Real Estate
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Use cool autumn days to improve your spring gardenSep 30, 2018 7:00 am - Fall is the perfect time for planting. Cooler temperatures reduce stress on newly transplanted plants and gardeners. Increased rainfall helps to keep roots moist as they...
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Styling 101 class is about to beginSep 30, 2018 7:00 am - It's the smallest details that make the difference between average interior design and something outstanding. Over the years, I have developed preferences and tried-and-...
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Old basement floor tile should not be disturbedSep 30, 2018 7:00 am - Q. Back in the summer, some 20 years ago, water got in my cellar. There was carpet on the floor as well as a pad. The water soaked the carpet and seeped into the bottom ...
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Builders using more glass in home design as quality improvesSep 30, 2018 6:00 am - The first year that Bob Webb Homes used transom windows in the showcase house the company built for a home tour, visitors described the house as bright, warm and invitin...
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IT firm's headquarters adds to flourishing Buffalo Grove industrial districtSep 30, 2018 1:00 am - While Buffalo Grove's center of town tends to attract the focus - and often the ire - of its residents, its industrial district to the north is quietly making its mark. ...
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When a board meeting must be openSep 29, 2018 7:00 am - Q. We are a common interest community of 60-plus townhouses and have a five-member board. I understand the law provides only limited reasons allowing a board to meet in ...
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Buyers should think of futureSep 29, 2018 6:00 am - Q. We have read your column for several years while we are renting, and now we are ready to look at houses to buy. We have a real estate agent we like, but it would be g...
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Naperville's old Nichols Library could soon be a restaurant attached to condos, storesSep 29, 2018 1:00 am - A second round of unanimous approval gave the owners of the landmark old Nichols Library in downtown Naperville nearly the final permission they need to turn the structu...
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An easy way to seal the base of the furnaceSep 28, 2018 6:00 am - Q. I've owned my home for more than 20 years, and in all that time the forced air furnace has worked just fine. Now that I'm selling the house, the buyers' home inspecto...
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Americans' credit behavior has changed since Great RecessionSep 28, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — 704! That's the new, record-high average FICO credit score among millions of Americans, and it's positive news for homebuyers, sellers, lenders and the econ...