Janssen Ave. Among other flourishes, developers used reclaimed wood from a barn outside Chicago in some of the units. After they rehabbed it and turned it into four apartments, they showed several potential renters praising the quality and value.
According to records on the Multiple Listing Service, three of four units sat unrented for more than four months.
Rent has been dropped by hundreds of dollars since the units went on the market in the fall. Charles Janda, the previous owner of the N. It was interesting to see her focus on the details. Know about breaking news as it happens.
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Taking over Chicago The show follows luxury home designer Alison Victoria and her rehabbing pal Eckhardt, president of Greymark Development Group, as they buy and rehab properties with the goal of flipping them to sell to wealthy buyers.
Grid View. A rehabbed property at W. Thomas a day after the show aired in early February. Thomas on March 8. The house at W. Wabansia after it was renovated. Sun-Times staff Crews were given a stop-work order after the home collapsed during the rehab. Sun-Times staff. The renovated home at N. You start off your Saturday morning ready to tackle your to-do list, but somehow you end up on the couch, flipping through TV channels.
Then you land on your favorite home improvement station. Not so fast. While having the viewing experience might seem helpful, it can be misleading if you are actually looking to remodel or buy a home. This year, the value of home remodeling saw its largest increase since , returning an average of Value report.
So as homeowners see larger returns on their renovation investments and as more buyers are actively searching for new homes, homeowners and buyers alike may watch these shows before hiring a contractor or realtor thinking they are realistic.
And in many cases, they are not. Take a look. There are various stages of the remodeling process that typically aren't done all at once.
Painting, for example, which might involve having to apply a primer or sealer in addition to the paint itself, can take multiple days to finish because each product needs to dry fully before the next can be applied, he adds.
This includes using laminate wood flooring instead of real hardwood flooring. Yet, somehow, the remodeling team is able to deliver the home of their dreams. Homeowners should be prepared to pay higher prices than what they see on TV for renovation work, he advises. Carl says that could have increased the overall project cost by several thousand dollars. What seems like a day, thanks to the magic of television editing, actually takes 60 to 90 days at minimum , says Michael Espersen, a Metairie, La.
Buying rundown heritage houses to renovate and then flip offers the potential for big rewards, but also carries with it some serious risks. Landing a big payday at the completion of a renovation is always preferred, but she believes the projects she undertakes on Windy City Rehab are about more than just money.
Alison Victoria's TV success on Windy City Rehab and other TV series opened plenty of doors, and she seized new business opportunities thanks to her growing fame.
One company that came calling was bathroom and kitchen fixture manufacturer Kohler, which enlisted Victoria's design skills in designing rooms using the company's products, such as a Paris-inspired kitchen. Another new venture was Sophisticated Living magazine , which launched in with Victoria as publisher. According to Victoria, she brings the same passion viewers see on Windy City Rehab to her publishing venture. According to Deadline , the first season proved to be the network's "highest-rated freshman series in more than a year," with steadily climbing numbers that demonstrated viewers were coming back to the show each week — and were apparently telling their friends to tune in.
Within a month of its January premiere, Windy City Rehab attracted more than 9. In addition to earning a new season, the show's ratings success has also brought Alison Victoria new opportunities with the network, such as her role competing against three other female HGTV stars in the event series Rock the Block. Speaking with Architectural Digest , Chicago designers Kristin Petro and Michael del Piero explained how the series only shows viewers a fraction of what actually occurs.
I don't think TV depicts all the decisions that pop up and require us to change course. It's understandable why a TV show would gloss over mundane elements and focus on a reno's more dramatic aspects, but Petro cautioned viewers that what they're seeing is more entertainment than reality. According to Chicago's ABC 7 Action News , residents living near one of the series' homes were not happy about having a home-improvement series filmed on their street in March One neighbor complained about early morning noise, alleging that work crews were starting well before they were legally allowed to.
They were doing brickwork with the saws and doing all kinds of things before 8 a. They were clearly on a very aggressive timetable. Eckhardt responded to the complaints. But at the end of the day I think we're doing really good work.
I'm a neighbor. I live in Bucktown, and I'm proud to drive by every single home we've done. In July , one of the Windy City Rehab' s projects received multiple citations for violating city ordinances, including some regarding the time constraints for when construction work is supposed to begin and end each day. As the Chicago Sun-Times reported, that particular project was hit with two stop-work orders after officials determined there had been multiple violations, while the show was also cited for construction jobs that were being undertaken without first acquiring the necessary building permits.
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