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Contents HOA Homefront Q&A: Stop The Fights Over Records Requests!................................ 6 Handyman: Seniors and Their Homes................................... 6 Staining Interior Wood......................................................... 8

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HOA Homefront

Your Handyman

By Mark Baird

Stop The Fights Over Records Requests!

Seniors and Their Homes Not by any design or plan our business clientele is at least half seniors and by and large they are the best customers any businessperson could wish for.

Santa Barbara is blessed with a vibrant community of seasoned seniors of whom most all seem to be happy with their station in life, are very pleasant to work for, appreciate quality work, and have very flexible schedules if kept updated when we are running early or late. I thought that for this week’s article I would share my observations of home maintenance work that seems to be typical for seniors and offer a few suggestions.

Grab Bars: A properly installed grab bar in the shower or bathtub can mean the difference between a slight misstep and a debilitating fall. Grab bars can be purchased at most hardware stores, some drug stores and are typically available off the shelf in white and stainless steel, while colors like nickel or oiled bronze can be special ordered.

A typical installation usually has a 36” wide bar along the long side of the tub, a 12” bar along the short side and often an additional 12” bar installed vertically right outside the tub or shower.

Grab bars can be easily mounted on ceramic tile or natural stone and with a little more work onto an acrylic or fiberglass tub or shower unit. An experienced installer will know to use the right drill bits and will avoid any cracks or chips to your tiles.

Handrails: Handrails for outside steps or walkways can be an attractive accent to your yard while at the same time providing a safe handhold when going out for exercise or making a trip to the mailbox. A new handrail can be fastened to walls, bolted down to concrete steps with expanding concrete anchor bolts, or supported by posts in the ground set in cement. Simple and affordable handrails are often fabricated from ornamental iron or redwood and many homes have custom wrought iron work which is beautiful but usually pricey. With a little design and instal-

lation knowledge an attractive and safe handrail can be installed at just about any location around the house.

Access Ramps: Even the smallest step or incline can be a challenging barrier for someone relying on a walker or wheelchair for mobility and a well thought out ramp can be the answer.

For safe access, the slope of a ramp should not exceed 1” of rise per foot of length, needs to be a minimum of 36” wide, and ramps spanning more than a step or two should have a sturdy handrail. At a safe slope of 1” per foot it can often be surprising how long the ramp needs to be to go up over just a few steps but often a landing and a midway change of direction can be the solution. Sometimes a large oak threshold at the front door can be hard to negotiate with a walker, and the solution may be replacing the oak threshold with an aluminum threshold with a much lower profile.

Motion Sensor Lights: Most homes have a porch light at the front door or wall mounted light for the driveway area to provide illumination for those approaching the home at night. A motion sensor light fixture can be installed at these spots that turn on automatically when a visitor approaches or a car pulls into the driveway. They come with easy adjustments for sensitivity to turn on for a person and not every raccoon or possum that forages by, and for the length of time the light stays on allowing for enough time to get from the car to the front door. Basic fixtures can be bought at the hardware store but more decorative fixtures that match the style of your home can be found at a lighting shop or online.

By Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. CCAL

Over the many years I have been writing this column, the clear number one ranked dispute between homeowners and their associations regards records and information access. These disputes are never productive, and generally avoidable. Here are some tips for HOAs regarding producing requested records and some tips for requesting homeowners.

The law has improved dramatically in recent years in this regard. Civil Code 5200 provides a very clear list of what are “association records” which members may request. However, battles continue, and unfortunately HOAs sometimes control the flow of information from critics, and some homeowners use records demands as a weapon. When a board is under severe criticism it is a natural impulse to be defensive and close ranks, but the board cannot refuse a legitimate document request just because it expects the information to be used against it. The more a board stalls or resists providing reasonably requested documents, the higher the suspicion of the requestor that the board “has something to hide.” In my experience, that is almost never the case — but ego and pride is usually the problem.

