Home and Garden, and Real Estate- August 27, 2023

Home & Garden Pest invasion! & Real Estate

AN OLD, CHEAP HOME: The kinds of houses are alluring, but come with a host of challenges, F3

BIENNIALS: Who would buy a plant that does not even bloom its first year, then dies before the end of its second year? F6

MORTGAGE RATES: The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed further above 7% this week to its highest level since 2001, F7

PROPERTY TRANSFERS: What’s sold? F7

Here’s what to do about it on your own ... and when to call a pro.

How cockroaches and other pests sneak in — and what to do about it

By L ori K eong

The Washington Post

As the saying goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” especially when it comes to managing pests and insects in your home. Your options are limited once a cockroach (and 20 of its relatives) have made a nest in your kitchen cabinets, which is why the best plan is usually to do everything possible to keep them out in the first place.

Besides being a general nuisance, cockroaches and flies can spread diseases such as salmonella and dysentery, while termites, silverfish and ants chip away at the structure of your home. Their diminutive size means they have their pick of hiding places and entry points that are nearly invisible to humans.

And you can add one more thing to your list of climate woes: Many insects thrive in warmer weather. “With higher temperatures, you’re going to see much larger populations of all kinds of creatures,” says Louis Sorkin, an entomologist in New York who consults with pest-control companies.

Here’s how to fend them off.

Identify problematic insects

Before you try to insect-proof your home, you should understand what kind of common threats you could be dealing with and where they usually enter. “The hottest pest right now is the American roach, otherwise known as the water bug or the palmetto, as far as what people are seeing the most of,” says Jesse Scaravella, owner and operator of Evergreen Eco Pest Control in Brooklyn. “Everyone’s getting those now because we’re going into these drastic temperature changes where it mimics the environment that they like as a subterranean roach.”

Usually a roach’s first stop is

the basement or bottom floor of a building, where they enter through or along the pipes. Sorkin says it’s a common misconception that roaches crawl up through the drains, explaining that a waterlogged P-trap will typically keep them out unless you’ve been out of town and not using your plumbing.

Other frequent troublemakers like ants and flies come in through cracks around doors and windows. Silverfish — nocturnal insects that feast on paper and clothing — can live in walls. Clothing moths and bedbugs crawl under baseboards, traveling from adjoining units in an apartment building, or stowing away on other cargo entering your home. Used clothing, furniture and pantry items can be a common hiding spot for moths and their larvae, while bedbugs hitch rides on luggage and secondhand furniture.

Consider sparing helpful insects

You may want to grant asylum to other types of tiny tres-

passers. Scaravella explains that house centipedes and spiders are often viewed as pests, but are actually rather harmless and even beneficial. “They’re predacious insects that don’t really bother us, but will eat a lot of smaller bugs like ants, springtails, even roaches, almost like personal exterminators. They aren’t going to resolve an issue, per se, but they are going to take down some numbers.”

Sorkin agrees. “They’re not a big problem at all,” he says, noting that spider and centipede bites are very uncommon.

How to keep pests out

Sealing openings that connect your home with the outside, or your apartment with an adjoining unit, can keep surprise visitors to a minimum. Bugs commonly infiltrate through cutouts in the sheetrock around water lines for sinks, openings behind appliances for mechanical lines (like the drainage line for the dishwasher or gas line for the stove), or through gaps under baseboards and

all that you’ll need,” Carrillo says. Expansion foam is best for filling in large openings around water or plumbing lines; silicone will plug gaps that are a quarter-inch or smaller. While you’re at it, keep a look out for leaky or sweaty pipes. Moisture attracts certain pests, so it’s wise to keep areas where pipes enter the home dry. And don’t neglect the most obvious entryway of all: the front door. Deteriorated weatherstripping or doors that don’t fit flush within their frames can grant pests easy access.

What to do once pests get in

around radiators. “Sealing along the baseboard is helpful [to deter] any insect that’s crawling, especially for pests like bedbugs if you have a neighbor dealing with them,” says Kevin Carrillo, director of operations at M&M Pest Control in New York. Your local hardware store likely has an affordable solution. “When you’re sealing for insects, expansion foam and silicone is probably about

If bugs still manage to breach your walls, there are several ways to reduce their numbers. Wiping away crumbs and cleaning up dishes and trash will give roaches and flies fewer reasons to traffic your kitchen, and can improve the effectiveness of traps.

“Most roaches are going to prefer actual food over chemical baits, so if there’s tons of grease on the stove and there are dishes in the sink with food scraps on them, the roaches are going to go for that stuff over the bait,” explains Carrillo.

The enduring allure of the cheap, old house

By C hris Moody

The Washington Post

Debbie Sue and Mark Przybysz’s home, a 100-year-old craftsman bungalow in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that they bought for $65,000, came with original wood floors, a charming stone porch and a gaping, burned-out hole in the roof.

Part of the house had been set ablaze when a previous resident flicked on a lighter near a set of curtains. In addition to opening the cavity overhead, the fire left dark burn marks on the floor below. Despite the damage, the Przybyszes’ home had massive potential, with beautiful Dutch lap wood siding on a corner lot. So they dove in.

The Przybyszes (pronounced shibish) are part of an enthusiastic minority of Americans who live in a home built more than 100 years ago. It’s a choice that requires an openness to living amid architectural imperfection and a willingness to work on your home, sometimes without end. Buyers of historic properties say they are driven by a passion to preserve history, and they don’t mind shedding some modern amenities to do so.

“She’s old,” Debbie Sue says of her house. “She has withstood years of weather, abuse, expansion, contraction, so many things. I’m not bothered by imperfection. There’s chaos in nature. Imperfection and nature are things we expect, even in our houses.”

Houses constructed more than a century ago account for barely 6% of homes in the United States, according to the market research firm Statista. But interest in relatively cheap, old fixer-uppers has boomed as the cost of newer houses has skyrocketed over the past few years. The median price of homes in the United States rose to $416,100 in 2023 from $322,600 just three years earlier, according to data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Meanwhile, the mortgage interest rate

A willingness to buy an older home in need of work can serve as a backdoor entrance into homeownership, say Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein, hosts of “Who’s Afraid of a Cheap Old House?” scheduled to premiere in the spring on HGTV.

topped 7% this year.

