The Herbal Medicated Bath – Naturopathic Doctor News and Review

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Sussanna Czeranko, ND, BBE

Even three days after using the [pine needle] bandage, one can smell the rosin which is most agreeable. It is a theory of mine that when the system needs certain things, it can absorb them through the pores.

                                       Sebastian Kneipp, 1909, p.628

All herb baths are prepared in the same manner as the hayflower baths.

                                       Puderbach, 1927, p.282

Traces of turpentine are found in the urine after a hot bath containing the natural oil of pine which has entered the system through absorption or inhalation of vapor, or both.

                                       Elene, 1935, p.272

Baths of many types have been used for eons for purposes of health. The “bath” as a healthy and social dimension shows up often in the history and repertoire of Traditional Chinese Medicine, for example, and in many accounts of the splendid baths scattered throughout the Roman Empire (such as the “Theomoe” or warm baths of Diocletian), or the historical Vapor Baths of the Turks in Constantinople. However, the term “medicated bath” begins to appear as such and with more frequency in the 19th century. Cruchley’s 1834 history of London included details of bathing establishments throughout the city, such as Suffolk Place in Pall Mall, where one could find an “a very complete establishment of warm, cold, shower, vapour and general medicated baths” (Cruchley, 1834, p.169). T. S. Lambert’s Bathing and The Bath, published in 1845, was a delightful exegesis on “bathing and the bath, simple and medicated,” in which this early medical doctor differentiated between basic bathing and “medicated bathing.” John Bell, in his 1850 seminal work A Treatise on Baths, describes a bath using water other than fresh water or tap water. Bell writes, “Natural medicated baths are those furnished by the waters of mineral springs.” (Bell, 1850, p.615) The practice was long common that when mineral waters were not available, “medicated” baths were artificially created using minerals and salts to mimic Nature. Mineral bath was also a term used for baths that were enhanced with herbal decoctions such as pine extracts, equisetum, oat straw, hayflowers (see my May 2016 NDNR article, “The Head & Food Vapor Baths”), etc. Guy Hinsdale (1910) included herbs in the preparation of baths and other water applications, and called these “medicated” or “modified” baths. Not surprisingly, our early naturopathic pioneers were fully aware of this enhanced dimension of hydrotherapy.

Kneipp & Herbal Baths

Sebastian Kneipp is well recognized as a giant in the promotion of water cure. He was also profoundly interested in the use of plants, both for ingestion and to enhance his water applications. His combining of curative plants with water therapies was severely criticized by the extreme orthodox adherents of the hydrotherapy. (Platen, 1901, p.296) His 3 most used bath herbs included shave grass [Equisetum arvense], oat straw [Avena sativa] and hayflowers, or the dregs of a hay stack. Hayflowers was introduced by Kneipp as one of his celebrated herbal wonders, used for young children and the aged. Louisa Lust, following in the footsteps of Kneipp, also used herbs at her Butler Yungborn. She found that herbs used in baths were very beneficial for nervous people. She used “sage, hayflower, oak bark, pine needle, fenugreek, yarrow and others.” (Lust, 1911, p.231) After any of the herbal baths, Louisa Lust counsels the correct way to bring the water application to an end: “The [herbal] bath should always be wound up with a cool ablution, so as to close the pores and prevent cold.” (Lust, 1911, p.231)

John Bell’s mid-19th century work provides a recipe for an emollient bath using an herbal formula. He says, “An emollient bath is made by first taking althea, marshmallow, and elder flowers, or the pith of sassafras, and the bark of slippery elm, four pounds, and of flaxseed, half a pound; then tying them loosely in a cloth, and boiling the bag, add the decoction to the water of the bath.” (Bell, 1850, p.633)

To make Kneipp’s famed hayflower decoction, “a little [cloth] bag [is] filled with hay flowers, thrown into a pot of boiling water, and left there to infuse for at least fifteen minutes.” (Kneipp, 1891, p.38) The hayflower decoction was essentially left to steep until the desired dark coffee-like color was attained. Its property of opening up skin pores and promoting the elimination of morbid matter was much prized by Kneipp and others. Platen recounts Kneipp’s advice on the hayflower bath: “Kneipp advises taking the bath only once or twice a month and not to prolong a single bath beyond half an hour.” (Platen, 1901, p.558) Warm water applications always finished with cold water. Platen used alternating warm and cold water bathing. The herbal warm bath would last about 10 minutes and immediately followed by 5 or 6 seconds in a cold bath, and repeated 2 or 3 times. (Platen, 1901, p.558)

Warm Sitz Baths

Kneipp used herbal decoctions for warm water applications, and pure cold water was more than sufficient to achieve its therapeutic outcomes. In regards to a warm sitz bath, Kneipp asserts, “The warm sitz bath is never prepared of warm water alone, but according to my system is always mixed with some other ingredient.” (Kneipp, 1891, p.32) Equisetum was added to the sitz bath to treat “diseases of the bladder and kidneys, in gravel and stones complaints.” (Kneipp, 1891, p.33) Oat straw was used to treat gout and rheumatic conditions, and when Kneipp did not have access to these 2 herbs, he relied upon hayflowers. The sitz bath with hayflowers was a general treatment and was efficacious in cases of boils, constipation, hemorrhoids, and spasmodic pains such as colic. (Kneipp, 1891, p.33)

Foot Baths

Hayflower added to a bath such as a foot bath offered relief “in many foot complaints: open wounds, bruises, boils, putrefaction of the toes and suppuration of the nails.” (Kneipp, 1891, p.29)

Another one of Kneipp’s favorite herbs used in baths was oat straw. He describes the preparation: “The straw is boiled for half an hour, and then used as a foot bath from 20 to 30 minutes, at a temperature of from 88° to 91° F/31° to 33° C.” (Kneipp, 1891, p.29)

Equisetum was prepared much like the hayflowers – steeped for at least 15 minutes. The decoction used as a wash on “poisoned wounds… had a cleansing effect.” (Platen, 1901, p.472)

Gout

Friedrich E. Bilz, following in the footsteps of Sebastian Kneipp, used many of the same herbs in his herbal baths as his esteemed mentor. Bilz used a decoction made with pine needles for the treatment of gout. “Warm baths of 95° to 101° F/35° to 38° C with a decoction of pine sprigs or hayseed are also recommended.” (Bilz, 1898, p.780) For gout, the primary objective was to increase blood circulation, which hydrotherapy was excellent at producing. Bilz recommended the following gout protocol: “Three cold full washings a week, on first getting out of bed; or three knee gushes, two half baths of the upper body, and the warm hayflower shirt once, will probably command success.” (Bilz, 1898, p.780)

Making a strong decoction from the hayflowers, a compress would be soaked in it and applied while warm on “affected or swollen parts every two or three hours, [or] hayflower is scalded with hot water, enclosed in cloth and laid on the diseased part.” (Bilz, 1898, p.780)

The hydrotherapies were also complemented with herbal teas “of primroses, elder berries or elder blossoms several times a day. Gouty patients are also recommenced to continue for some time to drink a tea made of mouse ear [Hieracium pilosella].” (Bilz, 1898, p.780)

Pine Needle Baths

Kneipp also endorsed the use of pine needles for bathing. Used in a bath, the pine decoction provided benefits to the kidneys and bladder, and the skin epidermis was restored to health. (Kneipp, 1891, p.38) Kneipp also credited pine baths for strengthening the interior blood vessels, thereby making this “the proper bath for more aged people.” (Kneipp, 1897, p.65)

Kneipp favored using fresh pine needles for his water therapies. To make a pine needle bath, pine needles and branches were picked fresh or a distillation would be made. M. Platen provides instructions: “The pine needles are boiled for at least half an hour, and the decoction is then ready for use.” (Platen, 1901, p.472) The pine “extract, also called pine balsam is almost transparent, of a yellowish tinge at first, turning a greenish brown after standing some hours; has a pleasant, refreshing, bracing, resinous, aromatic smell.” (Platen, 1901, p.559) Compresses made from the decoction were strengthening and stimulating to the skin. (Platen, 1901, p.472)

In the July 1935 issue of Nature’s Path,another magazine published by Lust, the author of an article on the topic of pine needle oil, writes: “Pine oil is classified medicinally as a rubifacient, being slightly an irritant, and possesses feeble antiseptic properties. The irritant properties cause an unusual circulation of blood and thereby relieves congestions, eases pain, and quiets nervous tension.” (Elene, 1935, p.252, 270)   She warns against synthetic pine oils. “If the oil has been saponified or chemically combined with alkali, much of the effectiveness will have been lost. Artificial pine odors or scents have no therapeutic value in a bath.” (Elene, 1935, p.270)

John H. Kellogg placed the pine needle bath under the subheading of “Miscellaneous Baths” at the end of his voluminous book, Rational Hydrotherapy. Kellogg used pine needles to achieve the same reactions induced by the carbonic acid [or carbon dioxide] baths. The carbon dioxide bath, or the Nauheim bath, was popularized by many of the early hydrotherapists, such as Simon Baruch, Kellogg and Hinsdale. Carbon dioxide baths are still currently used extensively in European spas to treat heart disease, diabetes, rheumatic conditions, and obesity. Guy Hinsdale also used pine needle extract in combination with the effervescent carbon dioxide bath.

