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Peter and Debby Getz’shome talks to them all day— in a way.

Their home automationsystem sends text messag-es to their mobile devices,alerting them every time adoor opens, a light flips onor the thermostat changesthe temperature.

“If we’re out and about,I know who’s in and out ofthe house,” Peter Getzsaid. “I get a notification —I know if the garage is leftopen or closed. There’s somuch to it, I probably un-der use what’s available.”

The world of home se-curity has morphed intosomething more encom-passing, fueled by much ofthe same wireless technol-ogy that has put telephoneland lines on the endan-gered species list. Systemsstill monitor and seal off ahome, but technology hasput more control intohomeowners’ handsthrough their smartphones, computers andother devices.

And business willboom, according to a re-cent Reuters report, whichcited figures from Inger-soll Rand PLC — one ofthe world’s largest manu-facturers of home locks —showing today’s $1.5 bil-lion home automationmarket could bloom into amore than $2.5 billionmarket within five years.

Only about 3 percent ofU.S. homes have automa-tion service right now, ac-cording to Reuters.

Among them are theGetzes, who replaced along-term system in theirhome on SW 21 last yearwith a wireless systemfrom Vivint. The wirelesscapability caught PeterGentz’s attention.

“They no longer use a

hard line into the house,”he said. “So you don’t haveto worry about anybody

cutting your telephone lineand losing your alarm ca-pability.”

It also means not havingto turn around to go homeand check the locks, muchto Jazz Kennerson’s de-light.

“I can secure my homefrom anywhere,” he said.“You know those dayswhen you’re rushing andforget to set the alarm? Itdoesn’t matter because Ihave my phone. I cancheck my phone and see if Iset the alarm or not. If Ididn’t, I can automaticallyset it from my phone.”

Kennerson, who liveswith his wife, Shaunte, anddaughter Aniyah in theHeritage Oaks neighbor-hood in northwest Okla-homa City, had Vivint in-stall a system in July afterhearing too many storiesabout burglaries andbreak-ins.

“It finally got me con-cerned,” he said.

But home automation issaving him money, too.

“When you’re gone, thesystem knows nobody is inthe home, so it’ll adjust thethermostat accordingly,”he said. They can also turnlights off and on remotely,furthering the savings.

For the Getzes, whoboth work at the FederalAviation Administration,it means never really beingtoo far from home. Theycan look in on their homevia computer throughoutthe day thanks to camerasstationed at various spots,offering reassurance ifsomeone is home sick.One co-worker uses thesame kind of system tokeep tabs on his elderly fa-ther-in-law, Peter Getzsaid.

Separate entry codes

BY DYRINDA TYSONFor The [email protected]

Peter Getz shows the phone, which he uses to control and monitor his home security system in Oklahoma City.PHOTOS BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN

TECHNOLOGY | HOMEOWNERS HAVE MORE CONTROL THROUGH SMART PHONES, COMPUTERS, OTHER DEVICES

The control panel for the Getz home security andmonitoring system.

Technology boosts growinghome automation market

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A widow in her late 80s hadlived in her classic Colonial formore than 40 years before resolv-ing to move to an assisted-livingresidence in another state. Oneday her grown children arrivedwith a truck to take her and herbasic furniture — a bed, dresserand kitchen table — to the newapartment.

Happily resettled, she phonedher listing agent, Ashley Richard-son, to say her house was ready tosell. But when Richardson arrived,she was startled by what shefound.

“The house was a disaster — intruly terrible condition, and filledwith junk. Buyers could never seepast all that stuff to picture them-selves living there. The place wassimply unsalable until it could becleaned up,” she said.

Every room was crammed withdusty accumulations, includingbooks, magazines, clothes, bed-ding and knickknacks. And thekitchen counters were laden withmany small appliances, amongthem blenders, coffeepots andmixers.

After a major weekend cleaningby the family removed 45 bags of

junk, the house sold quickly, at-tracting four competing offers andfetching nearly the full askingprice.

The moral of this true story?Through teamwork, focus and dil-igence, even a heavily clutteredhome can be cleared out relativelyquickly. And the reward for all thathard work can often translate to aspeedy sale and more money inthe bank.

Mark Nash, author of “1001Tips for Buying and Selling aHome,” said the removal of clutteris the most important step sellerscan take to ready their home formarket.

“(Buyers) can’t fall in love withyour house if it’s filled with junk,”said Nash, a veteran real estatebroker.

Here are a few pointers forhome sellers:

I Formulate an action plan.As an initial step, Nash recom-

mends you plot the available spacein your new property before de-ciding what to take with you. Todo an accurate estimate, buy graphpaper and plot the floor plan andstorage space you’ll have in thenext home.

I Take a systematic approachto sorting your stuff.

As you sort by category, Nashrecommends you use a “three-box” system. One box should belabeled “keep,” a second “giveaway or sell,” and a third, “I don’tknow.”

To ensure you keep up your mo-mentum, make immediate ar-rangements to have your “giveaway” items removed quickly. Do-ing that will yield you more time togo through the things in your “Idon’t know” box, which requireadditional scrutiny.

“You don’t want to second-guess yourself on what to keep. It’sthe decision-making process thatgets people paralyzed. Making de-cisions is easier if you have fewerthings to look at,” Nash said.

I Reach the endpoint of yourwork by calling in reinforce-

ments.Even for organized people, cull-

ing through a house full of belong-ings can prove a difficult and emo-tionally tiring process, especially ifthey’ve lived in their home for along time and have many attach-ments. Nash encourages such be-leaguered home sellers to seek thehelp of friends, neighbors or fam-ily members.

“It’s not ideal for relatives tohelp. They’re not objective andcould start reminiscing along withyou. That might take you off ontangents and slow you down,” hesaid.

If there’s no one in your circleyou’re willing to ask for assist-ance, Nash recommends you runan ad to find reasonably pricedhelp. In many cases, high schoolor college students are eager forthis work to earn spare cash.

“Students are very good for thegrunt part of the job. And theirsheer presence should help keepyou going at a good rate of speed,”he said.

To contact Ellen James Martin, email her [email protected].

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How to quickly cut clutter, when sellingEllenJamesMartin

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Paseo revivalThe Paseo Arts District offersone of Oklahoma City’s morestriking back-from-the-brinkstories, especially to those whoremember when blight andcrime stalked the streets there.PAGE 6E

LISTING OF THE WEEK

Two-storyhomeThe Listing of the Week is a large,traditional, two-story home with alarge pool and kiddie pool in theFairview Farm addition innorthwest Oklahoma City.

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PROGRAM’SDOWNFALLIf you’re underwaterand plan to use thenew Fannie-Freddieshort sale programlater this year, don’tbank on any specialfavors when itcomes to your creditscore.

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prompt the system to sendout messages indicatingwho is entering the house,be it a cleaning crew,guests or daughters Ash-ley, 15, and Elizabeth, 8. Ifsomething does trip thealarm, monitoring centerpersonnel can check inthrough the control panelas well as by phone. Andcustomers can contact thecenter the same way.

“It’s a really nice peaceof mind,” Debby Getz said.

The newest controlpanel, the brains of theoutfit, is far ahead of manyothers including the modelit replaced three years ago,said Steve Blood, leadtechnician for Vivint Inc.,based in Provo, Utah.

“Most panels are circuitboards like a radio,” hesaid. “You can’t reprograma radio to be a television.”

The panels in the Getzand Kennerson homes, onthe other hand, are com-puters. “So we change theprogramming, it doessomething new.”

