Gig Harbor, Washington , Nov. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harbor Custom Development, Inc. (Harbor, Harbor Custom Homes, or the Company), (NASDAQ: HCDI; HCDIP; HCDIW, HCDIZ), an innovative and market leading real estate company involved in all aspects of the land development cycle, today announced the 2021 third quarter revenues were $18 million with an estimated net income of $3.6 million.

Harbor President and CEO, Sterling Griffin stated, We are extremely pleased with our third quarter results which represent a significant step forward for the Company. We will provide additional financial details for the quarter and a preview of our 2022 business objectives during our earnings conference call.

Harbor will host a conference call and webcast on Monday, November 15, 2021, at 9 a.m. PT (12 p.m. ET) to elaborate on the third quarter results and the Companys outlook. The public may access the conference call through a live audio webcast available at https://investors.harborcustomhomes.com/events. Those who would like to submit written questions in advance, please email: IR@harborcustomdev.com. The conference call will be available by telephone at 1-877-407-0789 (for international callers, dial 1-201-689-8562), and refer to Harbor or conference ID: 13723841. A replay of the conference call will be available for two weeks at 1-844-512-2921 (for international callers, dial 1-412-317-6671) using the replay PIN: 13723841.

About Harbor Custom Development, Inc.

Harbor Custom Development, Inc. is a real estate development company involved in all aspects of the land development cycle including land acquisition, entitlements, construction of project infrastructure, home building, marketing, sales, and management of various residential projects in Western Washington's Puget Sound region; Sacramento, California; and Austin, Texas. Harbor has active or recently sold-out residential communities in Gig Harbor, Bremerton, Silverdale, Bainbridge Island, Belfair, Allyn, Port Orchard, Lacey, Burien, Yelm and Blaine in the state of Washington. In addition, Harbor has acquired land and will begin constructing homes in three new markets. In the Sacramento metro market, Harbor will be constructing homes in completed subdivisions in both Rocklin and Auburn, California. In the Austin metro market, Harbor has acquired developed lot inventory in Dripping Springs, Driftwood, and Horseshoe Bay, Texas. The Company recently acquired property in Punta Gorda, Florida, and plans to begin construction of oceanfront condominiums there in 2022. Harbor Custom Developments business strategy is to acquire and develop land strategically, based on an understanding of population growth patterns, entitlement restrictions, infrastructure development, and geo-economic forces. Harbor focuses on real estate within target markets with convenient access to metropolitan areas that are generally characterized by diverse economic and employment bases and increasing populations. For more information on Harbor Custom Development, Inc., please visit http://www.harborcustomdev.com.

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A new McKinney neighborhood will be the latest North Texas community to offer single-family rental homes. Developer Stillwater Capital Investments plans to build the 245-home Storybook rental project on South Custer Road.

Homes planned in the rental project will range from near 1,000 square feet to more than 2,200 square feet, according to planning documents filed with the state.

The new home community is set to start early next year and will cost more than $43 million to build. A leasing center office and amenity building are also part of the plan.

Dallas architect Omniplan designed the project. The new neighborhood is being built on the site of the former Storybook Ranch, an event and recreation center.

The McKinney project will be the first of its kind for Dallas-based Stillwater Capital, which has a track record of building apartments and mixed-use developments.

The Storybook McKinney site will be our first of several single-family rental communities we have underway, Stillwaters Aaron Sherman said. Storybook will be breaking ground in the next few months, and we have a handful of other developments that will start in 2022.

While this will be out first true single-family rental project, weve built hundreds of homes through our single-family homebuilding company, Robert Elliott Custom Homes, along with several thousand units in our traditional multi-family business, Sherman said. Our team and experience across both platforms gives us a unique understanding of the space and will allow us to deliver best-in-class communities to the market.

Single-family home rental communities have been one of the fastest-growth housing sectors in the country and North Texas. Builders are putting up thousands of Dallas-Fort Worth houses aimed at renters who need a traditional home.

Stillwater Capital has built projects across D-FW and is part of the team building the new PGA headquarters in Frisco.

The company also has developed multiple Dallas-area apartment communities.