The increasingly common use of HOA web sites presents a great opportunity to provide required transparency with little expense. If the association instituted a habit of making sure that all “association records” for the current year and previous 2 years (the time limit of the statute) are routinely posted on the members only section of the web site, members could access anything they had a right to see without inconveniencing the manager or board.

What do members NOT have the right to inspect? Correspondence, member disciplinary matters, pending bids or draft contracts, and member delinquency infor-

No Ladders: The top of a ladder is no place for anyone receiving social security no matter how rugged they were in the day; the falling part really isn’t that bad but the landing part is never good. I loaded up my 80+ year old Dad’s ladders onto my truck after hearing how he hung his own Christmas

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mation are examples of items which are not “association records” subject to inspection.

Homeowners, here is what NOT to do when requesting records.

Don’t ask for more than the current year and the two prior years. You probably don’t really want to see decades of records anyway.

Don’t just parrot the categories of Civil Code Section 5200 — do you seek a specific contract or paid bill? Make a real request, and you’re more likely to receive a real response.

Don’t demand management investigate a topic for you. The statute allows inspection of existing documents and does not compel the creation of a document. These very specific requests which are trying to force the manager to study something for them.

Don’t punish the HOA with repeated huge document demands. Even though the management cannot pass along to the requestor all its costs in responding, the HOA is still likely incurring extra management expense.

Show some grace regarding the deadlines. The person responding to your document request is either a volunteer in the self-managed association or is a frequently overloaded manager.

Keep it professional and neighborly.

Civil Code Section 5235 allows lawsuits to be filed against the HOA in small claims court. If your first focus is on a fight, and you are anxious to take your neighbors to court, you may be a destructive influence in your HOA. Boards must remember the members are not merely stockholders but are neighbors, and members must remember that the board consists of neighbors.

This should never be a point of conflict.

Work together — neither of you are the enemy.

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Staining Interior Wood

By Steve Ozab

It never fails! Even when decorative molding is stained with the exact same stain used on your cabinets, the color doesn’t match. You stain your baseboards to match your floor. Same thing. No match.

Different woods sometimes stain darker or lighter. In fact, the exact same species of wood may stain lighter or darker. So, what’s the solution? How do you make dissimilar stain colors match?

If your stain is drying too dark or appears uneven and blotchy, here are a few suggestions to make the color lighter and more uniform.

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Sand the wood smoother with 320 or 400 grit sandpaper. Rough wood absorbs more stain.

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Wipe on—don’t brush--the stain briskly with a cotton t-shirt or flannel fabric.

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Choose the right variety of stain. (Lightest to darkest) Gel, wiping, and pigmented/dye.

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Apply a pre-stain sealer or stain-controller prior to staining.

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Add increasingly greater amounts of pre-stain sealer directly to the stain to dilute the opacity.

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Apply a coat of sanding sealer prior to the stain.

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Bleach the wood to a lighter color, then stain.

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Apply a base coat of paint and proceed with a “wood graining” procedure.

This requires extra steps and tools.

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Consider painting instead.

Stain too light? Here are a few suggestions to make your stain darker: •

Hold up a piece of your wood to a light source. If the bare wood has a bit of sheen, that’s mill glaze and it will not allow stain to penetrate. Break the glaze by sanding with 180 or 120 grit.

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Brush on the stain and allow it to penetrate for several minutes (oil-based stains can sit longer than latex stains).

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Wipe off excess stain gently in the direction of the grain, allowing more of the stain to remain on the surface.

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Choose a “color rich” stain. Some brands offer a short line of intense deeper colors.

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Choose the right variety of stain. (Darkest to lightest) Pigmented/Dye, wiping, gel.

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Choose a latex stain. They dry faster and extra coats may be applied to make the color darker. Extra coats of oil-based stains do not work as successfully and require days of dry time.

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Apply a shaded top coat to deepen the color. This is an absolute necessity when trying to match factory finishes which may have been top-coated with multiple coats of a pigmented lacquer. Stains may not be enough.

