How much does a home inspector charge?

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tanner

Live in IL, in a smaller type of town, around 2 hrs from Chicago. About how much would a home inspector charge to inspect a 4 bedroom, 2 story home? Are most home buyers present while the inspector is inspecting? Is the home owner present too? Does the home buyer set up the inspector or does the realtor take care of that? Generally does the home buyer pay for the inspector or the home seller?

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Cost ranges from 600 to 1000.
Yes the buyer should be present, ask questions and make sure all is inspected
The buyer pays The inspection benefits the buyer not the seller

How much do condos in John Hancock Center cost?

kittykat

I'm in the market for a cnodo in Chicago, and would love to be downtown. But before I set an appointment at the JH Center to view condos I want to make sure I'm not totally out of my price range. Anyone know how much a studio,or one-bedroom costs? I know 2-bedrooms run around 400-450. Thanks!

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A 2 bedroom on the 64 floor just sold for $467,000, they were asking $490,000. Not many 1 bedrooms come on market but they range from $189,000 on craigslist to $239,000 through a broker (Yoki). Good luck!

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Does anyone know of a place around the Chicago area that buys used furniture and appliances.?

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vb1123@sbc

Have a full size bedroom set, 25" tv and some other furniture that I need to sell because the house is being sold. Must sell within three weeks.

Answer
Try RPN Sales they are on Milwaukee Avenue just north of montrose

If I want to buy a bedroom set in Chicago (and put $$$ down) and take it home, where can I go?

Q. I have about $500 towards a bedroom set...I'm thinking I will spend $1000 or less...but want to take it home right away. Where could I go?

Answer
No, no!!
Do not go to rent-a-center.

They charge very high interest rates AND
in the contract that you sign,
they are allowed to enter your house
by any means possible to recover
their property if you should miss a
payment....including breaking in.
AND it is not a burglary so they won't go
to jail for breaking in because you signed
the agreement.

I'm sure there are lots of places that would
do that. There are a lot of "bedroom" furniture
stores up by Diversey and Central. They are
small businesses so I'm sure they would set
up a payment plan for you. Or check in your neighborhood for the small businesses and stop in and talk to them. Most are Ma & Pa shops and would welcome the business.

Also check your local newspaper "for sale" ads in the classified section for bedroom sets. You could probably get one inexpensively and they buy a new mattress set.

Good luck.

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im thinking about moving to bolingbrook il from oak park is it a good place to live?

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Larry M

right now myself and three children are living in a small two bedroom apartment and i want to rent a house i seen some nice rent to own houses on craigslist in bolingbrook and was wondering what the schools and everyday life there are like im going to drive out there to see but would like other opinions THANK YOU !

Answer
If you like a suburban setting, Bollingbrook is a nice area. It is near Naperville and there is a lot going on there for the suburbanite. I am of the belief that the schools there are probably better than the schools closer to Chicago.

10pts! Can somebody help me with the setting of my story?

LoveStar

Ok, I want my story to take place in Chicago where the main characters live in a creepy, old apartment a few miles (but not in the ghetto/slums) away from the city. Is such a location possible in Chicago? And would it be on the south side of Chicago?

Answer
I recently wrote a piece where Chicago was the backdrop. I utilized wikipedia first and then jumped to the reference links at the bottom in order to get really specific. One thing I learned was that Chicago is a city. One single City and a small one at that. The trains are elevated and run in a loop around the city. Now the city has hotels and skyscrapers that have condos and apartments inside of them yet homes and neighborhoods are outside of Chicago.

--- Each of the neighborhoods have a history of immigrants of one type or another from Russian to Irish to Italian. Each history for each neighborhood plays a role in the construction of the city or some interesting events in the growth of the city. Migration is another mitigating factor, as the city grew people moved further into the surrounding suburban neighborhoods, Wicker Park for instance seemed to have an incredible boom of authors and artists and architects. To this day the homes are maintained and can be visited on a walking tour.
--- Granted depending on how long you've been writing you may not understand how these intricacies affect your story. My character is raised in a housing project 'the ghetto' however when she first moved there the neighborhood was actually built for middle class working families with cute small homes that were brand new. As more and more people needed cheaper housing the houses were redesigned and made into track housing and eventually a large apartment complex which became the infamous Cabrini Green. the track houses just across were the Robert Taylor projects. the entire neighborhood was prone to violence but was once for upwardly mobile families just starting out.
-- During my research I found that both projects have been completely obliterated as well as several of the loop trains that ran through those neighborhoods. I also found out that gang violence is more prevalant and that the Chicago Mobs are all about gone, which were both needed for my story so I had to go in a different direction.