For people who didn’t or couldn’t buy a home before the price boom or while interest rates were low, achieving homeownership — long seen as a cornerstone of the American Dream — seems depressingly out of reach. A willingness to buy an older home in need of work can serve as a backdoor entrance into homeownership, say Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein, hosts of “Who’s Afraid of a Cheap Old House?” scheduled to premiere in the spring on HGTV.

“We believe that you’re being sold the wrong American Dream,” they write in their forthcoming book, “Cheap Old Houses: An Unconventional Guide to Loving and Restoring a Forgotten Home.” “For many of us, the trade-off for acquiring these homes is living beyond our means and accepting soul-crushing debt, not to mention contributing to the overabundance of waste that comes from accumulating everything shiny and new. ... It doesn’t have to be this way.”

The Przybyszes’ house is in St. Elmo, a designated local historic district that dates to the 1870s. Perched on the eastern slope of Lookout Mountain, the neighborhood boasts a collection of cute, but aging, cottages, gothic revivals and Tudors. Stone churches and stately Queen

Anne-style homes preside over the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare, St. Elmo Avenue, which abuts the Tennessee-Georgia state line. After decades of wear — and a nasty infestation of bed bugs — the Przybyszes’ house needed work, so they christened it “Casa Del Fuego,” then went about restoring it.

They sanded and sealed the old wood. They didn’t mind that some of the planks still had black char marks from the fire; the imperfections were a part of the house’s history.

“Casa del Fuego is telling her story here,” Debbie Sue says of the discoloration. The bathroom, where past owners had poured concrete

with a metal mesh, required a jackhammer to remove and replace. The paint on the walls was made of lead. They also learned that a nearby underground spring regularly dumped a small lake of water into the basement whenever it rained — which it did, a lot, in southern Tennessee.

Terry & Kim Kovel | Antiques & Collecting

Lamp shades took on new shapes in early 20th century

BEFORE THE USE OF electric lights, lamps were designed to cast as much light as possible. With the introduction of electric light bulbs, invented in 1879, lamps took on new forms and functions. In some cases, lampshades had to soften the light instead of amplifying or directing it. In the early 20th century, designers created lamps with new materials and previously unseen shapes. Fulper Pottery, established in New Jersey in 1860, started its artware line, Vasekraft, about this time. Its Vasekraft lamps had pottery shades and bases decorated with Fulper’s famous glazes. The shades had inset panels of stained glass to let the light through.

These aren’t the only lamps that Fulper made, however. This parrot-shaped pottery lamp with tilted head, slightly open beak and colorful plumage was made by Fulper. It sold for $375 at an auction by Dennis Auction Service, Inc. There is a socket for a light bulb concealed in the base; the entire parrot and the top of its perch detaches and acts as the shade.

Q. I’m downsizing and am interested in selling my Wedgwood Orange Florentine demitasse and saucer collection. I checked eBay and other sites but am unable to come up with a selling price. Can you please help me out?

A. Wedgwood pottery started in Burslem, England, in 1759. Florentine pattern was designed in 1931. The ornate border with mystical dragon-like creatures was made in many different colors. Pieces were made with or without center decorations. Recent prices for Florentine demitasse sets with no center decoration range from about $20 to $48. A demitasse set with Coral border and floral center was listed for $70. Orange seems to be rarer than other colors and may sell for

more. Wedgwood is still in business and currently makes Florentine in Turquoise. It also includes some Florentine accent pieces in its Renaissance collection. The company lists a Florentine Turquoise cup and saucer for $140.

Q.

I am most curious as to how you can state the name “Wave Crest” was used after 1898, whilst collectors know well it was used several years before. The earliest Wave Crest had a dated paper label, before the black stamp mark or the red banner mark. Can you please advise as to why you advertise the 1898 date?

A. We apologize for any errors or confusion. You are right; the name Wave Crest

was used before 1898. The 2023 Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide states “The name Wave Crest was used starting in 1892.” The name was registered that year. The company that made Wave Crest glass, the C.F. Monroe Co., was active before then, starting in the 1880s. Nakara, a similar art glass decorated by the same company, was made about the same time as Wave Crest, but the name was never registered. The company also decorated Kelva glass, and the name was registered in 1904. These types of glass were decorated by C.F. Monroe, but the glass itself was made by the Pairpoint Manufacturing Co. Few pieces are labeled or signed. The multiple similar types of glass, and the multiple companies involved, may

have created some confusion about dates.

Q. I read your column in the Kane County Chronicle and I am curious if you can provide any information about this bedroom set. It was my mother-in-law’s set and I would approximate the purchase in the 1940s-50s. The dresser has an ornate full-size mirror. The label in a drawer has the following information:

“JOERNS BROS FURNITURE, Stevens Point, Wisconsin.” I am interested in selling the set and would appreciate your giving me an idea as to its value.

A. Charles, Paul and Frederick Joerns began manufacturing furniture in 1898 in St. Paul, Minnesota. They moved to Wisconsin in the early 1900s and established a Joerns Brothers factory in Stevens Point in 1927. They were known for their bedroom and dining room furniture in the 1940s and 1950s. By the 1960s, the company was making hospital furniture. It was acquired by Sunrise Medical in the 1980s and relaunched as Joerns Healthcare in 2006. Joerns Healthcare is still active. It’s best to sell or donate furniture locally to avoid shipping costs. Furniture in excellent condition usually sells for a few hundred dollars, but

the value of a piece is hard to determine without seeing it in person. A mark or label on furniture usually increases its value, and bedroom sets tend to get higher prices when sold as a unit than when the pieces are sold individually. A Joerns Bros. bedroom set consisting of a double bed, tall chest, dressing table, mirror and two nightstands sold for $500 at an auction a few years ago.

TIP: If there are two handles on a drawer, open the drawer using both handles. It lessens the strain on the joints.

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Polly wanna light? Fulper Pottery was known for more traditional lamp shapes but also made some unusual ones like this figural parrot lamp. (COWLES SYNDICATE INC.)