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What's not to love about this beautiful, turn-key horse farm in the heart of Summerfield? Just minutes away from shopping, downtown, Belews Lake, and the airport! This home features 2 working wells, gas log fireplace, vaulted ceilings, granite counter tops, and a sunroom with the best farm views you could ask for. Take a dip in the low maintenance in-ground saltwater sport pool with beach entry, glass tile, and travertine stones. The spacious 4-stall barn is equipped with electricity, a hot/cold water wash stall, a tack room and a massive hayloft. There is plenty of room to completely turn your horse trailer around. The pasture is spacious enough to re-install the dressage ring/arena. Don't forget the additional 2 car detached garage/workshop with multiple covered parking spaces perfect for storing tractors, ATV's, boats, RV's, and more! Water in all pastures. Bring your horses, your boat and enjoy your little paradise. Custom Modular! Appliances & hot tub conveys-agent only remarks

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Following are recent property transactions recorded in the Loudon County Register of Deeds office:

Oct. 15

Clifford Wayne Parks to Stephanie Sanders Peck and George Craig Peck, warranty deed, $315,000.

Iura Bordei to Emily Sue Hendrickson and Eric W. Hendrickson, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Point, lot 15, block 13, $350,000.

TN National LLC to Tennessee Custom Homes LLC, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 2, lot 116, $107,900.

TN National LLC to Jerry W. Vance and Karen E. Vance, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 5, phase 2, lot 50, $52,900.

TN National LLC to Tennessee Custom Homes LLC, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 4, lot 55, $103,900.

Todd W. Rich and Nakita Rich to Thomas F. Lower and Ari Anna Lower, warranty deed, District 3, Emilys Landing, phase 1, lot 44, $335,000.

Gayle Paynter and Gayle G. Matlock to Kyle T. Hensley and Jennifer E. Hensley, warranty deed, District 2, Riverchase, lot 16, $625,000.

Keren Whiting to Gregory S. Bloomfield and Ashley N. Bloomfield, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 6, lot 11, $99,000.

David H. Shannon and Rhonda A. Shannon to John Dennis Parker and Amy Leigh Parker, warranty deed, District 2, 3.45 acres, $643,000.

Jonathan Wise to Dawn Farris, warranty deed, District 1, Chota Woods, lot 1, block 4, $384,645.

Michael W. Wilson to Michael E. Lee and Jodi Lee, warranty deed, District 2, Carrington, lot 23, $329,900.

Bernard R. Krulewich and Ionela Magdalena Krulewich to Todd W. Rich and Nakita N. Rich, warranty deed, District 2, Harrison Glen, unit 1, lot 47, $440,000.

Kurt Zimmerman and Charlotte Zimmerman to Andrew N. Lacey and Kimberlee U. Lacey, warranty deed, District 5, Amberly Meadows, lot 22R, $699,900.

Joshua Bradley Farmer and Rebecca Leeann Farmer to Gregory Russell and Jonette Russell, warranty deed, District 5, 1.01 acres, $150,000.

Peggy Rietz Lennex to Glen Owens, warranty deed, District 4, 1.24 acres, $52,000.

Makenna K. McDonald to Julie Burke, warranty deed, District 1, $142,000.

Brookwood Development LLC to Casa Del Lago Homeowners Association Inc., warranty deed, District 2, 4.73 acres, Lakeview Memorial Gardens of Loudon County Inc., lot 2, $40,000.

William F. Melton to Rickey E. Mayfield, warranty deed, District 2, .93 acres, $30,000.

Oct. 18

Richard A. Goble to True to Life LLC, warranty deed, District 2, 7.14 acres, $1,300,000.

Jeffrey L. Johnston Sr. and Paula A. Johnston to Ricky Dye and Desiree Gaye Dye, warranty deed, District 2, Summitvue, lot 5, $385,000.

Andrew Fritz, Stephen E. Fritz and Laura Fritz to Kevin J. Paradis and Jill E. Paradis, warranty deed, District 1, Toqua Greens, lot 14, block 16, $35,000.

Julia Hurley to Claudia Ganta, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Point, lot 38, block 10, $25,000.

Robert F. Fisher and Karen A. Fisher to Jon E. Doliana Sr., warranty deed, District 1, Chota Hills, lot 3, block 12, $370,000.

AKJ LLC to Derick Robinson and Jenella Robinson, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Coves, lot 1, block 10, $6,000.

CS Holdings LLC to Viorel Rotar and Elegant Construction, warranty deed, District 1, Tanasi Shores, lot 17, block 19, $4,500.

CS Holdings LLC to Derick Robinson and Jenella Robinson, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Coves, lot 2, block 10, $6,000.

AKJ LLC to Derick Robinson and Jenella Robinson, warranty deed, District 1, Chota Hills, lot 25, block 7, $4,500.

