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Thursday, September 10, 1992 VourHome
D OPENING · Phase III
SPECIAL - SAVE 50%
Our new Phase of 12 homes are under
construction. Save 50% on our Deluxe
Options. Youcan add the Deluxe features to
your new home at 112price if you act now
beforethey are finished.
Piku Management Co. is offering twobedroom
"ranch villas", off of Masonic, just
one block from Jefferson and the St. Clair
Shores Memorial Park. The community
consists of 40 North Shore Villas homes 20
are sold and oceupied. Three homes are
available right now.
North Shore Villas is what city planners
call a .planned cluster residential
community."The development is comprised
of 10 ranch-style buildings with four homes
each.
Twelve new homes are under
construction now for Fall occupancy. Some
have been sold. Eight homes are available
with one car garages, one home is available
with a two car garage.
As a special offering on the next four one
car garages homes sold, you can save 50% off
the Deluxe Options. Hurry now to take
advantage ofthis Grand Opening Special!!
Piku Management Co. bought the 5-112
acres from the neighboring St. Clair Shores
Community Education site which is now
used for Adult Education Classes. Piku
Management Co. under strict city planners'
supervision, developed the ranch-style
cluster-home community.
The homes are within walking distance
of the lake, area shopping and the St. Clair
Shores public golf course.
The homes are designed to blend with
the neighborhood. They fit in so well many
people don't even know they're there -
which means home buyers might not even
know they exist.
Because there is a single entrance
located off Masonic into the development,
through traffic is eliminated, providing
greater security to residents.
Buyers can choose one of five floor plans,
each with two bedrooms and a full
basement. Most homes have a one-car
attached garage, but a few have two-car
garages.
Piku Management Co. is actually
building custom homes. The company
originally planned to offer only a few plans,
but they found customers wanted flexibility.
Besides the bedrooms and basement,
each home features a dinmg room, living
room and kitchen with eating space. Floor
plan choices include two baths and a flI'stfloor
laundry.
Buyers also have Interior fiDlshed
choices, such as cabinets, countertops,
carpeting, tile and linoleum.
The Pikus pamper the buyers. Many are
empty-nesters moving out of bigger homes.
Even though they're downsizing, they've
collected numerous belongings over the
years, - which can be stored - in the full
basement
The extra space in the basement can also
be used for an additional bathroom,
recreation room, den or laundry.
Now is the best time to purchase a new
home.
A standard one car garage home is
$98,900.00, while a Deluxe one car garage
home is $102,550.00 which includes a 50%
savings on the Deluxe Option Package. And
a standard two car home is $109,900.
Hurry now to take advantage of this
Grand Opening Special!!
The development is unique for 81. Clair
Shores. Chris Piku, the builder, and this
father Frank Piku, a developer for 37 years,
run the family business.
North Shore Villas is the third
condominium project that Piku Management
has undertaken on the east side. The
company built Lakeview Club town house
condos on Jefferson between 11 and 12 Mlle
in the shores and the impressive Riverview
Club condos on the Clinton River.
Piku Management Co. stands behind Its
projects.
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The Pikus are always accessIble to their
clients. They can arrive at the site in a
matter of moments. That's the advantage of
a local, established builder.
Condominium living has many
advantages in addition to no yard or exterior
maintenance and snow shoveling. Condo
owner share the option of leaving for
extended periods without security or
maintenance concerns.
The best time to buy is right now, while
interest rates are low.
With 20% percent down, a buyer can
move into the standard one car home which
sells for $98,900.00 with payments of
$645.00 a month on a 20 year 7.65%
mortgage. The Association Fee includes all
extenor building and ground maintenance,
landscaping, sprinkler system, snow
removal, water, sewer and insurance on the
entire home for only $85.00 a month.
North Shore Villas is between Harper
and Jefferson off Masonzc in St. ClaIr
Shores. Plku Management Co. can be
reached at 293.6760.
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NEW North Shore Owner Goes Fishing at Memorial Park •••
Two retired couples are fmding
condominium living at North Shore Villas in
St Clair Shores a rewarding experience.
John and Doris Tabor looked at condos
on and off for several years before they
toured North Shore VJ1lasin June, and on
their first visit they bought a two-bedroom l
one and one half bath condo with attachea
single-car garage for about $100,000.
"Wewalked in and signed up," says John
Tabor.
"I guess we looked at enough condos,"
adds Doris Tabor. When asked what their
favorite aspect about North Shore Villas
living was, the Tabors answer in unison,
'Thepark!"