Biennials earn their spot in the garden

AFEW YEARS AGO I planted hollyhocks (Althea rosea) at the partially shaded southwest corner of my house. For many years after that, spires studded with pastel, powder puff blossoms grew from self-sown seedlings that come up like weeds in that corner. Other biennials flowers require more deliberate effort.

Biennials are plants that live two years, growing only leaves their first season, then flowering and dying by the end of their second season.

It’s no wonder that biennial plants aren’t usually offered for sale. Who would buy a plant that does not even bloom its first year, then dies before the end of its second year?

The ephemeral character of biennial flowers can be looked upon as an asset in the flower garden.

Biennial flowers don’t require the long-term commitment of space of perennials. And biennials can be ruthlessly wrenched from the ground and carted to the compost pile right after they finish their show, thus making room for other flowers.

Of course, such assets of biennials would be for nothing if not for their flowers. Bright blue petals with white eyes of biennial forget-me-not flowers stare up as a harmonious accompaniment to spring bulbs.

Later in spring, pansy (Viola tricolor), English wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri), and English daisy (Bellis perennis) squeeze in their colorful display just before the main show of summer flowers. Icelandic poppy (Papaver nudicaulie) also begins to bloom in spring, and continues to do so as long as the weather doesn’t get too hot.

In early summer, little bells, or cup and saucers, of biennial Canterbury bells (Campanula medium) bloom in shades from white to pink to rose to

lavender to deep blue.

Also foxglove (Digitalis spp.), one of the first tall, spiky flowers of the season, perhaps preparing us for the spires of delphiniums. And this also is the time for hollyhock, a plant that, surprisingly, can be the quintessential cottage garden flower, yet still look at home in the formal garden.

Sowing biennials does not demand the exigencies of growing annuals.

No need to rush out to get seed in the ground just as soon as the soil thaws in spring, as is needed for growing sweet peas.

No need to start plants early to get the earliest possible bloom, as is done with marigolds and zinnias.

Anytime during the summer, at your leisure, is a good

GARDEN NOTES

STOCKBRIDGE

Upcoming events

Berkshire Botanical Garden presents these upcoming programs:

• Monday, Music Mondays featuring Wanda Houston Band, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. $10 members, $15 nonmembers;

• Sept. 2-3, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“Berkshire Woodworkers Guild Fine Woodwork Show and Silent Auction.” A fine woodwork show and sale featuring designs by professional woodworkers from the Berkshires and neighboring counties in New York and Connecticut. Silent auction to benefit the Berkshire Woodworkers Guild Scholarship Fund, which supports individuals who aspire to make woodworking their professional goal. Throughout the

weekend, guild members will demonstrate various woodworking techniques including woodturning, longbow construction, marquetry, joinery, and hand-cut dovetails. Sean Stanton from North Plain Farm in Great Barrington will be onsite offering farm-raised pork sausages and beef hot dogs; Pleasant & Main, from Housatonic, will offer their signature coffee drinks, baked treats and savory breakfast crepes.

• Admission is $5 general, $3 Garden members. To register or for more information, visit berkshirebotanical.org

Berkshire Botanical Garden is located at 5 West Stockbridge Road.

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time to sow seeds of most biennials.

Some biennials demand procrastination. Hollyhocks sown too early in the summer develop taproots by late summer and become more difficult to transplant. Pansies prefer not to be sown until the weather turns a bit cooler, towards the end of this month or the early part of September. After being sown, then, after sprouting, either thinned out or given their first transplanting, biennials can reside in a temporary holding bed. Planting out at their permanent stations takes place in either early fall or early spring. The exception to this method of growing is Icelandic poppy, which resents transplanting, so is best sown at its permanent position.

A light mulch of evergreen boughs, oak leaves, or hay protects biennials through the winter. Without the mulch, alternate freezing and thawing of the soil might lift plants up and out of the soil, exposing tender roots.

Pansies and English wallflowers need the extra heat retained beneath the mulch, or within a coldframe, to reliably survive the winter.

Don’t cover the crowns of plants like foxglove and Canterbury bells in winter because their crowns are fleshy and prone to rotting.

Not all biennials follow the rules of growing leaves one year, flowers the next, then dying. Some biennials will bloom their first season if sown indoors early in the spring, although bloom will be later.

Other biennials are not really biennials at all. English daisy and Icelandic poppy actually are short-lived peren-

nials in our climate, so best treated as biennials around here.

Besides hollyhock, other biennials also have a habit of self-seeding. (This habit fools some gardeners into believing they are growing perennials.) Self-sown seeds of biennials may give rise to flowers that are different from their parents.

Pompoms of English daisies commonly revert to single daisies.

A white forget-me-not plant may give rise to blue progeny. In the case of my hollyhocks, I don’t remember what the original plants looked like, but the yearly offspring of double, pastel shades always blended together harmoniously.

Any gardening questions? Email them to me at garden@ leereich.com and I’ll try answering them directly or in this column. Come visit my garden at www.leereich.com/blog.

Foxglove is one of the many varieties of biennial you can plant in your garden. (LEE REICH PHOTO)

30-year US mortgage rate jumps to 7.23%

By A LEX VEIGA Associated Press

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed further above 7% to its highest level since 2001, another blow to would-be homebuyers grappling with rising home prices and a stubbornly low supply of properties on the market.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan climbed to 7.23% from 7.09% last week.

A year ago, the rate averaged 5.55%.

It’s the fifth consecutive weekly increase for the average rate, which is now at its highest level since early June 2001, when it averaged 7.24%.

High rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting how much they can afford in a market already unaffordable to many Americans. They also discourage homeowners who locked in low rates two years ago from selling.

Mortgage rates have been rising along with the 10-year Treasury yield, used by lenders to price rates on mortgages and other loans. The yield has been climbing as bond traders react to more reports showing the U.S. economy remains remarkably resilient, which could keep upward pressure on inflation, giving the Federal Reserve reason to keep interest rates higher for longer.

“This week, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reached its highest level since 2001 and indications of ongoing economic strength will likely continue to keep upward pressure on rates in the shortterm,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.

The average rate on a 30year mortgage remains more than double what it was two years ago, when it was just 2.87%.

Deeds

AGAWAM

Dorothea Major Aull to James Thompson and Monica Thompson, 1108 Main St., $310,000.