AKJ LLC to Derick Robinson and Jenella Robinson, warranty deed, District 1, Mialaquo Point, lot 1, block 7, $7,000.

AKJ LLC to Derick Robinson and Jenella Robinson, warranty deed, District 1, Mialaquo Point, lot 5, block 9, $5,000.

TV Holdings LLC to Derick Robinson and Jenella Robinson, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Coves, lot 12, block 12, $7,500.

AKJ LLC to Derick Robinson and Jenella Robinson, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Coves, lot 13, block 12, $6,000.

AKJ LLC to Derick Robinson and Jenella Robinson, warranty deed, District 1, Toqua Shores, lot 1, block 22, $10,000.

AKJ LLC to Derick Robinson and Jenella Robinson, warranty deed, District 1, Mialaquo Point, lot 12, block 4, $7,000.

AKJ LLC to Derick Robinson and Jenella Robinson, warranty deed, District 1, Toqua Shores, lot 10, block 22, $10,000.

Lowell E. Ranvek to Amy R. Lasalle, warranty deed, District 1, Chota Hills, lot 21, block 14, $24,000.

TN National LLC to Tony E. Donaldson, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 8, lot 2, $164,900.

TN National LLC to Toby A. Meloro and Christina M. Meloro, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 2, phase 2, lot 194, $74,900.

TN National LLC to Brent A. Wick and Kristina C. Wick, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 2 4, lot 3, $374,900.

TN National LLC to Richard Marsch, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 8, lot 54, $239,900.

Steven R. Duncan and Amy P. Duncan, trustees of the Duncan Family Revocable Living Trust, to LLT Properties, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 5, phase 2, lots 29 and 30, $119,800.

Thomas J. Kukla and Joan C. Kukla, trustees of the Thomas J. Kukla and Joan C. Kukla Revocable Living Trust, to Matthew D. McCollum and Angel S. McCollum, warranty deed, District 1, Chota Shores, lot 15, block 1, $875,000.

John Franklin Robinson Jr. to Brian E. Brannum and Alivia Steele Brannum, warranty deed, District 3, Alleghany, lots PT 2, 3 and 4, block 4B, $225,000.

Brandon S. Tipton to Walter Vanskiver IV and Maleah Vanskiver, warranty deed, District 3, Brandon S. Tipton, lots 1 and 2, $200,000.

Robert J. Smith and Ceresa Smith to Laura Kyle and William Kyle, warranty deed, District 5, Avalon, unit 4, lot 51, block C, $65,000.

Joshua James Smith and Tracy Lynn Smith to William S. Nash, warranty deed, District 2, Millers Landing, unit 2, lot 94R, $1,850,000.

Kapur Holdings LLC to Pramukh Developer LLC, warranty deed, District 1, $898,000.

Oct. 19

Ricardo A. Zapata and Jennifer Holt Zapata to Tara Jean Mooney, warranty deed, District 1, Emerson Lewis, lots 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, block B, $283,000.

TN National LLC to Maplewood Partnership LTD, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 8, lot 21, $224,900.

TN National LLC to Darryll R. Tanner and Diane C. Tanner, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 8, lot 4, $149,900.

TN National LLC to Cynthia Hogan and Bryan Hogan, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 8, lot 31, $140,000.

Lyle B. Padgett, Olivia Felicia Belt and Robert L. Padgett to Adrian Perju, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Point, lot 7, block 12, $8,000.

Jerold E. Kusky and Carolyn D. Kusky to Vicki Ferros and Kevin Ferros, warranty deed, District 4, Rarity Bay, phase 7, lot 838, section 2, $725,000.

Oct. 20

David Arthur Anderson to David Waeltermann, warranty deed, District 1, Mialaquo Coves, lot 28, block 15, $40,000.

Robert J. Woodford Jr. and Ann Mari Woodford to Patricia Ann Oconnor and Gary Michael Oconnor, warranty deed, District 1, 1.975 acres, $212,000.

Robert John Benson and Sheila Marie Benson, trustees of the Robert and Sheila Benson Revocable Trust, to Kathleen Margaret Blackburn and Timothy Blackburn, warranty deed, District 1, Mialaquo Coves, lot 15, block 4, $20,000.

AKJ LLC to Capital Investment Properties LLC, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Point, lot 22, block 8, $4,300.

Oct. 21

Michael D. Poff and Cheryl Poff to Randii Goble, warranty deed, District 3, 7.18 acres, $923,700.