--- As you go along draw yourself a map of the area you select. Millenium Mile is the shopping hall down the middle of Chicago. It is also surrounded by water which is why the temps are so cold. Illinois is the state and has several beltways that make travel from suburbia into Chicago easy. A large percentage of the buildings that have recently been built change hands often because of the high rents and the inability to find businesses able to move in and maintain their bottom line. Check the Black building Trump and Verizon towers I believe.
--- My brother lives in Evanston it is about 20 outside of Chicago he lives in a small one bedroom apartment in a well kept but old apartment building. It's sort of creepy to me because it's kind of like a railroad flat so it's pretty dim down the center.
--- Anyway you could always drop by a travel agency and get a pamphlet or the library and copy a few pages from a travel guide. To me those are the best because they give you tourist traps, restaurants, hotels, theatre, walking tours with maps, driving instructions (so major and minor roads) and break downs of all the areas and what they are most famous for and their biggest attractions.

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How much do condos in John Hancock Center cost?

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kittykat

I'm in the market for a cnodo in Chicago, and would love to be downtown. But before I set an appointment at the JH Center to view condos I want to make sure I'm not totally out of my price range. Anyone know how much a studio,or one-bedroom costs? I know 2-bedrooms run around 400-450. Thanks!

Answer
A 2 bedroom on the 64 floor just sold for $467,000, they were asking $490,000. Not many 1 bedrooms come on market but they range from $189,000 on craigslist to $239,000 through a broker (Yoki). Good luck!

im thinking about moving to bolingbrook il from oak park is it a good place to live?

Larry M

right now myself and three children are living in a small two bedroom apartment and i want to rent a house i seen some nice rent to own houses on craigslist in bolingbrook and was wondering what the schools and everyday life there are like im going to drive out there to see but would like other opinions THANK YOU !

Answer
If you like a suburban setting, Bollingbrook is a nice area. It is near Naperville and there is a lot going on there for the suburbanite. I am of the belief that the schools there are probably better than the schools closer to Chicago.

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im thinking about moving to bolingbrook il from oak park is it a good place to live?

bedroom set chicago image

Larry M

right now myself and three children are living in a small two bedroom apartment and i want to rent a house i seen some nice rent to own houses on craigslist in bolingbrook and was wondering what the schools and everyday life there are like im going to drive out there to see but would like other opinions THANK YOU !

Answer
If you like a suburban setting, Bollingbrook is a nice area. It is near Naperville and there is a lot going on there for the suburbanite. I am of the belief that the schools there are probably better than the schools closer to Chicago.

10pts! Can somebody help me with the setting of my story?

LoveStar

Ok, I want my story to take place in Chicago where the main characters live in a creepy, old apartment a few miles (but not in the ghetto/slums) away from the city. Is such a location possible in Chicago? And would it be on the south side of Chicago?

Answer
I recently wrote a piece where Chicago was the backdrop. I utilized wikipedia first and then jumped to the reference links at the bottom in order to get really specific. One thing I learned was that Chicago is a city. One single City and a small one at that. The trains are elevated and run in a loop around the city. Now the city has hotels and skyscrapers that have condos and apartments inside of them yet homes and neighborhoods are outside of Chicago.

--- Each of the neighborhoods have a history of immigrants of one type or another from Russian to Irish to Italian. Each history for each neighborhood plays a role in the construction of the city or some interesting events in the growth of the city. Migration is another mitigating factor, as the city grew people moved further into the surrounding suburban neighborhoods, Wicker Park for instance seemed to have an incredible boom of authors and artists and architects. To this day the homes are maintained and can be visited on a walking tour.
--- Granted depending on how long you've been writing you may not understand how these intricacies affect your story. My character is raised in a housing project 'the ghetto' however when she first moved there the neighborhood was actually built for middle class working families with cute small homes that were brand new. As more and more people needed cheaper housing the houses were redesigned and made into track housing and eventually a large apartment complex which became the infamous Cabrini Green. the track houses just across were the Robert Taylor projects. the entire neighborhood was prone to violence but was once for upwardly mobile families just starting out.
-- During my research I found that both projects have been completely obliterated as well as several of the loop trains that ran through those neighborhoods. I also found out that gang violence is more prevalant and that the Chicago Mobs are all about gone, which were both needed for my story so I had to go in a different direction.

