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Thoughts nevertheless unanswered following library home furniture given away | News

Inez Caron April 5, 2024

METROPOLIS, Ill. — Adhering to controversy at the March 25 Metropolis City Council meeting, a concerned citizen sat down with Metropolis Mayor Don Canada on Monday to address some of her unanswered inquiries.

Sumar Holt initially voiced her worries about missing house paid out for by tax pounds at the city council assembly, but was suggested by Canada to make an appointment with him to focus on the subject matter.







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Canada encouraged citizens to carry their worries to him at his business.


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In a statement published by Metropolis World, Canada claimed: “If any one has any thoughts, be sure to sense free to come and discuss to me …I’ve been blown up a lot on Fb, but at least come in and talk to me and give me an possibility. Tonight’s the first time anybody in this room’s come and requested why we do or really do not do issues. We recognize everybody’s feelings, inquiries, and solutions."

Canada created this statement in reaction to 18 citizens showing up for community comment at the March 25 city council meeting.

Holt introduced up her considerations to Canada on Monday about a set of tables and chairs, acquired with taxpayer pounds, that went lacking from the Metropolis Public Library about two and a fifty percent yrs back.







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According to Tony Morris, he acquired the home furniture from a Metropolis Public Library Facebook article, advertising and marketing the tables and chairs.


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The household furniture has given that been found at The Refuge Church in Metropolis. The Refuge Church Pastor Tony Morris said he obtained the tables a couple of yrs in the past when the Metropolis General public Library advertised them in a Fb put up. Morris reported previous library director Rosemary Baxter and other library workforce gave him the home furniture following he replied to the Fb post.

In accordance to Holt, the town applied about $3,500 of tax money to buy the home furniture at an auction.

"They ended up quite big chairs or tables, antique, pure wooden, that would have to be bid on and voted on by city council, and they experienced went lacking at the library," Holt said.

Holt claimed Canada has no recollection of the tables and chairs and does not remember putting out a bid or voting on their sale.

Metropolis Public Library Interim Director Colby Kennedy confirmed the antique tables and chairs had been no lengthier at the library. He reported the library board would have experienced to approve the home furniture sale, but he won't be able to come across a record of the sale from past board meetings.







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Involved citizen Sumar Holt was not able to get answers from Canada to her inquiries about the furnishings.


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Holt hoped the conference with Canada would prompt the metropolis to maintain the individual who gave the furnishings away accountable.

"They had been identified. They are at a area church … I really don't want them eliminated from that church, but the persons that did give them to them, I consider they should really be held accountable," Holt stated.

The Massac County Condition Attorney was out of the office and not able to remark on the position of the household furniture and who gave it absent.

Ottawa considers building housing on federal land: Canadian real estate news for February 17

Inez Caron February 23, 2024
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Home of the Week, Ridge House, 395910 11th Line, Clarksburg, Ont.Mitchell Hubble/Mitchell Hubble/Modern Movement Creative

Here are The Globe and Mail’s top housing and real estate stories this week and one home worth a look.

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Federal land could be used for housing to bring down costs, minister says

As Ottawa attempts to accelerate its strategy to create cheaper housing options, new ideas on how to use federally owned land have been taking shape, write Rachelle Younglai and Erin Anderssen. Housing Minister Sean Fraser said Monday that there’s an opportunity to create housing on existing federal land — adding 60 storeys-worth of new housing on top of a Canada Post building, for example. Non-profit housing developers have said access to land is one of the most critical components of delivering affordable housing because land is scarce and expensive to purchase. Fraser said developing on top of existing federal property would allow the government to help the housing crisis without permanently losing the land to private developers.

Condo buyers get an unpleasant surprise: a stiff bill for rental equipment

Residents and owners of a recently-built Toronto condominium building facing collection letters and demands for thousands of dollars are warning others to beware of vague references to HVAC rental contracts in closing documents and sales agreements, writes Shane Dingman. Residents of an east-Toronto condo say Reliance Home Comfort Inc. presented them with pricey rental contracts for air-conditioning units installed in their homes. Some say the rental contract never appeared in their purchasing agreement, and others say a small line was included last-minute. But residents who made even a single rental payment to Reliance get hooked even deeper in their contract.

Rob Carrick: What’s the bigger risk to your retirement – cuts to the CPP or declines for stocks and real estate?

A recent report from the National Institute on Ageing says the top worries of people aged 50 and up are inflation, running out of money and a reduction in payments from the Canada Pension Plan or other government benefits. But the CPP isn’t what you should be concerned about, writes Rob Carrick in his weekly column. In the NIA study, just 12 per cent of people said they were worried about a major real estate or stock crisis. Are people really such savvy, confident investors, or has it been a while since they’re tasted the fear of a full-on stock market crash? The volatility of stocks, real estate and other assets makes the stability of the CPP all the more valuable and comforting, even with its flaws.

Home of the Week: Home on a ridge, and 25 acres of peace

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Ridge House, 395910 11th Line, Clarksburg, Ont.

The three-bedroom home located near Collingwood, Ont. was designed by Toronto-based architecture firm Superkül. Sitting on 25 acres, Ridge House is designed to enjoy the land surrounding the home. Skylights are positioned to allow the light to move around the structure during the day, and the kitchen, dining room and living room are in the centre of the one-storey building. The best feature is a small haven carved out of a chunk of the south-west corner of the home, warmed by a gas fireplace under a vaulted ceiling clad in marine-grade mahogany, designed to sit and relax during any season.

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Today’s news: Trending business stories for November 23, 2023

Inez Caron December 12, 2023

The latest business news as it happens

Published Nov 23, 2023  •  Last updated Nov 24, 2023  •  8 minute read

A former Hudson's Bay store in downtown Winnipeg.
A former Hudson's Bay store in downtown Winnipeg. Photo by Kevin King/Winnipeg Sun/Postmedia Network

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4:32 p.m.

Market close: TSX ekes out gain, U.S. stock markets closed

Canada’s main stock index edged higher, helped by energy and industrial stocks.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 2.70 points at 20,116.66.

U.S. stock markets are closed for their Thanksgiving holiday.

The Canadian dollar traded for 73 cents U.S. compared with 72.87 cents U.S. on Wednesday.

The January crude contract was down 75 cents at US$76.35 per barrel and the January natural gas contract was up three cents at US$3.07 per mmBTU.

The December gold contract was up 50 cents at US$1,993.30 an ounce and the December copper contract was up one cent at US$3.77 a pound.

The Canadian Press

4:25 p.m.

NextStar expects up to 900 foreign workers to help build Windsor battery plant

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Stellantis Windsor (Chrysler) Assembly plant in Windsor, Ont.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Stellantis Windsor (Chrysler) Assembly plant in Windsor, Ont. Photo by Nicole Osborne/The Canadian Press files

NextStar Energy Inc. says it expects upwards of 900 foreign workers to help build its heavily-subsidized battery plant in Windsor, Ont.

The company, joint-owned by Stellantis and South Korea-based LG Corp., says the temporary global staff will be part of the roughly 1,600 technicians its external suppliers will use to assemble, install and test specialized equipment.

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The estimates come a week after Windsor police posted on social media that upwards of 1,600 South Koreans would be coming to help build the plant, raising concerns from labour leaders and politicians about how many local jobs would be created by the plant.

NextStar says it remains committed to creating 2,500 full-time jobs for Canadians to run the plant once complete, and that the construction company it has contracted will employ 1,600 Canadian tradespeople directly and through subcontractors.

Federal Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said earlier this week that he expects the company will bring in a few foreign workers to help with the project, but expects the company to prioritize Canadian workers.

The battery plant is expected to draw upwards of $15 billion in government funding through incentives linked partially to how many batteries it produces.

The Canadian Press

3:10 p.m.

Pension fund opposes Brookfield-led bid for Australia’s Origin Energy

The Brookfield Place building in downtown Calgary.
The Brookfield Place building in downtown Calgary. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia files

A vote by shareholders of Australia’s Origin Energy Ltd. on a takeover offer by a Brookfield-led consortium of investors and EIG has been delayed after the utility’s largest shareholder voiced opposition to the proposal.

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Pension fund manager AustralianSuper says it holds a stake of more than 17 per cent in Origin and that it will vote against the offer.

The consortium has made a revised offer valued at US$10.6 billion, excluding debt, that would allow institutional shareholders to reinvest in the business. If it is not approved Brookfield has proposed an alternative to buy Origin’s energy markets business, while EIG would buy the other assets.

AustralianSuper has called the bid a “lowball offer” that strengthens its view that it “remains substantially below” its estimate of Origin’s long-term value.

Shareholders were to vote on the takeover plan Thursday, but Origin said in a statement that based on the proxy votes received to date, that had it proceeded that it was unlikely that it would have received the required 75 per cent approval.

The vote has been delayed to Dec. 4.

The Canadian Press

1:53 p.m.

Oil and gas companies shouldn’t bank on carbon capture and storage: IEA

The Alberta Carbon Trunk Line System, the province's largest carbon capture and storage system.
The Alberta Carbon Trunk Line System, the province’s largest carbon capture and storage system. Photo by supplied

A new report from the International Energy Agency warns that oil and gas companies shouldn’t bank on carbon capture and storage to help them maintain their status quo on a warming planet.

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Carbon capture and storage refers to the use of technology to sequester harmful greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes and store them safely underground.

In Canada, carbon capture and storage is a key piece of the oil and gas sector’s decarbonization goals.

Oilsands companies, for example, have banded together to propose a $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage project in northern Alberta that they say will help them reach net-zero emissions from production by 2050.

But the latest report from the IEA says deploying carbon capture won’t give the oil and gas industry the ability to continue increasing fossil fuel production in the future.

The IEA says limiting global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius would require 32 billion tonnes of emissions to be sequestered by carbon capture by 2050, an amount the report calls “entirely inconceivable.”

The Canadian Press

12:50 p.m.

Legault ready to increase offer to Quebec’s striking public sector workers

Quebec Prime Minister Francois Legault in Montreal, 2022.
Quebec Prime Minister Francois Legault in Montreal, 2022. Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images files

Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he’s ready to increase his government’s offer to striking public sector workers, but he says their unions have to show more flexibility.

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He made the comments today in Quebec City as unions representing 570,000 teachers, nurses, orderlies and other public sector workers are on strike across the province.