Roy Bryan Petett to DR Horton, warranty deed, District 1, Creekside Preserve, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 and 86, $4,472,000.

Thomas Congdon and Salleyanne Dyer Congdon to Todd Bealer and Ashley Bealer, warranty deed, District 2, Congdon, lot 2, $75,000.

Robert Wayne Sopko and Laurie Lee Sopko, trustees of the Robert and Laurie Sopko Trust, to Adrian Perju, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Point, lot 7, block 8, $4,000.

AKJ LLC to Andrey Botezat, warranty deed, District 1, Mialaquo Coves, lot 11, block 19, $5,000.

CS Holdings LLC to Andrey Botezat, warranty deed, District 1, Mialaquo Coves, lot 20, block 6, $5,500.

CS Holdings LLC to Andrey Botezat, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Point, lot 24, block 8, $6,000.

CS Holdings LLC to Andrey Botezat, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Point, lot 5, block 2, $4,500.

AKJ LLC to Andrey Botezat, warranty deed, District 1, Chatuga Point, lot 6, block 2, $4,500.

AKJ LLC to Andrey Botezat, warranty deed, District 1, Mialaquo Coves, lot 18, block 13, $7,500.

Larry M. Thomas and Amanda Thomas to Shannon Bodmer and Charlotte Walker, warranty deed, District 2, Mahlon Place, lot 5, $460,000.

TN National LLC to Brian Thomas Carmazzi and Lisa Ann Carmazzi, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 2, phase 2, lot 125, $62,900.

Thomas Wayne Flynn and Susan Flynn to Robert D. Gibson and Ines P. Gibson, warranty deed, District 1, $155,000.

AKJ LLC to Dimond Group TN LLC, warranty deed, District 1, Mialaquo Coves, lot 23, block 4, $7,500.

TV Holdings LLC to Dimond Group TN LLC, warranty deed, District 1, Toqua Shores, lot 32, block 17, $7,500.

David L. Rowell and Catherine L. Rowell to Donald P. Fowler and Bonita Fowler, warranty deed, District 5, Riverview Golf Site, lot 15, $9,000.

Oct. 22

Frank C. Spears to Thomas Scott Brown and Cherry Brown, warranty deed, District 2, 10.17 acres, $54,692.06.

Richard Goff to Robert T. Morehead and Leah J. Morehead, warranty deed, District 5, Rockingham, lot 23, $40,000.

William L. Buchanan and Mary J. Buchanan to John C. Barrett, warranty deed, District 2, Lenoir City, lots PT 1, PT 2, PT 3 and PT 4, section 4, $165,000.

Tyler James Eblen Williams to Caleb Wilson and Lauren Wilson, warranty deed, District 2, Harrison Hills, lot 14, block E, $201,000.

Otis F. Bowers to James Jones and Joyce Jones, warranty deed, District 2, Evans Wallace, lot 3, $125,000.

Gary Waldroup and Jenifer Hillard to Steve Riggs and Vince Clayton, warranty deed, District 2, Lenoir City, lots 8, 9, PT 10 and PT 7, block 26, section 2, $200,000.

TN National LLC to Frank Anthony Tersigni and Theresa Sharon Tersigni, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 8, lot 50, $229,900.

TN National LLC to Roger Scott Coulter and Mary Frances Coulter, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 5, phase 2, lot 54, $59,900.

Christie Sheffield and Kevin Sheffield to Stacy R. Bowling and Loretta L. Bowling, warranty deed, Oak Creek, lot 46R2, $535,000.

Peggy A. Miller to Michael Gene Potter, warranty deed, District 3, 0.138 acres, $122,900.

Harper Village Development LLC to Turner Homes LLC, warranty deed, District 5, Harper Village, lots 150, 151, 152 and 153, $140,000.

TN National LLC to Scott K. Joy and Virginia Martin Joy, warranty deed, District 1, Tennessee National Pod 8, lot 28, $102,900.

Landon Heath Hilton to William B. McCall and Crystal L. McCall, warranty deed, District 2, $180,000.

Don Ray Trollinger and Margot S. Trollinger to Brian D. Brown and Brandi Monger Brown, warranty deed, District 1, 23.47 acres, $675,000.

Mark Brown and Susan Brown to Kevin Reed, warranty deed, District 1, Mark Brown and Susan Brown Vonore Road property, tract VI, $115,000.