Always test these methods on a scrap piece of wood or on an inconspicuous area before proceeding.

Steve Ozab has owned Goleta Valley Paint for over forty years. He is a past-director of the Paint and Decorating Products Association and serves as a curriculum advisor for the Interior Design Department of Santa Barbara City College. He has lectured at UCSB, SBCC, and for various civic associations. Mr. Ozab and his wife, Colleen, have worked together in their paint store…and are still married.

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lights one year on a two-story house with a slate roof despite being in his late 70’s at the time with macular degeneration. We continually take calls from ladies calling to get our help with a project before their senior husbands’ dust off the ladders and take on the job themselves. Setting up a ladder and working on it for even a smaller job takes a certain level of core body strength that most people just don’t have after they qualify for Medicare, and it really is best just to hire someone or put it off until you can get the help of a younger person.

Hire Local: Santa Barbara has a thriving community of trade’s people and most every type of contractor you will ever need for work on your home. I recently was contacted by a senior client who had a new furnace installed by a Chatsworth based contractor who was running an ad in a local coupon magazine, the work was not done to code, wasn’t finished properly and damage had been done to her beautiful upper eastside home.

After just a simple Google search for this firm’s business name dozens of complaints popped up along with the first F rating I’ve ever seen given by the Better Business Bureau. Like all small businesses, contractors live and die on their reputation and there is a long list of local HVAC contractors who would have done this job correctly without a hassle probably for a lower price. Ask friends and neighbors for referrals of contractors that they have used and resolving a prob-

VILL AGE PROPERTIES lem with a local contractor is much easier than trying to work things out with a smooth talker from out of town.

License & Insurance: Unless he is a friend, relative or neighbor it’s just not a good idea to have anyone working on your property that doesn’t have a contractor’s license and insurance. Things do go wrong sometimes, workers do get hurt, pipes do get broken on accident and trucks do get backed into walls and gates. Any trades person that is serious about their business will have a license and insurance and will provide proof of both on request without any fuss. A contractor who shows any reluctance to provide proof of license or insurance is best avoided.

Payment: It’s my observation that most contractors will not ask for a deposit for a job of less than $5000 or so unless there are custom ordered materials involved and California state law limits a deposit to 10% or $1000 whichever is less. I ask our clients to “pay upon completion and satisfaction of owner” and I would be wary of a contractor who insists on a deposit for smaller jobs. For larger jobs it is best to pay on a percentage of completion basis, but the final payment should be held on any job until the homeowner has a chance to make sure all the loose ends are tied up, no construction debris has been left onsite, everything is working as it should and you are completely happy with the work.

Mark Baird is a General Contractor & the Owner of “Your Handyman” servicing Santa Barbara since 2006. You can contact Mark at 805-9681234 or email him at: mark.baird@sbcoxmail.com.

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Santa BarBara County SaleS

This is a partial list of all recorded residential sales in Santa Barbara County from January 4th, 2021 thru January 8th, 2021. While these recordings are public record, the News-Press receives this information from an outside source. This list does not represent all sales that occurred over this time period. Consult your REALTOR® for further information regarding home sales in your area of interest.