Firmware updates comethrough the control panelsthe same way operatingsystem updates comethrough a personal com-puter, he said, and cus-tomers often don’t realizesomething has changed.Last year, Vivint added atornado alert to its firm-ware. Firmware is embed-ded code and program-ming in a system or device.

“When we came outwith the tornado alert, wehad all these panels outthere that did not have atornado alert on them,”Blood said. “So it took usabout two weeks to pushout the update to almost amillion panels, and they allgot updated about a weekbefore Joplin happened.”

A massive tornadoplowed through Joplin,Mo., on May 22, 2011, kill-ing 158 people and injuringabout 1,000 others. “Wehad customers call us andtell us their panel warnedthem, but they didn’t evenknow (the control panel)had a tornado warning,”Blood said.

The Getzes said they gota similar wakeup call earli-

er this year when stormsmoved through the Okla-homa City area. “The pan-el activated before theweather (radio),” PeterGetz said.

Vivint engineers areworking on the next gen-eration of control panelsthat will offer biggerscreens that offer more of apersonal computer envi-ronment, right down towallpaper, Blood said.They’re also working onother devices, includingone that can remotelyopen garage doors.

Peter Getz said he is al-ready on board for that de-vice.

“I’m waiting for that —something I’d love to havethat they don’t have yet,”he said.

Left: Ashley Getz, 15, and her mother, Debby, are seenon an iPad app used for motoring their home in Okla-homa City. PHOTOS BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN

The Getz home security system includes cameras that stream video to the Internet. The feed can be accessedover a computer, phone or iPad.

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Peter and Debby Getz with their children Ashley, 15, and Elizabeth, 8, are shownwith their dog, Sparky, in their Oklahoma City home.

PHOTOS BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN

A smart lock, which can be activated remotely, isshown at the Getz home.

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WASHINGTON — Withgenerous new guidelinesfrom Fannie Mae andFreddie Mac likely to stim-ulate large numbers ofshort sales by underwaterhomeowners, what im-pacts can these sellers ex-pect to see on their creditscores?

It’s a crucial questionbecause short sales typi-cally cause FICO scores toplummet, sometimes by150 points or more. This, inturn, complicates sellers’credit capabilities for yearsand makes additional bor-rowing — whether for autoloans, credit cards or newmortgages — tougher andmore expensive.

The issue arises now be-cause Fannie Mae andFreddie Mac, the dom-inant sources of home loanfunds, recently outlinedplans to approve shortsales for underwater bor-rowers who are current ontheir loan payments, pro-vided they face an immi-nent “hardship.” Thoughthe numbers of partici-pants in the plan won’t beknown for months, thetwo companies combinedhave about 3.7 million un-derwater mortgages intheir portfolios on whichborrowers are making theirpayments on time, ac-cording to federal regula-tors.

Short sales traditionallyhave been associated withextended periods of delin-quency by borrowers. Thetechnique itself — wherethe lender agrees to acceptless than what’s owed andthe property is sold — usu-ally has been employed asan alternative to foreclo-sure.

As a result, FICO creditscores, the major risk pre-dictive tool used in themortgage industry, haveseverely penalized bor-rowers who opt for shortsales. VantageScore, theFICO rival created by thethree national credit bu-reaus, also hits short sell-ers with triple-digit pointlosses.

In a recent blog post,Frederic Huynh, FICO’ssenior scientist, said sta-tistical reviews of shortsellers by the companyconcluded that they “rep-resent a high degree ofrisk” to lenders. More than55 percent of short sellersin a sample of borrowersbetween 2007 and 2009went on to later default onother credit accounts aftercompleting the sale trans-action. This ranks them in“the same heavyweight(risk) class” as peoplewho’ve been foreclosedupon, filed for bankruptcy,had a tax lien or collectionaccount.

But hold on. Won’t un-derwater homeownerswho qualify for the up-coming short sale programbe fundamentally differ-ent? Won’t they have solidmortgage payment histo-ries despite being under-water? Why should theyhave to take the sameheavy hits to their scoresearned by people who

didn’t pay their mortgagefor months on end?

Good questions, but itappears that these sellerswon’t get the break theydeserve. The current scor-ing system, credit expertssay, isn’t set up to recog-nize or properly reportshort sales by on-timemortgage customers to thenational credit bureaus.And the credit score com-panies aren’t planning tomake any changes to thepenalties their models as-sign to people who partici-pate in short sales.

Anthony Sprauve, aspokesman for Fair IsaacCorp., developer of the FI-CO score, said that “ingeneral,” when a “loan (is)paid off for less than thefull balance,” it is “classi-fied as a severe negativeitem” by the FICO scoringmodel. And “there arecurrently no plans tochange,” Sprauve added.

Sarah Davies, seniorvice president for researchand analytics for Vanta-geScore Solutions LLC,said in an interview thather company won’t likelymodify its scoring algo-rithms either, despite thefact that the seller was notdelinquent and came to amutually satisfactory res-olution with the lender.

Terry Clemans, execu-tive director of the Nation-al Credit Reporting Asso-ciation, an industry tradegroup, said this is all in-herently “unfair” for bor-rowers who’ve continuedto make timely paymentson their loans. Crushingthem with deep creditscore penalties “doesn’treflect the fact that thesepeople are actually excel-

lent credit risks. They sim-ply encountered an ex-traordinary situation,”namely, the national homevalue bust, which putthem underwater.

A Fannie Mae spokes-man, Andrew Wilson, saidhis company has no con-trol over how short sales —whether of people whopaid on time or those whodidn’t — are scored. How-ever, when borrowers do ashort sale rather than forcethe lender to foreclose,Fannie rewards them:They are potentially eligi-ble for a new mortgageagain within two years af-

ter a short sale. People whogo to foreclosure, by con-trast, may not be able toget a new Fannie loan forup to seven years.

Bottom line: At the mo-ment, if you’re underwaterand plan to use the newFannie-Freddie short saleprogram later this year,don’t bank on any specialfavors when it comes toyour credit score. It lookslike you’re going to have totake a big hit, despite allyour on-time payments.

Ken Harney’s email address [email protected].

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If selling short, expect a hit on credit scoresKennethHarney

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If you’reunderwaterand plan touse the newFannie-Freddieshort saleprogram laterthis year, don’tbank on anyspecial favorswhen it comesto your creditscore.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Hundreds of peoplepledged to quickly rebuildafter the Waldo Canyonfire raced over a ridge inthe Mountain Shadowsneighborhood on June 26and destroyed 346 homes.

But thus far, just a fewhave been able to startbuilding. As of last week,four homeowners hadbeen granted permits torebuild, according to re-cords from the Pikes PeakRegional Building Depart-ment.

There are many reasonsthere aren’t more homesbeing rebuilt yet, said BobCroft, of the regionalbuilding department.Some people are negotiat-ing with their insurancecompanies while othersare searching for buildersor figuring out permits.Some, Croft said, are stillcoping with the tragedyand haven’t decided whatto do.

“To me, personally, themost important thing is tobe understanding of peo-ple who have obviouslygone through a uniqueemotional experience,” hesaid.

“People are people andemotionally they all dealwith this differently in adifferent time frame.”

The fire devastated theParkside community,burning 141 of the commu-nity’s 178 houses. TheParkside houses accountfor 40 percent of theburned homes and, thusfar, none have been grant-ed a permit to rebuild.

Part of the holdup ismaking sure that the newhomes adhere to the origi-nal planning documents,which hasn’t been an easytask, said Kyle Campbell,interim director of plan-ning for the city. The patiohomes were closely spacedand if one plan for a new

home is too big, it couldaffect the neighbor’splans, he said.