Oct. 25

Derae Dawn Daugherty and Derae Oody to Opendoor Property Trust 1, $265,000.

Rival Development Inc., to Stacy L. Hayden, warranty deed, District 2, Cottages at Avalon, unit 1, lot 19, $349,900.

Joseph Wallace and Darrell Price to Elizabeth Rondini and Jeff Rondini, warranty deed, District 1, $209,000.

W. Jeff Nichols and Laurie A. Nichols to Julian Cangeloni and Sally Cangeloni, warranty deed, District 3, 7.36 acres, $132,300.

Candace S. Johnson to Craig Meredith and Chera Meredith, warranty deed, District 5, Jack Redmond, lot 2, $641,000.

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NORTH ATTLEBORO -- When John Brunelli goes to the gym to do some pullups this Veterans Day, hell be raising more than just his chin over the bar.

The Navy Reserve vet and Attleboro resident will be doing pullups at his gym, The Answer is Fitness, for 11 hours, honoring the original designation of Armistice Day of World War I when the guns fell silent on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.

And speaking of numbers, Brunelli says, Id like to do 2,021 (chin ups). I dont know if Im going to hit that.

Brunelli, 53, is raising money for Taunton-based Homes for Our Troops, which builds and donates specially-adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 veterans to enable them to rebuild their lives.

Brunelli, who served stateside as a medical corpsman at what was then the Naval Hospital Newport, has also been a dispatcher for the North Attleboro Fire Department and a Mansfield firefighter before going to work as a trainer for the Massachusetts State 911 Department. Ive come full circle, he says.

Hes raised money for the home-building group before, doing Stairs for Our Troops at Gillette Stadium, with a 25-pound vest.

This time, hes been training for about six months, including doing some 800 pullups in the course of four hours. Hes worked up to that gradually, he says. Hes also been running and was planning on a 24-hour race Saturday. By running that, he says, I figure that will be less weight to pull up.

His hands are calloused and Ive been eating a lot of bananas, as potassium is supposed to prevent muscle cramps. Hell be varying his grip during the Nov. 11 event for the same reason, and there will be rest and meal breaks along the way, but the rules say every pullup of his 5-foot-7-inch, 170 lb. frame has to start from a hanging position.

Well have witnesses there, he says.

Hell start, he says, one second past midnight on Nov. 11 and go for 11 hours

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Everything but the horses is included on this private gated fence-lined 10-acre property in a secluded area of Fishing Creek Valley in Dauphin County.

The horse lovers dream is turn-key ready with a heated eight stall barn including automatic waterers, wash stall, feed/tack room, fly spray system and Dutch doors that open to the separate fenced-in paddock areas throughout the property.

An indoor arena measuring 60- by 90-feet, with premium footing, is attached to the barn.

Other outbuildings include a four-bay workshop and a multi-bay 16-foot by 42-foot run-in shed.

The custom 3,150-square-foot home, built in 2002, beckons its occupants outdoors with a large wrap-around front porch offering a view of the horses, and a generous balcony off of one of four bedrooms, offering an elevated view of the property and nearby mountains. A screened-in covered back porch allows for entertaining and dining with the convenience of kitchen access.

The home has an open gourmet kitchen and family room area with a semi-private formal dining room and kitchen breakfast nook area. A stone fireplace is the centerpiece of the family room.

Hickory wood floors carry through the entire first floor down the hall to the large sunlit laundry room/mud room, which opens via a pocket door to a full first floor bath with steam shower. Two exterior doors in the laundry room allow easy outdoor access.

The wood staircase leads up to the large open hallway, which completely circles the staircase. French doors lead to the master bedroom with stone fireplace and wood mantel. A large master bath includes walk-in closet, double bowl vanities, tile floors and walls and large window-lit stone surround shower with multiple spray heads.

The basement level includes exterior access, office space and a second laundry room for horse-related wearables.

Located at 1841 Potato Valley Road in Middle Paxton Township, the home is listed for $939,900 by agent Steve Black, with Howard Hanna Real Estate Services.

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Have you been shopping around for a new home? Perhaps one in or near Boerne?

You can now take a tour of some exquisite homes in the beautiful Texas Hill Country during the 2021 Spring Tour of Homes.

Spring Tour of Homes, also known as the biggest open house in Central Texas, is happening this weekend, April 24-25 in San Antonio, Boerne and New Braunfels.

The annual tour, presented by the Greater San Antonio Builders Association, offers eight key communities and 39 new homes.

