Home Improvement
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Home inspections in a hot marketJan 01, 2023 5:00 am - Q: In a past article, you wrote: "It is the height of professional irresponsibility for any real estate agent to advise a client against having a home inspection." In mo...
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Buyer complains about home inspectorDec 25, 2022 6:00 am - Q: We hired a home inspector to check out our house before we bought it. His report indicated no problems, but after closing the deal we discovered many problems: The po...
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Why transitional design is so popular in kitchens todayDec 22, 2022 10:00 pm - You and your partner yearn for a remodeled kitchen. Problem is, you prefer a sleek modern look while your significant other insists on a more elaborate, classical approa...
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How to find a qualified home inspectorDec 11, 2022 5:00 am - Q: You often advise buyers to find a home inspector who has done thousands of inspections. Frankly, this may not be the best advice. I know home inspectors who have prac...
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Tool library keeps ratcheting up interestDec 05, 2022 4:30 am - Demand may not be high for the 20-foot level recently added to the Mundelein Tool Library's inventory, but like the 1,180 other items available to check out, it's there ...
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Agent complains about home inspectorsDec 04, 2022 5:00 am - Q: May I help you shed some naiveté? As a high producing real estate agent in the Seattle area, I have watched growing numbers of home inspectors. with their authoritari...
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Stay on top of the latest bathroom remodeling trendsDec 02, 2022 6:00 am - Next to the kitchen, arguably the most important room in your home is also the most private and prized: the bathroom, where nature's necessities and hygiene are handled ...
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The fire-building basics with homemade fire startersDec 02, 2022 6:00 am - Q: I have a nice wood-burning fireplace, but it is difficult to get a good fire started. Do you have any tips to help me so the room does not fill with smoke as it start...
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Recycled paint takes off in Northwest suburbsNov 20, 2022 10:00 pm - Those paint cans stacked up in your basement or garage? Don't toss them in the trash. That's the simple message from EarthPaint, a Chicago-area nonprofit that's been rec...
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Fireplace flaws should have been reportedNov 20, 2022 5:00 am - Q: We have an old deteriorated fireplace in a 1914 home. There are holes in the mortar, smoke stains on the mantle, numerous cracks in the exterior stucco, and the chimn...