--- As you go along draw yourself a map of the area you select. Millenium Mile is the shopping hall down the middle of Chicago. It is also surrounded by water which is why the temps are so cold. Illinois is the state and has several beltways that make travel from suburbia into Chicago easy. A large percentage of the buildings that have recently been built change hands often because of the high rents and the inability to find businesses able to move in and maintain their bottom line. Check the Black building Trump and Verizon towers I believe.
--- My brother lives in Evanston it is about 20 outside of Chicago he lives in a small one bedroom apartment in a well kept but old apartment building. It's sort of creepy to me because it's kind of like a railroad flat so it's pretty dim down the center.
--- Anyway you could always drop by a travel agency and get a pamphlet or the library and copy a few pages from a travel guide. To me those are the best because they give you tourist traps, restaurants, hotels, theatre, walking tours with maps, driving instructions (so major and minor roads) and break downs of all the areas and what they are most famous for and their biggest attractions.

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Have you ever been wrote up at your job?

Q. I gotten three write ups at my job for being absent.I got those write ups in only 2 weeks. If I get wrote up one more time I am going to get fired.

My dad said if I lose my job he is going to throw me out of his house. I am 22 years old, that owe Chicago State University over 5 Thousand Dollars, and I owe my Credit Cards over 2 Thousand Dollars, and all I did was buy Gas for my car.

I woek at UPS, as a part-time package handler, I make $8.50 a hour. I work 10 to 15 hours a week. So I am bringing home less than $100.00 a week after taxes. What am I going to do.

I am only 22 years old. What am I going to do with my miserable life. What would you do?

A. The law says that once you reach 18 you're an adult. It used to be that parents threw kids out (if they didn't leave by themselves) at age 18 to get their own job and apartment. So don't whine, you're an adult now, you can handle this.
By 21 usually people have their undergrad degree and owe over $16,000 and have no job, so you're in an ok position.

First of all you should stop being absent from work so that yo can get a good reference from UPS in the future. Then determine which of your friends could make sure you get to and from work if your own car can't get you there. See if you can either work on the net or get a second job near where UPS is and work the two jobs, go directly from one to the other. Then as time moves by and you've not been absent in a long time see if you can sign on for full-time work for UPS, FedEx or USPS, etc.

Pay the lowest amount on the credit cards allowed and don't buy anything for many many months. Are you on a repayment schedule for schooling? If so pay the lowest amount. What you need is additional income and some disciplining yourself.
The way you discipline yourself is to set your sites on the future and work toward goals.

There's always relatives who could take you in for a couple of weeks in one of their bedrooms. Sometimes friends can do that too. But you can also rent a room or an apartment and you pay half. The problem with that is that you need upfront money, so get that second job.

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What are some good songs to listen to after a break up?

Q. I am suffering from a horrible heartbreak. I make depression montages what i like to call them and mix many sad songs together and then i kinda feel better afterwards... So any song recomendations would be nice.

A. My Black Dahlia by Hollywood Undead makes me cry my eyes out every time I listen to it

When You're Gone by Avril Lavigne
Bad by The Cab
Sorry by Buckcherry
Hero/Heroine by Boys Like Girls
Feels Like Rain by Kesha
That Should Be Me by Justin Bieber
Away in Love by The Escape Frame
Two Is Better Than One by Boys Like Girls
You Found Me by The Fray
Forever And Always by Parachute
Someone Like You by Adele
Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri
The Saltwater Room by Owl City
Stop and Stare by One Republic
The Harold Song by Kesha
Thinking of You by Katy Perry
A Year Without Rain by Selena Gomez
Masterpiece by Meg & Dia
Arms by Christina Perry
The Lonely by Christina PErry
Breakeven by The Script
Valentine's Day by Linkin Park
All That I've Got by The Used
Waiting for the ENd by Linkin Park
Invisible by Skylar Grey
Here Without You by 3 Doors Down
Nothing Else Matters by Bedroom Rockers
Hard To Say I'm Sorry by Chicago
I Never Told You by Colbie Caillat
Don't Forget by Demi Lovato
Here We Go Again by Demi Lovato
Darkness by Disturbed
Alone In This Bed by Framing Hanley
Better Than Me by Hinder
Unbreakable by Jesse Ruben
Don't by Jesse Ruben
Nicest Thing by Kate Nash
Blind by Kesha
Disgusting by Kesha
Erase Me by Kid Cudi
Talk To Me by Lil Wayne
Goodbye To You by Michelle Branch
Setting Up Sunday by Meg & Dia
Save Me by Nicki Minaj
Here I Am by Nicki Minaj
Apologize by One Republic
If My Heart Was a House by Owl City
Lonely Lullaby by Owl City
Rainbow Veins by Owl City
Vanilla Twilight by Owl City
Sunburn by Owl City
Decode by Paramore
THat's What You Get by Paramore
All Along by Remedy Drive
Love the Way You Like PART 2 by Rihanna
Learning to Breate by Switchfoot
Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
You Could Be Happy by Snow Patrol
Back To December by Taylor Swift
I'd Lie by Taylor Swift
You're Not Sorry by Taylor Swift (Definitely a tear jerker for me too)

