Mountain Views News          Saturday, February 8, 2014

HOMES & PROPERTY Mountain Views-News Saturday, February 8, 2014 
14 HOMES & PROPERTY Mountain Views-News Saturday, February 8, 2014 
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A CHORE NEXT DOOR 
While not a very common problem, if you've got it, it can have a terrible impact on your listing: The 
Messy Neighbor. If you live next door to a "neglected" property, you might lose up to 20% of your 
home's market value, particularly with buyers looking for any excuse to reduce their offer. 

It's technically not your problem, but ask not for whom the bell tolls. It's well worth your time and 
effort to resolve this situation amicably. Always be respectful, and don't let your emotions get the best 
of you. 

Unless you believe your neighbor is "unhinged," you should begin with a visit to their home and a 
positive attitude - no name-calling or finger-pointing. Don't grab everyone on the block and gang up 
on your neighbor - you'll get better results if you go alone or with one other person. 

If you find your messy neighbor is unwilling to take care of their maintenance, it may still be in your 
best interest to do the work yourself or with the help of other neighbors. No, it's not fair, but if you 
want a fair sales price, this may be your only option. 

As a last resort, you could file a complaint with your property owners association or city government. 
You could be referred to a mediator who will help settle your disagreement cordially.

WILSON-BIXBY (continued from page 1)

The old fireplace in the front parlor damaged by the earthquake was removed and a new fireplace 
was added to the living room. 
The kitchen and downstairs 
baths were remodeled and the 
open north garden porch was 
enclosed. New gold plated 
period light fixtures were added 
to the living room and dining 
room. The two north bedrooms 
upstairs were converted into 
a master bedroom suit and 
master bath, with a door out to 
a Mountain View north facing 
deck. The third floor attic 
storage room was converted 
into a reading room and study. 
The front porch was restored 
and new decking installed. 
The tank house was restored 
and new roofs were installed 
on all buildings. The house, 
tank house and garage were 
painted.
Many photos of the house 
and property are in the Sierra 
Madre Historical Archives 
located in the Sierra Madre 
Library. 


This is now a rare opportunity 
to own a one of a kind treasure 
in Sierra Madre. 

For showings please contact 
listing agents at Podley 
Properties: Andrea Barrett 
626.390.3017 and Lisa Baum 
626.627.6773 

This home is offered at 
$1,195,000 


LEVEQUE CONSTRUCTION OF ARCADIA
RECEIVES BEST OF HOUZZ 2014 AWARD 


Annual Survey and Analysis of 16 Million Monthly Users Reveals Top-Rated 
Building, Remodeling and Design Professionals 

 LeVeque Construction of Arcadia, CA has been 
awarded “Best Of Houzz” by Houzz, the leading 
platform for home remodeling and design. The brothers 
Jim and Anthony LeVeque were humbled by the news. 
The 26-year home remodeling and construction firm 
founded by Jim and Anthony LeVeque, both graduates 
of La Salle High School in Pasadena and members of 
St. Rita Parish of Sierra Madre, CA was chosen by the 
more than 16 million monthly users that comprise the 
Houzz community.

The Best Of Houzz award is given in two categories: 
Customer Satisfaction and Design. Customer 
Satisfaction honors are determined by a variety of 
factors, including the number and quality of client 
reviews a professional received in 2013. Design award 
winners’ work was the most popular among the more 
than 16 million monthly users on Houzz, known 
as “Houzzers,” who saved more than 230 million 
professional images of home interiors and exteriors 
to their personal ideabooks via the Houzz site, iPad/ 
iPhone app and Android app. Winners will receive a 
“Best Of Houzz 2014” badge on their profiles, showing 
the Houzz community their commitment to excellence. 
These badges help homeowners identify popular and 
top-rated home professionals in every metro area on 
Houzz. 

 “We have always found the LeVeques professional in 
their craft and willing to go the extra mile in design 
and building skills,” remarked Joanne Harabedian, 
Principal of St. Rita School and parish. 

 “Jim and Tony take pride in their craftsmanship and it 
shows. They are always helpful and know what it takes 
to design creatives spaces and stay on budget. - We 
are totally delighted with every building project they 
have done,” notes a long term client from La Canada. 
“Our wine cellar exceeded our expectations. We are so 
pleased!” 

