square feet of living space on each side for a total of 7,400 square feet of space • Large, open living rooms, kitchens and dining areas • Brand new appliances with inside laundry facilities • Split air conditioning for energy efficiency

Newly built, the home offers modern amenities and design.

Outside • Fully enclosed, 520-square-foot garage for each side with electric garage door • Fully gated/fenced with three remote gates • Paved driveway and patio areas with landscaping already complete • Typhoon shutters What’s cool • Fully fenced in yard, perfect for safe outdoor fun for children and pets • Within 10 minutes drive from Andersen Air Force Base. Near McDonalds, Bank of Guam, Pay-Less Supermarket, Mobil gas station and more • Nestled in a quiet neighborhood • Perfect for backyard barbecues with plenty of street parking available for 20-plus guests How to make this your own (quickly) Contact: Mark Zhao NZ Properties LLC and Pioneer Realty Call: 689-8083 Email: mzhao@pioneerrealtyguam.com Tiled bathrooms make for an upscale look with easy cleanup.

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THE RIGHT STUFF | S TORAGE SHEDS

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Shed-ing the light Storage sheds are must-haves for all types of homes. Over the years, possessions accumulate and it becomes difficult to find space to store it all. Luckily, there are ways to get that extra storage space you need.

Benson and the Home Depot have a variety of storage sheds to choose from. Benson has a 10x8foot metal frame Arrow Madison Storage Building, which can easily store many of your items. Edwin Sagun, an associate at Benson,

said, “These storages are good for those who have a lot of stuff,� since it can store many things in one conclusive space.

The building is easy to put together yourself. It comes precut to its dimensions, predrilled and

numbered. All you need are the proper tools to put it together. The Arrow Madison Storage Building costs $599.

The Home Depot has two storage sheds for sale. Both are made by continued on page 7

GU Self Storage provides a weatherproof space for your goods.

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Arrow Madison Storage Building, Benson

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THE RIGHT STUFF | S TORAGE SHEDS

GU Self Storage units range in price from $99 to $320 per month.

Rubbermaid Big Max Junior, Home Depot Photo courtesy of homedepot.com

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Rubbermaid. One is a 7x10-foot storage shed that costs $1,099, and the other is a 7x3-foot Big Max Junior storage shed that costs $549.

Both come precut, made of a hard plastic and predrilled. It’s easy to put it together with tools and by following the simple instructions.

If you can’t afford these storage sheds, there are other alternatives.

GU Self Storage, located in Barrigada, is a safe and clean storage facility. Owner George Patterson, who also owns many storage units in Hawaii, opened the location on Guam in 2011.

GU Director of Marketing Will Ymesei said, “For the past 10 years, people have been renting self-storage.”

They try to market those who are in the military, but for the past few years, locals have also been using the self-storage.

GU storage units have air conditioning to protect customers’ belongings that need to be kept cool. If the power goes out, fear not, GU has a generator, so the air conditioning is always running.

GU has 12 different self-storage sizes to choose from. They range from the most popular 5x5-foot, with a rate of $99 per month, to the really spacious unit of 10x10foot at a rate of $320 a month.

The location also has an elevator, which makes it convenient to load long and heavy items to the upper floors where the storage units are located. It has forklifts, dollies and push carts to make carrying heavy objects easier and restrooms available on the same floor as the storage units.

Ymesei said according to customers, GU Self Storage units feel safer than other units they’ve encountered. Although there are no security guards at GU, Ymesei said, “There is always someone [an employee], who is around.”p

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PROBLEM PREVENTION | POOL MAINTENANCE

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Keeping in the clear Owning a swimming pool is a dream come true for most homeowners and can be the talk of the neighborhood. But a lot of maintenance is required to keep pools clean and in working order.

While you can do this yourself, it is a time intensive chore.

Instead, why not call in the pool maintenance experts to keep your pool in top condition?

Tropical Pool Inc., one maintenance company on island, is available for all your pool cleaning and maintenance needs.

The company has been in business since 1993 and has customers all over the island. The company cleans 161 pools all over the island

Corporate Secretary Dawna Cabarles recommends getting your pool cleaned once per week.

— 11 to 18 pools per day.

Corporate Secretary Dawna Cabarles said, “Swimming pools should always be cleaned to keep the pools at top condition.” She advised that residential pools be cleaned at least once a week, but if someone is home to take care of the pool, then every other week would be sufficient.

Tropical Pool’s shop has all kinds of cleaning and maintenance materials needed to keep pools operational. One of the most important chemicals in keeping pools clean is chlorine.

The right amount of chlorine is needed to keep bacteria and any other contaminants from getting

into the pool.