Ellen M. Kupiec to Alexis B. Kupiec, 1d Mansion Woods Drive, $266,000.

Gary E. Moren and Moren Signs to Matthew Desrosiers and John Desrosiers, 101 Ramah Circle South, $350,000.

Heather M. Taupier to Christopher A. Jamgochian, 11 Pleasant Drive, $299,900.

Kamaris N. Lessard, representative, Krista N. Hallock, representative, Kara L. Damseaux, representative, and Kenneth E. Lessard, estate, to Youssef Abdelhalim, 22 Hunting Lane, $300,000.

Kathleen Devins to Nadege Orisier, Jean Mario Orisier and Laure Moyse, 627 North Westfield St., $392,000.

Kelly A. Ambrogio, conservator, and Linda A. Wisen to Plata O Plomo Inc., 120 Oak Lane, $200,000.

Mark E. Morris to Adam Joseph Shea, Adam Shea, and Emily Shea, 34 James St., $390,000.

Ralph DePalma and Giuseppe Tirone to Bretta Construction LLC, 497 South Westfield St., $2,200,000.

Silver Snake Properties LLC, to Ferris Reid Fleming Jr., and Alissa C. Fleming, 47-49 Royal St., $370,000.

Steven M. Gamelli to Ralph T. Gamelli Jr., and John F. Gamelli, 306 Rowley St., $97,333.

Vitaliy Dzhenzherukha to Maria Rodrigues, 130 South Park Terrace, $360,000.

AMHERST

Avril De La Cretaz to Avril L. De La Cretaz, trustee, and Revocable Indenture of Trust of Avril L. De La Cretaz, 31 Shays St., $100.

Abraham Marder to Lauren E. Col-

lier and Eric M. Collier, 826 South East St., $815,000.

Judith K. Fiola and John T. Ice to Ayhan Ergul and Devin A. Ergul, 83 Spaulding St., $327,000.

Matthias Loven and Linda L. Loven to Christine Brennan, trustee, Jennifer LaFountain, trustee, and Matthias Loven & Linda L. Loven Irrevocable Trust, 202 East Leverett Road, $100.

Victoria Feyre Febonio and Maureen Feyre Febonio to Malinda Lastowski, Michael Lastowski and Matthew M. Lastowski, 232 North East St., $226,000.

ASHFIELD

E. Myles Davis, “fka” Edward Myles Davis, to Jennifer L. Crabbe, 19 Bailey Road, $200,000.

BELCHERTOWN

Robert Gaudette, Leah Gaudette and Leah Gaudette, attorney-in-fact, to Sean Lloyd and Jamie Lloyd, 32 Brandywine Drive, $375,000.

Noah Pefaur and Kathleen E. Pefaur to Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., 14 Prescott Hill, $430,000.

Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., to Ancel Romero, Noah Romero and Florian Romero, 14 Prescott Hill, $430,000.

BLANDFORD

Eric B. McVey and Eleanor D. McVey to Chris Anciello, 41 North Blandford Road, $485,000.

BRIMFIELD

Kent D. North, estate, Wendy North, representative, and Kent Daniel North, estate, to Sandy Lee Wrona and Sarah L. Wrona, 144 Washington Road, $200,000.

Peter D. Puzio to Kristopher Bishop, 5 Sutcliffe Road, $312,000.

BUCKLAND

Sarah Davenport to William Jacobson and Elizabeth Jacobson, 120 Bray Road, $275,000.

Alexander D. Meade and Clarissa E. Spawn to Anne-Liesl H. Swogger, 30 School S., $600,000.

CHARLEMONT

James P. Whitney to Kenan T. Lavelle and Susan E. Lavelle, 91 East Hawley Road, $285,000.

CHESTER

Eileen Sullivan-Boss, trustee, and Hill Family Revocable Trust, trustee of, to Chad Stevens and Nicole Stevens, 0 Bromley Road, $40,000.

Joyce A. Maruca Kantor and Joyce

A. Kantor to Donna Lee Sweetman, 0 Skyline Trail, $225,000.

CHICOPEE

Donovan A. Neiford and Hilary J. Abigana to Tara K Harrell and Eric R. Harrell, 23 Fay St., $272,000.

Emily R. Boronski to Justin Camp, 75 Roy St., $260,000.

Everett J. Sexton to Torres Investment Firm LLC, 269 Chicopee St., Unit 17, $90,000.

John F. Ptaszek Jr., trustee, and John F. Ptaszek Jr. Trust, trustee of, to Austin Tyrell, 29 Emmett St., $220,000.

Kerrie Dumas and Guy Habrat to Jimmy L. Remillard and Kayla M. Remillard, 36-38 Coolidge Road, $280,000.

L & R Properties LLC, to Westover LLC, 1517 Memorial Drive, $575,000.

Matthew J. Blanchard, Melissa Russell, Melissa A. Blanchard and Bryan A. Russell to David A. Carlos, 85 Barbara St., $180,000.

Michael A. Nallen, Thomas E. Nallen Jr., and Susan N. Bialas to Ellen E. Ransow and Frederick D. Ransow, 17 Peter St., $295,000.

Natanael Crespo and Natanoel Crespo to Andrew Black and Erika Jean Black, 58 Silvin Road, $300,000.

Phoenix Development Inc., to Ghaith S. Jaafar, 350 East Main St., $370,000.

Revampit Holdings LLC, to Maria V. Olivo, 8-10 Leclair Terrace, $340,000.

Spinelli Realty LLP, and Stephen Spinelli Jr., to Car Properties LLC, 2017 Memorial Drive, $1,327,065. Theodore J. Tamburro, trustee, and M T Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to Tiffany B. Bogart and Nathan R. Willett, 27 Warwick Road, $280,000.

COLRAIN

David C. O’Brien to Ethan O’Brien, Stacy Road, $30,000.

CONWAY

Arthur M. Spencer and Patricia A. Spencer, trustees of the Spencer Family Trust, to Christopher Green and Brianna McMillan, 583 Williamsburg Road, $425,000.

DEERFIELD

Mary F. McKenna, trustee of the John J. McKenna and Mary F. McKenna Trust, FBO the McKenna Family Trust, to Douglas Edwards and Petra Ujhelyi, 22A Mill Village Road, Unit 4B Mill Village East Condominium, $330,000.