Legault says that in exchange for more money, he needs flexibility from nurses to fill undesirable shifts and from teachers about when they are assigned classes.

It’s the first time since unions staged a limited strike earlier this month that the premier has stated so clearly that the government is ready to increase its offer.

Unions have rejected the proposal for a 10.3-per-cent salary increase over five years, a one-time payment of $1,000 to each worker, and an extra three per cent for certain jobs the province says are priorities.

Instead, they want a three-year deal that includes salary increases tied to the inflation rate: two percentage points above inflation in the first year or $100 per week, whichever is more beneficial, followed by three points higher than inflation in the second year and four points higher in the third.

The Canadian Press

11:45 a.m.

Midday markets: TSX higher in late-morning trading, U.S. stock markets closed

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Canada’s main stock index was up in late-morning trading, helped higher by gains in the industrial, technology and financial stocks.

The S&P/TSX composite index was up 41.76 points at 20,155.72.

U.S. stock markets are closed for their Thanksgiving holiday.

The Canadian dollar traded for 72.98 cents U.S. compared with 72.87 cents U.S. on Wednesday.

The January crude contract was down US$1.19 at US$75.91 per barrel and the January natural gas contract was up two cents at US$3.05 per mmBTU.

The December gold contract was down US$1.60 at US$1,991.20 an ounce and the December copper contract was up two cents at US$3.78 a pound.

The Canadian Press

11:21 a.m.

Ontario invests $6 million in hydrogen projects to power electricity grid

Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith.
Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith. Photo by Rick Madonik/The Canadian Press files

Ontario is putting nearly $6 million toward nine projects aimed at making use of hydrogen to power the province’s electricity grid.

The bulk of the funding is going to Atura Power to blend hydrogen with natural gas — up to 15 per cent by volume — to produce electricity at its Halton Hills Generating Station.

The government says it will be the largest electricity-based, grid-connected, low-carbon hydrogen blending project in Canada’s history.

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Energy Minister Todd Smith says it will help produce an even more sustainable energy system.

Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator has said that while the province works toward an emissions-free electricity gird, natural gas generation is still required in the short to medium term to ensure stability, but it will also increase greenhouse gas emissions from the sector.

The advocacy group Environmental Defence has previously said that blending some hydrogen with natural gas won’t meaningfully reduce emissions, instead it will lock in fossil fuel infrastructure for decades.

The Canadian Press

10:32 a.m.

First Quantum’s Panama copper mine shutting down amid blockade, union says

First Quantum Ltd.’s Cobre Panama copper mine.
First Quantum Ltd.’s Cobre Panama copper mine. Photo by Abraham Teran/The Canadian Press/AP files

First Quantum Ltd.’s copper mine in Panama is winding down operations as a blockade of small boats at a port restricts key supplies such as coal for energy, a union leader said.

Workers continued to leave the site early Thursday, Michael Camacho from the Utramipa union said in text messages. He urged the government and police to intervene in the port blockade in order to get back to work.

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“We are worried as a union because the authorities do not say anything,” Camacho said.

First Quantum, which didn’t immediately provide a comment, had warned it would be forced to shut the mine if the blockade continued to prevent the delivery of supplies. Operations started slowing last week.

The Canadian firm has found itself at the centre of a political storm in Panama, with the future of its massive Cobre Panama mine called into question after widespread protests erupted last month over a deal to renew an operating contract. President Laurentino Cortizo announced a referendum on the mine, although the vote has been shelved as the government waits for a Supreme Court ruling over whether to revoke the mine’s contract.

Bloomberg

7:30 a.m.

HBC raises $340 million from North American real estate deals

The company that owns Hudson’s Bay says it completed real estate transactions in Canada and the United States resulting in a gain of around US$340 million.

HBC LP, which also owns Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks Off 5th, says in a statement that it’s the owner and developer of a North American real-estate portfolio totalling approximately US$7 billion.

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The historic retailer announced layoffs twice this year as it said the retail sector is navigating significant pressures.

In 2018, when the company was still publicly traded, investors challenged it to sell some of its substantial real estate holdings.

In recent years, the company has introduced several initiatives such as a revamped loyalty program, partnerships with Forever 21 and Mountain Equipment Co. (MEC), and the revival of discount chain Zellers.

Earlier this year, the company shut two of its Alberta department stores, saying the decision reflected changes in the market as well as its vision for the future.

The Canadian Press

Before the opening bell

Stock chart November 23, 2023

Stocks in Europe struggled for traction on Thursday and bonds fell as activity surveys showed a recession in the euro area is looking increasingly likely.

S&P Global’s purchasing managers’ index was in contraction again in November, hitting 47.1, data showed. While that’s a bigger uptick than anticipated by economists, it marks the sixth consecutive month below the 50 level that indicates expansion.

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Dutch firms were among the biggest decliners in the Stoxx Europe 600 index after far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders won a shock victory in the country’s elections.

United States equity futures were little changed. There is no Treasury cash trading on Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday, while Japanese markets are also closed.

In Canada, the S&P/TSX composite index closed up 3.99 points at 20,113,96 on Wednesday.

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United States stock markets are closed today for the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosts European Union leaders for the 19th Canada-EU Leaders’ Summit in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

The inaugural Indigenomics on Bay Street Conference continues in Toronto.

Need a refresher on yesterday’s top headlines? Get caught up here.

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Development damages nearby building | News

Inez Caron December 3, 2023

Excavation operate at the website of UBC Okanagan’s new downtown Kelowna campus has brought on hurt to a close by developing, college and metropolis officials say.

A large pit five-storeys deep has been dug for the 43-storey tower’s underground parkade at 550 Doyle Avenue.

Cracks attributed to the outcomes of the excavation have appeared equally outside the house and inside the building quickly south, at 1405 St. Paul St.

“With the scale and depth of the task, ground settling was often expected, and we are in standard communication with neighbouring homes to evaluate and keep track of the influence of construction on their composition,” UBCO spokesman Nathan Skolski wrote in an e-mail.

Floor-penetrating radar has been utilised to establish improvements that could have an impact on the balance of surrounding properties, and a wide variety of sensors are getting applied to maintain watchful observe of sub-soil shifts, Skolski wrote.

“Additionally, a team of structural and geotechnical engineers have been on web page conducting weekly assessments to be certain the ongoing basic safety of the space,” he wrote.

“These inspections are supposed to detect potential hazards early on and to be certain well timed interventions when necessary.”

For its element, the city has been knowledgeable of settlement-linked destruction to some close by structures since early Oct, the city’s hazard manager Lance Kayfish wrote in an e-mail.

The residence at 1405 St. Paul Avenue is a many years-outdated office environment setting up but the web-site has been authorised for the design of a 35-storey household tower.

Last Saturday, the Kelowna fire division ordered the present building not to be occupied based on the extent of hurt firefighters observed. This earlier Monday, officers in the city’s developing department inspected the house and confirmed it ought to not be occupied until finally its structural assessment is totally assessed. That perform is ongoing.

Metropolis and college officials say they are working cooperatively to be certain community safety is managed. The town is receiving normal updates about the settlement injury and the remedial steps that have been taken, Kayfish said.

In spite of the problems found in the existing developing at 1405 St. Paul St., no delay or work stoppage is anticipated by the city for the new 35-storey significant-increase at the locale.

“Structural and geotechnical engineers will carry on to be on web site conducting standard assessments to make certain the ongoing basic safety of the spot,” Kayfish reported.

GTA real estate markets hit hardest by interest rate hikes | News

Inez Caron November 30, 2023

Real estate sales and prices have plummeted across most of the Greater Toronto Area since interest rates started rising in the first quarter of 2022.

The Bank of Canada (BoC) began raising its benchmark interest rate — which commercial banks use to set mortgage rates — in March 2022. Since then, the BoC has raised its overnight lending rate from 0.25 per cent to five per cent.

The average price for all dwelling types combined across the GTA peaked at $1,334,544 in February 2022. Since then, that combined average has fallen 15.6 per cent, coming in at $1,125,928 in October. 

All cities and towns monitored by the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) have seen price declines since the peak. However, the declines have been more pronounced in some markets than others.







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Table showing how much detached home prices have fallen since GTA housing prices peaked in February 2022 in all markets monitored by TRREB.


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The City of Toronto has seen the lowest declines over that period, but not uniformly across the city.

TRREB breaks Toronto down into three areas — East, West and Centre. Toronto Centre, which includes the downtown core, has only seen a 0.43 per cent decline, while Toronto East and West have seen their average real estate prices decline by 7.2 and 16.3 per cent, respectively.

The areas surrounding Toronto have similarly been something of a mixed bag, with average combined real estate price declines ranging from 9.7 per cent to a high of 41.4 per cent since the February 2022 market peak.

Outside of Toronto, Mississauga has seen the lowest price decline at 9.7 per cent, while King Township in York Region has experienced the largest drop at 41.4 per cent.

Three markets have seen average prices decline between 30 and 40 per cent, including Brock (38.5 per cent) and Scugog (35.9 per cent) in Durham Region, and Adjala-Tosorontio (34.5 per cent) in South Simcoe County.

Among the remaining 25 Toronto area cities and town monitored by TRREB, six have seen their average price for real estate fall between 10 to 20 per cent.

Those include Aurora (15.1 per cent), Markham (14.5 per cent) and Richmond Hill (12.3 per cent) in York Region, Halton Hills (17.8 per cent) in Halton Region, Clarington (16.4 per cent) and Uxbridge (12.6 per cent) in Durham Region, as well as Innisfil (17.5 per cent) in south Simcoe County.

The remaining 19 TRREB areas have all fallen between 20 and 30 per cent.

GTA real Estate sales have also plummeted over the past year, with last month seeing the lowest number of sales for the month of October dating back to 1996.







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Graph showing residential total real estate sales in Toronto and the GTA for the month of October between 1996 and 2023.


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Inez Caron November 25, 2023

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Authentic estate association predicts slipping residence prices and additional Canadian serious estate news for October 14

Inez Caron November 6, 2023
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Below are The Globe and Mail’s best housing and genuine estate stories this week, with the lowest mortgage prices obtainable in Canada now, commentary from our house loan pro and just one property well worth a seem.

