Duinkerken Homes, Inc.

Newsletter
June 2012 www.duinkerkenhomes.com

In This Issue
Annual PWB Fundraiser The Brown Patch Request For Emails Useless Information Quiz All About The Remodeling Industry

Annual PWB Fundraiser

3rd Annual Beer Tasting & Silent Auction Fundraiser Proceeds to benefit the PWB Scholarship Fund July 19, 2012 6pm 8pm Highland Brewing Company Local Food & Beverage Networking Live Entertainment $20 Advance Tickets Online and $25 at the Door Over the past two years our group has hosted a Tasting Event & Silent Auction in an effort to raise money for our PWB Scholarship Fund. To date we have awarded over $3500.00 in scholarships to students in our community who are pursuing higher education in a construction industry related field. We appreciate your interest in donating and item to this years event! With a goal set to raise over $3,000.00 this year alone, we need community businesses like yours to participate in this years event. Our Beer Tasting and Silent Auction will take place on July 19, 2012 at Highland Brewing Company from 6-8pm. This event is open to any and all who wish support this great cause. This includes the members of the Asheville Home Builders Association, community individuals and more. In return for your donation to this years event we will gladly promote your business based on donation value in one of our sponsorship levels listed on the back of this letter. As we promote this event you can rest assured your company will gain outstanding exposure for your commitment to the PWB Scholarship Fund. Gift certificates, gift baskets and discount packages all make ideal donations and can generate new clients which may become regular customers. Donating an item is simple and doesnt have to be expensive anything large or small will help raise funds for our scholarship fund! Thanks in advance for your commitment to support the PWB Scholarship Fund. To buy advance tickets to the PWB fundraiser, please click here http://www.ashevillehba.com/pwb_register.php or call the AHBA office at 828-299-7001. ***Do you know a student (male or female) in their senior year of high

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school, attending a college or technical school studying in a construction related field? If so, spread the word that the PWB Scholarship! The deadline for entry is coming up quickly - June 29, 2012!! Scholarship Criteria & Forms can be found on the AHBA website or at this link: http://www.ashevillehba.com/committees.php

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The Brown Patch

When the weather is warm and damp, conditions are prime for brown patch fungus disease to develop in lawns. It does not take a lot of rain, just regular morning dew to provide enough moisture for the fungus spores to begin to grow on the blades of grass. There is not much we can do about the weather, but we can manage some factors to reduce the amount and the spread of the disease. First, do not apply nitrogen fertilizer after early March to cool season grasses. Nitrogen keeps the grass tender, rather than slowing down growth for its summer dormant season. Second, do not mow when the grass is wet if at all possible. If a little brown patch gets started, mowing when wet will spread it across the lawn.

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Third, do not irrigate. Allowing the lawn to go dormant will stop the spread of brown patch. If you do irrigate, run the water in the morning when the grass is already wet with dew anyway. The shorter amount of time the leaves are wet, the better. Finally, if you have not done a soil test recently, go ahead and do it. When the soil pH and phosphate levels are good, the grass will have a healthier root system, which is more likely to survive and recover from disease.
Reprinted with permission from the Mountain Gardner

Useless Information Quiz

The first person to answer the Useless Information Quiz will win a $5 gift card to Subway! I realize with the easy access to technology, the Useless Information Quiz answer might be found without much effort! So, we ask that you PLEASE do not to Google the question! Send your reply and address to dhomes@charter.net! Again, the first person to correctly answer the quiz will get a $5 gift card to Subway!

The average person falls asleep in __________ minutes.

We will announce the winner on our Facebook and LinkedIn pages.

Request For Emails

Many of you receive the Duinkerken Homes Newsletter through one of the social networking sights we use. Due to come technical difficulties, we lost the majority of our email contacts. It would be helpful to our office if you could please email us your information directly to dhomes@charter.net so that we can once again have you in our system. Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience.

All About The Remodeling Industry

Measuring the Industry Tracking the remodeling market has changed significantly since the Census Bureau discontinued a primary data source for measuring remodeling expenditures in 2007. The discontinued Residential Improvements program provided information separately for owner occupied units and rental units. Within these two categories expenditures were shown separately for major improvements versus maintenance and repairs. Of these four categories, owner-occupied improvements typically accounted for a little more than half of all expenditures, which is now derived from the Census Bureaus Construction Spending program. NAHB has adopted this other data source as the basis for a remodeling forecast, while lobbying the Census Bureau for a replacement program to provide a fuller accounting of the remodeling industry. As a result, NAHB remodeling forecasts now cover roughly half of

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all expenditures previously tracked by the Census Bureau. How is the remodeling market outlook? Americans spent $116 billion on improvements to owner-occupied units in 2010, down from a peak of $146 billion in 2006. NAHBs remodeling forecast expects these expenditures to increase steadily as the broader housing market recovers through 2011 and 2012, reaching $119 billion and $131 billion, respectively. Beyond general recovery in the housing market, key factors driving increases in remodeling expenditures will include: the aging housing stock, needed aging in place remodeling work, and increasing interest in improving home efficiency and green remodeling. Who remodels? According to the 2009 HUD/Census American Housing Survey, households under the age of 35 account for 11 percent of the money spent by home owners on professional remodeling jobs. Home owners between the ages of 35 and 44 account for 22 percent, home owners between the ages of 45 and 54 for 24 percent, home owners between the age of 55 and 64 for 23 percent, and homeowners 65 or older for 20 percent.

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What are the most popular remodeling jobs? According to NAHB surveys, the top jobs ordered by popularity are: Bathroom remodeling Kitchen remodeling Windows/doors replacement Handyman services Room additions Whole house remodeling Decks Insurance repair Roofing Finished basements Siding Enclosed/added porch Who are remodelers?

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According to NAHBs 2010 member census, a typical residential remodeler has an average of 6 employees, does $510,794 worth of remodeling per year, and is 53 years old. Seven percent are female, and 54 percent have completed college or have an advanced degree. For more information on remodeling, call Brandon at 828-450-9395.
Reprinted with permission from the NAHB.