Also, the planning doc-uments call for a certainstyle and size of house oneach lot and some neigh-bors want to change theirhouse.

“People are rethinkingtheir homes and this is anappropriate time to dothat,” he said, adding thatthe city is reviewing theoriginal developmentplans and seeing if there isany way to “get around”that requirement.

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SHILLINGTON, Pa. — JohnUpdike’s childhood homein Pennsylvania has beenpurchased by a group thatplans to restore it and turnit into a museum.

TheJohn Up-dike So-cietyboughtthe homein Shil-lington,about 50milesnorth-west of

Philadelphia, for$180,000. The PulitzerPrize-winning authorlived there until he was 13.

The society hopes the1900 house can be pre-served and re-created tohow it would have lookedin Updike’s youth. TheReading Eagle newspaperreported that organizerswill seek donated materi-als for display.

Best known for his nov-els chronicling the life ofHarry “Rabbit” Angstrom,Updike won Pulitzers fortwo of those stories, “Rab-bit Is Rich” and “Rabbit atRest.” He died in 2009 atage 76.

Updike’s Pa.childhoodhome to berestoredBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

John Updike

The Listing of the Weekis a large, traditional, two-story home with a largepool and kiddie pool in theFairview addition innorthwest Oklahoma City.

The 4,511-square-foothome at 15301 FairviewFarm Road has four bed-rooms, 41⁄3 baths, three

living rooms, three diningrooms and an attachedthree-car garage. Thehome has wood blindsthroughout, an upstairsgame room and study offthe master bedroom.

The formal living roomhas a ceiling fan. The fam-ily room has a built-inbookcase and fireplace.The remodeled kitchen hasa work island and breakfastbar. The master bedroomhas a fireplace and bathwith double vanities andtub and shower. Secondarybedrooms have full baths

and ceiling fans. The homehas a 2012 roof, coveredpatio, outdoor spa and wetbar, security system andunderground sprinklersystem.

The home, built in 1996,is listed for $745,000 withLaura Terlip of CovingtonCo. For more information,call 834-0805 or 840-4141.

Nominations for Listing of the Weekare welcome. Send a copy of the MLSinformation sheet on a single-familyhome to The Oklahoman, Richard Mize,P.O. Box 25125, Oklahoma City, OK73125. Nominations may be faxed to475-3996.

LISTING OF THE WEEK

The Listing of the Week is at 15301 Fairview Farm Road. PHOTO PROVIDED

Traditional 2-story homehas 4 bedrooms, large pool

When the lazy days ofsummer give way to hecticfall schedules, there isnothing like dashing infrom the cold and beingenveloped by a home filledwith delicious smells.

These days, there areendless ways to add a spe-cial scent to your home.Home fragrance productshave exploded into a $5billion industry, with can-dles, diffusers, roomsprays and oils offered ev-ery place from drug storesto high-end retailers.There are many use-what-you-have, do-it-yourselfoptions as well.

The idea is to create aninviting, comforting andcalming environment,whether you’re having 20people for a sit-down din-ner or simply hanging outon the couch for the eve-ning.

“This is a time whenpeople are spending moretime at home, and theywant that cozy, holiday,warm feeling, and maybeyou want that even whenyou’re not entertaining —you want it on a Tuesdaynight when you’re watch-ing TV,” said Jessica

Romm, lifestyles editor atMartha Stewart Living.“Fragrance is a really niceway to do that.”

Once comprised mostlyof candles and potpourri,the home fragrance markettook off in the mid- to late1990s, and retail sales inthe United States hit a highof $5.3 billion in 2011, ac-cording to Karen Doskow,industry manager for con-sumer products at Klineand Co., a market researchcompany in Parsippany,N.J. Sales last year were up4 percent over 2010, shesaid.

Today’s offerings in-

clude candles, roomsprays, reed and plug-indiffusers, wax melts, es-sential oils and old stan-dards like drawer linersand sachets. Many prod-ucts now offer a more so-phisticated scent andthey’re more decorative aswell, Doskow said.

Just as there are scoresof scents to choose from(Yankee Candle has about200 candle fragrances),the prices vary greatly. “Itcan range from a Renuzitadjustable (air freshener)for 99 cents up to a Jo Mal-one scented candle that’sin excess of $100,” Doskow

said.In fact, Jo Malone’s lux-

ury candle offers 230 hoursof burn time and sells for$425, while a large YankeeCandle that offers up to 150hours of scent costs$27.99. Crabtree & Evelyn

has scented sprays for $19,while French perfumerFrederic Malle’s “perfumegun” spray sells for $145.

Whatever your budget,try to capture the naturalsmells of the season in asimple and minimal way,Romm said. She mentionsscents like wood andleather, and the smells ofseasonal fruits and vegeta-bles, such as pumpkin, ap-

ple, pear and squash.“You’d think about

meals that you’re cookingor things you would havearound — fruits of the sea-son or spices you mightuse,” Romm said. “Ourphilosophy in terms ofhome fragrance is to notbattle or compete withwhat you would naturallyhave in your home duringthe fall.”

BY LISA A. FLAMMFor The Associated Press

A Jo Malone London Luxury Candle in PomegranateNoir. AP PHOTOS

Glade’s Seasonals Fall 9.7oz. Premium Room Sprayscented with MaplePumpkin.

A Yankee Candle Signature Reed Diffuser in SpicedPumpkin.

Home fragrances offer variety, seasonal scents


Q: I have been re-searching how to fix myhorrible plaster ceilingsand found a few solu-tions. My question relieson any or all knowledgeyou have regarding clas-sic tin ceilings. Can youprovide any answers tothis? The American TinCeiling Co. seems to havesome cool products forhomeowners. Do youknow of them?

A: I’m familiar withthese products, and in myopinion they’re quite good.They have a number of dif-ferent sizes and patterns tochoose from, along with allthe necessary trim piecesand other items you mightneed to complete the in-stallation.

The most importantthing to consider is thatthe panels need to be at-tached to something solid— you can’t install themdirectly over the old plas-ter. You can cover the oldceiling with plywood, OSB(oriented strand board), oreven strips of 1-by-2 or 1-by-3 lumber.

Whatever you do, re-member that the plywoodor wood furring needs tobe as flat and even as pos-sible, so that may entailshimming the wood or re-moving some of the oldplaster. Also, the panelsneed to be supported on allfour sides, since that’swhere the attachmentnails are installed.

If you opt for the furringstrips, they will need to beinstalled on 24-inch cen-ters, with cross pieces in-stalled every 24 inches aswell; in other words, youneed to form a 24-by-24-inch grid across the ceil-ing.

After the plywood orfurring is installed, the tinpanels are installed one ata time, either hand nailingthem or using a small bradnailer. This is a two-per-son job: one to set and holdthe panel, the other to nailit in place.

This is not a particularlydifficult do-it-yourselfproject, but it does requirea lot of planning to have itcome out right. Also, youmentioned that your oldplaster ceilings are “horri-ble.” If that also means anymold or water damage, besure that you get thatcleared up first; do not justcover up mold or moistbuilding materials.

Q: I have insulation in

my unfinished attic in therafters with the paperfacing in toward theheated part of the house.My problem is the paperis brittle and the insula-tion is falling down, rowsat a time. I could put thewire up to hold the insula-tion in place, but it willnot look pretty. Whatelse can I put up over thewhole surface to hold theinsulation in place?