Kellogg states, “This [pine needle] bath produces powerful cutaneous stimulation. It is useful in chronic renal and cardiac disease, at a temperature of 92° to 94° F/33° to 34° C and may be used in the place of the effervescing baths.” (Kellogg, 1903, p.955) Among the benefits of the pine bath, Platen included “scrofula, gout, rheumatism, paralysis, debility, skin complaints, abdominal and sexual disorders.” (Platen, 1901, p.559) Pine baths improved the functions of the emunctories, such as the kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, and the skin.

Puderbach agreed with Platen that a 30-minute pine needle bath was beneficial for rheumatism, and suggested the “temperature should be high for rheumatic ailment (40° C/104° F).” (Puderbach, 1925, p.154) Puderbach also used the pine needle bath for nervous conditions at lower temperatures, of 28° C/82° F for 20 minutes. (Puderbach, 1925, p.154)

Elene recommended the pine bath for insomnia. A hot pine bath “taken before retiring will induce a quiet restful sleep without resorting to medicines or drugs.” (Elene, 1935, p.270, 272) She states, “When a person is fatigued and tired a cool pine bath has an exceptional bracing tonic effect.”

Hinsdale used pine needle essential oil in steam baths, and patients were steamed for 20 to 30 minutes in a steam cabinet, which caused profuse perspiration. (Hinsdale, 1910, p.309) After the steam bath, patients were massaged. Hinsdale also used pine needle extract in a medicated bath using 2 ounces of the extract to a 40-gallon bath. (Hinsdale, 1910, p.309)

1. Puderbach in 1925 wrote The Massage Operator, which was published by Benedict Lust. Puderbach was the director of the Brooklyn Massage Training School. His book was essentially a physical therapy manual. Every conceivable physical therapy was outlined in his book. Throughout the years of Benedict Lust’s journals, numerous ads appeared with pine constituents for the pine bath. Puderbach alludes to one of these products – Novopin – which was a pine salt. Instructions for a bath using this salt: “For a tub bath take a full tube of this salt. The temperature of the bath should be 28° to 30° C/ 82° to 86° F. The bath should last 20 to 30 minutes.” (Puderbach, 1925, p.154) Another method that Puderbach suggests for taking the pine bath: “For a tub bath take a large spoonful of pine needle extract, dissolve in a pail of boiling water, and pour this solution into the prepared bath, or take one or two spoonfuls of pine oil, dissolve this in 100 grams pure alcohol and add to the bath.” (Puderbach, 1925, p.154)

Pine needle baths could irritate the skin, thus Puderbach advised that those patients experiencing itching of skin be removed from the bath immediately and given a shower. A rice powder was applied to the itching areas. (Puderbach, 1925, p.154)

A Valuable Legacy

These remarkable Naturopaths and their predecessors have left us a superb legacy of treatment protocols and success stories so valuable for patients. In our era of polypharma and a compromised food supply and distribution system, these wonderful natural approaches to healing are timeless. Kneipp, Kellogg, Bilz, Elene, Hinsdale, Puderbach and other giants have left us with outstanding tools. All we need do is use them.

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Sussanna Czeranko ND, BBE, incorporates “nature-cure” approaches to primary care by including balneotherapy, breathing therapy, and nutrition into her naturopathic practice. Dr Czeranko is a faculty member working as the Rare Books curator at NCNM and is currently compiling a 12-volume series based upon Benedict Lust’s journals, published early in the last century. Her published books include: Origins of Naturopathic Medicine; Philosophy of Naturopathic Medicine; Dietetics of Naturopathic Medicine; Principles of Naturopathic Medicine; Vaccination and Naturopathic Medicine; and Physical Culture in Naturopathic Medicine. Dr Czeranko is the founder of the Breathing Academy, a training institute for naturopaths to incorporate a scientific model of breathing therapy called Buteyko into their practice. She is also a founding board member of the International Congress of Naturopathic Medicine and a member of the International Society of Medical Hydrology.

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Bilz, F. E. (1898). The Natural Method of Healing. Leipzig, Germany: F. E. Bilz Publishing, pp. 2065.

Cruchley, G. F.(1834). Cruchley’s Picture of London. 2nd Ed. London, England: G. F. Cruchley Publishers.

Elene. (1935). The soothing pines. Nature’s Path. New York, NY: Benedict Lust Publishing, XXXX (7), 252, 270, 272.

Hinsdale, G. (1910). Hydrotherapy.Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company Publishing, pp. 466.

Kellogg, J. H. (1903). Rational Hydrotherapy.Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company Publishers, pp. 1193.

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Platen, M. (1901). The New Curative Treatment of Disease. London, England: Bong & Co, pp. 1579.

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Puderbach, P. (1927). Medicinal baths and their preparation. Naturopath,XXXII (5), 243-246.

Half-Ton Fun

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High fuel prices and the skyscraping cost of ³/₄– and 1-ton pickups have created a growing demand for lightweight, easier-to-tow RVs. But not everyone wants a little trailer, which has led many RV builders to focus on smaller and lightweight fifth-wheels now more than ever. And the consumer stands to benefit from that trend. However, while many half-ton towable fifth-wheels might be smaller, that doesn’t mean they aren’t spacious and filled with great features; many offer niceties such as solid-surface countertops, leveling jacks and electric awnings. And almost every brand has a fifth-wheel designed for half-ton pickups that offers a slideout to expand the living space. Some even have two or three.

Keystone’s Laredo Super Lite fifth-wheel line is a perfect example. The series tops out at 31 feet in length with a dry weight of 7,735 pounds, yet is available in two double-slide floorplans. ‘‘These fifth-wheels are extremely well-equipped, attractive, offer great value and, of course, are towable by properly equipped half-ton trucks,’’ explains Jim Mac, Keystone’s communications manager.

Having made a name for itself in the travel trailer and truck camper markets, Livin’ Lite Recreational Vehicles entered the fifth-wheel segment for the 2013 model year with the Mercury, an aluminum-and-composite fiver that will initially feature two 24-foot floorplans with dry weights of less than 4,500 pounds. ‘‘We expect the Mercury to prove to be something that changes the market a little bit in the true ultralight fifth-wheel category,’’ says Livin’ Lite President Scott Tuttle.

Mark Lucas, president of Forest River’s Shasta division, says the company’s new 100-inch wide-body Phoenix fifth-wheel in lengths of 27 to 34 feet is intended to deliver more livability in a smaller RV. ‘‘It’s more cost-effective for the consumer, easier to tow and easier to park and they give up nothing,’’ Lucas said.

More and more builders are coming to market with a half-ton towable fifth-wheel that offers many of the conveniences, features and luxuries of the larger, heavier fivers. Here’s a guide
to get you started.

Axiom 

The compact Axiom lightweight fifth-wheel built by Forks RV is aimed primarily at the Australian market, but is available through select dealers in the United States. The 7¹/₂-foot-wide mid-profile Axiom is offered in four 23- to 27-foot floorplans, each with a single sofa/dinette slideout. With a dry weight of 6,500 pounds, the aluminum-and-laminated fiberglass Axiom features an aerodynamic front cap, composite cabinets, LED lighting inside and out, thermopane windows and linoleum floors in the living area with carpeting in the upper deck — which is equipped with a queen bed. Base MSRP starts at $42,000.

Forks RV, 574-825-7467, www.forksrv.com

CrossRoads 

CrossRoads RV has added a double-slideout 30-foot lightweight fifth-wheel to its 2013 Cruiser Aire lineup. The Cruiser Aire fiver, from this subsidiary of Thor Industries, has a walk-through queen-size bedroom with a 6-foot 6-inch ceiling. Five other fifth-wheel floorplans in lengths of 25 to 30 feet will also be available. The Cruiser Aire fiberglass-and-aluminum debut floorplan, with a 7,000-pound dry weight, is equipped with electric jacks, a 15,000-Btu air conditioner, 8-cubic-foot refrigerator, maple cabinets, 54-by-27-inch shower with a glass door and a midway island kitchen with a large amount of Formica countertop space. Base MSRP: $29,995.

