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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
before & after
Wilmer Poyner, left, and Henry Ray started Ray & Poyner Properties two years ago, and business is growing at a rapid pace.
Movers & Shakers
Journal photo by Laura McAlister
Ray & Poynor Make an Impact in Real Estate Market
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Efficient & Effective Couple Combines Talents to Update 1950s Home By Laura McAlister
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indsay and Jonathan Handey might have had different approaches when it came to making their Vestavia Hills house a long-term home they could raise a family in. But in the end, they both got what they wanted and more. more photos The couple purchased the 1952 ranch-style house near Vestavia Hills East Elementary in October 2010. The kitchen and appliances were dated, and the onestory house had only three bedrooms and two baths, among other shortcomings. Although they knew it would be a lot of work, both agreed major changes would have to be made. While Lindsay and her mother Susan Klyce, owner of Susan Klyce Interior Design, focused on the decor, Jonathan did what he does best – making homes as energy efficient as possible. Jonathan is an energy consultant and co-owner of eco three, a home energy auditing firm. When remodeling his new home, he put
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Pictured top, is Jonathan and Lindsay Handey’s renovated Vestavia Hills home. Inset is what it looked like before the couple purJournal photo by Laura McAlister chased it.
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Getting Your Home Market Ready Lisa Bond, owner of The Stagehand Home Staging and Redesign Services explains why when it comes to selling a home, it’s all about the presentation. Page 24
t a time when some real estate companies were shutting their doors due to a plunging economy, Henry Ray and Wilmer Poynor were opening theirs. Ray & Poynor Properties started Jan. 15, 2010. A little more than two years later, the company is not only surviving but flourishing. One reason may be that neiGet to ther man is a know Ray & rookie in the real estate field. Both Poyner have years of For more experience in the information, Birmingham area visit www. housing market – raypoynor.com and a longstanding or call 879-3036. professional relaRay & Poynor tionship with each Properties is other. located at 2629 Ray was the Cahaba Road in owner of Ray Mountain Brook & Co., while Village. Poynor owned Poynor Properties. The two companies combined in 1997 and merged into RealtySouth in 2000. Poynor left RealtySouth in 2009; Ray most recently had been working as a consultant for Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker. “I wanted to get back into running a real estate company,” Poynor said. “We wanted local management,” said Ray. “We talked each other into this.” The two not only re-forged their partnership but headquartered their company in the Cahaba Road building they’d occupied years before. “We started with just the two of us,” Ray said. Agents, carefully chosen by the partSee ray & Poyner, page 23