EAST LONGMEADOW

James R. Shuttleworth and Laurie A. Shuttleworth to Mwathi Gatonye and Grace Wambui Gatonye, 64 Oak Brook Drive, $530,000.

EASTHAMPTON

Virginia M. Suchecki to Pah Properties LLC, 140 Everett St., $110,000.

Serio Family Realty LLC, to Triggs Terrace LP, 213 Park St., $40,000.

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Jumbo loans are based on loan amounts of $548.250. Points quoted include discount and/or origination. Lock Days: 30-60. Annual percentage rates (APRs) are based on fully indexed rates for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs). The APR on your specific loan may differ from the sample used. Fees reflect charges relative to the APR. If your down payment is less than 20% of the home’s value, you will be subject to private mortgage insurance, or PMI. FHA mortgages include both UFMIP and MIP fees based on loan amount of $165,000 with 5%

Deeds

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William F. Tornow to Sharon D. Tornow, 27 Lazy D Drive, $100.

Bruce S. Britton, Bruce S. Britton Sr., Margaret Britton and Margaret

J. Britton to Bruce S. Britton, Bruce S. Britton Sr., Margaret Britton and Margaret J. Britton, 15 Russell Lane, $100.

Robert W. Weidhaas to Robert W. Weidhaas and Darlene Orieto, 37 Mutter St., $100.

Robert W. Weidhaas to Robert W. Weidhaas and Darlene Orieto, 44 Cherry St., $100.

Gail P. Poulin to Marie C. Poulin, trustee, Heather C. Poulin, trustee, and Gail P. Poulin Irrevocable Trust, 35 Meadowbrook Drive, $100.

Joseph M. Kaminski Jr., to Manuel Avelino Zaruma and Edwin Zaruma, 80 Clark St., $340,000.

ERVING

Peter D. Broughan, personal representative of the Estate of Sharon K. Broughan, “aka” Sharon Broughan, to Chelsea Diaz, 17 Central St., $203,500.

GRANBY

John F. Dunn to John F. Dunn and Ian Shalom Isadore Ghanni, 38 Ferry Hill Road, $100.

Diana L. Johnson and Diana L. Sullivan to Diana L. Johnson and Robert Johnson, 142 New Ludlow Road, $100.

GREENFIELD

Greenfield KMW LLC, to Carol A. Murray and Edward J. Murray, 11 Verde Drive, $80,000. Greenfield KMW LLC, to Courtney Kopec and Jason Kopec, 131 Verde Drive, $574,500.

Greenfield & Montague Transportation Authority to JimBob Realty LLC, 382 Deerfield St., $400,000. Douglas J. Depault to Ann Bronner and Kyle Costa, 603 Barton Road, $320,000.

HADLEY

John E. Missale to John E. Missale, trustee, and John E. Missale 2023 Trust, 48 River Drive, $100.

HAMPDEN

Gregory M. Murphy and Eileen A. Murphy to Kathleen M. Allen, 95 Tall Pines Road, Unit 17, $405,000.

Kelley C. Johnson, estate, and Erik C. Johnson, representative, to Cooper Leardi, 271 North Road, $281,000.

Ruth F. Lewenczuk and Michael

A. Lewenczuk to Scott A. Thomas and Cathy J. Thomas, 8 Echo Valley Drive, $375,000.

HATFIELD

C.T.N.A. Construction LLC, to Heather K. Tauck, 70 Depot Road, $880,000.

Turf Care Supply LLC, and Turf Care Supply Corp., to 59 Dwight LLC, 59 Dwight St., $4,408,183.

Jean I. Hoffman to Jean I. Hoffman, trustee, and Revocable Indenture of Trust of Jean I. Hoffman, Old Stage Road, $100.

HOLLAND

Gerald C. Nadeau to Jay Milner, 6 Craig Road, $281,000.

Judith Olson, representative, and Arthur W. Olson Jr., estate, to Susan Olson, 1 Shore Drive, $250,000.

Terry Driscoll, trustee, and Ann B. Gagnon Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to Paul Ware and Dawne Ware, 36 Massaconnic Trail, $520,000.

HOLYOKE

1767 Realty LLC, to Gallagher Properties LLC, 1767 Northampton St., $630,000.

Alfred J. Robarge to Plata O Plomo Inc., 60-62 Shawmut Ave., $210,000.

Four Harps LLC, to Jose A. Ramos, 1047-9 Dwight St., $215,000.

Johanna Torres to Robert Chester Budynkiewicz Jr., and Diana Budyniewicz, 55 Portland St., $290,000.

Richard Turek to Jennifer Moynihan, 828 Homestead Ave., $275,000.

Victor Kondratyev, Viktor Kondratyev, Olessya Kondratyeva and Olessya Kondratyev to Dana B. Potter II, 120 Mullen Ave., $420,000.

HUNTINGTON

Tracy A. Smith-Zitta, trustee, Donna J. Taylor, trustee, Joanne J. Smith Revocable Living Trust, Tracy A. Smith-Zitta, Donna J. Taylor and Jeffrey K. Smith to Megan Ottens-Sargent, 4 Pleasant St., and 2 Stanton Ave., $315,000.

Eileen Sullivan-Boss, trustee, and Hill Family Revocable Trust to Chad Stevens and Nicole Stevens, Bromley Road, $40,000.

LONGMEADOW

David J. Martel and Jane G. Martel to David Gregory Kayiatos and Kari Diamond Kayiatos, 15 Durham Road, $750,000.

Jackie Tang and Xueling Tang to MD M. Reza and Shirina Akter, 209 Birch Road, $350,000.

James V. Barilaro to Peter H. Carlson and Wendy G. Carlson, 95 Dover Road, $610,000.

Ruth Kurniawati and Petra K. Ellis to Jenna Goldman, 212 Burbank Road, $350,000.

LUDLOW

Alison M. Bartlett-O’Donald, conservator, and Marion Kusek, estate, to Germano A. Andre and Shuan A. Andre, 44 Wilson St., $274,999. Baystate Developers Inc., to Muhammad Ali Saleem, Sunset Ridge, Lot 10, $175,000.

