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Learn a little about new construction and large scale renovations and some home design thrown in for fun! Building in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.
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Whole Lotta Fixin Going On!
Well folks, things have moved into hyper-drive on this custom home in Andersonville. I visited this “old home to new home†project this past week and could not believe the amount of activity and the number of contractors all working at the same time. If I saw it on TV I would think it was…
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DRYWALL – ok, still not too exciting, but we are getting there.
To date on our quest for a spectacular new custom home in Andersonville: we have ripped everything out, added new walls and sub-floors, installed all new mechanicals in the walls, and sprayed in insulation. Along with about 100 other little projects along the way…and now we have…DRYWALL! ​​ Now those of you with no vision,…
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Insulation! Ok, not so exciting unless its winter in CHICAGO!
Just in time — insulation has arrived at this custom home in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. So it is suddenly MUCH quieter and MUCH warmer inside – with no heat on! Spray foam insulation is newer to the scene that the classic pink fiberglass insulation we all know (Pink Panther has the answer, right?). While the…
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Creating a NEW home : let the sun shine in (but no bugs)
So you gut everything out of a Chicago grey stone 2-flat and get it down to the bare bones. Lots of mess, lots of fun with sledge hammers if you like that sort of thing. Then comes the putting it all back together part – way more fun if you like this sort of thing.…
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New Homes In Chicago : we’ve got studs
The first step in building a new custom home in Chicago from an existing 2-flat – remove all the existing interior. And we mean everything: walls, ceilings, floors, windows, bathtubs, toilets, kitchen sinks and countertops. Everything must go. Then you have a clean slate. To put it all back together. So here we are now…
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It’s Like HGTV in here!
So you watch all those home improvement shows (well I watch them) and they convert a shed to a 6 bedroom mansion in 30 minutes with a budget of $30,000. Ta da. Well that is TV magic. When it happens for real it is kind of a mess for a while before it starts to…
