One Man’s Recession Another Man’s Treasure? Does that even sound possible? We all know the U.S. Economy is in the dumps. Real Estate values have lost upwards of 40% in some markets, major financial institutions have been completely wiped clean from the face of the planet, and most likely someone you know has already lost a [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: bull market, interest rates, investment property, mortgage rates, Real Estate, real estate bubble, real estate market, real estate slump, refinance, refinancing
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Feb 12.09 /
Chicago, The Green House / by kirk
One of the largest post production houses in Chicago went out of business a few months ago. They were known for throwing down mad piles of cash in order to pony up for all the latest and the greatest. In a last ditch effort to recoup some of their investment in their company the owners [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: Bar Stool, Breakfast Bar, Covey Model Six, Craigslist, Herman Miller, kitchen, Kitchen Design, Real Estate
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Feb 01.09 /
Chicago, The Green House / by kirk
Upon finishing the countertops not a whole lot of work has been done around here. Mostly I have been busy with other things (work and waiting for my credit card balance to move out of the danger zone), I have enjoyed some time lazing around on the couch. While the last month away from rehabbing has been [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: +365, drywall, electrical, ikea, kitchen, lighting, pendant light, Real Estate, track lights, WAC
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Feb 01.09 /
Chicago, The Green House / by kirk
I have been reading a book lately Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways For Creating Work That You Love and it has been incredibly inspiring. I am not quite finished yet, but as far as I can tell it is going to be a great book. There are some BookNotes coming as soon as [...]
Categories: Chicago, Projects, The Green House
Tagged: Chicago, entrepreneur, Real Estate, Real Estate Photography, rehab
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Jan 18.09 /
Chicago, Projects, The Green House / by kirk
Hello to all the house bloggers out there. I have just recently signed up for accounts at The Green House Effect and Houseblogs.net. So while posting my random musings and rants about my eco-friendly condo conversion here at Deconstructing Purpose » The Green House, I will be able to reach more like minded individuals by having my posts [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: houseblogs, Real Estate, syndication, the green house effect
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Jan 17.09 /
Chicago, The Green House / by kirk
I took some time off around the holidays with a few goals in mind. One was to spend some time with family, which was awesome. The other was to knock off a bunch of things on my checklist around the condo. I had almost an entire week, and I think I did pretty good.
The big [...]
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Tagged: corian, counter tops, electrical, garbage disposal, kitchen, plumbing, Real Estate
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Jan 12.09 /
Chicago, The Green House / by kirk
The new Corian countertops were installed on New Years Eve and there was still a lot of work that had to be done before we were ready for them.
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: cabinets, diy, ikea, kitchen, Real Estate
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Jan 11.09 /
Chicago, The Green House / by kirk
Since day one I have looked at the purchase of my first condo as an investment first and a place to live second, thus I have been managing it as such; like a business rather than as a home. However, being a first time homeowner I expected to have a certain level of emotional attachment [...]
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Tagged: bedroom, paint, painting, Real Estate
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Dec 30.08 /
Chicago, The Green House / by kirk
We went to Ikea the other weekend, for the 3rd time in almost as many weeks, to pick up everything we needed for the second Stage of 3 for our kitchen. The third and final stage, should becoming just in time for christmas, involving countertops, backsplash, and the upper cabinets.
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: cabinets, ikea, kitchen, Real Estate
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Nov 28.08 /
Chicago, The Green House / by kirk
We hit the Jackpot on Craigslist again last week. This time in the form of a dishwasher to round out our set of stainless steel kitchen appliances. We picked up a 3 year old top of the line, Bosch 800 series dishwasher for $400.
The woman we purchased it from was remodeling a 3 [...]
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Tagged: criagslist, dishwasher, electrical wiring, kitchen, plumbing, Real Estate, the condo
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Nov 19.08 /
Chicago, The Green House / by kirk