A: If you don’t want theexpense of replacing theinsulation, here’s a solu-tion that’s a little more la-bor intensive but it won’tcost you very much. Onerow at a time, remove theinsulation from betweenthe rafters. Peel the paperface off the insulation — itshould peel off pretty eas-ily — and discard it, thenpush the insulation backinto place between the raf-ters. Friction should holdthe batts in place tempora-rily.

When you’ve done sev-eral rafter cavities, or evenone entire half of the atticif the insulation will stay inplace OK, you can thencover the insulation with4-mil clear plastic sheet-ing. Simply staple thesheeting to the face of therafters.

If you have to seam theplastic in any areas, makesure it overlaps at least acouple of inches. If you livein a high-humidity area,the seams should also besealed with tape. The plas-tic sheeting will hold theinsulation in place and alsoact as a vapor barrier.

All this assumes thatyou have adequate ventila-tion behind the insulationto prevent any potentialproblems in the event thatany moisture does get intothe cavities. If you’re notsure about the ventilation,it’s best to contact a qual-ified roofing or insulationcontractor to inspect thesituation before you pro-ceed.

Remodeling and repair questions? EmailPaul at [email protected]. Allproduct reviews are based on theauthor’s actual testing of free reviewsamples provided by the manufacturers.

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Consider tinceilings forclassic look

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LOS ANGELES — WhenJoe Borst bought a run-down 1952 house in Marinadel Rey, Calif., he and girl-friend Maria Torres hopedto transform the 1,200-square-foot cookie-cutterplan into something thatfelt larger, more open andmodern — a tall order giv-en the limited budget.

The couple could affordto renovate the house butnot to expand it, so themission became to rethinkthe floor plan — to leavethe perimeter of the houseintact, adjust how the ex-isting space was used andmake the most of thebackyard.

Borst called on his closefriend Robert Sweet of thedesign-build studio Ras-ain Redondo Beach, Calif.,to handle the makeover.

“I gave him free rein,”Borst said. “I had seen a lotof his work, and he knewwhat I wanted: lots of lightand open space.”

The house came withlow ceilings and a compli-cated series of rooms. Onebedroom was sealed offfrom the rest of the houseas a separate rental unit. Inthe backyard, Borst said,marijuana plants weregrowing amid the rebarremnants of a partiallycompleted garage.

Sweet took the housedown to the studs. Work-ing with a reconstructionbudget of about $150 persquare foot, he started byopening up the home’sthree-bedroom, two-bathroom layout, whichhad made the interiors feeldark and cramped.

“Everything was com-

partmentalized, and therewas no open space,” Sweetsaid. “That was not theway Joe wanted to live.”

Going against prevailingwisdom about resale val-ue, Borst went along withSweet’s proposal to recon-figure the home with twobedrooms instead of three.The kitchen was movedfrom the front of the houseto the back, so it connectedto a relocated and enlargedliving area that flowed on-to a new deck.

“We decided to use thebackyard deck as our din-ing room and the giant barin the kitchen as informaldining,” Borst said. “InSouthern California, itworks perfectly.”

Sweet improved naturallight and cross ventilationby deleting partition walls,adding a cathedral ceilingin the living area and in-stalling operable skylightsto each quadrant of thehouse. He made the mas-ter bedroom larger by for-going a closet and building

a long wardrobe instead.Clerestory windows abovethe cabinetry and thebathroom vanity allowlight to pass through andmake both spaces feel big-ger.

In the kitchen, Sweet in-stalled inexpensive whiteIKEA cabinets along withsome upgrades: a custompeninsula, a Blanco sinkand Emtek hardware.Sweet said he saved about$15,000 by using IKEA’sApplad cabinets, leavingmoney for other premiumtouches such as the Mielecooktop and counter madeof Prima Decora, a Corian-like surface by Basix Inter-national. Windows in thekitchen look out to a firepit, barbecue and medita-tion garden.

“I wanted it so thatwhen you are standing at awork surface, you neverhave to face a wall,” Sweetsaid.

In the minimalist livingarea, Sweet created a TVand desk console using a

prefab system by Rakks(commonly used in stores),which he combined withcustom cabinets. The deskacts as a screen, furtherseparating the master bed-room and living area.

Three outdoor roomsextend the indoor floorplan. The garage waspushed toward the alleybehind the house, creatingan L-shaped courtyard inback. Because the garagewas so prominent, Sweetdesigned it to look like amodern shed with a slopedroof. He also painted theJames Hardie fiber-ce-ment plank fence along thealley in alternating tones ofgray.

After five months ofconstruction, Borst gotwhat he wanted: a low-maintenance house thatfeels brighter and moreopen without growing insize. Small-space livingisn’t for everyone, he said,but it works for him andTorres.

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Maria Torres works in the kitchen of a home she and boyfriend Joe Borst remodeled from a 1952 cookie-cutterhome to a modern, eco-friendly style and full renovation in Marina del Rey, Calif. MCT PHOTOS

Cookie cutter no more: Houseremade for $150 a square foot

Maria Torres and Joe Borst took typical 1952 home space and went wide open.This view shows the living area.

BY LISA BOONELos Angeles Times


The Paseo Arts Districtoffers one of OklahomaCity’s more striking back-from-the-brink stories,especially to those who re-member when blight andcrime stalked the streetsthere.

For decades the Paseohas stood out as an artists’Mecca and haven for thosewhose ideas might runagainst the current, whereeven the shopping districtoffers a feast for the eyes inthe soft lines and brighthues of its Spanish revivalarchitecture.

But time and the 1980soil bust were hard on thePaseo. Property valuesdropped. Residents clear-ed out, heading for cheap-er, newer housing in thesuburbs.

A 1987 historic architec-tural and housing survey —the prelude to becoming ahistoric preservation dis-trict — served up equaldollops of good and bad.The good: The 27 squareblocks making up the Pa-seo retained about 75 per-cent of the original hous-ing stock. The bad: Almost50 percent of those houseswere vacant.

Ron Franz, neighbor-hood association presidentin 1987, told The Okla-homan then: “Today, ahouse (in the Paseo) willnot sell, and an apartmentbuilding is more likely tobe burned than bought.”

Franz, an architect, wasamong a mix of residentsand business people whojoined that year in effort toreverse the decline. It wasa diverse group, rangingfrom Betty Bruce, whofounded what may havebeen Oklahoma City’s firstafter-school program atnearby First PresbyterianChurch, to business ownerMichael Smith. Attorneys,real estate professionalsand others all broughtsomething to the table.

Residents from sur-rounding neighborhoods,fearing the “black hole” inthe Paseo might pull downeveryone’s property val-ues, also joined the effort.

It included Heritage HillsEast resident DebbieBlackburn, who nowserves as Positively Paseo’spresident.

Paseo’s commercial areawas holding up, Blackburnsaid, but the residentialarea was in a free fall.Boarded up houses andempty, overgrown lotsblighted the landscapewhile crime and gang ac-tivity blighted the lifestyle.

“There were some reallygood people living there,so we thought this wouldbe a logical place to start(revitalization efforts),”Blackburn said.

But it was slow going.City officials were leery ofusing Community Devel-opment Block Grants torehabilitate buildings in-stead of demolishingthem. They were also hes-itant to focus those grantson a single area instead ofspreading them across thecity map.

Ward 2 CouncilmanMark Schwartz got onboard early on, though,helping the Paseo groupcraft its plans. It incorpo-rated as a Community De-velopment Corporation in1991, legally called Okla-homa City Housing Ser-vices Corp., to encompassits wider-ranging missionto revitalize neighbor-hoods throughout Okla-homa City. In the Paseo, itdoes business as PositivelyPaseo.