North Shore VJ1las,located on Masonic
west of Jefferson, is just a block from St.
Clair Shores' huge Memorial Park on Lake
8t. Clair Shores. John Tabor enjoys fishing
there with his grandson, and Doris Tabor
says they walk there almost everyday.
In fact, John Tabor takes his 9-year-old
grandson fishing at the park whenever
possible. On their visit, his grandson had
even the veterans envious. He has a
strategy: Fish where the bubbles are, he told
grandPa - a strategy that produced fish.
John Tabor says, "He said, 'Grandpa, I
think you picked the right move'...
But at the time, the Tabors were not
ready to move. They had just put in a new
central air conditioning system in their
Harper Woods horne of 36 years.
'We didn't intend to move,. says Doris
Tabor.
After sigmng a purchase agreement at
North Shore Villas, the Tabors deCIdedthey
had better put their house on the market.
They went through the North Shore VJ1las
broker, and the day after they listed, they
held a garage sale. They sold the house that
day - the fIrst day it was on the market.
For the Tabors, their North Shore Villas
condo is the first new home they've ever
owned.
"We've never had a new home," John
Tabor says.
"I didn't want to move way out," Doris
Tabor adds.
But what is the features in the condo she
likes the best?: the fireplace.
"I never had a fireplace," she says. "1
always wanted one." John Tabor likes the
huge, full basement - plenty of room for his
hobby, molding Middle Ages knights in
armor.
He also likes the fact that there is no
upkeep demands.
"I used to do all the work in Harper
Woods,"he says. "NowI don't do anything."
Besides fIshing, however, he aoes find
enough to do. He recently put water sealant
on his front porch - the nicest looking porch
in the development.
The Tabors have also made a lot of
friends at North Shore VJ1las.After working
in men's clothing at Hudson's at Eastland
for 26 years, John Tabor is always running
into people who say, "I know you, you're the
Hudson's man."
All in all, Doris Tabor sums up her North
Shore VIllas experIence qUIte succinctly,
"We'requite comfortable here."
For Ted and Stella Neumann, condo
livmg ISnot only a new experience, but It 1S
also theIr first adventure m suburban lIfe.
Now retired, they lived in DetrOit all
theIr lives. They sold a large home at EIght
Mile and Gratiot when they decided the
condo lIfestyle at North Shore VJ1laswas for
them.
"We'vebeen married for 54 years," says
Stella Neumann. "He was born in DetrOIt.
He worked for the city. He had his second
heart attack. Here, he doesn't have to do
anything but bowland play pinochle."
"When they said 1wouldn't have to do
anything, no snow shoveling, no pass
mowing, 1 said that's what I wanted, says
Ted Neumann.
Beside maintenance-fee living, what the
Neumanns lIke the best about their North
Shore Villas two-bedroom, one and one half
baths, single-ear garage condo for a low
$100,000 is that it's convenient.
CEverything is convenient," Ted
Neumann says, referring to the park and
grocery shoppmg, an within walking
distance, and the nearby MacombMall.
cShopping is easy,. says Stella
Nuemann, adQing, "It's quite close to the
lake."
She also likes the newness of condo
livmg.
"Welike it all," she says. "It's bright. We
feel like beinJ in a hotel in Las Vegas. It's
airy and mce.
She says her daughter who now lives m
the gamblmg capItal, regularly VISItsand
approves oftheir deciSIOn.
Ted Neumann bowls on three leagues,
but the 79-year-old's only complamt about
the Shores is the lack of appropriate
competitIOn.But he's lookmg for worthwhl1e
competItion nearby. Most leagues are for
young men, which are, obVIously,out of his
league.
"I can beat those guys all the time," he
chides the youngsters. Once a 180 bowler,
the twice heart-attack survivor boasts a 165
average.
The Neumanns are extremely happy
that the move to the suburbs and condo
living didn't mean abandoning their family
- namely, Mooky, a Pekinese poodle mix.
Yes,pets are allowed at North Shore Villas.
Why not? It's your home.
Stella Neumann also looks forward to
improving herself. Smce North Shore Villas
is immediately next door to the St. ClaIr
Shores Adult Education Center, she's
lookingforward to taking classes.
But the best part about North Shore
Villas condo living, the Neumanns say, its
that they can relax.
"We're satisfied," Stella Neumann says.
"We like it. We sit on the porch. We've both
been retired for 17 years, but we never felt
relaxed until we moved here."
Ted Neumann adds, "Now we can relax.
There was always tension before."
North Shore Villas, developed by Piku
Management, can be reached by calling 293-
6760.
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