THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, October 28, 1995 TAG: 9511020578
SECTION: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY PAGE: 12 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 90 lines
The Magnolia, the $335,000 house built by G. Ray Olds Jr. Inc., was the People's Choice winner at Homearama '95, deserving the Gold award, according to those attending who voted for their favorite homes.
The runner-up, netting the Silver, was The Water Wise Garden Home by Viola Building Corp. This house had earlier been named Best in Show by the professional judges.
Third was The Elizabeth by L.R. Hill Custom Builders Inc.
The Magnolia also won the Gold in the landscaping and decorating categories with Landscape Artistry and Suzi Crawford & Co. cited respectively.
The Water Wise Garden Home won the Silver for decorating and the Bronze, or third, for landscaping. Picking up those awards were Eubank Design Concepts Inc. and Wedgwood Garden Center respectively.
The Hemingway, by Tidewater Landworks Inc., finished second in landscaping. The Eagle Watch won the Bronze for decorating. Tidewater Landworks Inc. was the landscaper and Creative Designs by Sondra Inc. was the decorator.
The Hampton Roads division of Centex Homes and its mortgage company, CTX Mortgage, are building a home in Chesapeake for South Hampton Roads Habitat for Humanity. The dwelling should be completed by Thanksgiving.
Centex has built more than 100 homes around the country for Habitat for Humanity. The local Habitat is scheduled to complete 12 houses this year. Local Centex subdivisions include Oakbrook Meadows and Sherwood in Chesapeake, Burbage Lake at Harbour View in Suffolk and Courthouse Estates in Virginia Beach.
Eight sales associates with Rose & Krueth Realty Corp. have been noted in ``The Best of the Biggest,'' a listing of nearly 4,000 top residential producers across the United States: Stephanie Cutler, Eugenia Jackson, Joan Kaup, Rose Mary Nalley, Gerry Sessor, Barbara Shaughnessy, Kathleen Shelton and Mildred Walker.
Greg A. Richardson has been hired by The Breeden Co. as estimator and purchasing agent. Richardson was formerly president of Crestline Homes Inc. He will be responsible for estimating, purchasing and contract management for Breeden's construction division.
Lakeside, a community of 140 houses in the StoneGate development in Chesapeake, recently held its grand opening. The subdivision features energy-efficient construction and guaranteed lower utility bills. All home buyers will receive a $10 monthly credit from Virginia Power for 10 years.
Dan Mastromatteo, owner of American Truck Rentals & Equipment at 800 S. Military Highway, Virginia Beach, says our Sept. 16 cover story on moving neglected to mention the advantages of using a local truck rental company.
His trucks are for local moves only, he says, thus, vehicles are always available. And any problems will be handled on the spot, Mastromatteo says, ``unlike large national companies where you have to write a letter to the corporate office and wait a month for a response.''
Steve Thomas, entering his seventh year as host of PBS's ``This Old House,'' is launching into a new project that doesn't involve nails, lumber or sanders. It's a magazine - This Old House - now on newsstands with its second issue. The first issue, published in May, tested the market. The second is the real thing.
``It's been in the works for about a year,'' Thomas said from his home north of Boston. ``Now it's suddenly a reality. We will be publishing six magazines a year.''
The magazine is produced by Time Inc. Ventures, the division of Time Warner that also publishes Martha Stewart Living and Southern Living.
The current issue ($3.50 on newsstands) includes articles on routers, veneer plaster, old faucets, wood floor finishes and historic paint colors.
``It's a niche that magazines have ignored,'' said Thomas. ``A lot of magazines are high on inspiration, such as Metropolitan Home or Architectural Digest, but low on information. Others are high on information, like Fine Woodworking, but low on inspiration. We want to be the one magazine that's high on information and inspiration.''
Real Estate scam artists are going to find it awfully tough in California to rip off little old ladies, poor people or unsophisticated investors.
Come Jan. 1, every person who signs a deed in the state must also leave a thumb print in the journal of a notary public.
With the new law in place, most would-be scammers won't even attempt to forge deeds knowing that they would be leaving behind irrefutable evidence for police and prosecutors. The law also would cut down on civil suits generated by forged documents. MEMO: On the Move reports management changes, awards, seminars and new
services offered by real estate firms, mortgage companies and builders.
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