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Home revenue dropped in September and rates will proceed to fall in 2023, predicts authentic estate affiliation

The Canadian True Estate Association documented dwelling resales fell 1.9 for each cent in September above August — mostly in Vancouver and Toronto — and now expects a 10 per cent fall in product sales from past yr, writes Rachelle Younglai. The house rate index was $753,900 in September, the initially lower considering that March when consumers rushed to make their purchases amid a lull in fascination level hikes. The current market has since slowed with Lender of Canada’s summer time desire fee hikes, as perfectly as its concept that prices will continue to be elevated until finally inflation slows.

Regulator warns higher desire costs and weaker business authentic estate are raising threats at financial institutions

Citing increasing concerns in professional actual estate as office vacancies increase and superior prices awesome the design sector, the Workplace of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions explained that the increasing cost of borrowing is placing bigger stress on the skill of customers and companies to spend down their financial debt, writes Stefanie Marotta. Although all industrial assets kinds are susceptible to better desire premiums, the workplace, development and advancement segments pose the greatest risks, the regulator mentioned.

As a consequence, banking institutions have adjusted their lending practices and are ever more working with “participation” agreements and other co-lending agreements that distribute the danger across various loan providers. However, these agreements could existing some added challenges to creditors.

This week’s most affordable out there mortgage loan prices

If you really do not have a line of credit rating and need to faucet household equity for additional resources, some approaches are significantly much better than other folks. Primarily if you are sitting down on a miracle level you wouldn’t want to get rid of, writes Robert McLister in his weekly column. You could split it up and refinance, incorporate a new portion, or even get a second one. The aim is to question the proper concerns to extract the ideal fairness for your problem.

Halifax company operator still knee-deep in insurance coverage pink tape immediately after summer flood

Nova Scotia continues to rely the costs after torrential rains and flash floods inundated the province on July 22, which claimed life and caused huge damages. When commercial enterprises have been impacted, proprietors say working with insurance has been a regular battle, writes Michael Lewis. Authorities say Canadian insurers have ongoing to give industrial policies in most higher-chance places even in the encounter of catastrophic losses linked to climate alter that cost billions previous calendar year. But with insured losses for flooding surging, some suppliers have began to deny flood coverage to residences and corporations on regarded flood plains.

Glut of business room leaves more mature downtown structures dealing with far better emptiness charges

The slump in business demand amid the expansion of distant do the job has widened the divide between more mature, no-frills structures and the new gleaming towers with fitness centers, cafés and the hottest HVAC technologies, writes Rachelle Younglai. These “A-class” structures utilised to continue to keep quite lower vacancy costs, but the change has harm the B and C course structures the most, as their tenants up grade to better discounts in better towers. The superior vacancies and sluggish return to the place of work have sparked discuss of turning underused skyscrapers into apartment buildings.

House of the week: A Toronto heritage house with park, boardwalk and beach front as the rec place

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71 Lee Ave., Toronto

Extensive-time residents of the Seashores will figure out 71 Lee for its abnormal aspect great deal that for a long time was virtually absolutely presented about to official gardens, as the current proprietors have lived and managed the household for 4 generations. The residence still has its original stained-glass home windows, strong oak doors, even the initial brass doorknobs and switch plates, and options 5 bedrooms, but only a person rest room. Some of the wood flooring are covered in carpeting, but the wood trim, brick fireplaces and crafted-in leaded glass cabinetry are continue to distinguished fixtures.

What do you believe is the asking value for the home?

a. $3,099,999

b. $3,450,000

c. $2,175,775

d. $1,999,999

a. The asking rate is $3,099,999.

Home maintenance guidelines for wintertime weather | News

Inez Caron October 29, 2023

Drop is listed here, and winter will be below prior to you know it. With the modify in climate comes a listing of property maintenance that all house owners ought to deal with just before the cold climate arrives.

“The finest time to prepare for winter weather conditions is right before the probable ice, sleet and snow set in,” Mechele Agbayani, President and CEO of BBB Central East Texas reported. “A little bit of avoidance can help save you time, income and headaches.”

The BBB features these tips when making ready your house for the colder weather conditions:

Thoroughly clean Those GUTTERS

Clean up out gutters to avoid ice dams and water buildup. A develop-up of leaves and other debris can trigger your gutters and downspouts not to drain properly. Inappropriate draining can make h2o spill in excess of your gutters, top to basis/basement damage and harm to your fascia boards. In the winter, ice dams can type that can allow snow melt underneath your shingles. Get a listing of gutter contractors in close proximity to you.

Examine YOUR ROOF AND GUTTERS

Examine your roof for free or ruined shingles and make any essential repairs. Harmed or loose shingles can allow in water and ice all through the winter season, developing inside harm. Pay a visit to BBB.org to get a listing of roofing contractors in the vicinity of you.

Exam YOUR SMOKE AND CARBON DIOXIDE DETECTORS

Earning absolutely sure these crucial protection resources are in right operating condition is manageable and important to ensuring the basic safety of people in your residence. The Countrywide Hearth Protection Association features outstanding information and facts on setting up and maintaining smoke alarms. The U.S. Shopper Merchandise Basic safety Commission has information and facts on carbon monoxide detectors.

Look at YOUR WINDOW AND Doors FOR AIR LEAKAGE

Introducing caulk and climate stripping allows avoid cold air leakage into your home and helps prevent spiders and bugs from entering. Also, check out in which pipes and wires enter your property.

Organize YOUR GARAGE

You will certainly use your garage a lot far more in the colder months. Get rid of trash and litter, and make absolutely sure your snow shovel and other winter season- use merchandise are quickly obtainable. Fill/repair service any cracks or holes you see to reduce bugs and rodents from getting into that will be seeking refuge from the chilly. Find garage organizers around you.

Examine YOUR DRIVEWAY

Fall is a terrific time to fill cracks and seal coats to prevent wintertime drinking water/ice destruction. Uncover driveway maintenance contractors close to you.

Schedule HVAC Routine maintenance

A qualified Heating contractor near you can assist provider your heating unit and most likely help you save you up to 25% in energy fees in accordance to the U.S. Office of Power.

Protect PIPES

Insulate pipes in unheated areas, like attics, basements, and crawl spaces. Go over up your out of doors drinking water fixture(s). Spigot handles are moderately priced at your community hardware retailer and assist hold the exterior pipes from freezing.

Prepare THE Yard AND Hold IT PEST Absolutely free

Trim trees and bushes absent from your home to stop weighty snow or ice destruction. Clear up leaves and particles to stop pests from getting shelter. For extra help, uncover a BBB Accredited pest regulate business in close proximity to you.

Store patio home furniture and other out of doors items.

Put absent or go over outside home furnishings, grills, and other summer months things to secure them from wintertime weather conditions.

SWEEP YOUR CHIMNEY

Thoroughly clean and inspect your fireplace just before working with it. Guarantee the damper performs adequately to stop drafts when it’s not in use. Getting the soot and feasible blockages or creosote make-up eradicated can help lower the risk of a chimney fire and can strengthen the performance of your hearth. Find a chimney sweep in the vicinity of you.

REVERSE CEILING Supporters

Switch your blades clockwise to enable direct warm air downwards throughout colder months.

Check BACKUP Generators

If you have a backup generator, test it to assure it is in performing problem in case of electrical power outages. Check for BBB Accreditation for any experts you could seek the services of. Go to BBB.org to discover a business enterprise you can trust. Generally appear for the BBB seal. It is the indication of a far better enterprise.

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Strategies on hiring a contractor to do the job in or about your home. Learn more about protecting your house on BBB’s home servicing HQ. Glance to firms that adhere to the BBB Specifications for Believe in. Go through extra about BBB’s Accreditation Requirements.

The BBB is a nonprofit, business enterprise-supported organization that sets and upholds substantial specifications for truthful and straightforward organization actions. Most BBB products and services to people are absolutely free of demand. BBB presents objective information, cost-free BBB Small business Profiles on far more than 5.3 million businesses, 11,000 charity evaluations, dispute resolution products and services, alerts and educational facts on matters influencing market trust. Go to bbb.org for much more information and facts. BBB Serving Central East Texas was launched in 1985 and serves 19 counties.

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7 home staging strategies to consider observe of prior to promoting your household, Life style News

Inez Caron January 3, 2023

House staging can be pretty hard as numerous factors and problems occur. Aspects these kinds of as renovation availability, expense and high quality appear to brain when sellers want to prepare their households for listing and community viewing.

On the other hand, there is a very good selection of resale assets listings that need assistance captivating to residence buyers. This can be owing to photographs showcasing cluttered residences, outdated furnishings, and disagreeable wall colours.

Just before listing their household on house web sites like 99.co, most residence sellers still need to have to have an understanding of the significance of providing an desirable image.

Probable consumers will be less most likely to be interested in your property without the need of suitable property staging, and you could have to succumb to a rate negotiation if your home’s initial impressions disappoint. Also, you will contend with many other house sellers in the identical block or neighbourhood hence it pays to ensure that your home stands out from some others.

So listed here are seven ideas to assist house owners spruce up their residences to appeal to likely consumers:

1.  Decluttering and organisation

Decluttering is of utmost value in the residence staging system. In advance of selecting on renovation is effective or even obtaining spanking-new furnishings, property owners ought to obvious out all the undesired merchandise in their houses and organise their stuff.

Clutter tends to make a household look lesser and dirtier than it is. It is feasible for a large open up area to search cramped and unappealing if far too considerably home furnishings, decor, and miscellaneous merchandise are crammed alongside one another. Sustaining your property clutter-absolutely free will enable it look greater and far more roomy. Holding only crucial furniture, eradicating just about anything that impedes website traffic stream, and enhancing your decor just adequate to define each and every room will make your home heat and welcoming.

In addition, like the right total of storage remedies in the home will be beneficial. Prospective buyers will see this as an further gain, as they can keep their possessions proficiently with out cluttering up other essential residing spaces.

2.  Brightening up the residing and eating place

The dwelling and dining place is the cornerstone of any house. When people enter a household, it is most probably that the initial space that they will come across is the living place. As a result, home sellers have to make a very good initially impression on potential potential buyers by showcasing a dwelling home that is equally warm and inviting.

First of all, you would want to brighten the place by providing it a clean coat of paint. Lighter paint colours will mirror natural light, building the space appear larger sized. 

