Articles filed under Residential Real Estate
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Permit peril: Will new owners have to restore converted garage bedroom to original use?Jan 14, 2023 6:00 am - Q: We received a notice from our local building department informing us that our garage was converted to a bedroom without a building permit. The conversion was actually...
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Developer scraps controversial apartment building proposal in Des PlainesJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - A controversial plan to construct a five-story apartment building on the site of a former bedding factory in Des Plaines has been scrapped by the developer, city officia...
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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago gets its own website chatbot, ElleJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - CHICAGO - Diane Glass, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, announced the company's new website chatbot, Elle. Fully autonomous and available 24/7, Elle conne...
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Schaumburg mayor again urges business owners to bring workers back to officesJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - For the second year running, Schaumburg Mayor Tom Dailly used his annual state of the village address to urge the business community to reverse the pandemic's remote-wor...
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2023 forecast: Sunny skies ahead for suburban multifamily development and investmentJan 08, 2023 12:00 am - Suburban Chicago has seen a boom in apartment construction in recent years, with cranes dotting the skies from Mount Prospect to Orland Park and 11,600 new units built o...
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Lien is invalid if homeowner was not notifiedJan 06, 2023 6:00 am - Q: My husband and I hired someone to do some repairs around our house. This included some roof repair, painting and the replacement of many cedar boards. Although we had...
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Board responsibilities go beyond keeping assessments lowJan 06, 2023 5:00 am - Q: The board of our condominium association thinks its primary responsibility is to keep monthly assessments low and to avoid special assessments. I would like to know w...
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Mount Prospect backs plan to convert 1970s medical office into apartmentsJan 04, 2023 12:00 am - Mount Prospect continues to boost its stock of downtown rental housing options with the recently approved plans to convert a 25,000-square-foot medical office into a 20-...
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Punish the disobedient owner, not the dogDec 30, 2022 6:00 am - By David M. Bendoff Q: There is a dog walking area set up in our association to serve a large number of dogs. Bags and a trash can are provided for disposal of dog waste...
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Wait is almost over for downtown Mount Prospect grocerDec 27, 2022 12:00 am - A question constantly on the lips of many Mount Prospect residents is about to be answered. “Everybody in town is always asking me about when Caputo's is going to open,”...