Cheryl King and Raymond W. Babbin to Scott Osbourne, 865 West St., $520,000.

Felicia E. Farrar-Gorcynski, Felicia E. Farrar and Robert M. Gorcynski to Daniel J. Whalen, 70-72 Fuller St., $215,000.

Helen B. Waz to Robert T. Silva, 28 Yale St., $260,000.

Susan A. Delrosso and Susan A. Jeanroy to Regina Modzelewski, Andrzej Modzelewski and Diane Modzelewski, 36-38 Hubbard St., $390,000.

Wroblewski 2010 Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, and Janet L. Mickle, trustee, to Brian F. Fish, 73 Pine Knoll Drive, $146,777.

MONSON

Daniel J. Nolan and Karen Nolan to James Joinville and Bethany Frances Bressette, 82 Main St., $400,000.

MONTAGUE

Melissa J. Croteau and Robert J. Croteau to Kenneth J. Kuklewicz and Richard J. Kuklewicz, 88 South Prospect St., $269,900.

James L. Mayrand and Joanne L. Mayrand to Alycar Investments LLC., 96 3rd Street, $140,000.

NORTHAMPTON

Alyssa Lovell and Alison Perlo to Jack Janssen, 124 Black Birch Trail, 405,000.

Mark W. Erba to Kevin Parent and Maude Williamson, 40 Berkshire Terrace, $740,000.

Patrick A. Fleming and Janet L. Kelly to Sinead Alina Neidle Keogh and Taylor Timothy Guss, 7 Rust Ave., $485,000.

Sunwood Development Corp., to Janet L. Kelly and Patrick A. Fleming, 33 Chapel St., $442,500. Perry Friedman to Perry Friedman, trustee, Jennifer F. Friedman, trustee, and Perry & Jennifer Friedman 2023 Family Trust, 9 Sylvan Lane, $100.

Joan C. Sarafin to Nancy J. Bals, Chesterfield Road, $165,000.

Wendy W. Abeles to Madeline Lan-

dauer, 77 Laurel Park, $317,000.

Donna M. Sugrue, Kathleen A. Sugrue-Richards and Michael E, Sugrue to Nishkruti Munshi, 120 Emerson Way, $775,000.

Tobin Gerhart and Lena Dohlman-Gerhart to Linnea Lagerstrom, 267 Locust St., $189,000.

Janet M. Tudryn to Ryan F. McCarthy, 128 Acrebrook Drive, $352,000.

Jean K. Listinsky to Theodore E. Schall, 37 Laurel Park, $300,000.

Nicole A. Fritz and Jennifer G. Sowards to Kristin F. McCue, 220 Spring Grove Ave., $460,000.

ORANGE

John J. Lerman to David Bergeron, 168 West River St., $60,000.

Jonathan P. Gleason and Tina L. Gleason to Virginia Realty Inc., 212 Holtshire Road, $230,000.

Bonnie C. Frank, “fka” Bonnie C. Hume, to Crystal Harvey, 41 Putnam St., $150,000.

Charles D. Anderson and Sherry L. Anderson to J&R Real Estate Group LLC, 1 High St., $80,000.

Ryan Smith Sr., and Almas Omar to Robert Ellin, 178 N. Main St., $225,000.

PALMER

Michael J. Cwiok to Prime Partners LLC, 1115 Overlook Drive, $160,000.

PLAINFIELD

Marcelo Suarez-Orozco and Carola

E. Suarez-Orozco to Ivan P. Zlatev and Sara Bernardo, 118 South St., $759,500.

RUSSELL

Fitzgerald Home Solutions to Andrii Pomazniuk and Yulia Pomazniuk, 118 Main St., $130,000.

SHUTESBURY

Ethan Todras-Whitehill and Jennifer M. Whitehill to Branden Eugenio, 244 Baker Road, $350,000.

SOUTH HADLEY

Jonathan G. Rogers and Madalina Meirosu to Alfred Hartwell and Patricia Hartwell, 317 Alvord Place, $305,000.

Dean M. Rankin to Vanessa Magagnoli, 35 Lorraine Ave., $480,000.

Roger T. Duval to Sokharun Yim, 42 Doane Terrace, $575,000.

Ann M. Talarico to Nicholas Provost, Nicholas A. Provost, Mai Tran, Mai Thanh Tran, Thanh Tran and Thinh Tran, 2 Chatham Way, $725,000.

SOUTHAMPTON

Thomas R. Kuczynski, trustee, Pamela L. Kuczynski, trustee, and Kuczynski Revocable Living Trust to Thomas R. Kuczynski and Pamela L. Kuczynski, 10 Cheryl Lane, $100

Cordon LLC, to 113 County Road LLC, 113 County Road, $100.

SOUTHWICK

Amanda B. Evans and Brian Evans to Russell H. Varney and Jacquelynn K. Varney, 54 Berkshire Ave., $460,000.

Ronald P. Croteau and Debra A. Croteau to Kevin C. Turcotte, 30 Lakeview St., $375,000.

SPRINGFIELD

Anibal Rivera to BP LLC, 30 Beauchamp St., $100,000.

BRVSA Associates LLC, to Addis Jasmin Rodriguez Moran, 68-70 Suffolk St., $219,000.

Dilar Partynski and Dilar G. Partynski to 1207 Worcester Street LLC, 1207-1209 Worcester St., $250,000.

Erica Bridge, Erica R. Hollot, Erica Hollot and Charles Bridge to Kody L. Crosby and Robert Adrian Sanchez, 168 Winton St., $287,300. Ericka Gonzalez Carrillo to Marco Zepeda Martinez, 35-37 Suffolk St., $350,000.

Gina M. Pericolosi and Robert A. Cavicchioli to Miguel A. Velazquez, 79 Strong St., $320,000.

Henry E. Yergeau and Dolores R. Yergeau to Teri Linnea Meigs, 49 Fitzgerald Road, $269,000. Inc Yahweh Commercial Contracting to Triumphant Llc, 0 Magazine St, $20,000.

Yahweh Commercial Contracting Inc., to Triumphant LLC, 138 Magazine St., $90,000.

