She goes way beyond the normal rehabs and produces some really nice renovations. But, then...they are in the area of million dollar rehabs, so they are able to spend mega-bucks in renovation and design.

It also seemed that they had to work around permits for longer periods than should be necessary, so I can see where they might say, "To hell with it," and work without them. Every day they had to delay work was costly. Maybe the departments wanted some kickbacks? Just wonderin'.

with literally bloody murder in their rehab efforts (not have the work certified/etc. at various stages of various projects etc.)...all of the work permit processes are there to protect fellow homeowners and citizens from sloppy work/ethics etc. I have seen in the city of STLMO rehab projects that weren't permitted, and the jobs were so bad, they pretty well had to start all over again...shady developers under the table trying to save a few bucks at the expense of the rest of us homeowners.

Good for the city of Chicago...