But without money,Positively Paseo couldn’tcarry out that mission.City officials assumedPositively Paseo would doits work through privatefunds, but they weren’tforthcoming. One familydonated its restaurant siteand two adjacent lots tothe organization in 1992,but the properties had tosit idle.

But in 1993, Garner Stollchanged the game for Pos-itively Paseo. Stoll, direc-tor of Oklahoma City’snewly created planningdepartment, pulled moneyfrom a city trust fund topay for an Urban Land In-stitute study of an area in-cluding the Paseo.

That study, in a nut-shell, found the Paseo was

a perfect fit for revitaliza-tion efforts.

“It backed up every-

thing that we had saidsince 1987,” Blackburnsaid.

Vindication got thingsrolling for Positively Pa-seo. The city council got

on board, Community De-velopment Block Grantsbegan coming in, and Pos-itively Paseo was finallyable to buy land and pay astaff. The group started onits first house in 1994. Itrecently sold its 24thhouse, and rehabilitationwork has started on the25th.

Stoll left the city amiddiscord in 2000, butBlackburn said she still re-members the last bit of ad-vice he gave her: “Do notgive this up because you allare at the top of the hill,” hetold her, “and you areready to roll down and re-ally make a difference.”

The spark and vitality inthe Paseo bears out Stoll’sestimation. Property is inhigh demand, and it’sdrawing a mix of youngfamilies, young profes-sionals and retirees. Artgalleries, music venuesand restaurants keep thecommercial area lively, andthe residential streets arenormally quiet.

Blackburn said she de-lights in seeing the resultfrom what was essentiallya bunch of neighbors put-ting out a call to action.“It’s wonderful now to seewhere it’s gone,” she said.

Group rallies to rescue Paseo neighborhood

Neila Crank-Clements, executive director of Positively Paseo, looks at two additions on the back of 729 NW 26that will be torn off as the house is restored. PHOTOS BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN

The house at 729 NW 26 is being restored by Positively Paseo.

BY DYRINDA TYSONFor The [email protected]

REDEVELOPMENT | POSITIVELY PASEORECEIVED BOOST FROM CITY FUNDING

LEXINGTON, Ky. — For dedicatedaquarium lovers, the creation andmaintenance of their own underwa-ter-microcosms is not just a hobbybut a beautiful and compelling ob-session.

Even for casual observers, a sur-prising otherworldly encounter withan aquarium offering a window intothe world of water creatures is mes-merizing. Brightly colored fish cruiseback and forth; exotic coral structur-es form contorted, hide-and-seekcaves and tunnels; and plants swaygently with the flow of otherwiseundetectable currents.

Besides that, aquariums offer acool patch of living greenery whenoutdoor temperatures rise above 100degrees, a mind-massaging hide-away when life gets stressful and anatural source for maintaining hu-midity in the home.

Bryan Jones has designed, in-stalled and maintained aquariumsfor homes and business settings incentral Kentucky for more than 26years through his business, Rent-a-Fish. He has been involved withaquariums most of his life.

“I got my first 10-gallon tank, withblack mollies and a cory catfish,when I was 5 years old,” he said.

By the mid-1980s, his aquariumcount was up to nine. After pursuingdegrees in biology and art from theUniversity of Kentucky, he managedand eventually owned Regency PetCenter in the Southland, Ky., area; iteventually closed, he said, mainlybecause of strong competition fromInternet sales in a struggling econo-my.

Jones then found a niche in ser-vice.

“It becomes a big part of your lifeand who you are,” he said. “This iswhat I use to share my art, creatingaquarium systems and designs. Peo-ple ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ about them.”

Jones stresses to his clients that hethinks fish should not just exist butthrive in their new home. The system

has to fit the needs and personality ofits keeper: Do you want a freshwateror saltwater system? What kinds offish do you want, and do they suityour personal style — from flashyand energetic to relaxed and laid-back — and are they also compatiblewith each other by personality andhabitat needs?

Results vary widely. In one set-upat client Cooper Hartley’s PineMountain Lumber office in Lexing-ton, Jones created a calming fresh-water “community tank” that bringstogether fish from around the worldthat are not aggressive with one an-other and can live harmoniously.They include Boeseman’s rainbow-fish from Oceania, Congo tetras fromAfrica, neon tetras from SouthAmerica and cherry barbs from Asia.They coexist peacefully in a forest of

teardrop rotala plants, which looklike an underwater jungle of long,narrow, green bottle brushes.

In another tank at Hartley’s home,they decided on different freshwatervarieties of flashy, energetic Africancichlids. In addition to being activeand prolific, these mouthbroodingfish are interesting to observe as theyprotect their newborn young byholding them in their mouths. Be-cause cichlids would chew up livinggreen plants, artificial plants wereinstalled in the home set-up.

“Keeping an aquarium teachesyou so much about your environ-ment, for instance being responsibleabout water quality and aware of thedelicate nature of the world we livein,” Jones said.


A cool patch of living greenery

A giant squamosa clam opens and closes as fish swim by in a saltwaterreef aquarium owned by Mark King of Lexington, Ky. MCT PHOTO

BY SUSAN SMITH-DURISEKLexington Herald-Leader


DEAR BARRY: Ourbuyers hired a home in-spector. When he washere, the outside temper-ature was 105 degrees. Af-ter he tested the heatingand air-conditioning sys-tem, the outside conden-ser stopped working, andthat night our house got upto 91 degrees. Our HVACcontractor found a blownfuse in the condenser, andhe said the inspector mightnot have followed “stan-dard power cycle proce-dures.” Because of this, wequestion the inspector’sreport on our system.

His report says, “Thefurnace data plate indi-cates a temperature rise of45-75 degrees. When test-ed, the rise was approxi-mately 35.9 degrees. Thisis not within the manufac-turer’s recommendations.

Routine maintenance by aqualified HVAC contractoris advised.”

Is this finding reliable,and can temperature risebe reliably measured whenthe summer temperatureis over 100 degrees?

IreneDEAR IRENE: Testing

the temperature rise in aforced-air heating systemis highly unusual for ahome inspector because itexceeds the standards ofpractice of the profession.Home inspection address-es the safety and function-

al performance of a heat-ing system, not its techni-cal accuracy. A heatingsystem that emits air 35degrees warmer than theambient temperature willeffectively heat a home in anormal and reasonableamount of time. Onequestion that arises iswhether the home inspec-tor’s measurement of tem-perature rise is accurate.

Temperature rise in aforced-air heating systemis the difference betweenthe ambient temperaturein the house and the tem-perature of the air as itleaves the heat exchangerinside the furnace. In or-der to read the outputtemperature at the heatexchanger, specializedtesting equipment is need-ed.

The inspector in your

home may have had suchequipment or he may havemeasured the output tem-perature at one of the reg-isters in the house. Atthose locations, the tem-perature rise would not beas great, and the measure-ment would be invalid.

Your contractor alsosuggested that the con-denser fuse may haveblown because the inspec-

tor might not have used“standard power systemprocedures.” This proce-dure is simply to allow afew minutes after theheating system has turnedoff before turning the air-conditioning system on.Switching immediatelyfrom one function to theother is called “short cy-cling.”

Actually, the inspectormay not have caused thefuse to blow because mostthermostats have timedlockouts that prevent shortcycling. The fuse may haveblown because the systemwas having to work con-tinuously on a very hotday. Fortunately, you havealready complied with theinspector’s recommenda-tion to have routine main-tenance by a qualifiedHVAC contractor.

DEAR BARRY: I readone of your archive articlesabout ventless gas-logfireplaces and have justone question. Are they safeor not?

