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Perfect gardeners are those that work with the celerate winter-kill, while leaving dead, decomposing plants in the garden increases risk of rhythm of the seasons, rolling with the vagaries spreading disease. of the weather. Rain or sun doesn’t ruffle their Hedge your bets by cutting some perennials feathers; they simply are one with the Earth and back after it dies to the ground but leave ornaits little mood swings. mental grasses, seed heads of Rudbeckia, EchiI am not a perfect gardener. If I were, the linnacea or poppies until late winter for texture gering heat wave wouldn’t bother me. But I’m and food for birds. If you do this, leave only shocked at the temperatures whenever I step healthy plants standing; if they’re disoutside, my mind insisting that eased, remove them and throw them Mother Nature is going to have to out. use the same calendar as the rest of Leaving your plant clean up until us, darn it, and start cooling off. spring allows the plant to capture Now that we’re into September, it’s more snow, funneling moisture to the time to start planning for fall, not soil. Snow, along with mulch, gathhosting a pool party. ered at the base of plants sitting close Each season brings with it a list to each other in a winter garden also of chores that promote good plant gives them some added protection health, and in fall, perennial beds Carol O’Meara from wind. After the ground freezes, and borders should be rejuvenated Colorado State apply mulch to stabilize soil temperawith a little late season planting University Extension ture and prevent alternate freezing and cleanup. Local garden centers and thawing of soil, which can lift offer an excellent assortment of crowns above soil levels. these long-lived plants, bringing in fresh materiDig and store tender summer flowering bulbs al for shoppers’ delight. and corms after frost has nipped the foliage and “People come in this time of year dismayed leaves are blackened. Gladiolas, cannas and calbecause nothing is blooming; they think they’ll adiums need to be lifted and kept in a cool locaadd color,” says Connie Smith, Manager at tion through winter. Dig carefully to avoid inSturtz and Copeland in Boulder. “Others know juring corms since wounds are often entry fall’s a good time to plant if you get it in during September. But it’s still pretty darned hot, so wa- points for disease organisms. Clip off and destroy plant tops immediately, then let the bulbs ter them carefully after they’re in.” The 20-year dry for a few days before storing them in a cool, veteran of gardening also encourages people to dry area. plan to winter water plants, especially their first Our Colorado Master Gardener program in year in the ground.

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Others subscribe to the “do-it-later” tack of Carol O’Meara is a horticulture entomologist with the leaving all the plants in place, frozen into a winColorado State University Extension office at the Boulder ter tableau of browned leaves, spent seed heads County Fairgrounds in Longmont. Contact her by calling and dried flowers. Both techniques have pros 303-678-6238 or emailing comeara@co.boulder.co.us. and cons; cutting some perennials back will For more gardening tips, check out her blog at gardening open up stems to drying winds of winter and ac- afterfive.wordpress.com.

Spouses can inherit family property more complicated if, say, the family cottage was never used by the family but was rented, and if each child used funds that could not be considered marital money for the expenses of the cottage.

It might be hard to prove, but if all the A: Inheritance children inherited the rules may differ cottage and also infrom state to herited money from state, but the bayour father, and the sic principle and inherited money was question is kept segregated and whether a spouse used for the costs and obtains any right expenses to keep the to property inherIlyce Glink cottage, then you ited by the other Tribune Media Services could argue that the spouse. The short property was kept answer is that in some circumstances, the spouse apart from marital assets.

However, if you used money does obtain rights to property that would otherwise be conthe other spouse might inherit. sidered marital money to pay The best example is when one spouse inherits a home and for the cottage expenses, the spouse can claim that he or she then the married couple and contributed to its upkeep and their children move into the therefore has an interest in the home. The home becomes the home if the parties were to dimarital residence, and the expenses of the home may be paid vorce. The bottom line answer is that there are ways a spouse from money that belongs to can claim an ownership interest both spouses. in a cottage during a divorce In that case, it would seem proceeding. reasonable that the spouse that did not inherit the property For more particular informahave certain rights to the home tion about relevant laws in the that he or she has lived in and state where you live, talk to an contributed money to. attorney that principally hanYour question may be a bit dles marital and family law.