AREA

ADDRESS

BUELLTON/SOLVANG

2051 GOLPA DR

JOSEFSOHN MARGUERITE EA

CARPINTERIA

5960 VIA REAL 3

GOLETA

LOMPOC

MONTECITO

LOS OLIVOS

SANTA BARBARA

SELLER

BUYER

PRICE

DATE

GUERIN FABIENNE EA

$7,700,000

1/6/21

KONN EASTON EA

O’BOYLE THOMAS EU

$445,000

1/7/21

5510 ARMITOS AVE 19

THOMPSON PAUL EA

GOROSPE IBBY EU

$393,000

1/5/21

7059 MARYMOUNT WAY

LOGAN LINDA

BUCK DONALD EU

$726,000

1/7/21

229 CALLE SERRENTO

HARRIS KENT EA

HOEGERMAN TIARE EA

$985,500

1/8/21

263 N KELLOGG AVE

POWERS DIANE EA

BALDWIN POLLY EA

$1,110,000

1/5/21

5063 WALNUT PARK DR

BARRETT JOSEPH EA

ROUSHAN PEDRAM EA

$1,380,000

1/4/21

1266 CAMINO PALOMERA

BALDWIN POLLY EA

BOWERS ERIC EA

$1,600,000

1/5/21

50 CASTILIAN DR

50 CASTILIAN DRIVE LLC

CASTILIAN HOLDING CO LLC

$61,000,000

1/8/21

1105 W CYPRESS AVE D

VALENTINE VICKI

NAVARRO RICARDO EA

$228,000

1/8/21

119 VILLAGE CIRCLE DR

KNOBF ROBERT EU

DE LA CRUZ YDELFONSO EA

$251,000

1/6/21

1209 W CYPRESS AVE I

DUTRA KENNETH

SEPULVEDA JOSE EU

$285,000

1/6/21

212 S K ST

PREMIER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT

LANSDEN ZACHARY

$299,000

1/5/21

408 E PRUNE AVE

STONE MICHAEL EA

FLAGGS SHILOH

$415,000

1/7/21

1100 N F ST

SPOONER JOHN EA

READ RODNEY EA

$430,000

1/8/21

339 S G ST

O’DONNELL STEPHEN EA

MCCORMICK KAREN EA

$496,000

1/6/21

1220 COAST VILLAGE 304

RILEY JENNIFER EA

NOVIA ANTHONY FRANK EA

$849,000

1/6/21

1012 THE FAIRWAY

BEN-HORIN YOAV EA

FRIDEN KERIN EA

$1,625,000

1/6/21

800 CHELHAM WAY

HILDRETH LORI EA

WALKER JONATHAN EA

$1,750,000

1/5/21

2970 HIDDEN VALLEY LN

MICHAELS JAMES EU

PARISI NICHOLAS EU

$2,255,000

1/5/21

1369 DANIELSON RD

DAVIDSON DOUGLAS EA

CROSSLAND STEPHEN EA

$2,825,000

1/8/21

1235 E MOUNTAIN DR

HORTENSTINE HENRY EU

HILL RD LLC

$6,004,000

1/5/21

1398 OAK CREEK CANYON

HALSTEAD PROPERTIES

HANNON JENNIFER EA

$8,650,000

1/7/21

2354 OLIVET AVE

MCCOY SEAN EA

SELBERT JAMES EA

$1,400,000

1/6/21

3776 LIVE OAK RD

CUDDY M PATRICIA

TONS NICHOLE

$1,650,000

1/5/21

3558 MODOC RD 44

SNIDER SILLIAM EA

ELLIOTT AMANDA

$490,000

1/7/21

108 POR LA MAR CIR

DICIDDO SUSAN EA

ODENDHAL FARRELL EU

$649,000

1/5/21

1924 BATH ST UNIT B

CLARK IRIS EA

CHAPPELL JOHN EU

$776,500

1/6/21

1922 SAN ANDRES ST

VILLA THEODORE

STILWELL JAMES

$850,000

1/7/21

444 POR LA MAR DR B

CZECH JOSEPH EU

RODRIGUEZ JORGE

$860,000

1/8/21

12 LORINDA PL

MURDY THOMAS EA

ULLERY AUSTIN

$920,000

1/8/21

306 W DE LA GUERRA ST

KOLLENBORN RUTH

BIEDERMAN DANIEL EA

$975,000

1/5/21

1369 CRESTLINE DR

SATTERFIELD LARRY EA

MURDY THOMAS EU

$1,200,000

1/8/21

578 VIA RUEDA

MONTGOMERY SUSAN EA

PARRISH ROBERT EU

$1,310,000

1/7/21

2706 CUESTA RD

BOELSTERLI BRIAN EA

DAY SEPI EA

$1,400,000

1/7/21

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749 SAN YSIDRO RD, MONTECITO 12.77±acs • $62,000,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

