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SANTA CRUZ Local contractors are reporting an uptick in work this spring, a welcome change after the recession hit four years ago, followed by the housing crash and a weak recovery.
Thats the report from nine out of 10 members of the Santa Cruz Construction Guild responding to a query from the Sentinel.
Call it the slow thaw from a previously frozen landscape, said Michele Landegger of Boa Constructor Building and Design in Santa Cruz. Inquiries are increasing and actual jobs are breaking ground.
Landegger said she is wrapping up the design phase for two residential remodel-addition projects that are moving forward.
Homeowners that can afford to build now are in an excellent position to get the most for their money, she said, noting the number of quality builders outnumber the projects available.
She estimates the volume of new and remodel construction, which had dropped to 10 percent of what it was before the crash, is now up to 50 percent.
Homeowners making inquiries are looking at modest projects because the amount of funding available to them has decreased in direct ratio to their equity, she added.
We are mostly seeing activity along the water, said Julia Bettencourt of Plumbed Elegance. Investors are back in and spec remodeling is picking up. ... People who bought within the last five years and held the property
She sees homeowners more comfortable with bathroom remodels than kitchens since it is typically a smaller and quicker investment.
Shes also seeing back orders because factories slowed production during the downturn and just werent ready for the volume of demand that we are now experiencing.
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If you are anything like me, picking out paint colors when you are remodeling or freshening up your home can be perplexing. I swear the color never looks the same on the walls as it did on the color cards in the store. One painting business in San Diego offers a nifty website tool that allows you to play with room color online.
Chism Brothers Painting has a webpage set up with a room and a wide variety of colors to choose from. By simply placing your mouse over the color you change the color of the room to get a more realistic idea of how a color might actually look on walls.
If you need even more help, the company also employs a color consultant who will work with you and to determine not just favorite color schemes, but what rooms are high-traffic areas and whether the color selected will compliment your furniture. The company's website states there are over 2200 colors to choose from. Sometimes another point of view can help when selecting colors for painting jobs.
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The nonprofit group called 3in4 Need More awarded a $50,000 Caregiver Home Makeover to Long Beach resident John Simich, the primary caregiver for his 87-year-old mother, Laila, who has dementia. The renovation involved improved safety for his mother. John Simich and his mother Laila Simich are escorted to see the renovated home by show host Dr. Marion Somers. (Sean Hiller/Staff Photographer)
John Simich drives his 87-year-old mother to run all of her errands.
He takes her to lunch to get her out of the house.
He lives in her Long Beach home so she's not alone. And he even sleeps on a couch in front of her room so he's nearby in case anything happens.
Like so many baby boomers, Simich is a caregiver.
"I eyeball her," he says. "If I didn't care, she would have been gone a long time ago."
Though willing to take on this role for his mother, Laila, who is suffering from dementia and arthritis, he wasn't exactly prepared.
He was laid off from his job about a year ago, and money has been tight ever since. There were multiple issues with their home that needed to be fixed for him
One day while browsing the Internet, he came across an ad for a contest by 3in4 Need More, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about the need for long-term care planning.
The contest's prize was a home renovation for a caregiver in order to create a safer environment for the person being cared for.
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Initially intending to alter only one set of cabinets, Roberson eventually remodeled the entire kitchen of his new condo in the Mayfair.
Roberson's master bedroom is sparsely appointed, but features original parquet floors that run throughout the unit.
As the end of the lease on his Midtown apartment approached, Chase Roberson toyed with several questions. Did he want to stay in Memphis, or did he want to move to another city? If he stayed, did he want to buy, or did he want to rent?
Meanwhile, every time he drove up Union Avenue, he'd glance up at The Mayfair condominium building and think, "I'd really like to live there."
Finally, he resolved to just do it.
"I decided on a whim that I'd been here this long, I wasn't going to go anywhere else," Roberson said. "I had money in hand, and being a first-time buyer worked in my favor."
Roberson called Alan Stricklin of Sowell & Co. Realtors to get the process started.
"He's a friend of mine, so naturally when I got ready, I just called him up," said Roberson, an assistant designer with Ray & Baudoin Interior Design. "He actually really wanted to steer me away from the building when we were looking at first."
That was because Stricklin knew a unit in The Mayfair, which was built in 1962, would likely require remodeling. Roberson, though, was not only up for it, he welcomed the challenge of designing his own space.
"I didn't want anything that was too big, too run down," he said. "But I definitely wanted something that needed fixing up, because that's a hobby of mine."
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HOLCOMBE Al Dixon has wanted something done with the Lake Holcombe High School science room for a long time.
Now, he has personally helped the remodeling plans along with a $30,000 donation.
"I wanted to do something, and I couldn't think of anything better than giving them money," he said with a smile.
The generous donation was given on behalf of the Dixon Family to the Lake Holcombe PRIDE committee, a citizen group which has been steadily raising money for the past few months to help pay for upgrades to the Lake Holcombe School gymnasium as well as the science room.
Dixon has long been involved in the Lake Holcombe School District and the community. A lifelong resident of Holcombe, he and his six siblings graduated from the school, as did all three of his own children. Now, most of his grandchildren are current students at Lake Holcombe.
Dixon has also been a long-time school board member for the district, and is on PRIDE's steering committee.
He said the science room project has needed improvements for a long time.
"It's been a long time coming," Dixon said. "It's been on referendums and board discussions but it kept being put off."
PRIDE spokesman J.D. Kirkman said the science room project involves improvements to the plumbing system and the addition of a neutralizer, which catches chemicals in the drainage to safeguard the municipal water system. Improvements to the countertops and floor are also being considered.
Dixon said he made the donation to benefit his family, as his grandchildren move through school, as well as other students in the community.
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