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Take advantage of winter when buying your home
One of the many things that I look for when I walk the Lincoln Square and surrounding neighborhoods are "issues" that I spot that most buyers might not notice when looking for their new home. Snow, cold and winter are your biggest helpers when looking to buy a home.  Here's why:
Ice Cycles - Look for the ice cycles on the homes.  That will tell you where the heat is escaping or there isn't proper insulation. Cold Drafts - this will tell you if there is adequate insulation around your widows, minimal around your electrical outlets, in the basement at the top outside walls as most finished basements are sealed/insulated properly and the cold air just comes right in. Windows - you can have new windows but it depends upon the type of windows you are using to replace the old wooden windows with the dummy weights. Let's talk replacement windows real quick here.  There are vinyl replacement windows with different levels of strength, interior framing.  I have seen and witnessed and am not a happy camper with vinyl windows because within two to three years, when one opens those windows, in the center, they begin to warp!  No joke.  ... more

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