Decide on a light-weight and neutral color palette if you would want to produce a far more expansive environment. Think about colour tones this kind of as beige, white and creams. This portray system boosts the noticeable house, and purchasers will very likely perceive the room to be considerably greater than it is in equally a residence walkthrough environment and on listing webpages.

Next, pick out the form of flooring that immediately contrasts your wall color. For instance, dim floorings this kind of as brown wood or gray vinyl give a perception of depth to the customer, in contrast to lighter wall colors like white or beige. This will aid avert the room from wanting much too plain and vacant and would make the living area far more inviting. This method helps send out a positive concept to customers as they would be a lot more inclined to invite their household and good friends to cling out in these kinds of an desirable place.

Finally, owning a centre piece in your living and eating region can make the place stand out.

Ornaments like a dwelling plant, artefact or designer home furnishings can assist set the dwelling space’s tone. Centre items give character to a place, alongside with wall color and flooring combos, assisting to established a prevalent theme and feel. By this, home sellers can convey to an unwritten tale about their home, supplying buyers a lot more which means to take into consideration living there by picturing on their own in it.

3.  The bed room

The bedroom is a place for people today to unwind and rest. For this reason it is smart to adhere to these methods to enable likely prospective buyers visualise them selves in a comforting setting:

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  • Critical furnishings: Staging a space calls for only vital household furniture apart from the mattress, such as side tables, lamps, and dressers. Coordinating your furniture in the place is highly encouraged to make a cohesive glance. Moreover, painting or refacing previous home furnishings can be more cost-effective than shopping for manufacturer-new furnishings if you will need the proper items or are on a constrained spending plan.

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  • Add accent cushions: Extra attractive pillows will immediately greatly enhance the comfort and luxurious of your mattress. Incorporating pops of colour, pattern, and texture can generate a a lot more relaxed ambience while adding some visible interest for possible prospective buyers.

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4.  The research

With the increasing trend of far more persons acquiring to operate from residence owing to Covid-19 actions, it is now customary to have a devoted area in the residence to get the job done or review at.

As a result, it is wise to include things like a analyze corner or household office environment in your staging system to acquire the curiosity of prospective buyers below are some tips to glimpse out for:

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  • The suitable placement: It is finest to put your research space upcoming to a window or a corner with lots of purely natural gentle. Reports have revealed that possessing purely natural light-weight while performing or learning allows to strengthen a person’s wellness, joy, and productivity levels. This type of placement will draw the interest of opportunity purchasers as they visualize by themselves doing work there efficiently and in a productive fashion.

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  • The suitable decor: Accent parts like stationary, notebooks and mini crops enable consumers to visualise by themselves in the place.

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5.  Versatile spaces

A flexible space or space is a reward, as it can allow for probable potential buyers to reimagine and create a room that will far better match their needs. These areas can be reconfigured into several varieties, these kinds of as a child’s play space, examine corner or even a stroll-in wardrobe. Highlighting the abilities of versatile areas to buyers will assist enhance your home’s value proposition.

6.  The kitchen

Moving on to the kitchen, exactly where coffee is brewed, meals are cooked, and culinary creativeness will take flight. There is a expressing that the kitchen area is the heart of the residence, so below are a couple of measures to adhere to when staging your kitchen area:

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  • Muddle-cost-free countertops: Just like the other spots of the property, the kitchen area tops ought to be saved clear and mess-absolutely free to drive buyers’ awareness to the kitchen area elements that make a difference.

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  • The suitable accent color: Be certain that the colours decided on for your kitchen area partitions, fixtures, and furnishings are distinctive from the other home locations, as there requires to be a harmonious move during the diverse spaces. For case in point, if your household has a neutral colour palette, adhere to earthy tones and hues like whites and mild browns for the kitchen.

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  • Decorative pieces: To make the kitchen area feel homely and practical for opportunity customers, incorporating ornaments these kinds of as neatly hung kitchen tools, spices, or a uncomplicated bowl of fruit will assistance give your kitchen area place some character with a very little pop of color.

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7.  The bogs

A common mistake property owners make is concentrating only on the key dwelling places. They commit a lot less time on minimal parts these as the bathrooms. Sellers want to realise that purchasers are fascinated in loos and that it can affect their in general notion of your home. So right here are some suggestions to elevate these spaces:

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  • Give it a deep clean up: No one likes to use a filthy washroom or toilet therefore it is wise to give the entire place a generous clean to steer clear of prospective buyers questioning the overall cleanliness of the toilets and the house.

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  • Wise organisation: Include storage options these as mirror cabinets, towel racks and cabinets. Prospective buyers would be drawn to properly-organised layouts, giving them a clearer image of how they can shop their toiletries.

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  • Up-to-date fixtures: It is effective for many rest room fixtures, this kind of as taps and showers, to match the theme and color palette of the space. If you are on a price range, cheap however tasteful fixtures can be identified online ensure that each and every aspect complements every single other.

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This short article was 1st printed in 99.co.

Real Estate Transactions Include Former Restaurant, Land Near St. Columban’s | News, Sports, Jobs

Inez Caron December 14, 2022

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Undeveloped property near a senior home and a closed Westfield restaurant are among the real estate sales that took place in late July.

The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate transactions in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the sales from July 18-29.

During that time period, 9-11 Holt St., Westfield was sold to Triple C. Coffee LLC of Fredonia for $145,000. This is the former Vine City Restaurant.

In a separate sale, Missionary Sisters of St. Columban’s Inc. of Silver Creek sold a parcel at 2546 Route 5, Sheridan to Stoica Capital LLC of Hamburg for $245,000. St. Columban’s on the Lake Retirement Home is owned by the Missionary Sisters of St. Columbian. The facility has the same mailing address, although a real estate website describes the property that was sold as a “beautiful, wooded, two acre vacant lot.” The Missionary Sisters of St. Columbian, Inc. are listed as the property owners for three other parcels along Route 5 that vary in size.

Overall, from July 18-29, there were 195 real estate transactions, 139 of which were higher than $1. Of the 139 transactions, 20 were $250,000 or higher. Of those 20 transactions, four were in the town of Ellery, three were in the town of Pomfret, three were in the city of Jamestown, two were in the town of Chautauqua, and there was one sale each in the towns of Ripley, Sherman, Cherry Creek, Portland, Ellington, Harmony, Hanover and Busti.

The top 20 sales were as follows:

¯ 5358 Lake Avenue, Dewittville sold for $750,000.

¯ 1694 Blockville Watts Flats Road, Harmony sold for $492,500.

¯ 3135 Wait Corners Road, Sherman sold for $485,000.

¯ 148 Thayer St., 251 Barrows St., 522/524 Cresent St., 374 Falconer St., and property on Cowing Street, Jamestown sold for $404,000.

¯ 4704 Bemus-Ellery Road, Ellery sold for $380,000.

¯ 216 West Summit Ave., Lakewood sold for $365,000.

¯ 9580 Chautauqua Road, Pomfret sold for $325,000.

¯ 5674 The Circle, Ellery sold for $324,900.

¯ 20 Carroll St., Jamestown sold for $320,000.

¯ 4964 Pittsburgh Avenue, Chautauqua town sold for $320,000.

¯ 5 Ventura Circle, Fredonia sold for $315,000.

¯ 6380 Klondike Road, 6370 Welch Hill Road and property on Benson Road, Ripley sold for $300,000.

¯ 3662 Pleasant Ave., Ellery sold for $300,000.

¯ 3862 Rt. 430, Ellery sold for $290,000.

¯ 5583 Lakeside Boulevard, Portland sold for $272,000.

¯ 6366 Pickup Hill Road, Cherry Creek sold for $265,000.

¯ 1355 Waterman Road, Ellington sold for $260,638.

¯ 5 Casabella Drive, Fredonia sold for $251,900.

¯ 320 Park St., Jamestown sold for $250,500.

¯ 5 Karen Drive, Silver Creek sold for $250,000.

The full list of sales above $1 is as follows:

A referee for the late Charles Gillette sold 47 Eagle St., Fredonia to Lake Shore Savings Bank for $92,669.

Nelson Family Construction LLC of Clymer sold 20 Charles St., Jamestown to Wein Realty LLC of Lakewood, NJ.

The administrator for Paul Carlson sold 2511 Panama-Stedman Road, North Harmony for $16,000.

Gary Szymanski sold 17 Babcock Ave., Silver Creek to Janet Field for $91,000

Roger and Jessica McCleary sold 135 Fredrick Boulevard, Ellicott to John Robert Rogers for $131,000.

Wayne and Amy Jo Dorler sold 8025 Fredonia-Stockton Road, Pomfret to Paul Pierski and Edith Orozco for $249,900.

Larry and Janice Bowman sold 9422 Reagan Road, French Creek to Matthew Catrabone for $115,000.

Edwin and Emily Morris sold 3135 Wait Corners Road, Sherman to the Elder/Okumura Living Trust of Inverness, Calif. for $485,000.

Kellie Lisciandro sold 1704 Eddy Road, Harmony to Willliam Jr. and Shawna Whitmore for $200,000.

Russell Solazzo and Bernadette Chapman sold 30 Berry St., Fredonia to Ronald J. Roush Jr. for $119,900.

David Lepley sold 409 Busti-Sugargrove Road, Busti to Charles and Terra McKay Legg for $65,000.

Daniel and Linda Tota 235 Summit Ave., Jamestown to Conor-Cruz Frank Sporer for $160,000.

Benjamin and Sarah Hostetler sold 6366 Pickup Hill Road, Cherry Creek to Henry and Franey Miller for $265,000.

Carol and Stephen Shulman sold 16 Elam Ave., Jamestown to Kristofer Nolloth for $125,000.

Julie Ann Spencer, Sharon Lee Aten Johnson and Gayle Marie Aten Perria sold 4704 Bemus-Ellery Road, Ellery to James and Jessica Gatto for $380,000.

Vincent and Mary Frances Powall sold 102 Center St., Fredonia to Mark Carlson and Lisa Dickey for $170,000.

David Logan and Laurie Doreen Capps sold 154 Lakeview Ave., Lakewood to Matthew Titus for $157,500.

Robert and Marilyn Hall sold 5 Casabella Drive, Fredonia to Kristina Johanson for $251,900.

David and Timothy Neckers sold 257 Clymer-Corry Road, Clymer to Ray and Robyn Wiggers for $135,000.