Chlorine should be at a level between two and three parts per million. Although the chlorine reading kit suggests that it should be between one and two ppm, for Guam, it should be higher because Guam’s heat can absorb the chlorine from the pool. Therefore, being at least one ppm higher is recommended. Levels should be read at least twice a week.

The store also has salt generators that can be added to your existing pump machine to allow your pump to turn salt into chlorine — helping your pool stay clean.

Tropical Pool always strives to have the right parts and chemicals

for pools available at its small shop, located at the Harmon Industrial Park. If they don’t have what you need, they will special order parts for you.

Weekly and monthly pool cleaning rates range from $200 to $400, with additional flat rate options available.

Cabarles said she and her husband, Jose Cabarles, are Certified Pool and Spa Operators, which allows them to inspect pools prior to the Department of Public Healthy — assuring you are fully prepared prior to inspection and use. p

Tropical Pool Inc. has all kinds of cleaning and maintenance materials needed for a clean pool.

Different types of pool tile may require varying cleaning methods.

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THE DOCTOR IS IN | BUILDING VERSUS BUYING A HOME

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The question that hits home Home is a place where one can feel safe to spend quality time with family and play host to friends and relatives. Most dream about their “perfect” home.

But when the time comes, many can’t decide whether to build or buy a home.

“If you have the money, then you could build your dream home,” said Cesar Cacayan, an architect at Setiadi Architects. He said that building your home is like buying your dream your car, you put so much money into it to make your own unique car. But, if you can’t afford it or don’t have the proper expertise, you buy the car that already has the features built in.

According to Sam McPhetres, an architect at Guma Architects

LLC, the average costs to build a 1,500-square-foot three-bedroom house with no carport is $262,000 to $300,000. “But you can save by picking cheaper materials to build,” McPhetres said.

Additionally, after the home is built, you can get it appraised and sell for a much higher price than that it was built for.

Aside from cost, there are many factors that go into building a home — especially, in today’s market. You need a building permit, an engineer or architect, a contractor, a construction crew and the necessary materials. Then, don’t forget the home must pass certain building codes and safety measures must be set in place.

With all of the steps and processes involved — from the planning

stages to the property to finding the right contractor to get the job done — there is a lot of process to go through in building a home, and the biggest factor to consider when deciding is whether you have the time and means to wait while it is being built.

If you don’t have the resources to build your own home, Cacayan said to meet with a realtor, which is also quicker, since you bypass the process of building a home. It may not have everything on your wishlist, but you save yourself the time, stress and investment of building.

Dawna Cabarles, a realtor with Century 21 Commonwealth Realty, said that building a home allows “more input of the fixtures and design” of your home. However,

You can save costs on building a home by choosing cheaper materials.

Shortages of workers make buying a home attractive in today’s market.

Building a home can be very time consuming.

Homes must pass various safety measures and building codes throughout the construction process.

with the shortages of H-2 workers, building a home has become increasingly more timely and costly, she said. With limited skilled workers on island to fill the needs to build the home, it is difficult to find the right crew. With the labor shortage and state of the market in mind, Cabarles said that it is currently less expensive to buy a home than it is to build.

“For now, buy your home, and then you can renovate it to your specifications;” she said.

With the right timing and cost, building a home is a popular choice.

But one must remember that having patience is a must. So, which one is the better option — to build or to buy? Only you can decide. p

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VILL AGES | ORDOT -C HAL AN PAGO

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Central location with small-town charm A s k a n y o n e living there, and they will tell you that Ordot and Chalan Pago are really two separate villages, yet on paper Gogue they are one.

According to Guampedia.com, Ordot and Chalan Pago were considered suburbs of Sinajana but became their own locations after World War II, and due to their smaller populations, the two villages became one.

Ordot-Chalan Pago may not look like it has many attractions, but it’s becoming a thriving village.

It is centrally located and boasts a variety of shopping complexes, such as Sunshine Plaza, mom and pop stores, a Viet-Thai Restaurant called Hoamai 5, Krispy Kreme Laundromat and Herbal Life health store. There is also a Cost-U-Less Express for those who don’t like driving “too far” to the Tamuning or Dededo locations. It is also home to a new restaurant, The Smoking Pig, which specializes in barbeque.

“The pulled pork is delicious,” said Mayor Jessy C. Gogue.

Gogue said he hopes that when the Ordot Dump is ready, it will become a place for families to enjoy and have picnics. The site is a beautiful look out place and offers something new for his villages.

“Odin” Zahn, a realtor with Remax Diamond Realty, called Ordot-Chalan Pago “a central village with a southern feel.

