Home Improvement
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Give your home star treatment by entering 2022 Painted Ladies CompetitionAug 25, 2022 11:00 pm - Earn bragging rights for your home by entering Bloomingdale's Chicago Paint and Coatings Association's 37th annual "Chicago Finest Painted Ladies and Her Court Competiti...
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Count on Atlas for your doors, windows and roofsAug 25, 2022 1:00 am - Having interior or exterior restoration work done on your home - especially when it is needed unexpectedly and insurance is paying for the work - is seldom easy and care...
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New home came with drainage problemsAug 21, 2022 6:00 am - Q: We bought a newly built home about three years ago. Since then we have been dealing with drainage issues, mainly pooling rainwater in the backyard. We've worked with ...
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Repair estimates by home inspector not reliableAug 14, 2022 6:00 am - Q: When we bought our home, the home inspection report included estimated costs to repair the reported defects. The conclusion of the report stated that all of the probl...
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Will your remodel pay for itself?Aug 13, 2022 7:00 am - Open a window and you may hear the sound of the nationwide remodeling boom in your own neighborhood. The sound of pounding hammers and electric saws are partly due to a ...
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Unpermitted additions should give potential homebuyer pauseJul 30, 2022 7:00 am - Q: The home we plan to buy has two additions, and according to the sellers' disclosure statement, both were built without permits. If we buy the property, do we assume f...
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It may be July, but it's time to think springJul 29, 2022 7:00 am - It is time to plan for and order spring flowering bulbs for your garden. The soil in a bulb garden should be well-drained. Any area in the garden that remains wet for lo...
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Water lawn deeply, but less frequentlyJul 24, 2022 7:00 am - Established bluegrass lawns need an inch of water each week to continue to actively grow and stay green throughout the summer. The recent heavy rains have been helpful t...
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Builder and buyer at odds over inspectionJul 24, 2022 6:00 am - Q: The home we are buying is still under construction. For insurance reasons, the developer will not allow us to have a pre-drywall home inspection. He claims his compan...
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Problems not reported by home inspectorJul 17, 2022 6:00 am - Q: When we bought our home, we thought we had a good home inspector. He found some problems, which the sellers agreed to fix, but he missed two important items. First, t...