Q: Our dad quitclaimed a family cottage to his three kids in 1994. He died in 2000.

Two of the kids are married, one is not. Are the spouses in any way entitled to a share of the cottage when his kids pass away?

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CANDICE TELLS ALL

This party parlor blends bold colors and bright artwork. (SHNS/Courtesy HGTV)

Designing with Art Beautiful artwork injects visual impact and While visiting, I also noticed a series of 12-bybrings excitement into a room. But ’’designing 12-inch colorful, floral paintings. Immediately I with art’’ is itself an art form, and if you’re not imagined how gorgeous a large-scale arrangecareful, things can get messy. ment of these tiles would look in my clients’ space, and before I knew it I was heading back This was apparent during a recent project for to Sandi and Rob’s with 15 of these my clients, Sandi and Rob, who live beauties in my car. in a colorful home sporting several vibrant hues. The couple are not only I kicked off the redesign by incrazy for colorful rooms, they’re also stalling beautiful new plaster crown wild about colorful art, but they’re moldings. These inject a sense of the first to admit that the two don’t character and elegance to the space. always work together well.

Then we freshened up the walls of the entire space with a bright neutral Their real problem area is the long, cream color. I divided up space into narrow living and dining space that two functional areas: a large, comhad been left unadorned, rather like a blank canvas. Sandi and Rob wantCandice Olson fortable lounge, and a smaller game ed to turn this uninspiring room into HGTV area. I used floral linen drapery panels with accents in red, teal, gold and a fun, playful ’’parlor’’ and a place to green to define and separate the two showcase some of their paintings. areas.

With that in mind I gathered my own team of artistes and geared up to create a vibrant, adult I decided the new floral-art installation lounge that would unite the couple’s love of colshould go in the lounge, where it can be seen the or and their love of art. moment you walk in. One rule of thumb when hanging artwork is to first position your furniSome of their most colorful paintings were ture. So in came a red velvet chair, a funky patworks created by artist Jeremy Bortz. I decided to visit Bortz’s home studio to see how he prefers terned chair and ottoman, along with a mirrored coffee table. But the real wow factor was the 8to display his work for optimal impact. Not surfoot, tufted-back teal sofa that I placed below the prisingly, all of the walls in his studio were floral tiles, which I hung in a rectangular configpainted in light, neutral shades. Bortz says leavuration. ing the walls white allows his art to really ’’speak for itself.”

In the games area I put up a fluted fan-shaped

plaster ceiling medallion inside two larger ceiling rings to anchor a stunning chandelier. Next, I painted the back wall a rich teal (inspired by the sofa) and placed a mirrored-back shelving unit against it. Finally, I painted the couple’s existing chairs the same teal as the wall, recovered the seats in a vibrant striped fabric and set them in the center of the space around a new white pedestal table.

There was still a lot of art that I had to work into the space. Some we hung up on the walls, while others we just casually leaned here and there on the furniture for a more casual, playful effect.

Another vital aspect of designing with art is having proper lighting. I chose halogen for the recessed lights on the ceiling because they give off a bright white light, which renders the true colors of the artwork best. I then added a funky birdcage pendant and several table lamps for additional ambient lighting.

After including several final accents, the space was complete. By blending bold colors, bright artwork and a super-fun style, I gave Sandi and Rob the ultimate party parlor.

It’s a real work of art, if I do say so myself.

Interior decorator Candice Olson is host of HGTV’s ’’Candice Tells All.’’ For more ideas, information and show times, visit http://www.hgtv.com/candice-tells-all/show/ index.html.