296 LAS ENTRADAS DR, MONTECITO 6BD/11BA • $26,500,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

1086 CHANNEL DR, MONTECITO LOWER 3BD/2½BA • $25,000,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

ROMERO CANYON ROAD, MONTECITO 5BD/5½BA • $20,000,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

1147 HILL RD, MONTECITO LOWER 4BD/5BA • $10,950,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

416 MEADOWBROOK DR, MONTECITO 7BD/11BA • $9,495,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

450 LAMBERT RD, CARPINTERIA 4BD/6½BA; 22±acs • $8,750,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

849 ASHLEY RD, MONTECITO UPPER 4BD/4BA • $4,995,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

193 E MOUNTAIN DR, MONTECITO 3BD/5BA • $3,995,000 Bartron Real Estate Group, 805.563.4054 LIC# 01005021

595 FREEHAVEN DR, MONTECITO 5BD/6BA • $3,950,000 Ken Switzer, 805.680.4622 LIC# 01245644

850 ROCKBRIDGE RD, MONTECITO 3BD/2½BA • $3,450,000 Daniel Encell / Barbara Neary, 805.565.4896 LIC# 00976141 / 01491532

217 EQUESTRIAN AVE, DOWNTOWN 4BD/4BA • $3,095,000 Kathy Hughes, 805.448.4881 LIC# 00521702

7350 SHEPARD MESA RD, CARPINTERIA 4BD/4BA • $3,000,000 Bartron Real Estate Group, 805.563.4054 LIC# 01005021

167 NOGAL DR, HOPE RANCH ANNEX Dual Living - 0.5±acs • $2,069,000 Yolanda Van Wingerden, 805.570.4965 LIC# 01308141

800 ROCKBRIDGE RD, SANTA BARBARA 1.52±acs • $1,995,000 Jody Neal / Anderson / Hurst, 805.252.9267 LIC# 01995725 / 01903215 / 00826530