AlanDEAR ALAN: Ventless

gas-log fireplaces are safein nearly every case. My is-sue with ventless fireplac-es is not the likelihood offailure. It’s the manufac-turers’ claim that thesefixtures are fail-safe. In myopinion, nothing man-made is fail-safe. Instanc-es of failure with ventlessgas fireplaces are very rare,but they do exist. If youpurchase one, just be sureto install a carbon monox-ide detector nearby.

To write to Barry Stone, visit him on theweb at www.housedetective.com.

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Testing thetemperaturerise in aforced-airheatingsystem ishighly unusualfor a homeinspector.


The Cambridge is thatrare exception to the rule— a compact country-style home.

Typically, homes withgabled rooflines, dormerwindows and a wrap-around front porch are outof reach for first-timehomebuyers and far toolarge for empty nesters.

But this plan is designedfor economy and efficientmaintenance, making itequally well suited to theneeds of singles, familieswith young children, orcouples who’ve graduatedfrom parenthood tograndparenthood.

And placement of thefront bedroom, adjacent tothe front porch, makes itan ideal location for ahome office. Relocatingthe closet would allow in-stallation of a door for di-rect access from the porch.

Day-to-day living takesplace in a bright, vaultedfamily room-kitchencombination that faces therear. Naturally illuminatedby skylights, side windowsand a high dormer, this ar-ea rarely needs electricallighting during daylighthours.

Sliding glass doors inthe eating nook open ontoa wide deck, allowingmeals to move outsidewhen days are warm. Util-ities are just a few stepsaway, tucked in the pas-sageway to the garage.

Potted plants flourishon 8-foot-high recessedplant shelves that flank thevaulted entry hall, archover the entrance to thefamily room and highlightthe passageway to theowners’ suite. Familieswith brown thumbs canuse these shelves as dis-play space.

Luxury amenities in theowners’ suite include alarge walk-in closet andtwin basins in a dressingarea separate from the toi-let and shower.

While the Cambridge

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of the most spectacular fea-tures of a Mission Hills, Kan., home is its indoor swim-ming pool.

The natatorium is 55 feet long, with a spa at the endand a fountain in the center. A brick-paved deck sur-rounds the pool. Through French doors at one end of thepool is a ballroom that seats 90. The bar is on the otherend.

The bar area was designed with drama in mind.The first feature that captures your eye is the recessed,

deep-rose-stained glass in the ceiling.Next is the mirrored back bar with glass shelves and

indirect lighting. There are wine racks on either side ofthe mirrored wall, with cabinets below for extra storage.The bar has a granite countertop, with glass shelves be-low that hold the owner’s personal collections.

The most recent additions to the pool room are the 84reupholstered cushions for the iron furniture. The berryand pistachio colors complement the deep-rose-stainedglass in the ceiling. These sherbet colors give the room aPalm Springs look. This room is always ready for a party!


Kansas home’sswimming pool iscool year-round

An indoor pool in Mission Hills, Kan., has a bar on oneend and a ballroom on the other with a fountain thatgraces the center of the pool. MCT PHOTO

BY DANIE DUNNKansas City Star


AKRON, Ohio — Paintingsof quilt squares are pop-ping up on barns aroundthe country.

But they’re more thanjust a folksy attempt tobeautify the rural land-scape. These are the en-gines of a movement topromote tourism andspark economic develop-ment across rural America.

The movement wasstarted by an Ohioan,Donna Sue Groves, and isthe subject of the newbook “Barn Quilts and theAmerican Quilt TrailMovement” by Suzi Par-ron.

It all started with oneboring tobacco barn.

That barn belongs toGroves, who lives insouthern Ohio’s ruralAdams County. It’s on thenonworking farm she andher mother, MaxineGroves, bought in 1989,and its plainness botheredher.

She got the idea ofpainting a quilt-squaredesign to beautify the un-adorned exterior and hon-or her mother, a quilter.But years went by, and shenever followed through.

“It got to be a jokeamong my friends,” sherecalled. “They’d say, ‘Did

you paint that quilt squareyet?’ ”

Still, the idea stayed inthe back of her mind. Andwhen she went to work forthe Ohio Arts Council andsaw how murals paintedon buildings could be usedto build community prideand spur tourism, she rec-ognized that her simpleidea could have similar im-plications.

Why paint just one quilt

square on one barn? shethought. Why not paintquilt patterns on a bunchof barns and create an arttrail?

Tourists could come tosee them, and the dollarsthey’d bring would benefithotels, bed-and-break-fasts, gas stations, restau-rants and all sorts of busi-nesses.

She was part of a groupof volunteers that devel-

oped the concept, and inOctober 2001 AdamsCounty put up the firstsquare. “Mother didn’t gether quilt square till threeyears later,” Groves saidwith a laugh.

But a movement had be-gun.

In the years since, thequilt barn movement hasspread to 43 states, wherecommunities have createdand installed quilt squares

on barns or other sites andorganized those sites intotourist trails.

The creation of a quiltbarn trail is usually a well-planned undertaking thatfollows guidelines first es-tablished by the AdamsCounty group and contin-ually refined by groupsthat have followed. But“there are no hard-corerules that you have to fol-low,” Groves said.

Communities typicallyidentify barns to highlightand then come together topaint the designs on 8-by-8-foot plywoodsquares and mount themon the barns, she said. Thetrail is then publicized tobring in tourists.

The effort tends to buildcamaraderie, Groves said,

especially around the cre-ation of the quilt squares.“Children, elders, every-body can paint on them,”she said.

It also tends to spark en-trepreneurial efforts byfarms along the trail, suchas corn mazes, shops andpetting zoos.

Some communitieshave tweaked the idea todisplay quilt squares onsignificant buildings oreven create freestandingdisplays of squaresmounted on posts.

Of course, sometimesindividuals put up theirown quilt squares outsideof organized trails, andthat’s just fine withGroves.

“That will be a uniquesurprise along the trail,”she said. “I keep remind-ing people there are nobarn police.”

Author Parron, wholives outside Atlanta, firstencountered a quilt barnwhen she took a wrongroad in Kentucky during across-country campingtrip in 2008. She said shewas impressed when shelearned about the quiltsquares’ purpose and es-pecially liked that theyhonor the often-over-looked contributions ofwomen to American agri-culture.


Quilt designs on barns aim to spur tourism

"Barn Quilts and theAmerican Quilt TrailMovement," by Suzi Par-ron with Donna SueGroves.

Crown Point Ecology Center has a quilt barn in Bath Township, Ohio. MCT PHOTOS

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Oklahoma CityJ.E. Dunn Construction,

5401 W Memorial Road,hospital, erect,$13,000,000.

Lippert Brothers Inc.,914 W California Ave.,boarding house-dormito-ry, add-on, $2,200,000.

Gardner Constuction,6005 S Air Depot Blvd., of-fice, remodel, $2,000,000.

Marc Morgan, doingbusiness as Morgan HomesLLC, 15309 Fairview FarmBlvd., residence, erect,$750,000.

Capstone Estates LLC,3600 NW 175, residence,erect, $625,000.

Sawatzky Construction,200 Trinity IndustrialCourt, office-warehouse,erect, $625,000.

CTA Architects, 3501SW15, office, remodel,$600,000.

Canterra SignatureHomes LLC, 8324 NW 132Circle, residence, erect,$450,000.

Red Rock Builders LLC,12424 Hidden Forest Blvd.,residence, erect,$350,000.

Allenton Homes & De-velopment LLC, 7032 NW159 Place, residence, erect,$310,000.