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Do it yourself or hire it, but pull a permit property at the city, it was determined that though Whether one is replacing a front door, adding a installed by a contractor, there was no permit on deck or putting on a roof, it should start with a record. The contractor was contacted, they pulled plan and permit. The City of Longmont’s website a post installation permit and the city went out to leading into building permits reads, “It is not surinspect. The installation failed on two accounts. prising that many property owners, including condo unit owners, are not familiar with local building The gas line was run in a full loop, and the rise and slope of the exhaust line was inadequate, codes. Many property owners think which could lead to possible carbon that it is the contractor’s responsimonoxide poisoning. bility to make sure a building permit has been obtained. This is not true.

It isn’t just about the money. It could be The property owner is held responabout your life. sible for obtaining the building perThe city site continues: “There are mit.� good, sound reasons for having these regWhen listing a property, one often ulations. First and foremost, the building discovers either by disclosure or by code protects YOU! It ensures that the inspection that work was completed completed work meets specific minimum without a permit. Even when listing code standards that will protect you and Dave Wagner a home, an agent may observe that your neighbors. Homeowner insurance Longmont Association perhaps out-of-state handy relatives policies can also be void upon filing a of Realtors who may even be licensed contracclaim if it was determined that one attors helped with a basement finish, tempted to skirt the building permit rebut were obviously not familiar with our expansive quirement. Sometimes a contractor may try in soils or local code. There are clear signs to the progress without the required permit, the property trained eye. owner is cited (and not the contractor) for having work done without a permit. This can result in Making improvements to your home or even double fees for the permit and/or fines for having replacing a water heater typically can involve work done without a permit.� “permission� by way of a city permit. I applied for a permit upon replacing a water heater, which I For a list of what requires a permit, visit the City was competent to replace, and discovered that of Longmont website at http://www.ci.longmont some of the city fee actually was recaptured when I .co.us/. Once there, click on Department List, then showed the permit to the retailer of the water Building Inspections. Now, the magic list: scroll heater, as the permit included some of the taxes. half down the page to “When is a building permit After installation, using dielectric unions for the required?� Click there and one would have what pipe to tank section, I called the City for a final they need to do the right thing. The permits are sign off. there so you can sleep better. Avoiding permits for convenience, expense or tax purposes may not be Unfortunately, to stay competitive I have found that some licensed contractors do not pull permits, so helpful if you, a friend or the next owner is in the house when a fire breaks out, a pipe burst, a and per the city site the burden falls back on the deck collapses or there is a personal encounter homeowner. When doing a home inspection rewith electricity. I once checked additions done by a cently one of my client’s home inspectors noted a contractor on his own house, and all the permits new water heater. Upon pulling permits for the

“Many property owners think that it is the contractor’s responsibility to make sure a building permit has been obtained. This is not true.

The property owner is held responsible for obtaining the building permit.� – City of Longmont website were filed for the electrical work, but when I asked the city office in Firestone if they had a final, they said yes, and it failed and never showed a correction and re-inspection. So as the Buyers Agent and their advocate, I requested a final, and it had been long enough that the seller had to re-file and repay the permit fee.

If you have already done work without a permit, there is a way to go backwards, which will improve the salability and maybe the “save ability� of you or your home. Sometimes it can require a local electrician professional opinion, a local plumber and a city inspector signoff and cost you from $500 to more than $1,000, and possibly some corrections. It can be done, and you will sleep better.

Call your local Building Inspection Department to be proactive. And as an HOA Board member, don’t forget to seek the permission for alterations there too. Undoing is not a pleasant process and sometimes expensive.

Dave Wagner is the president of the Longmont Association of Realtors. Contact him by calling 303-684-6356, emailing dave@wagnercolorado.com or visit the association’s website at www.longmontrealtors.com.

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You’re never too old for a mortgage

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Selling your house may be a challenge in today’s real estate market, but with a bit of elbow grease and some good planning tips, you can entice potential buyers to view your home, and hopefully make a viable offer.

Before you even list your house for sale, take a good look at the property and your home. Consider curb appeal. Freshen up your landscaping, pick up any equipment or toys lying around and update your lights so the home looks welcoming.

Take a walk through your house, starting with the garage. If you have a lot of tools and equipment stored there, consider finding a new place to store everything, so potential buyers can really see the garage. Keep your tools handy, but still out of sight.

