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Should home inspectors disclose asbestos?
Nov 10, 2019 6:00 AM - Q: When we bought our house, the home inspector said the heating ducts might be insulated with asbestos. He recommended testing by an asbestos specialist.
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Parts of America see huge home equity gains, others languish
Nov 10, 2019 6:12 AM - A decade after the recession sparked by the collapse of the housing market, the fortunes of homeowners keep getting better in large swaths of America, but not all. -
Local company updates old tubs
Nov 9, 2019 6:00 AM - Homeowners who are tired of the look of their bathroom or whose circumstances have changed (and they now need an accessible tub or shower in place of the one that they have used for years) are finding an economical solution from a local company. Bath Planet of Chicagoland, based in Streamwood, offers stylish, cost-effective, low-maintenance acrylic bath improvements that are also made locally -- in Libertyville. -
Owners not entitled to compensation for balcony work
Nov 9, 2019 7:00 AM - Q: We own and live in an old condominium building. The association is performing major tuckpointing work on the exterior of the building. Do owners have any claim for any compensation from the association as a result of the inability to use our balconies?
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Is your home decor depressing you?
Nov 9, 2019 7:00 AM - From time to time, at a cocktail party or when visiting a friend, someone will corner me and confess to me that they are depressed. As if I were a member of the clergy, they whisper in sotto voce that they believe their decorating is making them sick. -
Premier breaks ground on Itasca developmentNov 8, 2019 11:57 AM - Premier Design + Build Group has broken ground on a mixed-use, 48-acre development at the southeast corner of Devon Avenue and Rohlwing Road in Itasca.
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Fire survivors transform California city that took them in
Nov 7, 2019 4:49 PM - In the year since California's deadliest wildfire, the nearby city of Chico has seen big changes, even though nothing burned
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86 homes proposed for Planter's Palette site near West Chicago
Nov 8, 2019 8:11 AM - Housing developers are seeking to build a subdivision of ranch-style homes on the nearly 35-acre site of the recently shuttered Planter's Palette garden nursery near West Chicago. -
Projected cost of new Mount Prospect parking garage rises $900,000
Nov 7, 2019 4:53 PM - Now that Mount Prospect has more concrete numbers for its planned Maple Street parking garage, the village board has ramped up the maximum cost it expects to incur for building the new deck near the downtown Metra station. -
Safety questions still swirl in Paradise year after wildfire
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