Gary and Jonathan LaPaglia sold 20 Hillcrest Drive, Fredonia to Nicole Siracuse for $238,600.

The executor for P. Richard Cowan sold 158 Chautauqua Ave., Jamestown to Jonathan Hoyt for $67,500.

Daniel Brehm sold property on Weaver and Livermore Road, Arkwright to Lyle Milliman for $8,000.

Michael Seivert sold 620 Southside Ave., Cherry Creek to Debby Banas for $25,000.

Enrique Bautista Lopez sold 10 Pine St., Dunkirk to Marcelino Hernandez Lopez for $45,000.

William Brown sold 3862 Rt. 430, Ellery to Dennis Lee and Vera Knutson for $290,000.

Darrell McKee sold 14 Bemus Ave., Lakewood to Andrea Kenney for $142,000.

Michelle Foote sold 12785 Iola Drive, Hanover to Heidi Sauer for $159,900.

Coreen Kachermeyer sold 33 Wicks Ave., Celoron to Michael Kerry Fuller for $79,900.

Gary and Darlene Youngs sold property on West Main Road, Westfield to R. Chadwick Land Holdings LLC for $185,000.

Fernsler Family Partnership sold 5583 Lakeside Boulevard, Portland to John and Susan Schober for $272,000.

Scott and Pamela Sue Pollock sold 249 Ruggles St., Dunkirk to Nicholas Polvino for $113,000.

Gary and Darlene Youngs sold property on West Main Road, Westfield to Timothy Bertram for $113,700.

Edwin II and Chrystal Clover sold 44 Frew Run St., Frewsburg to Deven Dudenhoeffer for $139,900.

Jamestown Houses LLC of Ashville sold 278 South Main St., Jamestown to Abraham Estates Corporation for $33,000.

Brandon Hite and Toria Triscari-Hite sold 75 Norton Ave., Jamestown to Emily Pickert for $126,500.

Gary and Darlene Youngs sold property on West Main Road, Westfield to Jeffrey Bertram for $130,000.

PCAL Holdings LLC of Falconer sold 84 West Main St., and property on North Pearl Street, Frewsburg to Adam and Keerstin Karns Hill for $80,000.

Sherry Johnson sold property on Sylvan Way, Arkwright to Stephen and Erica Lahnen for $25,000.

Hine & Company LLC of Jamestown sold 107 Lister St., Jamestown to Kazzi Leeper for $89,900.

Laverne and Tracey Miller sold 81 West Whallon St., Mayville to Sherry Cruz for $130,000.

Brett Mitchell Pedrico sold property on Empire Road, Hanover to Timothy Steven Snyder for $6,000.

Barbara Kane sold 309 Veterans Drive, Dunkirk to Christopher and Denise Closson for $120,000.

David Chapman sold 5410 Green Flats Road, Harmony to Jason Buck for $5,000.

Patrick Roche sold 228 Connecticut Ave., Jamestown to Shally Jacobs for $143,617.

ZTS Residential Properties LLC of Tonawanda, NY sold 512 Dove St., Dunkirk to Kratos Holdings LLC for $45,000.

The executrix for George Catalano Sr sold 1259 Chemar Drive, Hanover to Jennifer Demarco for $240,000.

Nathan White sold 1709 Washington St., Jamestown to JMI Properties LLC for $50,000.

Robert Jr. and Janet Gibbs sold 9499 East Main Road, Ripley to Patrick Rummings and Robin Woodcock for $92,500.

Beverly Blair sold 190 Brooks Ave., Dunkirk to Mirna Figueroa Echevarria for $92,000.

Gregory and Susan Leif sold 307 Sampson St., Jamestown to Jerry Vargeson for $145,000.

Keith and Martha Oxley sold 119 Point Drive North, Dunkirk to Matthew Newman and Kaitlyn Vanstrom for $150,000.

Salam Development Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa. sold two lots in Sunrise Cove, Harmony to Navage Enterprises LLC of Beaver, Pa. for $69,900.

Robert Orr Jr. and Jolene Krigar sold 24 Clinton St., Fredonia to Shayne Wolnik for $122,000.

Jean Dawes sold 185 Temple St., Fredonia to Shaila and Shainee Mahnaz Islam for $180,000.

David Gross sold 9-11 Holt St., Westfield to Triple C. Coffee LLC of Fredonia for $145,000.

Neil and Judy Hilliker sold 5 Karen Drive, Silver Creek to Vacation Rentals The Point Inc. of Fredonia for $250,000.

Mary Alice Russo sold 2883 Gerry-Ellington Road, Gerry to Esther Bly for $85,000.

Dons Ice Cream LLC of Lakewood sold 1993 East Main St., Ellicott to Aaron Destro for $109,000.

Jeremy Gross sold 19 Pearl St., Westfield to M&R Westbrook LLC of Westfield for $57,500.

Scott and Brittany Daniels sold 5432 Route 474, Harmony to Emma Blasius for $150,000.

James Coronia and Beverly Ann Grobaski sold 302 Springdale Ave., Jamestown to Patrick Langworthy for $169,900.

Mark and Martin Terrell sold 52 North Ermine St., Dunkirk to Eric Streebel for $110,000.

James Woltz sold 35 Lindsey Ave., Ellicott to Robert and Kathryn Woltz for $80,000.

Michael Joseph Williams sold 50 Chestnut St., Fredonia to Glenda Barber-Stanley for $77,500.

Norman A. Struzynski sold 66 Eagle St., Fredonia to Johnson Rentals LLC for $130,500.

Amy Carlson sold 3067 Dutch Hollow Road, Ellery to Amber Drake and Janice Johnson for $50,000.

A trustee with the George M. and Linda J. Colburn Joint Revocable Trust sold 1355 Waterman Road, Ellington to Kathy and Matthew Waterman for $260,638.

Ronald and Monica Mazany sold 20 Carroll St., Jamestown to Hideaway Enterprises LLC and Fitness Bunker LLC of Lakewood for $320,000.

Alan and Linda Laudsley sold 2814 Gerry Ellington Road, Gerry to Brian Briggs for $59,900.

Russell and Patricia Anzalone sold 55 Ruggles St., Dunkirk to Angel Jimenez Gonzalez for $30,000.

TBR Development LLC of Falconer sold 11 N. Dow St., Ellicott for $16,500.

Ernest Jr. and Barbara Laemmerhirt sold 2574 Hanson Road, Gerry to Olivia Lynn for $120,000.

Katherine Chant sold 12060 Buffalo Road, Hanover to George and Donna Patterson for $186,000.

Teri Tenpas sold 23 Sampson St., Jamestown to Russell Morrison for $106,000.

William and Frances Cassidy sold 163 East Main St., Westfield to Colin McKinley and Kelli Herschbach for $106,000.

Vincent Peterson sold property on Salisbury Road, Ellery to John Henry for $40,000.

Michael Johnson sold 3347 Anderson Road, Busti to Wyatt Johnson for $130,000.

Missionary Sisters of St. Columbian Inc. of Silver Creek sold 2546 Route 5, Sheridan to Stoica Capital LLC of Hamburg for $245,000.

Jill Hopkins sold 119 Trenton St., Jamestown to Justine Dillon and Kristine Hughes for $240,000.

Jean Mary Malinoski sold 12 Lodi St., Hanover to Kerrieann Waterhouse Pelletter for $215,000.

Jeanette Lobello sold 307 Newland Ave., Jamestown to Abdulla Abuhamra for $17,000.

Colleen Trisler sold 1426 Hartson Road, Poland to James and Anna Conner for $57,400.

The executrix for Peter Epolito sold 173 Liberty St., Fredonia to Jorge A. Lozano Deciga for $92,900.

Cullen and Jacqueline Duke sold 8999 Shore Drive, Westfield to Brad and Judith Hamric for $216,000.

Jason Stine sold 2196 Mill Creek Road, Charlotte to Mark and Marlo Barbaro for $21,000.

Owen and Kathryn Kauffman sold 237 Allen Road, Clymer to Robert and Lorena Byler for $150,000.

Marlene Volpe sold 11 Dewey Place, Jamestown to Christopher and Patricia Larson for $25,000.

Kirstie Hanson sold 124 Hotchkiss St. Jamestown to Brennan and Ellen Lockwood Webb for $124,900.

Kathy Ross sold 206 South Hanford Ave., Ellicott to Junior Abbey and Jamie Riley for $175,000.

Johnathon Sabella sold vacant property on Dean Road, Poland to Levi and Susan Hostetler for $17,000.

Jennifer Elzemeyer and Melissa Wert sold property in French Creek to the Jennifer L. Elzemeyer Trust for $100,000.

Donald Campopiano sold 3662 Pleasant Ave., Ellery to Lawrence and Lynn Wells Tiret for $300,000.

John Marcellus sold 4964 Pittsburgh Avenue, Chautauqua town to J. Michael Dywan Revocable Trust for $320,000.

A trustee with the Gerald M. Mooney and Jewell F. Mooney Revocable Living Trust sold 6380 Klondike Road, 6370 Welch Hill Road and property on Benson Road, Ripley to Walter Troyer Jr. for $300,000.

Amy Fitzpatrick sold 5 Maltby St., Jamestown to James II and Holly Nelson for $35,000.

Steven H. Duckworth sold 434 Washington Ave., Dunkirk to Devlin James Dillon for $70,000.

MZM Properties Inc. of Brocton sold 35 Highland Ave., Brocton to Elisabeth Perez for $90,000.

Cynthia Miller and Allen McNeal sold property on Sunset Bay Park, Hanover to Sunset Properties of WNY of Irving for $115,000.

Michael Brezner sold 148 Thayer St., 251 Barrows St., 522/524 Cresent St., 374 Falconer St., and property on Cowing Street, Jamestown to Michael and Sara Rinaldo for $404,000.

Michael Brezner sold 28 and 30 Bush St., Jamestown to Michael and Sara Rinaldo for $146,500.

Leo Wilcox sold 1606 South Main St. Extension, Kiantone to Russell and Theresa Cusimano for $160,000

Gardenview Properties Inc. of Falconer sold property on Park Street, Jamestown to Elizabeth Barr for $20,000.

The Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation sold 4696 Ashville Road, Busti to Paul DeFrisco for $500.

The Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation sold 8666 First St., Portland to Brenda Abel for $500.