Next move inside. As you walk through the rooms, look at the walls, flooring, ceilings, lights and furniture. Paint is inexpensive, and a fresh coat can quickly spruce up the look of a room.

You may determine some remodeling or repair work is needed prior to listing your home. If you have holes in your drywall, or gutters that are clogged or broken, these are easy improvements that won’t cost you a lot of money, but can help you sell your house faster.

Once you have your home looking good, do a little research to determine what list price you want to put on your home. Review prices for similar homes in your neighborhood and around your community.

Your goal is to get your house sold, as quickly as possible and close to the price you’re asking. The best way to accomplish this is to get as many people looking at your property as you can. So before you decide to list your house, try some of these tips to put your best house forward.

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Ask mortgage banker Michael Becker the age of his oldest-ever mortgage client, and he’ll tell you: 97.

“She was lucid, owned her house outright and had retirement income,” says Becker, of WCS Funding Group in Lutherville, Md. “She was helping out her son.”

While 97 might seem old to be getting a mortgage, age is never a factor in a loan approval. In fact, it’s illegal for lenders to discriminate against borrowers on that basis, Becker says. Age is a protected category within the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, a federal law that also bars credit discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status or receipt of public assistance benefits.

Regardless of the borrower’s age, sufficient income will be required to obtain a mortgage, Becker says. Some elderly people still earn paychecks or are self-employed. Others qualify using nonemployment sources of income, such as Social Security benefits, a corporate, government or military pension, capital gains from investments, interest income or property rents.

“If you’re old and living on a fixed income, you may have trouble qualifying for a mortgage,” Becker says. “But I’ve seen it happen.”

Most older homeowners own their home free and clear and don’t want a new mortgage, says Mark Given, a Realtor and seniors real estate specialist with Coldwell Banker Advantage in Littleton, N.C. But he adds that some older homebuyers are more receptive to financing than they might have been in the past because they’re reluctant to part with cash reserves.

“Maybe they’re getting a 15-year mortgage, anticipating they’ll pay it off when they can,” he says.

Still, a mortgage isn’t necessarily a good idea for an elderly person because there are risks as well as benefits, according to Michael Halloran, a wealth management adviser at Estate Strategies Group in Jacksonville, Fla., and past president of the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils.

One risk is that seniors living on a fixed income might not be able to make monthly payments, even if they can meet the lender’s guide-

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“The main question is: Do they have the cash flow to pay for a mortgage?” Halloran says.

Another concern, specific to married couples, is that the death of a spouse can cause a significant reduction in household income, making a payment unaffordable in the future.

“Some pension or retirement plans have settlement options that say while both husband and wife are alive, they get $1,000 a month and at the death of the first, the survivor will get (a percentage) of that amount,” he says. “If one of them dies and the check gets cut by 25 percent or 30 percent or 50 percent, we have a problem.”

Add inflation or an adjustable rate to the equation, and an income squeeze becomes an even greater risk. Rising property taxes, living costs or interest rates can make a mortgage quite uncomfortable for seniors who have fixed incomes or who want to protect their assets for their heirs.

“If a mortgage could erode their wealth because of a change in interest rates, I wouldn’t advise it,” Halloran says.

One more risk is fraud. Foreclosure rescue scams, inappropriate reverse mortgages and bogus home-improvement refinancing generally grab the headlines, but any type of loan can expose an elderly person to financial abuse.

A recent MetLife Mature Market Institute study of media reports about elder financial abuse found that petty cons and purse snatchings were common crimes. But there were also plenty of instances in which caregivers, handymen, friends, supposed sweethearts, adult children, lawyers and other trusted helpers “seized upon opportunities to forge checks, steal credit cards, pilfer bank accounts, transfer assets and generally decimate elders’ financial safety nets.”

Adults might wonder whether their elderly parents have a mortgage, especially one secured by a childhood home or house that’s perceived as family property. But Given says older people typically don’t share such information about their economic situation with their family.