Homes range in price from $200,000 to more than $1 million and can suit most budgets and lifestyle needs.

Featured in the tour is Monticello Homes, which will offer homes in The Estates at Hinder Ridge at Kinder Ranch, located off Bulverde Road north of Stone Oak.

Located in the gated enclave of Hastings Ridge, The Estates features spacious estate-sized lots with eight luxury semi-custom home options from Monticello Homes Legacy design series.

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In todays homes kitchens serve a multitude of purposes beyond being a space to whip up a meal. Theyre the heart of your home, the command center, the family gathering spot. So its no wonder why kitchens are where homeowners invest their renovation budget and why homebuyers pay a premium for an updated look.

Savvy design professionals agree, spicing up your kitchen with stylish, timeless and natural materials like cypress is a recipe for success.

Planning a new or remodeled kitchen can be an exciting yet overwhelming time. Designer Erika Powell from Urban Grace Interiors in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., says making the process less stressful boils down to ensuring the layout meets your needs.

When starting a project we first like to sit down with our clients in order to get to know them and how they will be using their kitchen, she said. If an architect is involved, we also like to work hand-in-hand with them so that any overarching architectural vision they may have is included in the interior design as well.

Nowadays homeowners are mostly looking for open-concept floorplans with kitchens that open up to living and dining rooms. And because theres less available wall space, there are fewer upper cabinets. To compensate modern kitchen layouts feature expansive islands with seating and storage, a pantry for canned and dry goods and a butler pantry to hide away less frequently used items.

Once we determine the layout, then we get to work on selecting building products and finishes, Powell said. While there is a wide range of products to choose from, our style focuses on fine materials and classic design elements. Being near the beach, our clients gravitate toward light and natural materials products like real wood are just more beautiful. A wood like cypress is stable and durable with unique charm. Its a fixture in many of our kitchen projects.

When it comes to choosing cabinetry, architect Ben Patterson from Bossier City, La., says it doesnt take long to notice the difference between cabinetry thats built with solid wood and what you can find at the big box stores.

In my experience homeowners value the natural character and quality of solid wood cabinets, he said. Im a full-service architect and usually design custom cabinets for the projects I work on. And I like working with local materials, so my cabinet designs usually have a cypress face with a birch box.

Selecting a finish can be tricky but Patterson said trends come and go. Painted cabinets seem to be all the rage these days but a natural wood finish is tasteful and timeless, he added. And thats another reason I love cypress. Whether new growth, old growth, sinker or pecky, cypress is simply beautiful.

If your kitchen feels a little bland, luxury homebuilder Matt Cain from Dallas-based Tatum Brown Custom Homes says whats overhead is often overlooked.

In kitchens, we typically install a wood plank ceiling treatment to add visual texture and aesthetic warmth, he said. There are a lot of materials to work with, but I prefer cypress especially pecky cypress because it offers such a specific look and homeowners just fall in love with it. In fact, Ive never painted a cypress ceiling; its too beautiful to cover up.

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FRESNO, Calif. (KGPE) Could tiny homes help those who lost houses in the Creek Fire?

The Creek Fire destroyed 853 structures last year, including hundreds of homes.

Rebuild Our Sierra is partnering with Operation Tiny Home to help some families make a quick return to their property.

Dylan Johnson, one of the co-founders of Rebuild Our Sierra, says it takes three or four years to rebuild a full home and less than three months for a tiny house.

Operation Tiny Home founder Gabrielle Rapport says, A lot of times when people go tiny they are interested in that more minimalist lifestyle. Its not for everybody.

Operation Tiny Home is known for projects like housing veterans in volunteer-built and self-built tiny homes.

Rapport says, We do like to tailor it custom built to the needs of whoever it is we are building for. In these situations where we are building for people who lost their homes in the fires, we know that they want to have all the amenities and it might take them some time to rebuild their lives. They want a washer and dryer and they want access to a full size kitchen and a full size refrigerator. In these homes we can absolutely provide that for them.

Tiny homes are popular because they are often affordable, customizable and eco friendly.

Rapport says, It definitely does take a tremendous amount of creativity when youre building a small space like that. You really want to be thoughtful and use multifunctional furniture. So everything in the home typically has more than one function. You have a table that folds up or moves over and becomes a cutting board. You really do have to get creative.

Rebuild our Sierra already has four families set to receive tiny homes through the partnership with the first to be delivered this summer.

