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Guide To Permits For A Chicago Home Renovation
Hey Chicago homeowner! If you’re planning a renovation, or you’re buying a home where someone else already did one, we need to talk about permits. Unpermitted work can hold up a closing, tank an appraisal, void an insurance claim, or force a buyer to negotiate a price cut for something the seller thought was long finished. This week, we’re covering what requires a permit in Chicago, what the process looks like, and what buyers and sellers should check before a renovation or a sale. Welcome back to our weekly article…
Find Ben & Guess The Price
Hey Chicago! If you’ve been following along on our weekly blog, you know we cover a lot of topics related to Chicago: the beaches, pickleball courts, Michelin restaurants, school districts, and the bungalow belt are just a few of the more recent ones. We try to put out something useful or interesting every week, but there’s something going on over on our social channels that we’ve never written about here, and it’s probably the most fun thing we do. If you’ve come across Ben’s Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube Shorts, you…
Chicago’s Bungalow Belt
Hey Chicago! This week we’re back with something more real estate-related since we often get questions about the different bungalow neighborhoods around the city. In total, Chicago has more than 80,000 bungalows, roughly one-third of all single-family homes in the city. Most were built between 1910 and the early 1940’s, and follow roughly the same design: brick, one-and-a-half stories, a low-pitched roof, and a small front porch. If you look at a map of Chicago, they form a wide arc from the Northwest Side down through the Southwest and across…
Top 10 Chicago School Districts 2026
Hey Chicago! We’re well into summer, and although we know you and the family are still enjoying the sun and good vibes, the next school season is just around the corner. Two years ago, we wrote an article on the top 10 school districts in Chicago, and we thought it would be a great time to update that list for 2026. For most Chicago-area homebuyers, the school district is just as important as square footage or commute time. Whether a family is moving from the city to the suburbs or…