“It’s a generational thing,” he says.

More often, sons and daughters discover these late-in-life mortgages only after parents die.

Then, Given says, a real estate agent can help them sort out how much the property is worth and how much is owed.

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• Built-Ins: Built-ins are convenient and sleek, two must-haves in today’s kitchens. Think steamers and strainers, high-end coffeemakers, professional ice machines and wine coolers, knife racks, spice holders, ring holders and fondue pots.

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Fence matters indicate wrong property line Q: We found out that the property line between my home and my neighbors’ home is different from what the builder said when he sold us our home.

Our neighbor had a survey done to put up a fence. During the survey, they came over and informed us that according to what was registered with the county, our “zigzag” property line is off by 3 feet and goes over to the middle of our back yard. Oh, and my septic tank appears to be on my neighbor’s lot.

How in the world did the county sign off on permits and zoning that allowed my house to be 3 feet from the property line and my septic tank being on my neighbors’ property? How do we go about getting this issue fixed?

Can we simply have a surveyor draw a new line, have both parties sign some document, and register the new document with the county? Can we get the county to help us fix this problem?

A: Before you run out and start signing documents, you need to figure out what you own and what your neighbor owns. When you purchased your home, you should have received the deed that transferred title to the home to you, along with a title insurance policy and survey.

The deed to your home contains basic information to convey title from the builder to you: the name of the seller, your name, the address of your home, the property tax parcel number and a legal description.

That legal description describes the legal boundaries for your property.

Sometimes these descriptions are brief and describe that, say, the buyer is buying lot one in a particular subdivision; there may be an additional paragraph or two. In other cases, the legal description takes you from a starting point with certain coordinates, and those coordinates take you step by step around your land until you

does not comply with the appliget back to the point of beginning. cable building laws and zoning requirements – in some cases In either case, the legal deeven if the county signed off on scription on your deed must match exactly with the legal de- original building plans and zoning changes. scription that is listed on your title insurance policy and the If you and your neighbor are survey you received when you in complete agreement as to purchased your home. how you would want your property line to be drawn, you The title insurance policy is would have to start with a surthe document issued by the veyor to draw that closing agent or title line exactly. Then, company that guaryou’d have to have antees your ownera land swap beship to the land, tween the two of subject to certain you. matters listed on that policy. The surYou’d have to vey is the document convey some of that depicts the land your land to your you purchased. It’s a neighbor and your Ilyce Glink neighbor would do document that Tribune Media Services the same for you. shows the boundaries of your land, However, frequentand where your ly a land swap of home and other improvements that type may need added apare located on the land. provals by your municipality and other agencies. And, in If you have the survey, your some cases, you might be redeed and the title insurance quired to go before certain mupolicy from your purchase, renicipal boards to get their apview these documents and proval for the swap. make sure that the legal descriptions in all of the docuYou and your neighbor ments match each other. would both be advised to hire an attorney that specializes in If the legal descriptions zoning and real estate issues to match, and if you find that the help you out. survey seems to accurately depict where your house is locatIn addition, you and your ed on your lot, your neighbor’s neighbor would have to get the surveyor may have made a misconsent to your swap from each take in preparing the newer of your lenders. If you don’t get survey. If the surveyor made a the lenders involved, part of the mistake, he or she can review loan that you have would enyour documents to determine cumber your neighbor’s land what description should be and vice versa. You would nevused for the survey of the er want to be in a position fence. where your neighbor’s loan goes into default and forecloIf you don’t have a survey sure and that lender would from the time you purchased have a right to sell some of your home, and if you were your land along with his. You’d able to double-check and conneed to clean up any issues firm that the legal description with your mortgages and your used by the surveyor for your loans at the time of the land neighbor’s land is correct, then you have a bigger problem than swap – and getting lenders to cooperate on that issue might you imagine. not be easy.