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Have you ever renovated an attic into a master bedroom suite?

Q. We are considering purchasing a home (near Chicago) that would need a significant renovation of an unfinished attic to make it into a master bedroom suite (including a full bath).

1. I am looking for information on what it takes to do this job.
2. Any ideas on cost info (I need professionals for the job)
3. What to look out for
4. Feedback – if you did this once, would you do it again?

Thanks in advance

A. My father did this for me when I was about 10 years old. Totally cool room. On the sides of the room where you have to square off the slant of the roof line, he built in a series of dressers and shelves. He then floored behind the dressers (that were built in) and it made even more additional storage. Of course, I also had 2 clothes closets that were huge.

He also made these cool drop down desks that could be set up or folded down for more space if needed.

With all of the built ins about the only furniture that was needed was the bed (he made me one of those too) and a nightstand.

My dad was a carpenter.

M

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where to find cheap bedrooms sets near chicago?

Q. actually i live about 30 miles south of chicago as was gonna get my two kids new bedroom sets but dont have a clue!!! any help would be appreciated,,,,,thank you beau

A. Go to almost any place you can pick up newspapers you'll find "Tradin' Times" -- a publication of used goods. You may find a set--used, of course, for as little as $50

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If I want to buy a bedroom set in Chicago (and put $$$ down) and take it home, where can I go?

Q. I have about $500 towards a bedroom set...I'm thinking I will spend $1000 or less...but want to take it home right away. Where could I go?

A. No, no!!
Do not go to rent-a-center.

They charge very high interest rates AND
in the contract that you sign,
they are allowed to enter your house
by any means possible to recover
their property if you should miss a
payment....including breaking in.
AND it is not a burglary so they won't go
to jail for breaking in because you signed
the agreement.

I'm sure there are lots of places that would
do that. There are a lot of "bedroom" furniture
stores up by Diversey and Central. They are
small businesses so I'm sure they would set
up a payment plan for you. Or check in your neighborhood for the small businesses and stop in and talk to them. Most are Ma & Pa shops and would welcome the business.

Also check your local newspaper "for sale" ads in the classified section for bedroom sets. You could probably get one inexpensively and they buy a new mattress set.

Good luck.

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Is it better to get a comforter set or a quilt set?

Q. I am moving to Chicago, and so I'm shopping for my new apartment. I was wondering if it's better to get a quilt, or a comforter set? Quilts seem to be prettier, while comforters seem to be warmer and have more body. So, which one is better?

A. As a designer, I tend to go with comforter sets, especially if you are in a cold climate. I mostly use quilts as blankets. A lot of the comforter sets come with additional accessories like the shams, bedskirts which are all extra if you purchase a quilt. And then, quilts are a little difficult to match window treatments, pillows, other upholstered items with. Why not get a lovely quilt to use as a throw say in your family or living room and a color on color comforter set for your bedroom? Brylane Home, Domestications both have on-line catalogs with lovely and inexpensive all inclusive comforters. Plus, they even have window treatments which will match some of the sets. Some of my clients like to change out their bedding for the season with lighter weight choices like matlesse for the summer. So I try to choose comforter sets that have bedskirts that can be used with other bedding for that purpose.

You'll have the Miracle Mile though, what fun to shop that!

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How much does a home inspector charge?

Q. Live in IL, in a smaller type of town, around 2 hrs from Chicago. About how much would a home inspector charge to inspect a 4 bedroom, 2 story home? Are most home buyers present while the inspector is inspecting? Is the home owner present too? Does the home buyer set up the inspector or does the realtor take care of that? Generally does the home buyer pay for the inspector or the home seller?

A. Cost ranges from 600 to 1000.
Yes the buyer should be present, ask questions and make sure all is inspected
The buyer pays The inspection benefits the buyer not the seller

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