Most homeowners do a good job checking the roof after a storm. That makes sense. But under the radar, you siding also takes a serious beating and that can be very easy to miss.
Read MoreIf your exterior paint is already peeling only a few years after you had a job done, it's likely not the weather that's the problem. Your exterior paint job itself, and the way it was applied is. We see this constantly on homes across Naperville and throughout Chicagoland.
Read MoreOne Saturday afternoon, you're cleaning out the gutters and notice something that looks like coarse dark sand mixed in with the debris. Or maybe you spot what looks like a faded, discolored patch on your roof that you can't remember being there.
Read MoreIf you have started getting estimates for window replacement in Chicagoland, you have probably already noticed that the numbers can vary pretty significantly from one contractor to the next. Same house, same number of windows, and the quotes come back hundreds or even thousands of dollars apart.
Read MorePlenty of thunderstorms have come through Chicagoland already this summer, and when they do, the calls come piling in.
Read MoreSpend an afternoon driving through Geneva and you will notice something that most suburbs do not have.
Read MoreWalk around the outside of your house on a summer afternoon and really look at it. Not a quick glance from the driveway but actually get close to the wood trim, the soffits, the areas around windows and doors.
Read MoreWindows are one of those things most homeowners do not think about until something is obviously wrong. A crack, a broken latch, a draft so bad you can feel it standing across the room.
Read MoreFiling a roof insurance claim sounds simple enough until you're actually doing it. You know your roof took damage, you called your insurance company, and now there's an adjuster coming out who's going to spend twenty minutes up there and make a decision that affects thousands of dollars.
Read MoreGetting multiple roofing estimates is the smart move. Everyone says so. The problem is most homeowners don't actually know what they're looking at when those estimates come back, so they end up defaulting to whoever came in lowest and hoping for the best.
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