Color. It’s all around us. From the ground to the sky and the clothes in our closets to the walls in our homes, color is an integral part of our lives and affects our moods and feelings.
I’m often called upon by homeowners and designers alike to help with a problem inherent in numerous homes across the Las Vegas Valley and beyond. It’s then that I put on my “cabinetry hat,” take a deep breath and do my very best to solve the dilemma of what to do with those nasty entertainment niches left behind by well-meaning architects and builders.
Electric lamps with glass shades were popular from the 1870s to the 1920s. Because a light bulb could face down, not up (like a candle flame), and was cool enough for a shade with a closed top, the use of glass shades became possible. And as very up-to-date, unusual and attractive objects, glass-shaded lamps became expensive status symbols.
Fifty home floor plans are selling in the village of Summerlin Centre, the planned 1,300-acre urban core and “downtown” of the master-planned community of Summerlin. Home floor plans include one-, two- and three-story single-family homes, townhomes and lofts.
Las Vegas-based Harmony Homes is offering residences starting at $80 per square foot. The builder has four new collections in northwestern Las Vegas.
Q: My husband and I have finally found our perfect house. We’ve even found a buyer for our condo. All is going well except for the current occupants living the house we want to buy.
Pardee Homes has earned two Gold and six Silver National Awards for new home communities in California and Nevada. The Nationals program recognizes excellence in new home design, merchandising and marketing and is sponsored by the Sales and Marketing Council of the National Association of Home Builders.
Pardee Homes was among the first home builders to open within Mountain’s Edge and today continues developing at the southwestern Las Vegas master-planned community, where the builder currently offers homes at Serrano and Rosetta.
Q: I live in an association that will eventually have 95 homes. The development is about 2 years old. Currently, there have been 52 homes sold. Given the current economical condition, the remaining units are estimated to take another two years to sell. Our covenants, conditions and restrictions indicate we must have a three-person board of directors, of which we are entitled to one seat when the community is 25 percent sold. The remaining two seats will come to us when 75 percent of the community is sold, perhaps toward the end of this year. Additionally, the association appears to be cash strapped with only 52 homes paying monthly dues.
D.R. Horton of Las Vegas will hold its Builder Short Sale today and Sunday. This event will feature nearly 30 of the home builder’s Las Vegas and Laughlin neighborhoods.
CH Realty has announced the opening of its Home Solution Center located in the Sunset at Galleria mall in Henderson.
For the fourth straight month, Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors statistics showed a dramatic increase in the number of local homes sold last month compared to one year ago. In December, GLVAR reported increasing sales.
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the home buyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure.
Sales agents at Monterey have experienced a busy 2009 as home buyers continue to discover the affordable condominiums located behind famed Las Vegas Country Club, according to sales agent Nancy Green.
The final 2008 numbers are in and Prudential Americana Group posted 6,457 home closings, more than a 41 percent increase over the 4,578 closings it completed in 2007.
Rocky Cochran, vice president of construction operations for Pardee Homes in Southern Nevada, has been named Home Builder Safety Professional of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders during the 2009 International Builder Show, which was held in Las Vegas this week.
Today, American West Homes will premiere its newest neighborhood — Lexington at Highlands Ranch.
Q: I’m considering buying a home as part of a short sale. What advice can you offer me about this type of deal? — Sean F., Las Vegas
Super Bowl week is rapidly approaching, which means fans are focusing on what they’re going to bet.
A fight contract needs two signatures to be valid, and at the moment, the deal between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton for their proposed May 2 junior welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden has only one: Pacquiao’s.
Sitting down on the job is a foreign concept to Utah coach Jim Boylen, who runs the court during a game with more intensity than some players.
You can’t be Wink Adams and second-guess a 3-pointer or jab step to the baseline or pull-up jumper going to your left. Confidence to a basketball player like Adams is radar to a pilot. Its importance is immeasurable.
A 10-round fight took place in Las Vegas on Friday night at the Orleans Arena, but it was waged in a hockey rink, not a boxing ring.
Five high school linemen are visiting UNLV this weekend as signing day nears.
Desert Pines’ game plan against Rancho was simple Friday: Use its inside strength to wear down the Rams.
Patrick Allen and Wes Malott might need to join whatever union is required to perform regularly on television.