Jerome and Darlene Miga sold 323 Mullet St., Dunkirk to Jason Howard for $177,000.

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs of Washington, DC sold 4827 Mahanna Road, Ellery to Patrick and Anne Farrell for $165,112.

Ralph and Delores Dolce sold 10 Taft Place, Dunkirk to Steven and Ashley Grimm for $205,000.

MacDonald Servis sold 4594 Maple Grove Road, Ellery to J2N Partners LLC for $191,500.

Paul and Judy Leonard sold 15 Unit #6, Ames Avenue, Chautauqua Cottage Condominium, Chautauqua Institution, for $169,900.

Norma Vanderpool and Ruth Christensen sold 94 Lake Ave., Brocton to James Rizzo for $44,100.

Daniel Jr. and Kimberly Woloszyn sold 5 Ventura Circle, Fredonia to Ryan and Jaime Mourer for $315,000.

Edwin Jr and Nina Stachewicz sold 9580 Chautauqua Road, Pomfret to Leland Johnson for $325,000.

Susanne Weeks sold 5674 The Circle, Ellery to John P. and Mary S. Peterson Living Trust for $324,900.

Angelique Lipari sold 1694 Blockville Watts Flats Road, Harmony to William Bognar for $492,500.

A trustee of the Anderson Trust sold 216 West Summit Ave., Lakewood to Stephen and Amy Flaherty for $365,000.

Anthony Valvo sold property on Pullman Street, Brocton to Dilorenzo Construction LLC of Brocton for $20,000.

Fred Jr and Jamie Carder sold 1457 Route 394, Poland t o Ashley Pearson and Tauron Smith for $113,000.

The Administratrix of the estate for David Siragusa sold 43 Smith St., Brocton to Robert and Samantha Fancher for $55,000.

Elaine Condon sold 23 Elm St., Ellington to Jennie Bridges for $111,600.

Thomas Horvath sold 13 West 18th St., Jamestown to Saraden White for $15,210.

A referee for Sunshine Carroll sold 56 Houghton St, Fredonia to Tracey Panek for $20,000.

APG Acquisitions LLC of San Clemente, Calif. sold 841 E. Second St., Jamestown to Scott Beebe for $105,000.

A trustee with US Bank Trust N.A. sold 21 Leming St., Dunkirk to Joseph and Valerie Senatore for $42,400.

Brian and Shannon Guenther sold 511 McKinley Ave., Dunkirk to Edwin and Luchelle Buchannan Ortiz for $185,000.

Mitchener Builders Inc. of Jamestown sold property on Diamond Drive, Carroll to K. Schoppe and B. Rauh for $29,400.

Trustees with the Shirley S. Gustafson Revocable Family Trust sold 636 Stowe St., Jamestown to Kirstie Lind Hanson for $190,000.

Eric Botticello sold 10963 Bennett State Road, Hanover to Michael Woolley for $160,000.

Steven Strickland and Barbara Jean sold 1911 Washington St., Jamestown to JMI Properties LLC of Celoron for $50,000.

The executor for the late Roger Pacos sold 35 Gardner St., Fredonia to Kravitz Properties LLC of Fredonia for $140,000.

Sean Gardner sold 241 Clyde Ave., Jamestown to Marcel Madonia for $140,000.

Richard and Onda Cole sold 228 Valleyview Ave., Jamestown to Aaron Dunlap and Teri Tenpas for $179,500.

Keisha Bowden sold 432 Washington Ave., Dunkirk to Kratos Holdings LLC of East Aurora for $65,000.

Olive Marie Visosky sold 967 Central Ave., Dunkirk to Roger Gloss for $9,000.

Girtons Flowers and Gifts Inc. sold 1519 Washington St., Jamestown to JMI Properties LLC of Celoron for $195,000.

The executor of the estate for Jerome Nowak sold 9868 East Lake Resort, Villenova to Callan Dickerson for $115,000.

David and Karen Holfoth sold 5358 Lake Avenue, Dewittville to Eric and Kaitlin Balboni for $750,000.

Shannon Rowe sold 33 E. Main St., Ripley to Aaron and Teri Rowe for $72,000.

Terrance and Kathleen Stronz sold 320 Park St., Jamestown to Michael Swanson for $250,500.

Joseph and Judy Digregorio sold 517 Pine St., Jamestown to Gabalski Jones Properties LLC of Frewsburg for $89,900.



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Previous barnwood will become new furniture at Eco-friendly Meadow Barn Co. in Fulton | Point out News

Inez Caron October 3, 2022

Carolyn Linton’s initial piece of home furnishings was designed when she was clean out of university.

She wished a cupboard cupboard built for the spouse and children television that would not be concentrated solely on the Television set.

So she designed a dry sink, designed to hold a bowl and pitcher ahead of folks experienced functioning drinking water with cabinets under. She included other furniture created with wooden from her father’s barn, and individuals started to detect.

After they instructed her they would spend for her creations, she resolved to turn her craft into a small business and started the Environmentally friendly Meadow Barn Co. in 1998. She transforms old Missouri wooden from barns and houses into new items.

From durable, extensive tables made for family dinners to smaller ones to perch beside a couch, Linton can make a variety of wood furnishings.

Even though she said she normally preferred an chance to function with wooden, her fascination with barns started off when she was 10. Two neighbors had outdated barns that fascinated her.

“I’ve generally admired previous houses. How they did that with these types of preciseness and magnificence is actually incredible,” she stated. “I would constantly come across pieces of wooden and place them jointly.”

As an individual who cherishes the record guiding the wood, Linton requires fantastic pleasure in every piece she crafts.

She files every piece she has used for furniture by setting up a compact box working with the exact wood. The lid has a painting attached to it, alongside with a steel crest that shows the yr the barn was built.

The shop where by Linton will work was the loved ones barn in Chillicothe she inherited after her father died in 2006. She moved the barn to grasslands in close proximity to Fulton in 2015, and it has turn out to be her workshop and showroom.

Sixteen a long time ago, Linton dismantled the barn with the help of a handful of Amish males, put the pieces on a trailer at the rear of her truck and drove it 125 miles to a 30-acre residence she had acquired close to Fulton.

It took a entire year for her to clean up and sand the wood and reassemble it. Although she reported the barn is still a function in progress, the shiny, smooth picket interior can make it seem to be brand new.

“It’s genuinely really not completed but,” she claimed. “There’s however a great deal of trimwork, and then I’ve received to redo the entrance all over again.”

Using down barns and repurposing them is an arduous approach. Despite disassembling 20 barns, Linton explained it’s difficult to give a rough estimate of how long it can take to create just one piece of furnishings.

Getting the barn, taking it down, relocating and cleansing the wooden are all section of the crafting system. The cleansing ought to just take location all through summer time so the wooden has enough time to dry ahead of going into storage.

But even with all that labor, Linton reported she hopes to move her understanding and abilities to a long run technology.

“My drive is to let the barns are living on,” she stated. “That is the heart of all I do …The heritage that individuals individuals that constructed these farms and the men and women who lived with them. It’s crucial that that those values get to have on.”

Element 2: True estate commission specifics | News, Sports activities, Work

Inez Caron July 30, 2022
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Last week I talked over why brokers representing residence sellers generally shell out the commission of brokers representing homebuyers. This is the 2nd part of the remedy to that issue, as well as other information and facts on commissions.

• Commissions are always negotiable. The seller decides what fee they are ready to shell out for their broker’s companies and how a great deal that listing broker should offer a broker who delivers a purchaser to shut the transaction. Commissions can be negotiated at any place during the transaction, such as at the outset and any time just before the transaction closes.

• Broker cooperation positive aspects buyers. Broker cooperation in the fee process qualified prospects to brokers sharing their inventory with every single other. In switch, that means sellers have obtain to the largest probable pool of opportunity prospective buyers, and buyers have accessibility to the finest number of housing options in a single place.

• Commissions simply cannot be involved as element of a home loan. The vast the greater part of house loan loan providers do not allow commissions to be extra to household financial loans. Listing brokers’ features of payment to buyer brokers offers initially-time and very low- and center-revenue homebuyers a improved shot at affording a property and skilled illustration in the residence-getting course of action.

For many consumers, saving for a down payment is complicated ample, if customers had to fork out actual estate commissions out-of-pocket on major of closing costs, it would press the desire of homeownership even further more out of attain for a great number of persons.

• Commission charges are identified by market place forces. Commissions fluctuate over time and have notably diminished steadily in new many years. In point, in 2020 the ordinary authentic estate commission in the U.S. fell to a new reduced of 4.94 percent, in accordance to Serious Developments.

• You get what you pay for. Community MLS broker marketplaces allow modest brokerages to contend with massive types and provide for unparalleled level of competition among brokers, including diverse provider and pricing models. So, you can choose from numerous fee designs. Like with other points, you can anticipate an individual with discounted commissions to give a distinctive support level. Those people are options to think about as you get ready to make likely the solitary most significant financial commitment in your life span.

• The U.S. true estate market place is the environment normal. The U.S. real estate model has extended been seen as the most consumer-helpful close to the world. Consumers abroad are compelled to wade through sophisticated marketplaces that demand shoppers to work with several brokerages to entry fragmented inventory because listings are not shared freely in the marketplace. The outcome is far more time consuming, impersonal and high-priced.

Commonly Asked Questions

1. Is there a “set commission” authentic estate brokers demand shoppers?

No. The marketplace decides fee prices, and commissions are normally negotiable. Customers have the option of who they want to pay out and how they want to fork out them. Simply because of the professional-buyer local MLS broker market model, and choices like a achievements cost, there is unparalleled levels of competition amongst authentic estate brokers, primarily when it will come to the company and commission alternatives accessible to buyers.

2. Why not involve consumers to shell out commissions immediately to their broker rather of the historic observe of listing brokers spending the customer broker?

Forcing consumers to just take on the extra out-of-pocket expenditure would cause them amazing hardship and would freeze several, significantly very first-time and reduced- and middle-money homebuyers, out from an now aggressive market place. That also could drive homebuyers to forgo expert help for the duration of what is probable the most intricate and consequential transaction they’ll make in their life span.

