Home Front
By JUDY STARK, Times Homes Editor
© St. Petersburg Times
published May 18, 2002
Briefs and news of note
Building association hosts Neighborhoods on Parade
A dozen developments throughout Pasco County will welcome visitors today through June 2 for Neighborhoods on Parade, a showcase of the communities and their amenities: landscaping, recreational features, environmental sensitivity, master plan. Participants include Saddle Ridge, Longleaf, the Preserve at Fairway Oaks, Plantation Palms, Valencia Gardens, Key Vista, Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club, Meadow Pointe, Woodland Oaks, Heritage Springs, Summertree and Quail Woods. The Pasco Building Association is the sponsor; the communities are open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.
For fans of remote control
Here it is, the ultimate remote control that does everything but wash the dishes. Hunter Fan has just introduced the fan-video universal remote control. It controls all the functions of any brand of fan (on-off, speeds and light dimming), and also controls the TV, VCR, DVD, cable and satellite systems. Now if only it would answer the door and start the microwave. It's $95, available at Lowe's and other retailers that sell Hunter fans; visit www.hunterfan.com or call toll-free 1-800-448-6837.
Remodeling means real spending
This is National Remodeling Month, a good time to acknowledge that home improvement spending topped $843-billion from 1990 to 1999 in the nation's top 35 metropolitan areas. That's a lot of plywood, nuts and bolts. It includes projects such as room additions, kitchen and bath upgrades, and replacements of major systems such as air-conditioning and plumbing. Spending in the Tampa Bay area during that period was $5.1-billion. In each of the past 15 years, about 1-million homeowners nationwide spent more than $10,000 on a major kitchen or bathroom remodel, an addition or other major alteration. And those major outlays typically generate additional spending, for furnishings, appliances, accessories and audio or video equipment.
Street of Dreams opens in Winter Park
This Signature Homes model is among those on the Street of Dreams.
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The Street of Dreams opens today at the Windsong development in Winter Park. Five lavish new homes, priced in excess of $1-million each, are open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. Directions: From I-4 eastbound, take the Fairbanks Avenue exit east to Lakemont Avenue. Turn right (south) on Lakemont to Glenridge, then right on Glenridge to the Windsong entrance on the right. Tickets on weekends are $12 for adults, $10 seniors and kids 4 to 12; they're $2 cheaper on weekdays. Information: 1-800-964-6873.
-- Compiled by Homes editor JUDY STARK
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