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 [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: corian, counter tops, electrical, garbage disposal, kitchen, plumbing, Real Estate
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 [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: criagslist, dishwasher, electrical wiring, kitchen, plumbing, Real Estate, the condo
So I am jumping the gun a bit, I haven’t even posted about the 4 closing we had and were botched, or that we finally, eventually, almost didn’t, but in the end did close.
I didn’t write about swapping lenders after the original appraisal because we didn’t have a kitchen and no one told us until [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: kitchen, plumbing, Real Estate, the condo