Real Estate
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Sit back and relax at new Hand & Stone in GenevaMay 11, 2014 11:00 pm - A new business is open in Geneva along the Randall Road corridor aimed at helping you feel and look better. Hand & Stone opened May 3 at 1416 S. Randall in the Randall S...
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A dream design for the disabledMay 11, 2014 12:01 am - Andy and Jennifer Cibula spent 10 years planning and building their new home in Oakton, Va., with two objectives: to design it so that their two young disabled sons can ...
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A cozy yard begins with exterior designMay 10, 2014 12:01 am - With careful planning, homeowners can create a vacation destination in their own yards, implementing high end improvements over time, if necessary. That is the advice of...
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Boards should be careful with contracts that include automatic renewalsMay 10, 2014 12:01 am - Q. Our association entered into a three-year elevator maintenance contract. The contract automatically renews for additional three-year terms unless notice of nonrenewal...
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The fashion plates of dinnerwareMay 09, 2014 5:45 am - There are some things that stand above trends. Take dinnerware, which is usually collected and passed on to future generations. It elevates any meal — even pizza — and c...
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Batavia might extend ban on new non retail uses on Randall RoadMay 09, 2014 5:30 am - Batavia aldermen are poised to extend a moratorium preventing businesses that wouldn't generate sales tax from opening in its biggest commercial districts. The city coun...
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Morgan Stanley consolidates Barrington officesMay 09, 2014 1:01 am - Morgan Stanley consolidated its two Barrington offices to one and held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the move Tuesday, according to a news release. There has be...
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Plan for homes instead of offices gets cold shoulder in Buffalo GroveMay 09, 2014 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove trustees this week gave a cold reception to a property owner's proposal for new single-family homes on Milwaukee Avenue. The village board would prefer tha...
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Deal fairly with unpermitted dwellingsMay 09, 2014 12:01 am - Q. In a recent article, you gave some advice that showed a lack of professional ethics. Someone wrote to you about an unpermitted guesthouse in their backyard. The build...
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A case for looser credit scoresMay 09, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Are lenders' credit-score requirements for home purchasers this spring too high - out of sync with the actual risks of default presented by today's borrower...