Sometimes local regulations dictate sizes of homes allowed and whether some may be permanent or temporary. Rules often differ community to community.

Rapport says, Our warehouse is in Oregon and we are building these homes to be able to transport them to the location and then they can be taken off that trailer. Theyre not intended to be moveable tiny homes. We do build moveable tiny homes but we also like to work within local zoning laws and whatever is allowed for the community where we are building it.

Johnson says, We dont have enough money to do it for them all. So thats why were looking for folks who believe in this and help support us make it happen. For more information on Rebuild Our Sierra visit the website here.

Operation Tiny Home is also donating $20,000 in power tools to support 18 families rebuild. These will be distributed at an April 30 Creek Fire Resource Event in Prather.

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Editor's Note

SPRING BRINGS LONGER DAYS AND WARMER WEATHER, reminding gardeners to get outside and put their hands in the dirt. Spring cleaning is a tradition with a long (if vague) history, related to a time of preparing our homes for something new. And after a year-plus in lockdown, we are perhaps in more need than ever of finding ways to rejuvenate the spaces we live in. This Home & Garden issue covers everything from interior upgrades (think shades and pillows) to medical gardening, plus bigger trends and policy questions related to housing, like whether we cost-effectively use Accessory Dwelling Units to increase density. Whatever your budget enough to buy a succulent for the windowsill, or rehab a historic house there are ways to invest in and improve where you live.-Sara Rubin

Not just any someone, mind you. Wizard, a Seaside City Councilmember whose day job is as a housing element coordinator with San Francisco-based YIMBY Law, and Hare, a registered nurse, had in mind someone who really needed housing, but might have trouble finding it in the Monterey Peninsulas pricey rental market.

In my mind the right person is not some bachelor from the Navy who has the BAH, Wizard says, referring to the Basic Allowance for Housing, which some believe helps contribute to high rents and low rental inventory on the Monterey Peninsula.

Our goal is to rent it out to someone who has the need for a two-bedroom apartment, Wizard says. A single parent with kids, or a couple of students. We dont really know who the person is, but we want to do it all legally and properly and because we think its a good thing to do.

It is a good thing to do, and the couple is still doing it, but what was to have been a garage conversion instead became a tear-down and new construction, after a city of Seaside building inspector took a look at the existing garage and said something to the effect of, Not a chance in hell.

The 70-plus-year-old foundation on the garage wouldnt have supported it, and building codes are stricter now than they were then. So tear it down they did and now the ADU construction is in process, with a new foundation poured and plumbing roughed in, awaiting an inspection.

Building an ADU is so much more complicated than you can even imagine, Wizard says. His advice to people interested in building one? Have patience, ask questions and be persistent with your local permitting agency.

ADUS ARENT NECESSARILY GOING TO GET CALIFORNIA OUT OF ITS WIDESPREAD AND ENTRENCHED HOUSING CRISIS, where too many people are competing for not enough space, new construction moves at a glacial pace and affordable housing construction usually doesnt move at all. But they stand to make a dent in that crisis.

California legalized ADUs for all cities in 2017 meaning cities and counties couldnt actively prohibit them, although it also didnt mean jurisdictions had to make it easy. The easy (or easier, anyway) part came in 2019, when the state legislature passed new bills aimed at making the process easier; Gov. Gavin Newsom signed all three into law.

SB 13, from Sen. Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, tackled the issue of high permit fees and prohibits jurisdictions from requiring the replacement of parking spots if a garage, carport or covered parking is demolished to build an ADU. AB 881, by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, removed owner-occupancy requirements from ADUs. And maybe the most important of the three, AB 68, from Assemblymember Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, requires jurisdictions to approve one ADU and one junior ADU (or JADU, a unit no more than 500 square feet) per lot.

In comments to the press in 2019, Ting said the legislation was necessary because cities had been erecting barriers making it difficult to build ADUs, either through high permitting fees or by slow-rolling applications through the permitting process.

Craig Riddell, a former Pacific Grove planning commissioner and owner of Monterey Bay Design Group, which works with Hare Construction and local architects and designers on custom home design, has started to eat, sleep and breathe the ADU process, and is in the midst of writing a book on them. With a working title ofMaximizing Your Largest Investment, the theme is how to turn a home into a revenue stream via ADUs and JADUs.

He echoes Tings sentiments, about the early initial roadblocks that jurisdictions put up when it came to permitting ADUs.

