Great article from the Elmhurst Press about how rain gardens on your lot can help prevent Elmhurst-wide flooding in the future. I couldn’t agree more on the idea! Now, what’s a fair way to implement it?
Interesting calculations on how big a rain garden you need to compensate for your roof side.
In honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day LINDAM Property Group is offering special promotional pricing on the green home (LEED-inspired!) at 250 N Myrtle. The price until 4/22 is $40K off in honor of the 40th anniversary or $748,500.
Buyers and their brokers are invited to tour the home on Sunday, April 18th from [...]
The tagline for my business is “sage living” – be smart (sage) about going green! My favorite sage way to go green is through a home energy-efficiency retrofit. It’s the best way to make an impact with fewer dollars.
I recently learned about the “Pyramid of Conservation” which ranks green projects from highest to lowest complexity. [...]
v2.0 of the detailed feature sheet for 250 N. Myrtle in Elmhurst was released today! A special green home deserves a special green marketing plan. And the website www.250NMyrtle.wordpress.com does just that. The site reduces paper-based marketing for Myrtle by 94%!
The improved site offers easier access to photos, videos and product links. It also provides one-click [...]
2009 has certainly been a refreshing, exciting and breakout year for me. One of the best outcomes…I discovered social media which allows me to bring targeted nuggets of info to my clients throughout the year. It also means I totally eliminated my annual holiday letter and calendar magnet mailing. Pfew! No more fuss, no more [...]
Check out all the green info you can now access about my listing at 250 N. Myrtle via the new green features on Chicagoland’s MLS (known as MRED).
Check out this clip from the President’s press conference yesterday. Some great points that either came from his excellent speechwriters…or maybe my website! (It does sound pretty familiar and I couldn’t agree more with most of his points.)
Insulation (& energy efficiency) IS sexy because…
it saves money!
the right projects payback in just 2-3 years!
it cuts use of foreign oil
it puts [...]
Check out my post on the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors consumer blog today. As you might have heard on Friday, Pres. Obama extended the $8000 tax credit for first-time buyers and introduced a new tax credit for CURRENT home owners of $6,500. My blog for Mainstreet outlines how you can purchase a home and use [...]
Here’s part 3 about smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. If you are replacing them, there are some best practices to make sure you have the right coverage throughout your home.
Consumer Reports has a good overview accessible to non-subscribers too. A couple key points that all the experts agree on: have at least one smoke and one [...]
It’s the annual day to “fall back” and when you change your clocks it is also time to replace your smoke and CO detector alarms. Did you know that these alarms have a limited lifespan where they will work effectively?
So while your alarms are down for a battery replace this week, please take one more important [...]