CrossRoads RV, 855-226-7496, www.crossroadsrv.com

Escape 5.0

Made entirely of hand-laid fiberglass in a two-piece mold, the lightweight, aerodynamic Escape 5.0 from Escape Trailer weighs approximately 2,650 pounds (dry) and offers a low center of gravity for increased road stability and a 3,500-pound-capacity independent suspension axle for reduced vibration and better handling while towing. Standards such as 15-inch tires (including the spare), LED marker lights, a 10-foot Fiesta awning and dual 5-gallon LP-gas cylinders dress up the exterior of this 19-foot 6-inch fifth-wheel. Its compact kitchen still boasts a 4.3-cubic-foot three-way Dometic refrigerator, two-burner cooktop with power range hood, optional microwave and a countertop and sink roomy enough to get the job done. The fifth-wheel has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 4,400 pounds, making it easily towed by half-ton pickups such as a GMC Sierra or Toyota Tundra, and even by some compact pickups with appropriate trailer weight ratings and proper equipment. Base MSRP: $27,000.

Escape Trailer Industries, 855-703-1650, www.escapetrailer.com

Heartland RV

Two new rear-living-room floorplans have been added to Heartland Recreational Vehicles’ Elkridge Express fifth-wheel series for 2013. The 30-foot E27 and 31-foot E28 floorplans each have a single slideout and are among seven that the manufacturer is building for the new model year. With dry weights ranging from 7,205 to 9,250 pounds, the Elkridge Express is constructed with laminated fiberglass side walls on an aluminum frame and has an 88-degree turning angle. Features include heated storage with slam-lock doors, kingpin box covers, outside showers, Beauflor floors, solid-surface countertops, cherry cabinets with hidden hinges, 60-by-74-inch queen beds, full wardrobes, sofa air beds, porcelain toilets, dinette chairs with hidden storage and multiview TV centers. Base MSRP starts at about $24,000.

Heartland RV, 877-262-8032, www.heartlandrvs.com

Jayco

Dry weights range from 5,975 to 7,135 pounds in the Jayco Eagle HT line, with four available floorplans for 2013. Offered in 26- to 32-foot layouts, three have wardrobe slideouts to complement the living-room slide. The unusual Eagle HT 23.5RBS has a large rear bath with tub and shower to allow for more bedroom space in the upper deck. A standard Glacier Package includes an R-29 insulation value in the main floor and R-27 in the roof in addition to triple insulation in the heated-and-enclosed underbelly. Countertops are solid-
surface and cabinets have solid hardwood doors with screwed stiles. Base MSRPs begin at $30,586.

Jayco Inc., 574-825-5861, www.jayco.com 

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With a dry weight of 7,735 pounds, the Laredo Super Lite 289SRE is equipped with a living-area slideout containing a sofa bed and booth dinette. A ‘‘Best in Class Package’’ included in all Laredo layouts includes an adjustable electric awning, LCD TV, electric rear stabilizer jacks, all-weather Glacier Package and crown molding. Standard features include a fully enclosed heated underbelly, pass-through lighted storage, residential-size cabinets, single-basin sink, two-door refrigerator, extra-wide dinette with storage below, raised-panel mortise-and-tenon cabinet doors, queen bed, wardrobe storage and entertainment center. Keystone also offers a new 31-foot 280SBH fifth-wheel floorplan with rear bunk beds for the kids in its popular Laredo Super Lite series. Base MSRPs typically equipped begin at $54,940.

Keystone RV, 866-425-4369, www.keystonerv.com

KZRV 

A tri-level rear-kitchen floorplan has been added for 2013 to the newly redesigned Durango from KZRV. The unique 37-foot double-slideout floorplan, built on a bi-level drop-frame, features a new front cap designed to allow a greater turning radius, and has a side-aisle (streetside) front bath with a porcelain toilet, large neo-angle shower and linen closet. The 331RK queen-bed floorplan — one of 12 offered in the Durango series — has a dry weight of 9,740 pounds and is equipped with 110 cubic feet of storage under the kitchen, an 8-cubic-foot refrigerator with wood insert panel, solid-surface countertops, kitchen table with four chairs, Beauflor linoleum, slam-latch baggage doors, an L-shaped sofa bed and a 32-inch LCD TV. MSRP: $49,999.

KZRV LP, 260-768-4016, www.kz-rv.com

Livin’ Lite  

Livin’ Lite Recreational Vehicles, known for its lightweight all-aluminum folding camping trailers and truck campers, has introduced the Mercury fifth-wheel. Livin’ Lite’s Mercury will have two 24-foot aluminum-and-composite floorplans, each equipped with a single slideout. Both are designed for half-ton pickups with GVWRs in the 3,500- to 4,500-pound range. One floorplan features double bunks in the upper bedroom,  while the second will be equipped with a queen bed. Both will have dry baths with LP-gas stoves, refrigerators and water heaters. The interior is available in a wood-look Azdell composite or champagne aluminum. Base MSRP: $26,000.

Livin’ Lite, 574-862-2228, www.livinlite.com

Northwood

Northwood Manufacturing has given its Fox Mountain lightweight fifth-wheel a facelift for 2013. The redesigned Fox Mountain now has tan side walls, an aerodynamic mocha front cap and a more contemporary interior with stainless-steel appliances. Built on a cambered chassis, the fiberglass-and-aluminum Fox Mountain is available in six 26- to 32-foot floorplans with up to three slideouts. With a dry weight of 7,500 pounds in the 28-foot double-slide model, a standard Four Seasons package includes heated-and-enclosed underbellies, R-7 insulation in the side walls and floor, and R-18 in the roof. Features include solid-surface countertops, Beauflor floors, centrally located control panels, exterior showers and electric awnings. A combination sofa/dinette with leatherlike fabric is optional. Base MSRPs begin at $32,500.

Northwood Manufacturing Inc., 800-766-6274, www.northwoodmfg.com

Shasta 

Forest River’s Shasta Recreation Vehicle division has introduced the mid-profile Shasta Phoenix wide-body fifth-wheel with a distinctive exterior and a kingpin that can be adjusted to accommodate 5¹/₂-foot-pickup beds. Available in eight floorplans with up to four slideouts, the Phoenix is 100 inches wide and available in eight 27- to 34-foot floorplans, all with 6 feet 4 inches of headroom in the upper deck bedroom. The gray hung fiberglass side wall on a six-side aluminum superstructure is connected to the root-beer-colored front cap. Bamboo rattan accents in the cabinets and on the slide fascia, along with Beauflor wood-plank floors, give the Phoenix a lighter interior. Dry weights begin at 7,400 pounds. Base MSRPs start at $30,000.

Shasta RV, 574-825-7178, www.shastarving.com

Starcraft RV

Starcraft RV is building its 2013 Starcraft Travel Star FW fifth-wheel series on its own StarMaxx drop-frame chassis to increase the storage capacity to 75 cubic feet. Floorplans offering two or three slideouts and dry weights from 7,415 to 7,915 pounds are available. A standard Arctic Package includes heated and enclosed underbellies with foil insulation in the roof and slideout rooms. Amenities include bourbon-glazed beechwood solid-wood raised-panel doors and drawers throughout, porcelain toilet, radius shower, oversized sinks, Formica countertops, storage drawers beneath the booth dinette and large windows over the dinette. An optional Galaxy Package includes a colored fiberglass front cap; power stabilizer jacks; remote control for patio awnings; slideout, porch and security lights; front and rear jacks; solid-surface countertops; and a 32-inch LED TV with DVD player. Base MSRP starts at $29,986.

Starcraft RV, 800-945-4787, www.starcraftcamping.com

Winnebago 

For those in the market for a midprofile fifth-wheel, Winnebago Towables has introduced the Winnebago Lite Five with four 28- to 34-foot floorplans, three of which are equipped with a single slideout and an optional wardrobe slide in the bedroom. With a cambered front cap, the fiberglass-and-aluminum Winnebago Lite Five, with dry weights from 6,907 to 8,953 pounds, can be towed by shortbed pickups. Features include high-gloss automotivelike gel coat exterior, fully enclosed-and-heated underbellies, 35,000-Btu furnace, high R-value insulation, patio awnings and stabilizer jacks. Amenities include a sectional sofa, island queen bed, a large bathroom with neo-angle shower, double-door refrigerators, a large amount of counter space and Bluetooth-enabled entertainment centers. Base MSRPs start at $28,993.

Winnebago Industries, Inc.,  574-825-5250, www.winnebagoind.com

Yellowstone

The Yellowstone division of Gulf Stream Coach has added a 29-foot rear-living room floorplan to its Canyon Trail XLT fifth-wheel series. The low-profile Canyon Trail XLT 25FLRW floorplan, with a dry weight of 7,297 pounds, has a single 38-inch-deep, 6-foot-2-inch tall slideout that contains a convertible sofa/dinette. Offering a large hallway closet with mirrored doors, the 25FLRW has a separate shower and bathroom, hardwood cabinet doors and drawers, laminated countertops with a solid-surface option and a queen bed with a flip-down fabric headboard with hidden storage. To accommodate shortbed pickups, the aluminum-framed vacuum-bonded side wall Canyon Trail XLT has an extended kingpin box. MSRP: $29,253.