We had the initial response from some districts where they were in denial, maybe, but now a lot of them are embracing it, Riddell says. He goes through a list of cities Seaside has its pre-approved plan program, Pacific Grove is on board and very strong and positive. Carmel, he says, has a lot of issues, Monterey is fine but has no water, and Marina is also positive. The county is another animal, because there are more zoning issues and septic systems can be a limiting factor, he says.

Throughout the state, the number of ADU permits issued has increased exponentially since 2017, when 5,000 permits were issued. In 2019, almost 15,000 ADU permits were issued. And, Riddell notes in a sample chapter from his book, a study from Freddie Mac (or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) found 1.4 million properties in the U.S. with ADUs, with the fastest growing areas in high-cost states in the South and West.

Its clear the state is for ADUs, and cities have resisted for a long time, Riddell says. But, he adds, post-WWII, housing was built for nuclear families, with two parents, 2.5 kids and a dog and it was fine.

Now, though, 62 percent of homes have fewer than three people living in them. And fewer people living in larger homes means theyre paying for more housing than they may want or need.

Were in this situation where weve created a housing problem for a lot of reasons, he says. One of the concerns with ADUs is that its intensifying a propertys use, but in reality, Im not sure we are. Some people call it hidden density. ADUs are interlaced into a neighborhood, theyre built by homeowners and can become a lifesaver for that homeowner.

How is it a lifesaver? It can house an adult child moving back home from college. It can house an elderly or infirm parent and avoid the need for a more expensive care facility. Or it can serve as a rental that provides an income stream and enables a homeowner to stay in their own homes as they age.

Building them isnt cheap, though. Construction is construction, and the soft cost of lumber has risen 170 percent during the pandemic, as some places have stopped cutting and processing lumber and a beetle infestation in Canada has taken out a number of trees. Meanwhile, speculators are buying lumber on the supposition it will be worth more in the future.

In general, if the area standard on per-square-foot cost for construction is $550 a square foot, thats what an ADU is going to cost you, Riddell says. You have all the parts plumbing, bathroom, foundation, utilities. You have all of that. Its one of the reasons garage conversions and JADUs look good right now.

RIDDELL RECOMMENDS THREE THINGS FOR PEOPLE CONSIDERING BUILDING AN ADU, whether its an ADU that comes from a garage conversion, one thats carved out of space in an existing home or from building a free-standing unit in a backyard.

First, figure out the purpose of the unit: Will you use it as space for family, as a rental unit or some other use, such as a home office or art studio? Second: Figure out your budget your real budget, not your fantasy, pie-in-the-sky budget. Third: Make sure your designer and your general contractor communicate effectively, and start that communication early in the process.

If you dont throw in a budget conversation, if that conversation never gets started, theres no use in going through a whole design process, Riddell says. Figuring out a rough budget and making sure you have a general contractor lined up is helpful, and working with a designer and general contractor together is a good idea.

Wizard also points out financing can be a problem, in that theres no good mechanism for financing ADUs.

You cant go to a bank and get a mortgage for an ADU. You have to get a home equity line or a consumer loan from 8 to 15 percent, and thats not a great financial strategy, he says. The consumer financial market has not met the moment of creating funding mechanisms.

Both former Gov. Jerry Brown in 2018 and Newsom in 2019 and 2020 vetoed an ADU financing bill to create a funding mechanism for consumers to borrow against. Still, Wizard says, Seaside has seen a lot of ADU activity, allocating 5 acre-feet of water for people who want to build one, but didnt have existing water credits. So far, 1.5 acre-feet have been used and the city has issued 36 ADU permits, with 19 of those finaled.

People want to build these because its an income stream, theyre critical to aging in place and for younger families buying a home, its a way to build wealth and provide stable housing.

Its a good use of the built environment, Wizard adds, and it concentrates human uses on already disturbed land and doesnt contribute to sprawl.

Hanif Panni is one member of a younger family looking to do just that build wealth and provide stable housing. An artist and DJ whose wife works in conservation communications, both have aging parents who live elsewhere, and they wanted to have a place for grandparents to stay. They availed themselves of one of Seasides pre-approved plans, and received their construction permit earlier this month.

We thought the water issue was going to make it impossible, but we started looking into it and found it was attainable, Panni says. Seasides package looked nice and theyre sexy plans. Theyre very future-thinking, forward-thinking. Where the [building] hardships will come is yet to be seen.

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ADUs are now reality for California. Heres some of what to expect when you build one. - Monterey County Weekly