“It’s very peaceful up here, and people seem to have a big interest,” he said. He hopes to see the village developed and said there is a lot of potential for this village to be great.

Pago Bay is a well-developed subdivision where families can buy a plot of land and build their dream home. It has a great view of the ocean and Pago Bay. In the future, Gogue hopes to see a new mayor’s office and multipurpose center like that of Father Duenas’ Phoenix Center. He hopes to see people use the center for many things like holding classes and workshops, he said. p

ORDOT-CHALAN PAGO POPULATION: 6,837 SCHOOLS: Public: 2 • Ordot Chalan Pago Elementary School and Agueda Johnston Middle School Private: 5 • Father Duenas Memorial High School, Dominican Child Development Center, Temple Baptist Church and Christian School, Evangelical Christian School and Infant of Prague Catholic Nursery and Kindergarten

SHOPPING AND RESTAURANT HIGHLIGHTS: • Thai Smoothie and Grill, Hoamai 5 Vietnamese Restaurant, Pizza Hut, Ron’s Diner, Pho Cafe, The Smoking Pig, Pochon Chicken, various mom and pop stores, Cost-U-Less Express, MJ Market, Song Market, Shine Market

PROPERTY AVAILABILITY/ PRICE RANGE: • 38 land plots for sale, priced $28,000 to $2.8 million • 11 homes for sale, priced $190,000 to $775,000 • 11 condos for sale, priced $135,000 to $260,000 • 8 homes for rent, priced $1,150 to $3,950 • 21 condos for rent, priced $950 to $2,450

ATTRACTIONS: • The Phoenix Center, Francisco Perez Park, Apusento Pool, Our Lady of Peace and Safe Journey Catholic Church, San Juan Bautista

MAYOR: Jessy C. Gogue Photos by Phillip Cruz

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NEED TO KNOW | FL AG FLYING

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The Guam flag can be flown at half mast to honor an important Guamanian.

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Raising the flag There are many residents on the island that show their patriotism by flying the U.S. flag. But did you know that there are certain rules and regulations on how they should be handled, flown, displayed and even disposed of?

The U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution on June 22, 1942 that was later amended on Dec. 22, 1942, which became known as the U.S. Flag Code. The code protects the flag from being destroyed and from being mishandled.

According to the code, U.S. flags can only be displayed from sunrise to sundown. They can only be displayed at night if in a well-lit area. When the weather is bad, the flag should not be flown, to prevent tearing and possible destruction.

When flown, the Union (blue part) should always be on top.

If displayed with state flags, the U.S. flag should always be on top on a single flag pole or on the right and flying higher if there is more than one pole. When

displayed with many flags, the U.S. flag should be in the center overlooking other flags.

If a United Nations flag is being flown with the U.S. flag, the United Nations flag should never be flown above or show prominence to the U.S. flag.

When the U.S. flag is flown with another country’s flag, they should always be on separate staffs. The U.S. flag should always be hoisted up first and lowered last.

When the U.S flag is going to

be hoisted, it should be briskly hoisted, and then lowered ceremoniously.

When displaying the flag at half mast, first, it should hoisted all the way to its peak on the pole, and then lowered to half-mast.

Half-mast should only be used or when the president of the United States advises it or to honor a public figure.

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When the U.S. flag begins to show some wear and tear, and it no longer looks representable for display, the proper way to dispose of it is to ceremoniously burn it.

According the Guam Code Annotated, the Guam flag must be displayed in daylight hours, and if the place is well lit, it can also be displayed at night. When displayed like this, it can be on buildings, flagstaffs and halyards.

Like the U.S. flag, the Guam flag must be hoisted up swiftly and lowered ceremoniously. When the Guam flag is flown with the U.S flag on the same flagstaff or halyard, the Guam flag must fly below the U.S. flag. If there are two staffs, the Guam flag must be to the left of the U.S. flag.

When the U.S. flag is ordered to be flown at half mast, the Guam flag must be flown at half mast, too.

According to Office of the Governor of Guam Press Secretary Krystal Paco, “The Governor can order the flags to be flown at half-mast” to honor an important Guamanian.

When foreign flags are flown, they cannot be the forefront of the Guam and U.S. flag.

According to Perez Acres Property Manager David Fowler, “Currently, there are no rules or regulations for flying flags on the property.” However, if residents want to fly a flag on the exterior of their property, they must get permission from the board of directors to do so. The property manager pretty much controls the exterior of the property. People decorate their exterior property, but that is only during the holidays.

Fowler also said that Perez Acres is not like stateside homeowner’s association where they are strict, but they are rather lenient. p

The U.S. flag code protects the flag from being mishandled.

The U.S. flag should not be flown in bad weather.

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