Seminar Aimed at Helping Prospective Remodelers
Remodeling a home is a major undertaking, requiring educated decisions on a variety of subjects, often made under deadline pressure and with a great deal of stress.
An April 28 seminar on “Renovating a Home for the Southern California Lifestyle” will bring together remodelers, architects, financial experts, interior decorators, real estate agents and others to make the remodeling process easier on the homeowner.
The 9 a.m.-4 p.m. session at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel, 5855 W. Century Blvd., is being presented by UCLA Extension in cooperation with the Building Industry Assn. of Southern California. The charge is $95, and early registration is advised due to space limitations, according to a UCLA Extension spokeswoman.
The seminar will be moderated by Jeffrey E. Palmer, chief operating officer of Columbia Savings Realty Group, Beverly Hills.
Among the speakers are Westside tear-down specialist Alan Khedari, president of Columbia Residential Development, a unit of Palmer’s firm; James A. Dieckmeyer, an Upland remodeling contractor and past president of the BIA’s Remodelors Council; designer Beverly Trupp, president of Color Design Art, Pacific Palisades; Fred Sands of Fred Sands Realtors, and architect George Szabo of Berkus Group Architects, Santa Ana.
Other speakers are Thomas Auten, Auten & Sons General Contractors; Glenn Cardoso, Urban West Communities; Bruce Freeman of Griffin Homes; Mary Fisher Knott of Mary Fisher Designs; Michael Rosenblum, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp; Andrew Pollet, Pollet & Nesbitt; Jay Moss, Real Estate Dimensions, and Marge Chirchick of Fred Sands Realtors.
Topics covered include features and changes that can increase the value of a house, financing, trends in kitchen and bath remodels, using computer graphics to visualize a remodel, professional approaches to remodeling for profit.