785 TORO CANYON RD, MONTECITO 1.94±acs • $1,750,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

3612 SAN PABLO LN, SANTA BARBARA 0.16±acs • $1,250,000 Randy Glick, 805.689.7167 LIC# 00950129

820 CATHEDRAL VISTA LN, HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT

2570 WILD OAK RD, LOMPOC 3BD/2BA; 21±acs • $959,000 Brett Ellingsberg, 805.729.4334 LIC# 01029715

1094 TORO CANYON RD, MONTECITO 45±acs • $850,000 Jody Neal / Kathy Strand Spieler, 805.252.9267 LIC# 01995725 / 00851281

0.5 ± acs • $995,000 Kathy Strand Spieler, 805.895.6326 LIC# 00851281

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SELLER

BUYER

PRICE

DATE

3943 CALLE CITA

BARKER RICHARD EA

MARTIN-BLOUIN RAUL EU

$1,406,500

1/6/21

3868 VIA LAS BRISAS

ANTICOUNI HARILYN EA

MARGALITH ELI EA

$1,450,000

1/5/21

3719 HITCHCOCK RANCH RD

PUGGY SUE LLC

PALENCIA BORIS EU

$1,553,000

1/6/21

932 CHELTENHAM RD

COSTELLO CYNTHIA

PENNINGTON ZACHARY EU

$1,567,500

1/6/21

2786 BEN LOMOND DR

EROTAS LISA

HUDSON GARY EA

$1,699,000

1/8/21

1221 DE LA GUERRA RD

JAMES DAVID EA

WOODS DOUGLAS EA

$1,775,000

1/7/21

2109 MOUNT CALVARY RD

KINZEL KURT EA

LINDENBAUM KENDALL EU

$2,000,000

1/7/21

3344 RICHLAND DR

HILD ROBERT EA

DCP RICHLAND LLC

$2,000,000

1/5/21

4330 VIA PRESADA

CHERESH MATTHEW EA

SABEY DAVE EA

$2,940,000

1/8/21

2839 STARFIRE ST

COOPER PHILLIP

GARCIA ANNA

$194,000

1/7/21

1101 N GOLDEN DR

PEREZ MARIA EA

BLUSAN LACY EA

$320,000

1/8/21

3425 WILLOWOOD RD

ANDRADE FINANCIAL

BOGNUDA LIVIO EA

$340,000

1/4/21

1115 W CYPRESS ST

MORENO VICTOR EA

ASUNCION RENTAL PROPER-

$347,500

1/6/21

1079 VIA ESMERALDA

HEUCHERT ANDREW

BARBOSA ELI EU

$452,000

1/8/21

1422 N SCHOOL ST

MORRISON LORENA EU

RIOS ELOY

$459,000

1/5/21

4378 WOODMERE RD

SALLEE ROBBY EU

GONZALEZ JOHN EU

$470,000

1/8/21

525 N LUCAS DR

GRACIA MICHELLE EA

EL DORADO CAPITAL

$475,000

1/8/21

151 STANSBURY DR

REDWOOD HOLDINGS LLC

RUIZ ALEJANDRO EA

$485,000

1/8/21

839 FRANCINE LN

MALVEN JENNIFER EU

ESPARZA DAVID EU

$514,000

1/8/21

1038 LAUREL CT

HOFER WESLEY

LOVETT CHRISTINE EU

$515,000

1/7/21

1157 PINO SOLO DR

BARKDOLL MICHAEL EA

HEUCHERT ANDREW EU

$515,000

1/8/21

1144 SHADY GLEN DR

MATCHETT BARRY EU

DUGAN BRUCE EA

$535,000

1/8/21

1416 DICKINSON ST

ZEPEDA BRIAN EU

JACKSON KEVIN EA

$537,000

1/5/21

464 FOXENWOOD DR

TSE ANDREW EA

ESTRADA RUBEN

$555,000

1/8/21

3895 LOS PADRES RD

ESTRADA RUBEN

DAY WILLIAM EA

$585,000

1/4/21

4505 CYNBALARIA CT

ROBLES DAVID EA

BAYQUEN ARLEN EA

$592,500

1/5/21

937 E SUNFLOWER CT

SRC PROPERTIES

GLENN PATRICK EU

$625,000

1/8/21

4450 BERKSHIRE LN

GARNICA RAMOND EU

NAJI SAMI EU

$630,000

1/8/21

333 S BLOSSER RD

WALLACE LINDA EA

CALDERON DANIEL EA

$1,200,000

1/8/21

501 S RUSSELL AVE

501 SOUTH RUSSELL

LA FOVORITA RUSSELL LLC

$1,300,000

1/7/21

4753 APPALOOSA TRAIL B

HALL DAVID EA

FTHENKAIS DEBORAH EA

$1,350,000

1/5/21

321 E INGER DR N137

ARAGON EILEEN EA

BENNETT SUSAN

$265,000

1/5/21

220 E GRANT ST 75

CHEN YONGXIAN EU

APARICIO YADIRA

$290,000

1/6/21

499 E NEWLOVE DR G

BARBOSA ELI EU

PACIFIC PREMIER TRUST

$315,000

1/7/21

3386 VIA BARBA

JOHNSON JAY EU

ESFANDIARY JAVAD EU

$408,000

1/5/21

1225 MARSHA CT

JOHNSON DEAN EU

RODRIGUEZ ESPERANZA

$460,000

1/7/21

2121 VILLAGE LN

BECERRA RICHARD EU

VARGAS CONSUELO

$460,000

1/7/21

1846 N BERKELEY WY

KNOTTS RYAN EA

ROBERTS SUSY

$490,000

1/7/21

4397 RIGEL AVE

JONES MARY EA

DRISCOLL RYAN EU

$511,000

1/6/21

405 SHANON CT

SWOOPES GLEN EA

DE HORTA MARIA EA

$580,000

1/8/21

9 CHAMISO DR

KERN PIERRE EU

WELLER LOUIS EA

$644,500

1/8/21

4444 SWEENEY RD

KLEHN HENRY EA

TOLMACH ADAM EU

$850,000

1/8/21