Yellowstone RV, 800-811-0302, www.yellowstonervs.com 

Forget Downsizing. Let’s Rebuild a Mansion

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Some married couples settle into their retirement by downsizing. Gail and Barry Giffen are spending theirs restoring a mansion—a 1905 Tudor Revival in Victoria, Canada.

“We wanted a historic house that needed lots of work,” said Mr. Giffen, 70, who ran a company in Alberta that handled disaster recovery. “We wanted to make it ours.”

The house was designed by architect Samuel MacClure for a cold-storage entrepreneur named Biggerstaff Wilson. The property had only one additional owner until 2010, when a local developer purchased the nearly 2-acre lot and carved off about a third of the land to build six townhouses, leaving the mansion untouched.

When the Giffens bought the home in 2011 for 1.325 million Canadian dollars, or about US$1.059 million, the 9,300-square-foot mansion sagged, the facade’s plaster was crumbling, the wood paneling in the great hall had turned black and the living-room windows were obscured by stained silk curtains.

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Today, the three-story home has seven bedrooms, seven full baths, two half-baths, an elevator, a detached garage and an attic suite with a kitchenette.

The couple had two main goals: return the main floor to its prime, and thoroughly modernize the second floor and attic space.

“Their approach to it was to maintain as much of the character as possible,” said Rus Collins of Zebra Group, a Victoria design firm.

Mr. Collins took about six months to complete architectural plans for the transformation, partly guided by original blueprints. Construction started in February 2012, headed by Mike Miller, president of Abstract Developments. The bulk of the project took about 18 months and cost $1.3 million.

The couple replaced outdated electrical, plumbing and heating systems, and straightened one side of the house. They spent about $60,000 on the basement to create uniform 8-foot ceilings, and about $33,200 to seismically engineer a new interior foundation.

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In the 14-foot-high great room, which has a fireplace and arched stained-glass windows, Abstract’s team stripped the blackened walls and staircase, revealing honey-colored wood.

The kitchen, a former servants’ room, had a linoleum floor, a potbelly stove and a water cistern. An alcove below the ceiling was stuffed with old slippers. “No hidden money from a bank robbery or anything exciting in the walls. No, we found about six pairs of old slippers,” said Mrs. Giffen, 66, a retired teacher.

They gutted the kitchen and butler’s pantry, adding new hardwood floors ($1,600), cabinetry ($39,200), countertops ($13,900) and appliances ($13,500). It now has two farmer’s sinks and a dog-washing station in an adjacent mudroom. Mrs. Giffen’s favorite part is a $2,000 island made from a tabletop found in the basement.

On the 2,200-square-foot second floor, what was once six bedrooms sharing a bathroom, a powder room and a room with only a tub was transformed into four en suite bedrooms and a laundry room. The couple refurbished the claw-foot tub for their master bath.

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But it was the 1,860-square-foot attic, an unfinished space with 44-foot floor planks, that underwent the most dramatic change. It is now a two-bedroom, two-bathroom suite with a kitchenette and skylights.

One of the biggest challenges was the house’s historic designation, which blocked changes to the exterior without city approval. To add the two-car garage, done in a similar Tudor Revival style, they got about two dozen neighbors to support their city application.

Adding an elevator required a 5-by-5-foot extension and bringing a shallow back staircase to code. In the process they discovered parts of the foundation had turned to sand, necessitating the concrete wall.

In another case, an antique treasure was uncovered: The couple found stained-glass pocket doors buried in the wall between the living and dining rooms.

Other historic gems include intricate plaster medallions that adorn the main-floor ceilings, and old window glass that retains barely perceptible ripples.

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The bird-patterned wallpaper in the dining room came to charm the Giffens, who saved it for a nook. “They grow on you after a while,” Mrs. Giffen said.

The Giffens have decorated the home with a patchwork of second-hand pieces. Bathroom sinks are mounted in retrofitted wood dressers. A chandelier in the entryway came from a contractor’s new house. “People were pleased with what we were doing, so they often tried to help us,” Mr. Giffen said.

The Giffens, who primarily live in Edmonton, have been visiting the home for about five years, slowly putting on finishing touches. Their next project? An overgrown rose garden.

“We don’t need any more spaces,” Mrs. Giffen joked. “If you make a finished room, you have to clean it.”

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Conway selectmen OK 2 shuttle signs for Baths | Local News

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A sign for the Diana’s Baths shuttle is seen at the corner of River Road and Main Street in North Conway on Wednesday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)

CONWAY — The owner of Fast Taxi of North Conway says her recently launched shuttle service to Diana's Baths could be successful if it were supported and sufficiently promoted — something that might not be possible given Conway selectmen's insistence on strict adherence to the town's sign regulations.

The popularity of Diana's Baths, which is a series of waterfalls and cascades managed by the U.S. Forest Service, has resulted in overflow parking along West Side Road. 

Selectmen were worried that people walking in the road could get hurt, so earlier this year, the town and state posted the road with "no parking" signs, and a $100 fine for parking offenders was implemented.

Now, however, cars are queuing to get in the Forest Service lot, and people are parking up the road and walking down to the site.

To help alleviate the problem, Fast Taxi has begun offering a shuttle service ($6 round-trip) from Eastern Slope Inn and John Fuller School. It will run through Labor Day.

But ridership has been all over the map, Fast Taxi owner Katy Robbart said in a phone interview Wednesday. While Friday had pouring down rain, there were 25 riders Saturday, three Sunday, four on Monday and 34 on Tuesday, which was a surprise, she said. 

"If everyone wants it to work, it can work," said Robbart, adding, "I want to do this if people want it. I'm not interested in bucking the tide." 

The Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce had reached out to Robbart about offering the shuttle.

And at Tuesday's selectmen's meeting, the chamber's executive director, Janice Crawford, pleaded with the board to allow signage to direct tourists to the shuttle.

She called the signage simple "way-finding signs" and said they would be made from recycled political signs.

"We are trying to come up with a solution," said Crawford, who said several signs were placed last week: one near Diana's Baths; one at Pine Street and White Mountain Highway; one at West Side Road and River Road; one on private property at the community lot by the Eastern Slope Inn on River Road; and one on the corner of Route 16 and River Road.

But the sign at Pine Street was removed because it was on a state right-of-way, and the sign near Diana's Baths was removed at the request of the forest service.

Town Manager Tom Holmes said the question was whether to allow temporary signage to help the shuttle service become successful.  

Selectman Steve Porter pointed out that the signage described by Crawford would be against town regulations. 

"What if Cafe Noche all of a sudden wants to do something along the same lines?" asked Porter. "It opens a Pandora's box." 

Town Planner Tom Irving, crediting Public Works Director Paul DegliAngeli, said one solution could be a "way-finding sign program" where the town could add the shuttle service signs to existing ones directing people to Diana's Bath.

"That could be a legitimate governmental purpose that is being served within the town's right of ways," said Irving. "Private property, which Selectman Porter raised, is an issue because if you allow one class of citizen or one group to do this, you would have great difficulty not allowing anybody else to do the same thing." 

Irving said the town could "face a constitutional challenge" if it allowed signs for the shuttle and not anyone else. 

Crawford said maybe the shuttle service could be considered an event, and that could make the signs legal.

Porter and Crawford sparred over whether visitors to the Baths are a benefit to the town. Porter said the large number of visitors are beating up the Baths, but Crawford insisted the Baths help drives tourism, which builds the tax base. 

She then asked selectmen to contact the chamber before making decisions that would affect tourism such as posting the road "no parking."

Board Chairman David Weathers replied that selectmen were addressing a safety issue, and it had nothing to do with tourism. 

After a lengthy discussion, selectmen ultimately voted 3-1 to allow a shuttle sign near the existing Diana's Baths sign on River Road at the intersection of West Side Road through 4 p.m. on Sept. 4.

Selectman Mary Carey Seavey was absent, and Selectman Carl Thibodeau voted in the minority. 

On Wednesday, Robbart said a shuttle sign was installed at the intersection of River and West Side Roads. She said they also were allowed to have a sandwich board by Eastern Slope Inn.  

Robbart said she takes the signs down at the end of each day when the shuttles stop running. 

At two points in Tuesday's discussion, resident Mark Hounsell, who is also a county commissioner, gave Crawford an earful for adding to the foot traffic at Diana's Baths.

He also criticized her for asking to be informed about meetings that affect tourism. He said she can read the selectmen's agenda like everyone else. 

"The people in this town appreciate the businesses in this town; we appreciate the tourist business," said Hounsell. "But they are not the shadow government that some people would have them be." 

Seattle Houseboats: Current Floating Homes Average Dollar Per Square Foot .

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Seattle Houseboats: Current Floating Homes Average Dollar Per Square Foot.

