Real Estate
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Decision coming on controversial Lake Barrington gas station plan?Nov 17, 2014 4:00 am - A gas station plan fueling debate and protest among Lake Barrington residents since the summer could win approval from village officials this week. The Lake Barrington v...
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Holiday decorating is their businessNov 16, 2014 10:00 pm - Bob Jones Sr. and his daughter, Sandra, are connoisseurs of artificial Christmas trees. Jones has been making an annual buying pilgrimage to China for 28 years and Sandr...
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Tough little LEDs are brilliantly illuminating more home appliancesNov 16, 2014 6:00 am - Open that refrigerator door in the showroom. The odds are high that LED lights will brighten its interior. And LED lights aren't illuminating only refrigerators. Outdoor...
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New furniture arrangements can accommodate guestsNov 15, 2014 11:01 pm - Even the tiniest living room can possess personality and panache. Make peace with the size of your room and know that you can realistically only entertain six people at ...
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Don't settle for 'rental white' in an apartmentNov 15, 2014 11:01 pm - Annie Elliott, chief executive and principal designer at Bossy Color, joined Post staff writer Jura Koncius recently on the newspaper's Home Front online chat. Here is a...
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Wet or moldy carpet pad could be the source of bad odorNov 15, 2014 11:01 pm - Q. Firstly, thank you for your solution to a previous problem. You determined that a roof leak was due to bad flashing on the chimney. I didn't want to accept that answe...
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As young professionals move in, poor are pushed out in ChicagoNov 15, 2014 10:00 pm - CHICAGO — For years, this brown-brick building near Wrigley Field housed people who had nowhere else to go. It had peeling walls and broken smoke detectors. But its tiny...
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Study: Homeownership is overratedNov 15, 2014 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices crashed 43 percent between 2005 and 2012, yet polls find that the vast majority of Americans still consider homeownership to be a good idea...
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Lake Zurich working to extend tax zone for downtown redevelopmentNov 15, 2014 6:00 am - Lake Zurich village board members will be asked to approve a final agreement that may allow an extension of a special taxing zone meant to spur downtown redevelopment. A...
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Condominium property must be safe from neighbor's treesNov 14, 2014 11:01 pm - Q. A neighboring landowner's trees are planted so close to the property line of our condominium association that the branches bang into the windows and siding of our bui...