James Alberici to Donald Maxwell, 131-133 Wellington St., $350,000. Joe Hao Liang to Carlos A. Carangui Contreras, 27 Forest Park Ave., $253,800.

Jose R. Rolon and Lyzbeet Rolon to Edward Kenney, 30 Lynwood Terrace, $295,000.

Julissa Ramirez to Ramon Torres, 105-107 Dickinson St., $338,000. Karen L. Hansen to Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and Dorcas Realty Trust, trustee of, 162 Marmon St., $203,775.

Kenneth R. Barba and Kimberly M. Barba to Erin K. Coughlin, 137 Chalmers St., $330,000.

Kidany J. Valentin Gonzalez and Karla M. Molina Diaz to Vivian Janette Pagan Pagan, 28 Wilmont St., $275,000.

Pests

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Traps sourced online or at your local hardware store can help you capture pests on your own and get a sense of their numbers before resorting to a professional.

Depending on the type of pest you’re dealing with, you’ll need different kinds of attractants. Carrillo favors Tasty Banana’s glue traps for “targeting most crawling insects” and Safer pheromone traps for luring and trapping moths.

For ants, he recommends using a bait station with a toxin that they take back to their colony. Though it’s expensive (retailing for about $300), he favors Vector Plasma’s UV light trap, for flying pests other than mosquitoes.

Once traps are in place, clearing up excess bags and boxes also helps eliminate hiding and nesting spots for roaches. Meanwhile, regular cleaning, vacuuming and dusting can keep other insects like moths and silverfish (plus their larvae and eggs) from becoming a recurring problem.

To keep flies from proliferating, Sorkin suggests cleaning your drains, where they like to

More deeds

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Lee M. Kowarsky, Nathan J. Kowarsky and Cheryl E. Collins Kowarsky to Pah Properties LLC, 64 Ellendale Circle, $170,000. Luis Cortes to Maurice Lavan Thomas, 211 Pasco Road, $285,500.

Luke M. Hollwedel and Mary J. Hollwedel to Samuel I. Polep and Lynne E. Billings, 384 Abbott St., $315,000.

Maria L. Diaz and Maria Diaz to Onyx Investments LLC, 15-17 Biltmore St., $195,000.

Maura Murphy Osborne, trustee, and AKTM Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to Mary Catherine Kaselouskas and Mary C. Kaselouskas, 471 Nassau Drive, $191,000.

Nolava LLC, to Brian Mass, 108 Odion Ave., $245,000.

breed and lay eggs.

When to call a pest control pro

If you’ve gone through a round of traps and are continuing to see the same pests running around, you’ve likely

Penelope LLC, to Thi Tai Realty LLC, SS Page Boulevard, $550,000.

Plata O Plomo Inc to Jjj17 Llc, 661 Carew St, $110,000.

Skyspec LLC, to Ashley Brennan, 142 Cloran St., $270,000.

Steven E. Zeimbekakis to Posiadlosc LLC, 1154-1156 Page Boulevard, $232,000.

Sunny Kim to Kyaw Kyaw, 108

Jerilis Drive, $296,500.

TKJM LLC, to Abigail E. Vazquez-Berduo, 1571-1575 Dwight St., $220,000.

U S Bank Trust, trustee, and LSF9 Master Participation Trust, trustee of, to Claudia Quintero and Julie Sopchak, 91 Deepfield Road, $268,000.

Vera M. Brantley and Daniel J. Brantley to Tascon Homes LLC, 3 Gunn Square, $40,000.

Victor S. Jimenez to C & C Auto Industries LLC, 282-294 Locust St., $520,000.

got an infestation that needs professional help.

To thoroughly rid your home of insects, many pest control pros advocate the use of IPM, shorthand for integrated pest management. This approach minimizes the use of pesti-

William Gruber, trustee, and Kristen Wood Special Needs Trust, trustee of, to Karen L. Hansen, 39 Nassau Drive, Unit 39, $209,999. Winners O LLC, to Onstar Properties AA LLC, 146 Kensington Ave., $535,000.

SUNDERLAND

Alyssa E. Crockett and Karen K. Schwalm to Laura Bowman Attanasio and Adam J. Dahl, 230 Plumtree Road, $630,000.

WARE

John A. Kozlowski to Kara K. Bigda, 8 Dugan Road, $200,000. West Springfield

Brian T. Davignon to Long Ly and Thao Pham, 44 Partridge Lane, $448,500.

Pravinbhai C. Patel to Mayur Solanki, Bhamini Mahida-Solanki, Rajendrasinh S. Mahida and

cides in favor of tackling the root of the problem, such as sealing entry points you may have overlooked. Though DIY remedies can be helpful, explains Sorkin, they’re little more than Band-Aids if you haven’t addressed the source

Shakuntalaben R. Mahida, 2045 Riverdale Road, $250,000.

WESTFIELD

Aleksandr Katykhin to TGC Investments LLC, 57 Orange St., $400,000.

Gene P. Bressette and Tara Ann Bressette to Sean M. Crawford, 237 Granville Road, $266,000.

HP Rum LLC, to Starlight Realty LLC, 60-62 Franklin St., $2,300,000.

Jon Kozak to Andreana Tohkna Nop and Sovandy Tony Chhan, 50 Montgomery Road, $270,000.

Joseph D. Noblit and Karen L. Noblit to James J. Mathieson and Wilona O. Ryan, 63 Barbara St., $457,500.

Megan O’Brien, Megan Baillargeon and Corey O’Brien to Molly Witkus, 85 Dartmouth St., $225,000.

Steven Gardner to Robert James Hall, 133 Feeding Hills Road,

of an infestation: “You’re only getting adult insects in traps, not the full life stage of the insect.”

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$560,000.

Tankash Inc., to Francis T. Tangredi, 287 North Elm St., $280,000.

WESTHAMPTON

Angela T. Derouin, Theodore J. Derouin and Anthony E. Derouin to Jovita B. Netto and Kevin C. Netto, 86 Southampton Road, $420,000.

WILBRAHAM

AC Homebuilding LLC, to Mary E. McNally, Sandalwood Drive, Unit 74, $453,695.

Erica Mateer Kanzinger and Erica Mateer Aguilar to Hilary J. Abigana and Donovan A. Neiford, 444 Stony Hill Road, $505,000.