3. How does the U.S. product assess to other, intercontinental broker marketplaces?

The U.S. technique is the most customer-centric model. By consolidating fees and the all round method, our nation’s model simplifies the working experience, delivers increased certainty of accomplishment to both consumers and sellers, and offers guidelines that make certain the precision of housing stock produced readily available to genuine estate gurus and buyers, all at similar or reduced whole prices than those people in other countries.

4. Why really should actual estate experts make the dollars they do in commissions when so much information and facts is available online?

True estate brokers offer crucial assistance as customers navigate the lawful, money and group areas of a buy, together with anything from determining property benefit to negotiating the price. They also make nearby broker marketplaces, which on the web housing portals tap into, feasible for the reason that of all the information and facts they input into those databases. And Realtors’ annual earnings is just $43,330 and 88 % are modest organizations, a the greater part of which are women-owned.

5. How does the latest strategy to commissions gain compact corporations?

Access to inventory and cost-free promotion as well as the exercise of the listing broker spending the buyer brokers’ commission incentivizes participation in these local real estate marketplaces and generates the most significant, most obtainable and most accurate source of housing information accessible to customers. That concentrations the playing field among the brokerages, enabling tiny brokerages to compete with massive ones, and supplies for unparalleled competitors amongst brokers, including unique services and pricing versions for customers.

(Republished from the Countrywide Association of Realtors)

Marlin Palich is president of Stark Trumbull Region Realtors, which serves Trumbull, Stark and Carroll counties.

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Bids for Hoover Bridge, construction on county buildings discussed by commissioners | News

Inez Caron July 17, 2022

Bids for the Hoover Bridge Project, an increase in county resident deaths, and renovated buildings for the health department, probation offices, and community corrections were discussed at the Cass County Commissioners meeting on Monday afternoon.

The highway department received two bids from construction companies to complete joint repairs in the Hoover Bridge. The first bid was from Milestone Contractors LP and quoted a price of $62,613.82. The second bid was submitted by Park Construction Inc. and quoted a price of $89,596.50.

The commissioners voted to allow the highway department to take both bids under advisement.

Highway Department Supervisor Jeff Smith also updated the commissioners on the department’s switch to four-day work weeks.

“I think most of the (highway department employees) are looking at it,” he said. “I’ve started the process of comparing costs, and I know we’ve saved considerably on overtime here in June. ... Hopefully another month or two of data will show more conclusively how we’re doing, but it’s going well. We seem to get more done in a day, especially if it’s a project where you just need a little more time to finish it. Overall, I think it’s going well and being received well.”

Cass County Coroner George Franklin said the county has seen a rise in deaths compared to this point last year.

“We’re about 13 deaths ahead of where we were at the same time last year,” he said. “I discussed with several different coroners from different counties, and far and wide with few exceptions, most of them are facing the same numbers that we are.”

Franklin said there might be a few different factors contributing to the rise. He noted that there were three drug overdose deaths in Cass County last year. This year, drug overdoses have already caused at least seven deaths.

Franklin also said the pandemic has contributed to the rise in deaths.

“It’s not just Indiana, but it seems to be across the nation,” he said. “Am underlying factor that most people agree on is that it’s COVID that’s causing it. Not necessarily COVID deaths, but other things that are related to or associated with COVID.”

The commissioners also heard updates about county building renovations for the health department, probation department, and community corrections.

The first phase of renovations includes repairing the health department building at 1616 Smith St. The building will have the roof and interior replaced and new air handling units and a generator will be installed. The mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems will also be replaced and the outside of the building will be repainted and repaired.

The probation department building will receive the second round of renovations. The building’s interior will be lightly updated and will receive new finished and office space, a new ceiling, and updates to the electrical and HVAC systems.

The last building to be renovated is the space for community corrections. The roof if the building will be replaced, the administration space and offices will receive cosmetic updates, and new isolation and counseling rooms will be added on to the existing building.

Work on the health department building will start on July 11 and is expected to be finished before Christmas. Work will then begin on the probation department building around Jan. 9, 2023 and is expected to be finished by April 7, 2023. The community corrections building is expected to be under construction from April 17, 2023 to June 30, 2023.

Interior design student helps plant shop owner grow new business | WMU News

Inez Caron June 13, 2022
Contact: Erin Flynn
June 10, 2022
A portrait of Matt Collins in the MJ Home store.

Matt Collins, an interior design student from Mendon, Michigan, was lead designer for the new MJ Home store in downtown Kalamazoo.

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A new business has sprouted up in downtown Kalamazoo, and a Western Michigan University student helped to cultivate its aesthetic.

"We want people to come in and feel peaceful and take a moment to breathe and relax, and to just really… feel warm and cozy," says Dianna Nance, owner of the new boutique home store MJ Home—sister store to Mason Jar Plant Shop. She tapped Matt Collins, a first-year interior design student, to help her make that vision a reality.

The seeds of the partnership were planted on social media. Collins worked in a restaurant next door to the plant shop and would often wander over on his breaks.

A display in a home furnishings store.

Collins designed displays to make shoppers feel at home.

"It was my little escape to go in there and be surrounded by all the plants," he says. One day he bought a plant and posted a picture of it on Instagram. "Dianna noticed it and said, 'I really like your living space, your style, how you stage things. I'm looking to open up a furniture and home decor shop, and I noticed you're an interior design student. I was wondering if you could help me design a concept for it.'"

Collins cracked open his textbooks and got to work, inspired by bohemian style. He also tapped into some of his connections from class and contacted two designers in Sweden to go over his ideas. Everything from color schemes to customer circulation and customer movement played a part in his design.

"He's brought a lot to the store," says Nance. "He's been great to work with, and he actually helped from the beginning with installing flooring and painting, all of that."

Collins had the chance to see his work pay off at the shop's grand opening June 1.

"When I see the reactions and how people interact with the space, something I created and helped create as a team, I love that. I feed off of that."

Nance even gave Collins space around the shop to show off his design sketches during Art Hop, a monthly event where downtown businesses display local artwork.

Design sketches laid out on a table.

Nance displayed some of Collins' sketches throughout the shop.

"I think (Western's program) is amazing, and I'm hopeful that this really is beneficial to not only him but the whole organization," Nance says. "I was in health care for 25 years, and I would hire people and say, 'I want you to build your resume here. I want you to do what it's going to take to get you to that next level. I hope that this is something that helps him along that journey and maybe will help others as well."

DESIGNING A FULFILLING FUTURE

Collins is a creative at heart.

"Growing up, interior design is something I was always involved in. In high school I would doodle in my notebook floor plans for my dream house, and I didn't know at the time that was a schematic design and part of the design process," he says. "My brother and my dad are very hands-on, mechanically and building. I was always in the background observing."

He wasn't sure how that passion might translate into a career, however, and initially enrolled at Western as an education major. It was a logical fit—Collins had done some substitute teaching—but as he took classes, he still felt something was missing. A conversation with Dr. Suzan Smith-Ayers, chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, illuminated a new path forward.

"We were talking about commitments in class, and it didn't seem fair to my future students that I'm not 100% into it," Collins says. Smith-Ayers mentioned the interior design program, which was also part of her department. "I always had that 'what if.' What if I never pursued (this passion)? And I decided to take a leap of faith, saying, 'I've got to do this.' And I have not looked back since. It never feels like a chore to study or anything. I would do it all day long if I could. I just love it."

The opportunity to design for MJ Home has only solidified his chosen path.

"To be in my first year in a design program and then have this project, it really did open my eyes. These are real experiences, real opportunities that are going to have a tremendous impact when it comes time to find career options," says Collins.

"I'm so appreciative of my professors—Mary Beth Janssen, Kim Buchholz, Dr. Ayers—for being extremely supportive, as well as some of the talented students in the design program who I've gotten to know. They all add to this journey of growth with my career path and education. And I'm especially appreciative of Dianna for allowing me to do this, because it really feels like I can feel, think and see clearly what's ahead."

For more WMU news, arts and events, visit WMU News online.

May design news: self-shaping furniture and the hemp revival | Life and style

Inez Caron June 7, 2022

Salone del Mobile Milano – the furniture fair where all the big developments in the design world are unveiled – is back next week for the first full production since 2018. A great sign that the normality that’s been discussed so much during the pandemic might finally be a reality. While Salone is the best place to discover new names in design, art and furniture, there are interesting projects this month focused on rediscovery. New uses for hemp and a revolutionary way to use wood also feature in our stories. Old is very much the new new in design.

The future of furniture

Pieces from the Inky Dhow collection by designer Bethan Gray, launched at Salone next week
Pieces from the Inky Dhow collection by designer Bethan Gray, launched at Salone next week Photograph: Bethan Gray

The most important furniture fair in the world is back this year and, with a 60th anniversary to celebrate, Salone del Mobile Milano is bigger and better. This is just a sample of the shows, talks and festival treats this year. Swine Studio has created an exhibition staged in the Triennale di Milano inspired by Citizen Kane. The spectacle – called Forest Tales – is for the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC). The show will feature a mountain of wooden crates as display cases for artworks which, from one particular angle, will look like a forest. Every piece featured will be low- or no-carbon. Fashion house Prada is hosting Prada Frames, a multidisciplinary symposium curated by FormaFantasma on the relationship between the natural environment and design, including talks by anthropologist Anna Tsing, journalist Alice Rawsthorn and author Amitav Ghosh. Flying the flag for British design, Bethan Gray launches the Inky Dhow collection, a range of textiles and ceramics spun from a drawing inspired by the striped sails of the Dhow boats sailing the gulf of Oman. Meanwhile, Tom Dixon celebrates his 20th anniversary with an exhibition of 20 previously unseen designs, some inspired by his signature collections such as Fat and Mirrorball, some from the depths of his never-ending imagination. Welcome back in style, Salone.

The 60th edition of the Salone del Mobile Milano will be held at Fiera Milano Rho from 7-12 June

The hemp makeover

Vollebak’s raw hemp hoodie, one of the new products championing hemp
Vollebak’s raw hemp hoodie, one of the new products championing hemp Photograph: Vollebak

Having shaken off old-fashioned associations with hippies and stoners, the potential of hemp is now being investigated by more and more forward-thinking companies. No mean feat for a plant that was the first to be spun into a useable fibre, which was used by the Egyptians to move rocks when they built the pyramids, and by Christopher Columbus to make sails to travel the New World.