Looking at  Seattle floating homes for sale right now: Out of all the Seattle houseboats for sale, these  are the floating homes with owned moorage  only and I will explain why a little further down…  These Seattle houseboats are also LISTED floating homes in the MLS and do not account for any unlisted Seattle homes for sale. We do have an idea about what is also going on behind the scenes so please let us know if you need info about those as well.  Seattle floating homes and Seattle waterfront homes are a specialty niche market which we happen to be in so please let us know what you are looking for. Chances are we will see it before it is listed in the MLS.     These current active Seattle floating homes in the MLS range in list price beginning at  $1,800,000 for two floating homes listed – one in Westlake and one in Portage Bay to $2,685,000 just listed in Eastlake.  The average days on market for these five Seattle floating homes is 14 days with a range of cumulative days on market of 1 day for Roanoke Reef to just 21 days.

Price range:  $1,800,000 – $2,685,000

Average Days on Market: 14 days

Neighborhoods available:  Eastlake, Westlake, Portage Bay

Average Dollar Per Sq Foot:  $1454.04  with a range of $1200/sq ft for our gorgeous Westlake floating home listing to $1757.81 for a floating home in Portage Bay.

So, why am I looking at only Seattle Floating Homes with owned moorage in accounting for the dollar per square foot?

Two words: Value and Security.

Owning your moorage is and has always been a key component of value and security.  Seattle floating homes with owned moorage are more valuable and also a more secure form of ownership so the above numbers are all in reference to floating homes with secure slips – whether on a condo or a co-op organized dock.  Do not let anyone tell you otherwise. I personally would only consider a floating home or houseboat that was moored in an owned slip, but there could be an opportunity if the price were right to purchase a floating home or other type of houseboat  if there was a possibility to also purchase the slip in which it sits.  The important part of this is knowing how to determine the value of the slip and the home separately because the value is usually heavily weighed in the slip’s favor. Historical sales in the MLS and privately have shown that a floating home or other type of houseboat is essentially a depreciating asset without the slip attached to it.

Highlights of what is on the market – Our favorite Seattle floating homes:

Molly and I are partial because three of the five of the above Seattle floating homes for sale are represented by us, but they are in fact fabulous so I will talk about them as our favorites anyway. In addition, we have two really great slips in Portage Bay for sale for $950,000 ready for you to build your dream home – dream new construction floating home that is! We have a cool one for sale in each Lake Union neighborhood!

Westlake:  2420 Westlake Ave N #13  – deep water moorage for a 32 foot boat here! This is a 2 bedroom 1.75 bath 1500 square foot floating home with big views and excellent Seattle waterfront living. $1,800,000

Eastlake:  2339 Fairview Ave E #O  – tie your boat up here, too!  Coveted and hard to find three bedroom floating home on well managed Tenas Chuck dock.  Three bedroom, 1.5 baths 1350 square feet, Beautiful views including sought after Space Needle, and more – second from the end of the dock! $2,250,000

Portage Bay:  3146 Portage Bay Pl E #J – New construction and condo ownership with parking! Three bedroom floating home with 2.5 baths. Come experience the peaceful serenity of life on Lake Union’s eastern most boundary, Portage Bay which was featured as the geographic location of choice on the recent 2016 Seattle Floating Homes Association Tour.  $1,998,000

Please let us know if you have questions or are curious about how much your Seattle floating home is worth.  We are happy to help you buy or sell your home.

Call/Text Molly Cartwright or Courtney Cooper for more info 206-841-6800/206-850-8841 houseboats@cooperjacobs.com

The High Point Enterprise from High Point, North Carolina on July 11, 1976 · Page 63