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2 6 1 2 M o n t r o s e P l a c e | O f f e r e d at $ 1 , 5 9 5 , 0 0 0 Beautifully upgraded Mission Canyon 3 bed 2 bath cottage style home with stunning mountain views in a whisper quiet location. Home exudes rustic charm with hardwood f loors, crown moldings, coffered ceilings, several sets of wood sliding doors, skylights, a beautiful bay window and large stone fireplace. Remodeled kitchen bathed in light with granite counters, farm sink and stainless appliances including a Viking gas range. 2 newer baths. Spectacular new concrete driveway and new composition roof. Rear yard enjoys a wraparound wood deck and partially covered Saltillo tile pergola. Beware this home is extremely charming and has been lovingly upgraded by current owners. Magical Mission Canyon awaits you.

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Your January Gardening Chores

By Jessica Damiano It’s January — a new month, a new year, and a time for new beginnings. Synonymous with resolutions to do better, January is rife with hope, as is the garden, even when it’s dormant and bleak. I suppose that, too, parallels life, as even when we’re at our lowest, there is hope for a new and better tomorrow.

So this month, while we’re resolving to diet or quit smoking or simply be better people, let’s acknowledge that our human condition holds all the promise of an unplanted seed or a dormant rose bush. Happy New Year, everyone, with best wishes for a bountiful and beautiful harvest — in the garden and out.

• Today is a day for fresh starts. Plan to start something new this year, like a compost pile.

Get instructions for that and other how-tos at newsday.com/gardening101.

• Mist houseplants every other day with roomtemperature water, or run a humidifier.

with water if they appear dry. Discard any that have shriveled or rotted.

• Here’s a project for you: Soak seeds (alfalfa, barley, flax, etc.) in a cheesecloth-covered jar of water overnight. Strain, then rinse two to three times daily until sprouted. Add to salads and sandwiches.

• Inspect indoor plants for pests, taking care to check under leaves, where many prefer to live.

• Restock bird feeders and be sure to provide clean water.

• Deadhead African violets and other flowering houseplants.

• Keep houseplants away from heat sources, and rotate pots a quarter-turn daily to ensure even sunlight exposure.

• Inventory seeds and supplies, making note of what you’ll need to replenish for spring.

• Check tree branches for gypsy moth egg cases — gray blobs that resemble used chewing gum.

If found, remove, destroy and discard in the trash.

• Gardening catalogs should be trickling in. Place plant and seed orders soon, lest they run out of popular items. They’ll typically be shipped when the time is right.

• If you’ve rooted cuttings in the fall and they’re growing leggy, pinch them back a bit and change the water.

• Time to take down the Christmas tree. Recycle branches for mulch over garden beds. In spring, add to compost or chip into mulch.

• Dust houseplant leaves so lenticels (tiny pores that allow gasses to reach plant tissue) can do their job.

• Prune broken tree and shrub branches so they don’t rip off in windy conditions and damage property or injure people.

• If you neglected to store clay pots indoors and they’ve cracked, don’t discard them. Break them up and use them to aid soil drainage in spring.

• If ornamental grasses look unkempt, cut them back. Waiting until March is fine, too.

• Replenish deer and rodent repellents.

• Easily eradicate mealy bugs from houseplants by touching them with an alcohol-soaked cotton swab.

• Repot indoor plants, but don’t fertilize until next month.

• When blooms are faded, deadhead forced amaryllis, but discard paperwhites.

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