By the 1700s, American farmers were legally required to grow it, such was hemp’s uses and benefits. A combination of lobbying by the petrochemical, pulp-paper and nylon industries, all of whom stood to lose billions if the commercial potential of hemp was realised, combined with drug hysteria over cannabis, caused it to fall from favour in the 20th century, particularly in America. By the mid-1980s the only two hemp products you could buy legally in the US were Hungarian twine and sterilised bird seed.

Today, companies have started to reengage with hemp’s potential. From an environmental perspective, every tonne of hemp produced removes 1.6 tonnes of CO2 from the air.

Futuristic clothing company Vollebak has designed a Raw range, the first two launches from which are a Raw hemp hoodie and Raw hemp sweatpants. “We’ve done as little to them as humanly possible on the journey of turning a plant into a piece of clothing,” says Vollebak CEO and co-founder Steve Tidball. “The colour is off-white because it’s the same colour as the plant’s fibres. With no dyes and no treatments, you’re looking at a new way of creating the colour white by using the inside of the plant itself.”

Other hemp pioneers are looking to make batteries for electric vehicles from the material, and alternatives to petrochemical plastics have been made with the plant’s fibres and resin, which can be used to make everything from car doors to musical instruments. Today, it seems, the world’s oldest fabric is now its newest.

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Making heavy weather

Artangel’s A Thousand Words for Weather will be at Senate House Library for the next year
Artangel’s A Thousand Words for Weather will be at Senate House Library for the next year Photograph: Francesco Russo/(www.francescorussophoto.com)

Do you know the Bengali word for snow or the Urdu for rain? If not, Artangel’s new sound installation may be what you need. The organisation, which specialises in creating exhibitions in unexpected places, presents A Thousand Words for Weather next month at the University of London’s Senate House Library. It’s the first project from an alliance of artists and writers called the World Weather Network, which calls on creatives to report on environmental changes.

At Senate House, a link to live data from the Met Office will let visitors hear the sound of the weather from various locations and, for a year, artists and writers will report on the weather from places as distant as a New Zealand glacier, a rainforest or a temple in Greece. Writer Jessica J Lee and sound artist Claudia Molitor have also created a multilingual dictionary of weather words and definitions. The dictionary includes the 10 most widely spoken languages in London.

“My hope is that visitors will draw connections between climate and culture in ways they may not often consider,” explains Lee, “to ask how their own ways of thinking about the weather may be shared, or might sometimes be untranslatable to other people who speak other languages. And, of course, to simply step back and think about the weather intimately, as something that moves us and connects us bodily and culturally.”

A Thousand Words for Weather opens at Senate House Library on 22 June and will run until spring 2023 to capture all the seasons

The flatpack furniture that makes itself

The HygroShape chaise-longue
The HygroShape self-assembling chaise-longue Photograph: HydroShape

If you hate putting flatpack furniture together, then this new project from a team at the University of Stuttgart’s Institute for Computational Design and Construction is for you. HygroShape furniture basically assembles itself, thanks to the natural properties of the European maple wood used for construction. Their launch products – a lounger and a chaise-longue rocker – arrive flat but once unpacked, the wood starts to dry out and curl into shape, thanks to the team’s meticulous computational design.

The prototypes are currently in development, with company Hylo Tech working on furniture design but also building components that work with the qualities of the wood in a streamlined and efficient way.

“The biggest potential for the self-shaping technology is that we can embed the action of physical shaping directly into the material,” says the very aptly named Dylan Wood, one of the team behind HygroShape and Hylo Tech. “As a result we don’t need noisy machines, tools, labor or complicated instructions to assemble the pieces.

“This might seem cool for furniture, but we are already developing larger scale applications. Think building components such as roofs, columns, or entire houses that shape silently without construction workers or cranes. The larger and more complicated the parts get the more useful our material programming approach becomes.”

The art of mending, creating and caring

Studio Propolis. Repair kit by Studio Propolis. One of the exhibits at upcoming exhibition Eternally Yours
Repair kit by Studio Propolis. One of the exhibits at upcoming exhibition Eternally Yours Photograph: Studio Propolis

A new exhibition at London’s Somerset House shows the importance of mending and caring for our possessions. Covering everything from textiles and ceramics to furniture, Eternally Yours showcases traditional repair and reuse methods, such as the Japanese art of Kintsugi and the African American Gee Bend quilts, alongside contemporary artists focused on craft. Also on view is the Beasley Brother’s Repair Shop, created by designer Carl Clerkin. It’s modelled on traditional east end repair shops which claimed to be able to mend anything. During the course of the exhibition, Beasley Brothers will run workshops and demonstrations of DIY and skills training.

The clothes and homeware brand Toast will also take part in the show, providing workshops and mending consultations by artists such as Celia Pym and Ekta Kaul.

We wanted to support Eternally Yours this summer to shine a spotlight on the challenges facing the fashion industry,” says Toast’s CEO Suzie de Rohan Willner. “As an industry, we need to get to a point where extending the life of the things we own is the norm, as nearly every flaw in the system can be traced back to overproduction and overconsumption. To reduce waste and emissions we all have a part to play by slowing down and valuing the things we own, not just for a season but for years – or even generations – to come.”

Eternally Yours runs at Somerset House from 16 June–25 September

COLUMN: Ideas for endorsing home safety for older Oklahomans | News

Inez Caron April 25, 2022

Household sweet property. It is where men and women come to feel the most relaxed. Having said that, as Oklahomans age, their residences may demand modifications to guarantee residents' security.

Growing old in put truly goes outside of just getting older - it also could be a human being who simply just has difficulty getting close to. This is important, specifically in rural parts wherever assisted dwelling solutions aren't accessible.

Some tasks that can boost the basic safety component may well just take just a couple of hrs, whilst other people may possibly contain a contractor.

Just one way to make the property much more livable and safer for getting older occupants is to set up grab bars in superior-hazard regions the place a slip or fall is extra probable.

Just a little little bit of h2o on a tile or linoleum bathroom ground can be harmful. Bathtubs and showers also can turn into slick with soapy h2o. If there is adequate room, contemplate working with a shower seat. Coupled with a hand-held shower head, this provides a lot more security for bathing.

Other alternatives involve installing a get bar around the toilet for people who could have problems sitting down and standing back again up and putting a different bar in close proximity to the mattress for comparable explanations.

When setting up grab bars, make sure they are screwed into wall studs, not just drywall. These bars are cheap and can be discovered at local hardware suppliers or purchased on the net through a variety of ability merchants.

Outdoor ramps can be beneficial outside of wheelchair mobility desires. Techniques can become fairly a obstacle for men and women on their toes as properly.

Folks with mobility issues can have difficulty lifting their legs to navigate porch stairs. A ramp tends to make it easier to enter and go away the property. Keep in mind, the ramps also need to have banisters or handrails. One thing else to look at is a threshold ramp for doorways to provide a sleek area transition from a person area to the subsequent.

Other home improvement guidelines to assist with ageing in place involve: Replacing round doorway knobs with lever-model handles, setting up a bathroom heater/lamp for seniors who develop aching joints or human body warmth regulation challenges, updating flooring, and be aware that carpet can be a important source of outings and falls. It can be also less complicated to maneuver a wheelchair on a good-surface area flooring.

Other tips include things like: adding vibrant lighting and strong railings on just about every facet of a staircase or a stair elevate, setting up a swivel turntable, or lazy Susan, in a cabinet to maintain contents arranged and effortless to obtain, including a kitchen island or prep desk at a comfortable peak, attach wall hooks to make matters simpler to access, and putting in slide-out shelving, which is far more available than cupboards that need crouching or bending.

Producing just a several variations can assist your liked ones stay in their household longer, which is exactly where they're the happiest.

Any individual interested in attending a program in the relatives and client sciences area, get in touch with Heather Winn, Household and Buyer Sciences Educator at the OSU Cooperative Extension Service in Cherokee County by cell phone at 918-456-6163 or e-mail at [email protected].

Heather Winn is loved ones and consumer sciences educator for the OSU Cooperative Extension Provider in Cherokee County.

Expense of house advancements on the rise | Area News

Inez Caron April 8, 2022

It’s the time of yr when many folks get on dwelling enhancement initiatives, like a new roof, painting the porch or adding a deck.

This surging demand from customers for house advancement jumped in the previous two many years, igniting rate raises. Then, together came inflation.

So just before finding up your electric power tools or buying gallons of paint, examine out the value of the provides you will require to do people tasks.

In accordance to a modern report from Angi, previously acknowledged as Angie’s Record, you’re not the only just one imagining about shelling out funds on household improvements. Typical paying on dwelling updates is now the highest because Angi commenced tracking this information seven several years ago.

With an increased aim on the house mainly because of the pandemic, property rates are soaring to the maximum on report, and the selling price of resources is substantially bigger than pre-pandemic stages.

Therefore, the substantial quantities of dollars customers are paying on house improvements shouldn’t be astonishing, Ashtabula County Auditor David Thomas explained.

“Home contractors are pretty active with additions and other property enhancements,” Thomas mentioned. “For illustration, the charge of a new deck has doubled in the previous two many years.”

That could be for the reason that the price tag of lumber is climbing.

Why? Offer chain and trucking challenges combined with an increased curiosity in house advancement is likely to blame.

“Lumber costs have absent up due to the fact the pandemic but men and women are nonetheless shopping for,” stated Dawn Feralo, a product sales affiliate at Hectic Beaver in Ashtabula.

“Everyone is nervous for spring and income tax time is commonly a active time.”

Relief may possibly be on its way — Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Research (HJCH) jobs that price ranges in dwelling enhancements will see a huge hike in the very first two quarters of 2022 and then decelerate.

In addition to residence advancements, household furnishing rates have risen practically 20 %, according to the hottest Consumer Rate Index launched by the US Division of Labor.

Here’s a sample of dwelling furnishings price tag raises:

• Floor coverings: up 7 per cent

• Window coverings: up 16 percent

• Household furniture/bedding: up 17 p.c

• Bedroom furniture: up 14 p.c

• Clocks/lamps/add-ons: up 6 %

With the rising prices of anything from groceries to household renovation provides and home furnishings, it is extra crucial than at any time to find means to save where you can.

Right here are four tips from nearby house improvement professionals:

• Get numerous bids for assignments.

• Chose a coat of new paint alternatively of a entire renovation.

• Look at for product sales.

• Save for the surprising.

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