Landmark Fine HomesLP, 18312 Orozco Circle,residence, erect,$305,000.

Nextec Home LLC, 15305Grayson Drive, residence,erect, $300,000.

Miller-Tippens Con-struction Co. LLC, 560 EMemorial Road, office-warehouse, remodel,$300,000.

Landmark Fine HomesLP, 18501 Salvador Road,residence, erect,$286,000.

D.R. Horton, 2304 NW156, residence, erect,$275,990.

Landmark Fine HomesLP, 18437 Salvador Road,residence, erect, $272,000.

Olde Towne HomesLLC, 1033 SW 110 Terrace,residence, erect,$265,000.

Olde Towne HomesLLC, 10908 MeadowlakeFarms Drive, residence,erect, $265,000.

Katleron ConstructionInc., 12624 Horsepen Road,residence, erect,$250,000.

Braxton Homes LLC,3908 Wayfield Ave., resi-dence, erect, $240,000.

Braxton Homes LLC,4013 Wayfield Ave., resi-dence, erect, $230,000.

D.R. Horton, 2312 NW155, residence, erect,$226,990.

Kenneth Park, 7646 WReno Ave., retail sales, re-model, $221,000.

Todd Cooper HomesInc., 15909 Angie KayeLane, residence, erect,$220,000.


Todd Cooper HomesInc., 15909 James ThomasCourt, residence, erect,$220,000.

D.R. Horton, 4209 NE119, residence, erect,$219,990.

R&R Homes LLC, 13208NW 1, residence, erect,$200,000.

R&R Homes LLC, 13116

NW 1, residence, erect,$200,000.


Witt Construction Inc.,4104 Windgate West Road,residence, erect,$200,000.

Progressive Construc-tors Inc., 13111 BroadwayExtension, automotivesales, remodel, $200,000.

The RLA Co. Inc., 7316Jack Drive, residence,erect, $200,000.

Manchester Elite HomesLLC, 14600 Sedona Drive,residence, erect, $199,600.

Red Door CustomHomes LLC, 9101 S Choc-taw Road, residence, erect,$195,000.

4 Corners ConstructionLLC, 10025 Volare Drive,residence, erect, $193,000.

Foster Signature HomesLLC, 4612 NW 155, resi-dence, erect, $190,000.

Foster Signature HomesLLC, 4705 NW 155, resi-dence, erect, $190,000.

Westpoint DevelopersLLC, 1500 W Interstate240 Service Road, retailsales, remodel, $190,000.

Taber Built Homes LLC,15224 Western Vista Drive,residence, erect, $180,000.

D.R. Horton, 4113 NE 119,residence, erect, $179,990.

D.R. Horton, 10809 NW118 Place, residence, erect,$176,990.

Timber Craft HomesLLC, 8412 NW 143 Terrace,residence, erect, $176,512.

Timber Craft HomesLLC, 14324 PaddingtonAve., residence, erect,$176,512.

Quail Springs CV LLC,2300 W Memorial Road,restaurant, remodel,$175,000.

Quail Springs FG LLC,2300 W Memorial Road,restaurant, remodel,$175,000.

Ideal Homes of NormanLP, 18201 Cristobal Blvd.,residence, erect, $173,000.

Foster Signature HomesLLC, 12014 Jadesdale Cir-cle, duplex, erect,$170,000.

Foster Signature HomesLLC, 12016 Jadesdale Cir-cle, duplex, erect,$170,000.

Taber Built Homes LLC,4900 NW 152, residence,erect, $170,000.

Brass Brick PlatinumSeries Homes, 3308 NW163, residence, erect,$166,000.

Brass Brick PlatinumSeries Homes, 3320 NW164 Terrace, residence,erect, $161,000.

Gary Owens Carpet &Construction Inc., 11812SW 17, residence, erect,$160,000.

Gary Owens Carpet &Construction Inc., 11900SW 17, residence, erect,$160,000.

Two Structures LLC,8308 NW 142, residence,erect, $160,000.

Two Structures LLC,8309 NW 141 Circle, resi-dence, erect, $160,000.

Two Structures LLC,8405 NW 143 Terrace, resi-dence, erect, $150,000.

Ideal Homes of NormanLP, 18512 Las MeninasDrive, residence, erect,$148,000.

Dodson Custom Homes1 LLC, 3108 NW 181 Terrace,residence, erect, $146,400.

C-Jay Management/BDC Construction Inc.,

4821 SW 127, residence,erect, $142,500.

Weatherford, 10920 NW10, automotive repair-wash, add-on, $138,000.

Ideal Homes of NormanLP, 2429 SW 139, resi-dence, erect, $136,000.

Home Creations, 12025NW 138, residence, erect,$130,600.

American Building Con-tractors & Developers LLC,10929 SW 30, residence,erect, $130,000.

Ideal Homes of NormanLP, 18317 Allora Drive, resi-dence, erect, $130,000.

Ideal Homes of NormanLP, 18513 Las MeninasDrive, residence, erect,$127,000.


Sooner Traditions LLC,19417 Vista Ave., residence,erect, $120,000.

C-Jay Management/BDC Construction Inc.,4824 SW 120 Terrace, resi-dence, erect, $113,500.

Harbor Homes, 417 SW170 Terrace, residence,erect, $110,000.

Harbor Homes, 304 SW168, residence, erect,$110,000.

Harbor Homes, 312 SW168, residence, erect,$110,000.

Home Creations, 9900SW 36, residence, erect,$109,300.

Home Creations, 18220Scarborough Drive, resi-dence, erect, $102,800.

Rausch Coleman HomesLLC, 608 SE 60 Place, res-idence, erect, $100,000.

Rausch Coleman HomesLLC, 6108 Cielo Terrace,residence, erect,$100,000.

Rausch Coleman HomesLLC, 6104 Cielo Terrace,residence, erect,$100,000.

Massey (Rex) Construc-tion Inc., 636 NE 14, resi-dence, add-on, $100,000.

Ideal Homes of NormanLP, 18612 Agua Drive, resi-dence, erect, $97,000.

Cresap Capital LLC, 5125NW 17, residence, erect,$96,000.

Cresap Capital LLC, 5121NW 17, residence, erect,$96,000.

E.V. Cox ConstructionCo., 10220 W Reno Ave.,automotive repair-wash,add-on, $95,000.



Home Creations, 12033NW 133 Terrace, residence,erect, $83,600.


No name provided, 6210Northwest Expressway, re-tail sales, remodel,$80,000.


Home Creations, 12029NW 133 Terrace, residence,erect, $78,400.

Four Seasons Sunrooms,15108 West Lake Drive, res-idence, add-on, $73,000.

Southwest Builders,9704 Trafalgar Drive, resi-dence, add-on, $54,000.

Oklahoma City Parks &Recreation Department,3809 NW 10, canopy-car-port, erect, $50,000.

Nashert ConstructorsInc., 9618 Ritter Road, res-

idence, add-on, $50,000.Lingo Construction Ser-

vices, 324 N RobinsonAve., business, remodel,$50,000.

Kenny Holmes, 10108Gee Drive, accessory,erect, $50,000.

Witt Construction Inc.,516 NW 16, residence, add-on, $50,000.

JHBR Architects, 18101 NWestern Ave., school,move-on, $50,000.

JHBR Architects, 18101 NWestern Ave., school,move-on, $50,000.

Boise Surplus 2002 LlHawkins Co. LLC, 2237 WMemorial Road, retailsales, remodel, $50,000.

James Park, 19300Newsom Road, manufac-tured home, move-on,$30,000.

