Real Estate
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Flooding poses questions about flooring optionsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. We recently had a couple of inches of water in our basement, due to the record flooding in the Midwest (the first time in the 18 years we have lived in our house)...
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Choices in Halloween-themed decorOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - If you're planning to decorate your house this Oct. 31, retailers are ready for you. Americans spent $3 billion on Halloween decor last year, a 21 percent increase over ...
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Water heater may be cause for cold water
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I live in a 1,200-square-foot home with a 40-gallon water heater. The showers only take about a minute to get warm, but the sinks are always ice cold. Is there an...
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'Barn stars' all the rage in decoratingOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Sailboats bob in the Merrimack River just a few yards away, so a visitor to this small shop in Newburyport, Mass., might be forgiven for thinking that the star-shaped wa...
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May be time to update your refridgeratorOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Are you still using a fridge made before 1993? If so, it may be time to replace it, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Not because it isn't working. But because...
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She takes fresh approach to building communitiesOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Susanne Tauke likes transforming places that have become old and tired, remaking them into something fresh and new. The president of New American Homes of Hawthorn Woods...
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New Hispanic scholarship createdOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - When Hipolito "Paul" Roldan became the first executive director of the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation in 1976, there was no training or career path. Instead, ...
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5 decorated condos open in South LoopOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - CMK Development Corp. has opened five professionally furnished model condominiums at 1720 S. Michigan Avenue, and first move-ins are under way at the 33-story high-rise ...
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Quick delivery offered at Cheswick PlaceOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Cheswick Place provides a neighborhood setting for quick delivery of luxury homes near Crystal Lake. A community of 114 executive homes is next door to a nature park and...
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Village Center ready to be up and runningOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Retail stores are set to open Nov. 10 and the first residents are moving in this winter at Burr Ridge Village Center, a 20-acre mixed-use development in west-suburban Bu...