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12D High Point Enterprise, Sunday, July 11, 1976 CEDARWOOD HOME Just waiting for your family, it's brick, has 7 rooms. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1.900 sq. ft., plus 2-car carport, large grassed and well landscaped lot 127x239. Yep, you are right - the den has a fireplace and there are many other extras in this home at 214 Cedarwood Drive, all for the price of $53.500. FORESTDALE - 403 FORESTDALE DR. This home overlooks the lake and is a truly lovely home. You really can't see the whole picture until you see the beautiful, tastefully decorated large rooms on the inside. At your convenience, we will be glad to attempt to set up an appointment for you to see this top located excellent home and let you take a restful look at the sjnooth waters from the concrete patio on the rear of the house. $85,000 1110 CAMPBELL This 8 room. l"z story frame home on a duplex zoned lot, 100 x 150, has much to offer a large family, including partial fenced yard, a frame workshop building, a one-car garage, good garden area, and all kinds of shrubs, trees and flowers, close 10 schools and all for the price of only $17.500. FOR SALE OR RENT With option to buy -1116 Sharon St. at the corner of Lake. Four rooms, concrete basement area could be developed into 2nd apt. We'll work a real deal on this one. NO DOWN PAYMENT. SPECIAL-C-4 ZONING Corner of Oakwood Newton. Just north of English Rd., a vacant lot just perfect for small office or a few apts. 2HOMESITESOR1 Wooded, on the south side of Crestview Drive. Over 220' frontage. AFTER HOURS CALL- Lucille Monroe K85-G653 » Bill Hyllun ~ 454-1062 u REALTOR 1 - The Match Makers -- RS'2-0131 OPEN SUNDAY 2-5 THE BLUE HOUSE - DOGWOOD CT. 3 Bedrooms, formal dining, 2 full baths, lireplace. central air. full basement-with easy potential for fourth bedroom and den. $45,900. NEW LISTINGS HILLTOP DR. - CRESTVIEW 3 bedroom brick. 2 full ceramic baths, fireplace, utility room, dining room with sliding glass doors to patio, carport, metal storage building, fenced real- lot. AIR CONDITIONED. S32.90D. KYNWOOD SUB. Flint Hill Rd to Mt Vernon Church, Kynwood on left. 4 bedrooms. 2'z baths, kitchen with all buill-ins, large utility room, living room and large den with old brick rustic fireplace, sundeck, carport, paved drive If you h u n y you can pick the carpet. New $42.900 220 STRATFORD ROAD Archdale. 5 room frame with aluminum siding, 2 bedrooms, dining room, utility room and living room, hardwood floors $14.000. 8 " 2 ROOMS CENTRAL AIR 2" z BATHS PRICED TO SELL BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPED LOT LARGE DEN W/FIREPLACE 4 BEDROOMS SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT WHY PAY RENT - WHEN YOU CAN BUY Brick and frame bungalow on nice shady lot One block from bus line, and willnn walking distance of Kirkman Park School Partially floored attic for convenient storage This home has gas heat, and connectons for washer and dryer. Cun you believe all this at a price of only $15,500 Call today for an appointment to s,ee 808 Wiloubar Terrace. NICELY WOODED LOT for sale in Oakview Estates If vou lire planning to build a split level or a home with a basement sou should consider this location 110 Ft. frontage on paved road. Call today' R E S I D E N T I A L C O M M E R C I A L R E A L ESTATE 312 OLD WINSTON KI). 869-6113 AFTER HOURS 888-4692 OR 869-4919 E ? 11 NEED LOTS OF ROOM? --Z'.j ACRES TO 60 ACRES-Then indulge yourself in luxury living at this magnificent suburban estate on Kersey Road just off Highway 62 Five bedrooms, sewing room, study, family room, 3V 2 baths, terrific utility room, convenient kitchen with 30 feet of cabinets and all built-ins, three fireplaces, three porches, double garage and single carport Talk to us today about this beautifully decorated, well kept home. There's so much more to tell than we can write about. Buy this home with 2Vj Acres or up to as many as 60 Acres. We can Uulor-make this to fit your needs and desires. DOWNTOWN BUSINESS PROPERTY Formerly Cecil Drug Store. 121 North Main Street. Frontage on N. Mam St. Hayden Place. 3,700 sq. ft. -- 1st floor. 2.900 sq. ft. -- 2nd floor. New heat and air cond. units. Lot size -- 25 ft. x 200 ft. Price $49,500. ' ~ *er******-. OWNER WILL FINANCE With good credit you can have a home of your own without going through the hassel of securing a loan. 327 I'ICKETT PLACE is a five room frame dwelling in good condition This home can have either 2 or 3 bedrooms, depending on your needs. We'll show you this anytime -- jus,t give a call Can be purchased with a small down payment FOREST HILLS, THOMASVILLE 11 rooms. 4 or 5 bedrooms. 4 baths. 2 kitchens (1 up and 1 down) 2 patios and 1 deck. 46 x 16 Rec. room. Double carport and single garage Over 5.500 square feel living space. Large lot with 450 feet street frontage *K49^^^-t^U0-9*^M^Il?L0V^x4 BEAUTIFUL EMERYWOOD FOREST TWO CHOICE , BUILDING SITES , Fronting Wickliff Avenue with a frontage of 284 feet and go- f ing .ill the way through the block to Sweetbnar Court. Ihis * wooded homesile is one of the few choice locations left in , [northwest High Point Call todai for further information 2 : ! Sites for the price ol 1 S17.500.' ' READ THE ENTERPRISE CLASSFIED ADS JAMESTOWN ·Our 22nd Year* %^ ^ OPEN HOUSE TODAY 2 - 5 301 SIIADOWLAWN DR. FORESTDALE NORTH This t r u e l y u n i q u e c o n t e m p o r a r y design features 4 bedrooms, larpc living room and dining room, den with fireplace and woodbox, sliding glass door to wooden deck, built-in shelves and desk, modern kitchen, thermo-pane windows, big double garage You must come see this home soon $70.500. HO Church-Phones: 887-1250 or 887-1958 Chde Vaughn 887-1040 Nat Harrison 882-3453 Boyd Jaeger 889-3187 g? n-6 Runnine mil o/4(nrnflf sparr." 'ivll irlle iti-n,.i fn.i u-ith n linr- runt C/n»«i/iV"' - I d ! ft ft\ OPEN SUNDAY 2-5 W511 DOGWOOD COURT CAPE COD *T 3 Bedrooms and studio, 2 full baths, fireplace in living room, formal dining, a 'c. kitchen has stove, d/w and disposal Hurry' $43,500 REDUCED. OPEN SUNDAY 2-5 NEW ENGLAND SALTBOX 3 Bedrooms, 2 full baths, formal dining. fireplace, a/c Studio could be used for 4th bedroom. You'll love it. 512 Dogwood Ct. $43.500. REDUCED. C K D V K LODGE ONE ACRE THOMASVILLE Tlu.s bc;iu'ilul «ell kept brick home was custom buill by Clifl I '.\ orhart loi tlu present owners The 22 x 20 master bedroom le.iluies .1 dressing room w i t h lull length mirrors built-in \ . i n i l \ The bnck p,melsd den is 2V; ft \ \ i t h fireplace 20x40 (·.irpoli'd p;uu :M\25 qaiage Baseboard hoi waier heat ,\.C Jt)7 500 00 OPEN SUNDAY 2-5 \\ OOOLEIGH CT. - FOREST!) ALE EAST A contemporary home \vith 4 or 5 bedrooms. 3 1 : baths, living mom. loriul dining room, kitchen win built in appliances, n nici- pn\.ilo dining patio leading off dining ronm For a uni- due homo \ou should sec ilii* one 4(M) CRESTVIEW-THOMASVILLE 3 Bedrooms. l'-a baths, carport, sunken living room cathedral ceilings, built-in stove dishwasher 22 000 BIT: air conditioner, utility room. S29 750 Good loan assumption Beautiful Lot. % 222 MOORE ST. THOMASVILLE ·j: An immaculate 3 bedroom brick home with :i: fireplace, formal dining room, carpeted throughout :·· Sliding glass doors to new patio with railing. Double :,-; garage paved drive large lot. Below replacement x cost. $26,500. % 303 WEST GLILFORD THOMASVILLE 'f 3 Bedrooms, 2 full baths, formal dining den with :': fireplace separate garage, large lot. $2,000 and :· assume loan. You'll have to move fast to get this one. :·' LOT: Gray Oaks Trinity. 100 x 200. $2,500. 'f 2 LOTS: Southtfale Estates. 100 x 200 Each. $2,800. ? INVESTMENT-COMMERCIAL !: PROPERTY , i Corner Ball Park Rd. Natl. Hwy. Station Buildinp '· Lot. Now Renting $225.00 Mo. Plus Owner's Car Lot : In Rear. $25,000.00. HARVEY L. WILBORNE BROKER .S PH: 475-8330 305 W. MAIN ST. EMi-6 ·:· PH: 454-40JO:;:' 220 SIIADOWLAWN DR. FORESTDALE NORTH Tliis lovely contemporary split -- foyer home has 5 bedrooms and 3 full baths. This home is situated on a beautifully landscaped lot. It has 2600 sq. ft and has central air conditioning, big double garage. Come see this excellent home today Price $74,500. SPECIAL - NEW LISTING 102 RAGSDALE COURT FORESTDALE NORTH 10 Rooms plus -- 3601) sq. ft. living area All thcrmo-pane glass, gas heat, central air. heated double garage, central vacuum, big den and largo family room -- each with fireplace, large wooded lot One of Jamestown's finest. Call us today for an appointment. $86.500. KACIA COURT--WILEY PARK Contemporary style, 4 Bedroom home, 2Vz baths. 1800 sq. ft. of living area, double garage, air conditioned. 2''2 years old Jamestown School district Low County taxes. Come see today' $38,900 BUCKEYE DRIVE -- CEDARWOOD Fantastic Contemporary home on a beautiful wooded acre. Approx. 3200 sq. ft living area, large den with broken tile floor and fireplace, big rec room with Teak floor and fireplace, air conditioning, double carport. All the extras you expect for luxurious living Make an appointment today. SJ02.000 WATERFORD DRIVE-COLONY PARK This lovely two-story home is 1 year old - with 4 bedrooms and 3 full baths, 2380 sq. ft., central air, big den with fireplace, modern kitchen, Jamestown schools. Come see this new listing today S52.300 501 THORNWOOD DRIVE-CEDARWOOD This custom-built colonial ranch home sits on a lovely acre wooded lot. It has 2500 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms, 2'2 baths, all large room. Crab Orchard stone in den and kitchen, central air, sliding glass doors to big patio. This home has too many special features to list You must see it for yourself. Don't hesitate -- this home will go quick!! 205 WOODMONT DRIVE - CEDARWOOD NEW LISTING This lovely brick home is situated on a big wooded lot 3 Bedrooms. 2 baths. 1765 sq. ft. mam level. 800 sq ft basement, oil heat, central air, paneled den with fireplace, storm windows, double garage Many extras. 557.500 COME SEE THESE OTHER FINE HOMES! TRAILWOOD DRIVE -- New 5 bedrooms. 3 baths, family room with fireplace, double garage, approx 3100 sq. ft. Wooded lot. By appointment only. 202 NUTWOOD DRIVE - Cedarwood Brick and cedar shakes. 2200+Sq. Ft., 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, wooded lot. fantastic den. $58,000. TUMBLEWEED DRIVE - Hidden Valley. Bfsck home. 1800 sq. ft. plus full basement, 3 bedroom, 2 baths, wooded lot. $55,000. BOW STAFFORD AGENCY, INC. Jamestown, N.C. OFFICE 454-1121 E7 "* Ed Stafford 454-4581 Bob Lackey 454-2704 Bow Stafford 454-1272 Mil Office Phone 88.1-1940 883-1049 After Hours AFTER HOURS CALL: CARL PARADICE 869-3876 BOB VAUGHN ...882-1256 When We SELL Your Property 1 We pay advertising. 2 We qualify prospects. 3. We make appointments with more prospects 4. We "show" the house even when you are gone. 5 We work at it all day long. 6 We know many prospects to call 7 We are professionals. 8 Our contracts cover every point. 9 We will sell potential buyers thai many would miss. 10. Other Realtors help sell our properties OWNER BEING TRANSFERED This lovely 8 room home only 3'/z years old 3 or 4 bedrooms 2'z baths, large family room with fireplace, spacious living room, separate dining room, kitchen with dishwasher, range, oven, fan and plenty of cabinet space, luxurious carpet, central air, located on beautiful landscaped comer lot. Call today to see 1631 Bolingbroke. Priced at $39.900 with easy financing available FINE BRICK HOME OAKVIEVV ESTATE 7 room hnck home. 2 full b a t h ? c a r p o r t , b u i l t - i n kitchen, laundry room, large beautifully landscaped lot, and all the extras found in a finer home Located just cut of the ciiv limits yet all services found in citv available. All tvpes linancmg available and owner would consider trade for small home 520 Impala Dr L A R G E HOME For GREAT family living in this Old Emery-wood. 2 story house It has 4 bedrooms, living room, den, dining room, kitchen (with plenty of cabinet space) and a full basement. There's a garage, and many extras too Just minutes from the public schools $39,500 Located at 309 Colonial Dr Call todav. GOOD LOCATION NEW LISTING 5 room home in new like condition 3 b e d r o o m s a s forced air heal Goca' V j storage building j^ f\\ ; by and see mb'lSVJ !L M. today it could be ,\1- nome you've been looking for. 1108 ENGLISH ROAD ZONED BUSINESS Large older home in real good condition. 2 bedroom apartment up stairs and a one bedroom apartment down stairs. Live in one and rent the other or you can operate some type of business This home has had the roof replaced and new paint last year. If you are looking for a real bargain the price is only $12,900 ATTENTION VETERANS S350 TOTAL CASH Toward paying the closing cost is all the money you will need to buy 516 James Road that has already been 100 per cent VA Appraised for $10.500. Consisting of 2-bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, enclosed back porch large metal storage building on good foundation, this home is located on large lot 60090 in the Oakview area. Why not call today? Your payments will be less than rent RESTRICTED BUILDING LOTS Viking Village, joining Reeceland S/D. Lot No 12 Corner on hard surface street consisting of a little over one acre Priced at $6 500 Loi .No. 13 on hard surfaced sireet also over one acre in size. Priced at 55.000. Hunter Wood Sub Division off Waterview Road. Lot No 1 - consisting of well over one acre $3,400. Lot No. 5 - Beautiful SOLD over an acre $5,850. The above lots can be purchased for only 10% down and up to live years to pay. ACREAGE FOR SALE (wooded) A little over 7 acres of beautiful land with 600 foot road frontage. Some large timber, can be divided into six or more building sites. Located in Davidson County on old Hwy. 109-12 miles south of Thomasville, Priced at $18,500. Directions from Thomasville go new 109 to Hwy. 64 or Silver Valley School Road, turn right, go past Silver Valley School to paved road (Girt 109 turn left see our sign about 200 yards on left from school ITU U 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 8 H i III i M II 8 Ml IT! 1 1 1 »Tt B Our Sales At Bob Vaughn Realty have been Extremely Good! We have buyers wailing. Should you be considering The Sale of your home -We'd Appreciate A Call!! K 7 1 1 6 THIS VALUABLE 2 STORY DUPLEX With 4 TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT AUCTION (WIND SONG) SATURDAY, JULY 17th--2:00 P.M. LOCATED - DEIMAR BEACH, SURF CITY, N.C. ON THE CORNER OF RENDER AVENUE AND TOPSAIL DRIVE ONE BIOCK OFF WATER FRONT These opartmenu ai« in Ihe belt of condition Eath apariment is individually wired, and has its' own service meters, hot woler healers, electric heot, and complete balh, tub and shower. This is a real investment for investors, speculators, semi-retired fishermen, etc. TERMS - EASY -- ANNOUNCED SALE DAY FOK /NFORMATION SEE OR CALL: RED MENDENHALL (Auctioneer) 19-70 Lie. No. 41 High Point, N.C. 27263 Phone: (919) 475-2229 phone: (919) 886-7812 J.W. WOODARD REALTY 406 National Hwy. Thomasville, N.C. 27360 READ THE ENTERPRISE CLASSIFIED ADS * OPEN HOUSE *2:00 P. M. Til 5:00 P. M, "OPEN FOR INSPECTION" Executive home located on nature's perfect setting provides all the beauty, comfort, and privacy one could ask for! See for yourse'lf the combination of quality craftsmanship and pride of ownership. Four large bedrooms (walkin closets), three full ceramic tile baths, paneled den, living room, formal dining room, modern kitchen, family room with fireplace, and laundry room are all included in this 2.800+ sq ft home with double carport. We know that you will tall in love with the professionally landscaped acre lot. It's exciting come and see us at OPEN HOUSE today at 3817 Langdale Drive in the Reeceland Subdivision DIRECTIONS. Johnson Street Extension North and take a left at Old Mill Road, take right ofl Old Mill Road on Langdale and see our sign. Gloria Adderton will be your hostess. "A SHADY DEAL!?!" That's right -- lots of shade trees on this beautifully landscaped 100 x 200 lot located in Oak View at 520 Shadybrook Drive This is truely a home that you will slow down to admire, but wait til you see the inside. 7 large rooms. 2 full ceramic tile baths; all ideally arranged for relaxed living. 1,875 sq. ft. of heated and air conditioned living area Call us to see this "SHADY DEAL". "ONE "L" (OF A) SHAPE" Just listed this well maintained "L" shaped home moderately priced at $25.900. This 1,240 sq. ft. home offers three bedrooms, living room, kitchen with built-in appliances, and paneled den For your summertime enjoyment there is a 14.6 x 22 6 concrete patio surrounded by a privacy fence and equipped with a gas grill. Ideal garden space is provided. "SIMPLICITY THAT SPARKLES" With tender loving care! This seven year old home needs nothing, it is immaculate and the beautiful landscaped lot and split rail fence will leave you breathless 3 bedrooms, 1V Z baths, modern kitchen, and a warm cozy den. Price $26,900 1,700 sq. ft. Central Air 4'/2 Years New Convenient Location "HOUSE IMMACULATE" * 7 Rooms - 2 Baths * Laundrv Room * Decorated To A "T" * $36.900.00 ' "GO TO THE COUNTRY YOUNG MAN" Perfect for the young family looking for a home in the country convenient to the city! 3 Bedroom ranch containing 1.300 sq. ft., carport, and a 100 x 200 fenced in lot "BUILDING LOTS" 1 Beverly Hills Dr. 128 x 233. $5,000. 2. Kelton'Place. 100 x 204. 55,900. 3. Inglesdie Dr. Approx. I'/i Acres. $8,500. 4. Huntington Dr 100 x 200. $9,500 * OPEN HOUSE . 2:00 P. M. Til 5:00 P. M. ^ "A HOME FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY" Four year old brick with full basement and garage. Featured in this 2,760 sq. ft. home are eight large rooms, two full baths and a fireplace in the den and also rec room. You will have to go a long way to find a more attractive home or one that is more functional. Come to our OPEN HOUSE in English Woods located at 1617 Bohngbroke, Mary Poff will be there to welcome you. DIRECTIONS. Go North on Guyer and take right on Bolingbroke and see our sign. "SOUND FISHY" Cause it's a whale of a buy! Located in Emery wood Forest is this 2,800 sq. ft. brick colonial just under two years old. This lovely home offers nine large room, 2'/z baths, two car garage and basement. A whale of a buy for just $57,900.00. "HEY LOOK ME OVER" And you'll want to move right in! Livability and comfort will be yours in this 5 year old split level. Eight good size bedrooms containing over 1,700 sq. ft. of heated and air conditioned living area. Hey, look me over today. ^869-6717 GLORIA ADDERTON 869-6725 MARY POFF 869-4574 MARY STEWART 869-4883 DICK MORE 883-9273