John Wade, 1412 NW 188,storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $29,958.

Greg Smith Homes LLC,5528 Monte Drive, acces-sory, erect, $27,000.

Liming Zhang, 2713 SW29, restaurant, remodel,$18,000.

Pamcorp, 7202 W RenoAve., tower-antenna, in-stall, $15,000.


Pamcorp, 612 S LincolnBlvd., tower-antenna, in-stall, $15,000.

Pamcorp, 14625 S MayAve., tower-antenna, in-stall, $15,000.

Pamcorp, 5803 W Brit-ton Road, tower-antenna,install, $15,000.


Pamcorp, 6910 S Sun-nylane Road, tower-an-tenna, install, $15,000.

Donald Powers, 4033Cherry Hill Lane, resi-dence, remodel, $14,000.

Jeff Brown, 111 E Califor-nia Ave., office, remodel,$12,200.

Sun Tae Kim, 7844 SWestern Ave., restaurant,remodel, $12,000.

Morton Buildings, 2200NW 192, accessory, erect,$10,000.

Cypress Ridge Apart-ments, 1209 W HefnerRoad, apartment, remodel,$9,375.

Cypress Ridge Proper-ties LLC, 1209 W HefnerRoad, 15 permits, apart-ment, remodel, $9,375.

McLean Homes, 500 SWGrand Blvd., accessory,erect, $9,000.

McLean Homes, 1301 NE101, accessory, erect,$9,000.

Christina and GeorgeAlhaj, 2124 ShadowlakeDrive, office, add-on,$8,500.

John Troung, 4121 LakeDrive, accessory, erect,$8,000.

Rahi Razavi, 3604 NMay Ave., business, re-model, $8,000.

Morton Buildings, 2200NW 192, accessory, erect,$8,000.

Jose Ariel Rivera, 3637 WPark Place, residence, add-on, $7,000.

Airport Maintenance,7100 Terminal Drive, of-fice, remodel, $7,000.

John Troung, 4121 LakeDrive, cabana-gazebo,erect, $6,000.

Elliot Architects, 544 NPennsylvania Ave., ware-house, remodel, $5,000.

Charles McIntyre, 4601NW 154, storm shelter, in-stall-storm shelter,$4,895.

Floyd J. Vail, 10300 CasaLinda, storm shelter, in-stall-storm shelter,$4,600.

Larry and Debi Willis,2820 SW 115, storm shelter,install-storm shelter,$4,595.

Danny and ChristiWood, 12721 NW 6, stormshelter, install-storm shel-ter, $4,100.

Emmitt Cole, 2200 NE22, residence, remodel,$4,000.

Flat Safe, 10629 NW 37,storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,925.

Dave Carr, 15300 Day-bright Drive, storm shelter,install-storm shelter,$3,500.

Dave Carr, 15304 CreekVista Circle, storm shelter,install-storm shelter,$3,500.

Holly Howard, 11912 Dal-ton Drive, storm shelter,remodel, $3,500.

Raza C. Ritzade, 5412 SE84, residence, add-on,$3,500.

Jack and Alice Wells,1830 N Markwell Ave.,storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $3,450.

Jerry Stewart, 5100 TrailRidge Lane, storm shelter,install-storm shelter,$3,450.

Michael McBride, 7524NW 134, storm shelter, in-stall-storm shelter, $3,395.

No name provided, 2209Wheatfield Ave., stormshelter, install-storm shel-ter, $3,350.

Jason W. Currie, 11101Leaning Elm Road, stormshelter, install-storm shel-ter, $3,200.

John Bennett, 17301 Pi-

casso Drive, storm shelter,install-storm shelter,$3,200.

Tracy Bain, 7813 Drip-ping Springs Lane, stormshelter, install-storm shel-ter, $3,195.

Carl Mincks, 6101 SE 55,residence, install-stormshelter, $3,025.

Fred Cofer, 6312 N StyllRoad, canopy-carport,erect, $3,000.

Michael Ousley, 4817Republic Drive, stormshelter, install-storm shel-ter, $3,000.

Trent and Marcia Scott,1825 NW 176 Terrace, resi-dence, remodel, $3,000.

Vernon McVea, 801Musgrave Blvd., canopy-carport, erect, $3,000.

Hossna Masum, 2601NE 10, retail sales, remod-el, $3,000.

Jon Virostek, 3105 RedOak Road, residence, in-stall-storm shelter, $2,995.

Trevor Wiseman, 16016Rim Road, storm shelter,install-storm shelter,$2,995.

Harold and Vera Stall-worth, 5804 SE 84 Terrace,storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,900.

Laural Hume, 2505 SW120, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,900.

Loretta Bradford, 7100Marianne Drive, manufac-tured home, move-on,$2,800.

Southwest Builders,2201 Jamie Drive, resi-dence, add-on, $2,719.

Hector Castor, 3540 SW22, canopy-carport, add-on, $2,500.

Ideal Homes of NormanLP, 317 Partridge Run Road,storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,300.

Ground Zero, 3829 NW27, storm shelter, install-storm shelter, $2,200.

Charles Nance, 2521 NW111, residence, add-on,$1,600.

Lourdes Macias, 513 SE39, canopy-carport, erect,$1,500.

Carole Wolf, 7201 SShartel Ave., residence, re-model, $1,200.

No Boundaries, 32 SW42, accessory, add-on,$1,000.

DemolitionsMidwest Wrecking, 214

E Madison, office.Midwest Wrecking,

2220 S Interstate 35 ServiceRoad, manufacturing.

Gary G. Townsend,10701 S Peebly Road, sin-gle-family residence.

Permits

SANTA FE, N.M. — A New York City cou-ple are suing Sotheby’s International Re-alty and the former owner of an eastsidecondominium, claiming the residencewas advertised as an adobe building,when it actually was made of frame andPenTile.

Michael F. and Whitney B. MacLeodbought Unit A at 112 La Vereda St., just offE Palace Avenue, from Penne Poole, for-merly known as Penne Poole Fuehrer, onFeb. 15 for $865,000.

They say Sotheby’s had advertised theproperty as a “graceful and rare historicadobe,” and although the MacLeods wereinformed that the second story was frameand stucco, they were led to believe thefirst floor was made of dirt-and-strawbricks.

Later, during remodeling, the MacLe-ods learned the first-floor exterior walls“were constructed of an inferior buildingmaterial identified as structural clay tile —also known as PenTile — rather thanadobe,” according their complaint filed

last week in state District Court by Mi-chael T. Pottow of the Catron, Catron,Pottow & Glassman firm.

PenTile was made at the old New Mex-ico Territorial Penitentiary, which wasnear the south end of what is now knownas Pen Road between 1885 and 1955. ManySanta Fe structures, including IsaacRapp’s 1917 New Mexico Museum of Art,are made of the hollow tiles or bricksmade of clay from the eastern foothills.

The MacLeods were not available forcomment. The lawsuit does not seek tonegate the sale but seeks a judgment “tocompensate ... the MacLeods ... for thedamages they have suffered” from bothSotheby’s and Poole, who “knew orshould have known that her Property Dis-closure Statement was inaccurate.” Poolecould not be reached for comment. Soth-eby’s declined to comment.

According to the Zillow real estate web-site’s online description of the property at112 La Vereda St., it is a three-bedroom,two-bathroom residence, built in 1929,with 2,224 square feet on 0.11 acre with anestimated value of $706,136.

Couple sue Sotheby’s regardingNew Mexico adobe home claimsBY MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE INFORMATION SERVICES

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