UNITED VANGUARD HOMES INC /DE
8-K, 1998-08-21
OPERATORS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT




                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 14, 1998

                           United Vanguard Homes, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       DELAWARE                      0-5097                    11-2032899
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(State or other jurisdiction)     (Commission                (IRS Employer
                                  File Number)              Identification No.)

4 CEDAR SWAMP ROAD, GLEN COVE, NY                              11542
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(Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code        (516) 759-1188

                                       N/A
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


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Item 5.     OTHER EVENTS.

On August 14, 1998 United  Vanguard  Homes,  Inc.  ("UVH") agreed with Churchill
Estates, Inc., a privately-owned  company located in Minneapolis,  Minnesota, to
sell to Churchill the Whitcomb and Hillside Terrace retirement facilities, owned
by UVH  subsidiaries,  and UVH's  rights with respect to certain  other  assets.
Closings are subject to numerous conditions and contingencies.

There is no broker or financing contingency involved.

The agreements are:

            1.          Purchase  and  Sale   Agreement   among  Whitcomb  Tower
                        Corporation,  as Seller, United Vanguard Homes, Inc. and
                        Churchill Estates,  Inc., as Purchaser,  relating to the
                        sale of the Whitcomb  retirement facility located in St.
                        Joseph, Michigan, owned by Whitcomb Tower Corporation, a
                        wholly-owned subsidiary of UVH, for $7,065,000.

            2.          Purchase and Sale Agreement among Hillside Terrace, Inc.
                        and Orchard Terrace,  Inc., as Sellers,  United Vanguard
                        Homes, Inc., and Churchill Estates,  Inc., as Purchaser,
                        relating to the sale of the Hillside Terrace  retirement
                        facility and certain adjacent land located in Ann Arbor,
                        Michigan,  owned by Hillside Terrace,  Inc., and Orchard
                        Terrace,  Inc.,  wholly-owned  subsidiaries  of UVH, for
                        $4,720,010.

Consummation of the transactions are subject to the following:

            1.          Each  Seller's  ability to deliver  good and  marketable
                        title to the assets  being  sold,  the  verification  of
                        various representations and warranties, and the delivery
                        of various  certificates,  documents,  instruments,  and
                        opinions of counsel  customary in commercial real estate
                        transactions.

            2.          Obtaining all necessary  governmental,  regulatory,  and
                        contractual approvals.

            3.          Satisfaction   by  Churchill   Estates,   Inc.  and  its
                        representatives,  of  all  financial  and  business  due
                        diligence.

A principal of Churchill  Estates,  Inc. is Stanford J. Shuster,  who has been a
Director of UVH since 1996. Mr. Shuster is one of the founders and currently the
Chairman of Churchill Estates,  Inc. and its predecesor company Rosewood Estates
Holding, Inc.

It is  anticipated  that Larry L. Laird,  President  and a Director of UVH,  and
Douglas D. Laird and Tara  O'Sullivan,  Vice Presidents of UVH, will leave UVH's
employ  and  become  employees  of  Churchill  Estates,  Inc.  upon  Churchill's
acquisition  of The Whitcomb  and Hillside  Terrace  retirement  facilities,  as
described above.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          UNITED VANGUARD HOMES, INC.
                                          (Registrant)


Date:  August 18, 1998
                                    by    /s/ Carl G. Paffendorf
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                                          Carl G. Paffendorf, Chairman




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