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Kings Heath nursing home patients were unshaven with dirty hair and long ...
BirminghamMail.net
Lynette Ranson, who is a care home inspector for the Care Quality Commission (formerly the National Care Standards Commission, (NCSC) said there was no ...

Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Whatever the cause, the solution to ice dams remains the same
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Zolton Cohen is a Kalamazoo-based newspaper columnist and former American Society of Home Inspectors-certified home inspector. Write to Zolton B. Cohen, ...

Use our guide to bring home a sofa that's your living room's Mr. Right

Buying a new sofa—one of the largest and most-used pieces of furniture in your home, scene of much reading, TV-watching, snoozing and everything else-ing—is not a task to take on lightly.

Former Chicago Blackhawk to take loss on 16th-floor unit in Lancaster building

Former Chicago Blackhawks left wing Martin Havlat, who left the team and signed a six-year, $30 million contract last summer with the Minnesota Wild, has reduced the asking price of his 16th-floor condo unit in the Lancaster building to $725,000, and clearly anticipates taking a loss on it.

New procedures have created problems for lenders, buyers

Q My husband and I just signed documents to refinance our home. The entire process was long and frustrating. The appraisal was done a month ago, but the lender never notified us that the appraisal value was lower than what we needed to refinance. We found this out almost one month afterward and only after we called to ask how things were going. The communication with the lender was extremely poor, but that wasn't the biggest problem.

Q. I am on a new board of a 28-unit condominium association in Chicago. The building has seen a variety of damage to units. We are trying to update our rules and regulations to spell out the board's responsibilities in these situations.

A look at when the landlord is responsible or tenant must pay for work

Q: We have lived in our apartment, a ground-level unit in a new complex, for several years. Now, my husband, who has multiple sclerosis, needs to use a wheelchair. Several of the doorways are too narrow to let the chair go through; I have to help him up, support him, then fold and reopen the chair on the other side.

A $35 million addition is being planned at Smith Crossing, a retirement community in south suburban Orland Park. The 200,000-square-foot addition will have 106 new apartments, plus a new common area with a theater, arts studio, multipurpose room and two formal gardens. The existing fitness center will also be expanded.

Split council adopts new residential code
Waukegan News Sun
A vote on an ordinance to create the Office of Building Commissioner and Manufactured Home Inspector was tabled for further clarification of job duties and ...

Business profile: A Pro Home Inspection Services
Chambersburg Public Opinion
Staff: The business is operated by certified home inspector William Fennel, CHI/PHI, and marketing manager Lacey Shearer. Background: A Pro Home Inspection ...

Foundations: Don't wait until you hear the creaking
Seattle Times
"My home inspector said my house had no problems," said Steven Derse, who bought his house in Nashville, Tenn., in 2002. "Then it started to move and fell ...

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Find the best contractors when putting your home on the market
NewsOK.com
Engage the services of a home inspector to catalog your issues. It should be quite easy for you and your listing agent to go through your home and identify ...

Inspection milestone
Alton Telegraph
Just a few years after choosing to switch careers and become a home inspector in 1993, he found he was steadily finding work and decided to start counting ...

Good man to deal with
Anderson Independent Mail
The roofing job got an excellent rating from a professional home inspector. Mr. Coe took the time to call the Monday following the installation to see if I ...

InFocus Design aims to turn a home from drab to fab

Growing up, Susan Powell wanted to be an archeologist. "Now, in a sense, I am," says the Crete-based home stager. "I see the strata of people's lives."

Exeter Adult Education offers courses
Exeter News-Letter
Includes Q & A sessions with an attorney, appraiser, home inspector, insurance agent, broker and loan officer and a complimentary credit report. ...

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New construction offers buyers variety of ways to save

During the building boom new homebuyers were drawn to more remote communities in an effort to get the biggest house their money could buy, but today builders are seeing a shift in interest with buyers more focused on value.

Attorneys urge associations to take proactive approach in collecting assessments

Collecting assessments for your community association takes more than passing out coupon booklets and waiting for checks to roll in. That's the passive approach. Sometimes you've got to be downright aggressive about getting your money. If you aren't, you risk losing it forever.

Carbon monoxide is called the silent killer because if there is a CO leak while you're asleep, you may never wake up. There are no crackling flames to hear, no burning materials to smell, and no smoke that might rouse you in a fit of coughing.