3 hot properties under $1 million

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409 Richardson Place, NW

Shaw: 409 Richardson Place, N.W.

What: A renovated row home with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms.

How Much: $949,000

Size: 1,325

Price Per Square Foot: $716

Setting:  Historic Shaw has again emerged as one of Washington’s most interesting and livable neighborhoods. Recent additions to the lively social scene include sports bars, new condominium projects, expanded entertainment venues, and world-class retail. This home is tucked away on a short brick block with very light traffic. With a walk score of 93, this location is ideal for relaxed and contemporary living. MetroRail is a short three blocks away and MetroBus is within a three-block radius.

Inside: Designed and completely rebuilt, this 19th century row house, offers a light-filled open floor plan on the first level, while still having artfully designed spaces for the dining and living room. Expansive windows throughout allow for natural light, which is a main attribute. The second floor has two large bedrooms and a luxurious bathroom. The added third level finishes a truly striking design with the master suite, spa-like bath, and a private balcony. All three levels boast nine plus foot ceilings. 

Outside: 300 square feet fenced in backyard. The all-important outside garden is fenced and has low-maintenance plantings and alley access to accommodate a bike and/or kayak.

Taxes:  $4,400 approximately

Brookland: 1324 Lawrence St., N.E.

What:Detached home with four bedrooms and three and half bathrooms.

How Much: $935,000

Size: 2,840

Price Per Square Foot: $329

Setting:  Home to Catholic University. The neighborhood has diverse housing stock. While row houses and duplexes lie at the area’s fringes, most properties at its core are detached single-family homes in colonial, Victorian and bungalow styles. Several sit on large lots creating a suburban atmosphere. Lined with storefronts and restaurants, 12th Street is the main street through Brookland.

Inside:  An architectural gem that is perched on a hill offering panoramic views and landscaped grounds. This home boasts original hardwood floors and woodwork throughout and was built in 1925. The home offers four bedrooms, three and a half baths, cathedral ceilings and more. Fully finished basement with side entrance that is great for guests.

Outside:Set on picturesque .17 acres. The rear deck steps down to gorgeous landscaping that’s ideal and large enough for any gardener. There is a large porch that’s great for traditional gatherings and a bench swing.

Taxes:  $3,797 approximately

Hill East:  1612 D St., S.E.

What: Renovated row home with three bedrooms and three and half baths.

How Much: $949,500

Size:  1,794

Price Per Square Foot: $529

Setting:  Located in trendy Hill East where development accelerated a decade ago and hasn’t slowed since. The boundaries of Hill East are Independence Avenue to the north, 19th Street, and the Congressional Cemetery to the east, L Street to the south and 14th Street to the west. The Hill East neighborhood is bordered by the Capitol Hill neighborhood to the west and offers a more affordable alternative to buying on Capitol Hill. The housing stock in the Hill East neighborhood has an eclectic mix of Federal-style row houses with a smattering of Victorian-style homes mixed in as well.

