Real Estate
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When it starts to feel contrived, it's time to edit and purgeJan 19, 2020 6:01 am - I am so confused! Even as the new year begins, I promise my family and myself that I will not bring another piece of furniture into the house. All of a sudden, I glimpse...
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To give your kitchen cabinets an updated look, think fun colors and flat frontsJan 19, 2020 6:00 am - While stainless steel appliances and quartz countertops receive most of the admiration in a kitchen design, cabinets have become look-at-me stars, too. Modernizing them ...
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Sweat equity can be a pushup to homeownership
Jan 19, 2020 5:20 am - When Joyce Ayaribire, a clinical technician at Inova Hospital and single mother of two boys, wanted to leave her Alexandria, Virginia apartment because she was concerned...
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How to figure out how much homeowner's insurance you need
Jan 19, 2020 5:17 am - Homeowner's insurance is an essential protection for a major financial investment: your home. Lenders require homeowner's insurance to protect their interest in your hom...
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Hot attic cause furnace blower to activateJan 19, 2020 5:00 am - Q: Last year we replaced our rock roof with asphalt shingles, and the strangest thing has been happening ever since. Whenever the weather is hot, the forced air furnace ...
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Owner can invite neighbors to meet board candidatesJan 18, 2020 6:00 am - Q: Can a unit owner in an association host a coffee to introduce select candidates for the board to the owners, or must all candidates be invited to attend? A: An indivi...
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Condo buyers must be given association's financial documentsJan 17, 2020 5:00 am - Q. My husband and I signed a contract a few weeks ago to sell our condo. Everything seemed to be going along fine until a couple days ago when our attorney received a le...
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Four Mundelein trustees renew objections to park planJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - A quartet of Mundelein trustees this week renewed their objections to developing a park on Route 45 near Diamond Lake. "We just can't afford to keep spending money on fr...
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BurgerIM at Streets of Woodfield closes 6 months after openingJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - The new BurgerIM restaurant at Streets of Woodfield shopping center in Schaumburg has closed less than six months after it opened. Schaumburg Economic Development Direct...
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How Naperville building could complete Water Street blockJan 16, 2020 12:00 am - The Water Street District in downtown Naperville takes up most of a city block on both sides of the street just south of the DuPage River, but one corner of the parcel r...