To answer your first quesFinally, you’ll need to make tion, the county may not have a sure that the government agenresponsibility to fix any issues cy that prepares the real estate relating to the construction of assessments for your and your your home or its location on neighbor’s property knows that the lot. But the county can still come after you if your home the land swap has occurred, so

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that each of you will be assessed for the land that you own after the swap.

If all that seems too complicated, and you and your neighbor are content with the way each of you owns your land and the way things were, and there are no other legal issues with your boundary that could cause problems with municipal authorities, you and your neighbor could enter into an reciprocal easement agreement that would allow your neighbor to put the fence up where you both decide, allow you to keep your septic tanks where they currently are, and obligate you to maintain your septic system.

As a practical matter, you and your neighbor could live on your properties as you have for the last several years. If you find out, however, that your seller failed to do something to change the lot lines, and if you find other obstacles that prevent you from moving forward in an amicable way with your neighbor, you may have to dig deeper into the documents and the development of your parcel, and hire a real estate attorney to help sort out your problem.

Ilyce R. Glink’s latest book is “Buy, Close, Move In!” If you have questions, you can call her radio show toll-free (800-972-8255) any Sunday, from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. EST. Contact Ilyce through her website, www.think glink.com.

Consider an ecoroof Instead of tar or asphalt, an ecoroof has a thin layer of soil and plants, says Greg Haines of Portland, Ore., who has been installing ecoroofs for several years.

With a traditional roofing system, rainwater washes off rooftops and onto driving surfaces, eventually mixing with antifreeze and oil before it ends up in the sewer system. On an ecoroof, rainwater is absorbed into a vegetative roofing system, filtering out air pollutants and making cleaner water.

How an ecoroof works is simple. Rain falls on an ecoroof. The rainwater is absorbed through a layer of soil, then a layer of spongy material and carpet padding. The plants on the ecoroof grow, helping filter the air, providing habitat and food for wildlife and insulating the building structure underneath.

One disadvantage to having an ecoroof is the expense of installation. However, ecoroofs last twice as long as a traditional roof and look better. Plus, ecoroofs help insulate structures, keeping them cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

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• Borrower: Teresa Gunter, Lender: HSBC Bank USA NA As Trustee, Amount: $147,917, Property: 1495 Blue Sky Way 9-307, Erie, Filed: 08/18/11

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Foreclosures – notice of election and demand • Borrower: James Pace, Lender: Citimortgage Inc, Amount: $118,036, Prop-

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Rider, 10441 Dresden St, Firestone, $210,000, home Frederick • Jeffrey Shaw from Hauck Preserve At Idaho Creek, 1391 Hauck Preserve, Frederick, $210,000, home Lyons • Susan Hiebert from Anna Schonlau, 517 2nd Ave Unit 1, Lyons, $241,000, condo Platteville • Scott Crumpton from Irene Long, 302 Disc Ln, Platteville, $172,500, home • Beth Hexamer from Kirsten Smith, 19522 Weld County Road 31, Platteville, $136,500, home Foreclosures – notice of election and demand • Borrower: Daniel & Janelle Flanscha, Lender: US Bank National Association, Amount: $444,386, Property: 4234 John Galt Dr, Berthoud, Filed: 08/19/11 • Borrower: Torrey Hills LLC, Lender: Colorado Community Bank, Amount: $568,015, Property: 2648 Country View Ct & 3016/30, Berthoud, Filed: 08/23/11 • Borrower: Bruce & Dana Hayes, Lender: Suntrust Mortgage Inc, Amount: $406,349, Property: 5129 Foothills Dr, Berthoud, Filed: 08/24/11 • Borrower: Marvin & Valerie Miller, Lender: US Bank National Association, Amount: $257,510, Property: 345 Tynan Dr, Erie, Filed: 08/18/11 • Borrower: William Patterson Jr, Lender: Provident Funding Associates LP, Amount: $266,330, Property: 2150 Chestnut Cir, Erie, Filed: 08/24/11 • Borrower: Akindele Akinyemi, Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Amount: $377,785, Property: 1137 Petras St, Erie, Filed: 08/18/11

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