WORTHINGTON

Robert J. Wolff, trustee, and Robert J. Wolf 2010 Revocable Trust to I.M. Maurice LLC, 229 Cummington Road, $325,000.

A cockroach scurries across the floor. (DAVID PETKIEWICZ / CLEVELAND.COM)

Old house

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The house got an updated nickname: Casa Del Fuego ... Y Agua.

It wasn’t the first home the Przybyszes had bought in St. Elmo, a neighborhood which at the time was suffering from decades of neglect. They had already flipped a handful of cheap properties in the area, but they planned to make Casa Del Fuego their home. On her days off from her nursing job, Debbie Sue had kept her eye open for deals. A neighbor sold them a house for $75,000, which they bought as a rental investment. A home appeared on Craigslist for $18,000, then a foreclosure popped up for $28,000 and another for $21,000. They scooped them all up. The houses were a mess. Black mold crept along the walls and ceilings; water damage warped the floors. But Debbie Sue, who quit her job to become a full-time general contractor and real estate agent, brought them back to life.

Not without challenges

Remodeling old houses comes with challenges. The floors aren’t always level — drop a marble and it might roll to the other end of the room. In another house that the Przybyszes worked on, “a gallon of roach eggs poured out” when they tried to remove an old door. Often the houses are built with toxic chemicals, such as asbestos. “I’ve probably shaved years off of my life working on old houses because of the exposure,” Debbie Sue says.

Old home aficionados like the Przybyszes have also found a thriving online community where homeowners share photos of their house projects and dream of buying a charming fixer upper. The Instagram real estate powerhouse account @CheapOldHouses, for example, operated by the Finkelsteins since 2016, serves as a home base for millions of people dreaming of living in something with a little more character.

In the beginning, the feed

featured listings of houses that cost under $100,000 — they’ve steadily increased the threshold over time because of inflation — that were at least 100 years old. Posts featured charming historic homes from across the country, some decrepit and in need of desperate amounts of TLC and others that were surprisingly turnkey for the price.

On a social media platform with a reputation for content featuring manufactured photos of unattainable perfection, @CheapOldHouses bucks the trend by showing the before photos, giving viewers a chance to imagine a home’s potential. And people can’t get enough of it: The feed has nearly 2.5 million followers.

Castle or cottage

The houses that the Finkelsteins feature range from abandoned castle-like homes that require a full gutting to beautiful cottages that are cheap because of their size and location. For example, they shared a 15,000 squarefoot neoclassical palace in Orange, Mass., that was on the market for just $150,000. Then there was a $15,000 Victorian — but if you want it, you have to cut the house into two pieces and ship it out of downtown Austin. Or perhaps you’d be interested in a Greek

Revival farmhouse in Colon, Mich., with 600 bats occupying the attic?

While scouring the web for old house deals to post on Instagram, the Finkelsteins were also searching for their own dream house. After four years of posting houses for other people, they came across something for themselves. In 2020, the couple bought an uninhabitable farmhouse in Upstate New York for $71,000. Tucked into 11 acres of wooded land, the structure, little more than a gutted shell, was close to falling down and needed to be raised from its original foundations.

“It was really, really bad,” Elizabeth says. “But it had so much soul.”

They removed the wood siding, refurbished it, then put it back on the house. Walls that had been shifted over the centuries were put back in their original locations. They kept the slate roof, excavated the land around the house and reinstalled internal chimneys. Instead of buying new furniture and materials, they’re taking their time to find used items whenever possible. When a contractor working on a house nearby was about to throw out a set of Victorian bathroom fixtures, the Finkelsteins jumped at the opportunity to give them a

the Finkelsteins’ book who bought an abandoned manor along Route 66 in Illinois founded a nonprofit foundation to help cover the costs of upkeep.

Contractors few

While many buyers with do-it-yourself attitudes can save money, bringing in help can save plenty of hassle. But hiring a contractor to work on historic properties often isn’t easy, says Scott T. Hanson, an architectural historian and preservation consultant.

new home.

Three years later, they’re still working on the farmhouse while they live in a “newer” home that also predates the Civil War. “It’s cheaper to take it slow,” Elizabeth says.

Drawbacks abound

As charming as the photos and descriptions can seem — who hasn’t dreamed of living in a castle? — old houses have drawbacks. Insulation can be minimal, making it difficult to regulate temperatures; and these homes are massive consumers of energy.

The walls and ceilings could be full of toxins, and ancient wiring can be finicky. Mold can be difficult to contain.

“Nobody is naive enough to look at a lot of these houses and think that they don’t need work,” Elizabeth says. “Our audience can read between the lines and know what they’re getting into. There’s a huge decrepit mansion in a field in Illinois. That’s going to take a different type of person.”

Like all things real estate, buying and restoring old houses has become more expensive in recent years, given the increase of the cost of materials and the scarcity of skilled labor.

One couple featured in

“Most architecture schools do not teach historic preservation, and the majority of registered architects have no understanding of traditional construction methods and materials,” Hanson wrote in “Restoring Your Historic House.” “One clueless human with a power tool can do a lot of damage quickly to a historic house.”

And these days, even the “cheap old house” market has gotten competitive. The Finkelsteins have found in the past few years that they must post listings as fast as possible if they want to feature them before they’re sold.

“They pop up on the market and they’re gone in like five minutes,” Elizabeth says.

Change in vibe

The change in attitude has even altered Chattanooga’s St. Elmo neighborhood, where the bargain prices the Przybyszes once enjoyed are long gone. Houses there sell quickly, including some for more than half a million dollars, an amount unheard of before the pandemic. Many of the homeowners who lived in the neighborhood for generations are gone, and so are the college students who once rented there. A real estate agent recently called Debbie Sue with a client who wanted to build a house in the neighborhood for as high as $1.3 million.

“The vibe of St. Elmo has changed tremendously,” Debbie Sue says. “I have Catholic guilt.”

Chris Moody is a writer based in Boone, N.C., where he teaches journalism and broadcast media at Appalachian State University.

An after photo of the Przybysz family home. It’s in St. Elmo, a designated historic district in Tennessee. (RYAN DUGGER / CREATIVE REVOLVER)

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