Real Estate
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Answering a purchase offer: yes, no or maybeJul 06, 2019 6:00 am - Q. If you could answer me today that would be helpful. We are selling our home ourselves, and we got an offer this morning that is $8,000 less than we are asking. It's o...
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Elephant's Breath, LOL Yellow and Mizzle: How do paint companies name their hues?Jul 05, 2019 7:00 am - Several years ago, I painted a bathroom in my house a rich, smoky blue. Everyone who sees it asks for the color name. When I answer, “Benjamin Moore's Gentleman's Gray,”...
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Hoffman Estates being wooed for another manufacturing HQJul 05, 2019 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates village board members Monday will grant a courtesy review to yet another proposed manufacturing headquarters within easy access of the improved tollway i...
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Geneva to vote Monday on controversial plan for new historic districtJul 05, 2019 1:00 am - Once again, the Geneva City Council finds itself dealing with the issue of whether a neighborhood should be made a historic district over the objections of some property...
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Two enemies of outdoor wooden sculptures: Rain and sunJul 04, 2019 11:00 pm - Q. When the white oak holding up half the hammock at my vacation home died, I did not want to move the hammock. I hired a talented chain-saw artist, Andrew Mallon, to ca...
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Services help apartments deal with mountains of boxesJul 04, 2019 11:00 pm - As online shopping becomes ubiquitous, so do the boxes delivered to homes across the country. For apartment dwellers - and the managers of the buildings they live in - i...
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Busy Brains calls off plan for permanent children's museum in Lake VillaJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - The longtime pursuit of a permanent home for Busy Brains Children's Museum is on hold, as the organization has put its would-be site in Lake Villa up for sale. The forme...
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Salt therapy spa among businesses coming to Arlington HeightsJul 02, 2019 11:00 pm - A Himalayan salt therapy spa is among the new businesses coming to downtown Arlington Heights this year. The Salt Escape, at 70 S. Arlington Heights Road, within Arlingt...
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Would a beer garden at Bannerman's be OK for its Bartlett neighbors?Jul 02, 2019 5:30 am - Bartlett's village board tonight will discuss potential restrictions for a proposed outdoor seating area behind Bannerman's Sports Grill that's drawn complaints from som...
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New apartment development could break ground next month in West DundeeJul 02, 2019 1:00 am - Developers could break ground as early as next month on a 380-unit apartment community aimed at filling a housing gap in West Dundee. Nineteen two-story buildings, each ...