“Houzz provides homeowners with the most 
comprehensive view of home building, remodeling 
and design professionals, empowering them to find 
and hire the right professional to execute their vision,” 
said Liza Hausman, vice president of community 
for Houzz. “We’re delighted to recognize LeVeque 
Construction among our “Best Of ” professionals for 
customer satisfaction as judged by our community of 
homeowners and design enthusiasts who are actively 
remodeling and decorating their homes.”

 With Houzz, homeowners can identify not only the 
top-rated professionals like LeVeque Construction, 
but also those whose work matches their own 

aspirations for their home. Homeowners can also 
evaluate professionals by contacting them directly on 
the Houzz platform, asking questions about their work 
and reviewing their responses to questions from others 
in the Houzz community.

 Follow LeVeque Construction on Houzz 
w w w.houzz.com/pro/le ve que-constr uc tion/
leveque-construction 

 About LeVeque Construction www.LeVequeConstruction. 
com Since 1989, we have served homeowners and their 
families with beautiful living spaces and custom homes. We 
are happy to remodel a bathroom, design a kitchen, or even 
protect your home from unexpected power spikes.
About Houzz - Houzz is the leading platform for home 
remodeling and design, providing people with everything they 
need to improve their homes from start to finish - online or 
from a mobile device. From decorating a room to building a 
custom home, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home 
design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across 
the country and around the world. With the largest residential 
design database in the world and a vibrant community powered 
by social tools, Houzz is the easiest way for people to get the 
design inspiration, project advice, product informationand professional reviews they need to help turn ideas 
into reality. For more information, visit www.houzz.com


NASA’S NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPE IS COMING TOGETHER 
THE WORLD AROUND US 
young,” Marcia Rieke explained. “The instrument can also peer through the clouds of gas and dust that 
hide the first stages when stars and planets are born and will provide insights to how planetary systems 
NIRCam’s delivery to Goddard Space Flight Center marks the first time all of James Webb’s 
instruments have come together. “We are excited that NIRCam is about to be integrated with the Webb 
Telescope hardware,” said Jeff Vanden Beukel, Lockheed Martin NIRCam program director. “Next, it 
and the other instruments will be tested to prove their ability to function as a unit.” 
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will be the most powerful space telescope ever built, capable 
of observing the most distant objects in the universe, providing images of the first galaxies formed, 
All 18 of Webb’s primary mirror segments are now housed in the Goddard clean room. Its 1.3 
million cubic feet of dust-free space make the clean room one of the world’s largest. All four of Webb’s 
science instruments are within feet of the mirrors. 

 The Webb telescope will be fully assembled by 2016 and then moved to NASA’s Johnson Space 
Center for additional testing prior to its launch, planned for 2018. Upon launch, it will be operated as 
an observatory open by competitive proposal to astronomers worldwide. 

Above still photo from NASA webcam.

 You can contact Bob Eklund at: b.eklund@MtnViewsNews.com 

 An infrared camera, which will form the heart 
of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), has 
joined three other instruments at NASA’s Goddard 
Space Flight Center to be mounted in the nascent 
telescope structure.

 The Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) will function 
as the central imaging component of JWST, which 
will replace the Hubble Space Telescope toward 
the end of this decade. Designated one of the space 
agency’s three highest mission priorities, the Webb 
telescope is a joint project of NASA, the European 
Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency.

 As the space telescope’s prime camera, NIRCam 
will make JWST the most powerful space telescope 
ever built, enabling it to peer deeper into space and 
further back in time than any other instrument 
before. With its 6.5-meter (21-foot) mirror, JWST 
will allow observation of the most distant objects in 
the universe.

 NIRCam was designed, built, and tested by a UA/
Lockheed Martin team at the company’s Advanced 
Technology Center in Palo Alto, Calif., under the 
leadership of Principal Investigator Marcia Rieke. 
She is a Regents’ Professor at the UA Department of 
Astronomy/Steward Observatory. Lockheed Martin 
is responsible for the optical, mechanical, structural, 
thermal and electronic precision mechanisms and 
the control software of NIRCam, while its advanced 
infrared detector arrays come from Teledyne 
Imaging Systems.

 “The instrument operates out to wavelengths 
about ten times that of visible light, letting it search 
for the first galaxies. It is the cosmic redshift that 
has moved the outputs of these ‘first light’ sources 
into the infrared where NIRCam operates. We will 
survey selected regions on the sky to find candidates; 
the other instruments on JWST can then probe 
these objects in detail to test if they really are that 

around distant stars form and evolve.”

and observing unexplored planets around distant stars. A joint project of NASA, the European Space 
Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Webb is the successor to the agency’s Hubble 
Space Telescope.