Inside:  Beautifully renovated 1,800-square-foot home with an open floor plan.  The light-filled main floor features a spacious living room, a large dining room, gourmet kitchen and a wall of glass looking out onto the deck and a private fenced yard. The two bedroom suites upstairs each have marble and quartz bathrooms. There is a sound system throughout. Completing the package is a bright one-bedroom plus den apartment on the lower level.

Outside: Over 1,000 square feet of fenced back yard with plush new grass and a deck. There is a large parking pad for two cars in the rear of the yard. The front has a covered porch.   

Taxes:$4,034 approximately

Information courtesy of Brent Jackson, associate broker, The Rob & Brent Group 

robandbrent@ttrsir.com, 202-263-9200.

Miami's Top Hotel Penthouse Suites

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When a standard room simply won’t do, it’s a good thing that Miami’s already luxurious hotels can accommodate with over the top digs—and price tags to match. Here’s a peek inside Miami’s most sought after suites with room to spare, floor-to-ceiling windows, private rooftop pools, marble bathrooms, and panoramic views stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the downtown skyline. This is our ranking of the most outrageous penthouses in Miami.

1. The Setai 

The Setai (pictured at top) is perhaps the most expensive hotel in South Beach—period. And the penthouse gives you 10,000 square-feet of zen-luxe accommodations, including a 3,000 square foot ocean front terrace—all for a mere $32,000 a night. The views from the 40th floor are best enjoyed from the private terrace’s infinity pool and Jacuzzi. The four-bedroom, four-bath suite also includes a Steinway piano, a full-service kitchen and amenities like butler service upon request, Frette linens, a rainfall shower, and a Bose surround-sound system. 2001 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-520-6000; thesetaihotel.com.

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2. Faena

Checking into the Faena Suite is like setting foot on a Baz Luhrmann movie set. The filmmaker and his wife, set and costume designer Catharine Martin, collaborated with Alan Faeana on the creative direction of the hotel. The suite is awash in lush red velvet, lavish animal prints and turquoise and gold accents. Connecting to a premiere oceanfront suite, it can be arranged into an extravagant four-bedroom suite at 3,549-square-feet. Drink in panoramic views of the Atlantic from multiple bathrooms or retreat in one of the five oversized bathrooms with a soaking tub. From $20,000 per night. 3201 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-534-8800; faena.com. 

 

3. The Miami Beach EDITION 

A two-story bungalow at The Miami Beach EDITION is like a little slice of heaven. With blonde oak and walnut wood paneling and plush, white sofas piled high with pillows, the aesthetic is all understated elegance. Outfitted with a separate bedroom, dining room and living room, the bathroom is a spa-like treat with a personal sauna. Top floor bungalows are equipped with private rooftop soaking tub and all enjoy panoramic views of the sea with oversized balconies. 2901 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 786-257-4500; editionhotels.com/miami-beach.  

 

4. Mandarin Oriental Miami

Famous for being a Forbes Travel Guide Triple Five Star Hotel in Miami, the Mandarin Oriental, Miami features two presidential suite options that channel this tranquil-luxe experience. The Oriental Suite on the 20th floor is the largest room in the hotel at 2,365 square-feet. With floor-to-ceiling windows, an oversized master bathroom, and a working fireplace, it’s a cozy retreat with a wraparound balcony and sweeping views of the city and Biscayne Bay. There’s also a fully equipped kitchen, a dining room that entertains eight, and a piano “christened” by Luciano Pavarotti. For the true spa seeker, reserve the Mandarin Suite on the 19th floor and enjoy a personal therapist on call 24 hours a day for in-room services in your designated relaxation room. The 2,000 square-foot room also boasts an infinity-edge soaking tub and a two-person, glass-enclosed steam shower. A night in either room will run you $9,500. 500 Brickell Key Dr., Miami; 305-913-8288. mandarinoriental.com/miami.

5. The Confidante Miami Beach

The 14th floor penthouse at The Confidante Miami Beach boasts a wraparound private terrace with both ocean and city views. The 980-square-foot pied a terrehas a master king bedroom with separate living and dining room and can be expanded to include an additional 367-square-foot deluxe king room with balcony. The luxurious bathroom includes a rainfall shower and whirlpool tub. All of this in Confidante’s signature playful palette of bright colors and patterns with a touch of vintage glamour. Nightly rates start at $1,500. 4041 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 786-605-4041; theconfidante.unbound.hyatt.com

6. W South Beach

The W South Beach has a collection of VIP suites, but none is so glamorous as the E-WOW Penthouse. The 2,600 square-foot suite has three bedrooms, all outfitted with king-sized beds and four balconies with unrivaled views of the Atlantic Ocean. The modern-luxe furnishings are complimented with fresh orchids, a Nespresso machine, and a plush robe and slippers. Add to this a rooftop deck with private plunge pool and a grill, and you’ve found your home away from home. E-WOW comes with all the perks of a true VIP, including personalized concierge service, guaranteed entry into W’s nightclub Wall, and a farewell gift on the night of your departure. The E-WOW Penthouse is $4,000 a night. 2201 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-938-3000; wsouthbeach.com.

 

7. JW Marriott Marquis Miami

Situated 41 skyscraping stories above downtown Miami with sweeping views of Biscayne Bay and the Miami River, the JW Marriott Marquis’ Presidential Suite with floor-to-ceiling soundproof windows seems to float above it all. At 2,479 square-feet, the suite includes two bedrooms with Brazilian cherry wood floors, two and a half baths with Italian marble, a living room, dining room, office, and private treadmill room. This modern luxury in the clouds can be yours for $4,000 a night. 255 Biscayne Blvd. Way, Miami; 305-421-8600; marriott.com.

8. SLS South Beach

You can party like a rock star—or just sleep like one—at the SLS South Beach inside one of Lenny Kravitz’s Kravitz Design Inc. penthouses. Choose from the Villa overlooking the action at Hyde Beach or the Tower on the top floor of the historic tower originally designed by architect L. Murray Dixon in 1939. Each high design penthouse is about 1,500 square-feet with a spacious ocean view balcony. The Tower features a grand living room, dining room, bar, and master suite with sumptuous interiors, like black and white marble, glass mosaic tile, textured leather, and screen-printed wallpaper in pewter and gold. The Villa has a contemporary feel with Cyprus wood paneled walls and stone floors, and a master bath with white Thassos marble walls and glass mosaic floors. If “you’re gonna go [this] way,” pricing starts at $2,500 per night. 1701 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-674-1701; slshotels.com/southbea ch.

 

9. InterContinental Miami

Originally named for President Ronald Reagan and Princess Caroline of Monaco, the InterContinental Miami’s pair of penthouse suites have been given an upgrade thanks to a 30 million dollar hotel renovation and the eye of tennis superstar Venus Williams and her V Starr design firm. Now named the Royal Palm and the Metropolis, each 3,300 square-foot suite offers a master bedroom, living room, dining room, multi-media room, office, and kitchen with gorgeous views of Miami and Biscayne Bay. A favorite hotel of competitors and attendees of the annual Sony Open Tennis tournament, Williams’ aesthetic is the perfect compliment to this classic downtown destination. Both penthouses start at $3,000 per night. 100 Chopin Plaza, Miami; 305-577-1000; icmiamihotel.com.

 

10. 1 Hotel South Beach

At 3,600 square-feet, boasting two king master bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a living room, pool table alcove, media room and a balcony with sweeping ocean views and a daybed for lounging, 1 Hotel’s Presidential suite is a luxurious retreat. With furniture made of rough hewn white oak and natural fibers, wood-grained tile floors and nature-inspired pendant lamps, 1’s penthouse reflects the aesthetic of “bringing the outside in” at this eco-driven luxury hotel. Bathrooms feature walk-in showers and free-standing Boffi tubs. A throne-worthy rattan swing adds a touch of whimsy to the blissful space. Rates available upon request. 2341 Collins Ave., South Beach; 305-604-1000; 1hotels.com/south-beach.

11. Delano

Delano is considered the original South Beach “scene” hotel. Designed by Philippe Starck to resemble a glamorous stumble down the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland, it has an equally stylish penthouse. At 1,660 square-feet, it features a master bedroom, dining room, sitting area, and wet bar. Picture dazzling all-white rooms with Starck-designed custom furniture and the signature bowl of green apples amidst billowing floor-to-ceiling white curtains. The bathrooms feature oversized Italian marble soaking tubs, and there’s also a spacious private balcony for discreet sunbathing and incredible views of the aquamarine sea. Rates are available upon request. 1685 Collins Ave.; Miami Beach; 305-672-2000; morganshotelgroup.com/delano.

Shayne Benowitz is Miami.com’s Travel Editor. Sign up for her monthly newsletter at ShayneBenowitz.com.