Home Owners of "The Woods of South Barrington"

 

 

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Homeowners' Association

Lieberman Management

Karyn Radek,  the Regency Clubhouse, 1 Regency Boulevard, Phone: 847.783.0655, kradek@lmsnet.com or service@lmsnet.com

Advisory Board

Dr. Mohammed Khan, 5 Glacier Circle, mnktx@yahoo.com

Chris DuBois, 7 Mesa Drive, cjdubois@deloitte.com

Jason West, 62 Wood Oaks Drive, hjawest@comcast.net

Dr. Karen Babos-Kline, 40 Wood Oaks Drive, kbabos@comcast.net

Association Newsletters

Sept 14, 2009

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Helpful Info:

Woods Water Test Result                                  

Safe Tips By ADT

 

 

Neighbors¡¯ Recommendations:

Dance Classes:

Lisa, The Dancing Project: <847 991-3117>; For Age 3 ¨C Adult; Only 5-10 Minutes Driving from our community; Kids really like the classes there. Mention our Referral for Registration discount. (By Roger Y.)

Snow Removal:

Tony : <847-833-7413>; New Design Landscaping. (By Many Neighbors.)

Patios/Landscapes:

Jose, Marez Landscaping <Tel: 847-789-6275, 708-612-7078>

New Horizon <Tel: 630-956-1805> ¡°This company is great to work with and does excellent work. They did our patio's and we are very pleased with the outcome. Would highly recommend their services. We priced them out and they had the best pricing. They also do landscape, mulch, gardens, level swing sets, snow plow, etc. Phone¡± (recommended by Debbie & Andy K. and Jay & Kay I.)

Berardo Tovar <home 847-836-6104; cell 847-207-8993> "specializes in brick patios, retaining walls, and bobcat service. He did an EXCELLENT job on our brick paver patio and is EXTREMELY reasonable in price." (By Bob S.)

Jorge¡¯s Brick and Landscape <PHIMEX@MSN.COM Tel: 847-401-4086>  ¡°¡­I used before that was excellent and very affordable.  I will be using him again once I have a lawn¡±. (By Kurt S.)

Elias Esqueda, <847-529-8149>  (Cheap, reliable, efficient, and doing a good job, Recommended by Bob S.)

Pre-School:

Schaumburg Christian School   http://schaumburgchristian.com/  (By many neighbors)

Sealcoating:

Asphalt Maintenance by Busy Bee (847) 293-3399

GPS Asphalt Maintenance 815.219.6627

Cleaning:

Evelina Dwroblewski < 773-704-7476> ¡°very reliable and has a very tidy way of working - she would even press the washed linens before changing them and any thing little extra to be cleaned, you tell her...she'll do it without hesitation - last time she cleaned off all the spider webs in our garage!!¡±  (By Veena V)

Elizabeth Pawlowska <630-935-6315> ¡°very reliable and thorough and also reasonably priced¡± (By Jan N)

Celina Dobek <773-319-6281> ¡°She and her son do a very thorough, detail-oriented cleaning, and also are happy to do whatever is asked otherwise. We've been extremely happy with her¡± (By Amrit S>

L Woods Window Cleaning <Tel: 630-613-0961> ¡°very reasonable, did a great job¡±.  . (By Karen)

Celina <Tel: 773-319-6281> ¡°I've used her for over a year, and she and her son do a great job-- very thorough, efficient, and eager to please. Her rates are very reasonable, and the quality of the cleaning has been excellent. She may be able to give discounts as her business in WSB grows. If you contact her, please indicate my name as a referral source!¡± (By Amrit S., 41 Olympic Dr.)

Home Inspectors:

Bob Borders <Tel: (847)971-9579 Email: BBorders@BordersHomeinspection.com; Web: BordersHomeinspection.com> "Bob did excellent job with great price. After thoroughly inspection, he provided detailed report with all the descriptions and pictures.  Even before and after the inspection, Bob can answer your questions and provide you recommendations for any concerns.¡± 

David Essex <Tel: (847)308-9816>, Essex Home Inspection & Consulting, LTD. ¡°I have known David my entire life and he is thorough, efficient, and gives you an extremely detailed report.¡± (By Bob S.) (Also recommended by Robin R.)

Robert Nogan <Tel: 630.936.9895>, InsideOut HS, Inc. ¡°I have known David my entire life and he is thorough, efficient, and gives you an extremely detailed report.¡± (By Bob S.) (Also recommended by Robin R.)

Painter:

Marcin. <Tel: (630)965-6553>  ¡°His prices are extremely reasonable. We got whole house painted for under $3000 plus paint. Paint cost around $500. He gets Benjamore Moore paint for cheap prices...40% off list and same prices as Behr. He has painted 3 houses in our neighborhood already. He is hardworking, and reliable. I have worked with him in my previous house too. He cleans up behind himself and does a neat, careful job.¡± (Recommended by Roy, 4 Glacier)

Ray Page  <Tel: (847) 401-4777>  ¡°We just had our whole house painted by Ray Page and his crew did a very nice job.  We worked out a really good ¡°cash¡± price with them. I think they are slow now with the housing market being in such a slump and will take any job, big or small.  He works for Toll at times, but we found him to be 50% cheaper than any other estimate we got.  He also gets a discount on paint.  We used Benjamin Moore paint and gallons were running about 44 dollars and he gets a discount at Epco and we got each gallon for 28.  A huge savings for us as we used 36 gallons of paint.¡± (by Laura C., 10 Glacier Circle)

Jose Recendiz      cell: 847-321-1832  home:  815-568-7924 (Recommended by Bob S.)

Hardwood Floor: 

Mike Udischas <Tel: 847-803-3762 Cell: 847-271-1873> ¡°He installs every hardwood floor. He will add to existing or refinish your existing. We had him add to our existing floor and it looks great. He has great pricing.¡± (Recommended by Debbie & Andy K.)

Tile Work: 

Marcin <Tel: (630)965-6553> ¡°Kitchen backsplash or bathroom rework. He does intricate work, for very reasonable price. You give him the design and tiles (we designed at Tileshop at Higgins & Meacham). He cleans up behind himself and does a neat, careful job.¡± (Recommended by Roy, 4 Glacier)

Deck/Basement Finishing: 

Marcin <Tel: (630)965-6553> ¡°Marcin did excellent remodeling and drywall work in my previous house, and I highly recommend him.¡± (Recommended by Roy, 4 Glacier)

Dustin Burkhart, DAB Construction <Tel: 847-558-9085>  ¡°Great work on decks and basements.¡± (By Patti B., 15 Mesa)

Organizing your garage:

http://www.garagetek.com   Craig Dashut, GarageTek of Chicago (By Badri/Mechele)

Test the Radon Levels:

Free test kit and test results from the IEMA  http://www.state.il.us/iema/radon/RadonTestKit.asp  (By Bob S.)

Garage Doors:

Darrin Mindak <Tel: 630-372-9449, Dependable Garage Doors, Inc> ¡°We replaced our Toll provided garage doors because they were so cheap and fell off the tracks several times. We used the following company for new doors and openers. Great service, selection and prices. Free estimates. Emergency service available.¡± (By Patti & Mark B)

Dry Cleaning:

Aspen Cleaner <Tel: 847-765-0077> ¡°highly recommend Aspen Cleaners.  I have been using them for a few years now.  They¡¯re located on Barrington Road in the strip center just north of Jersey¡¯s.  Thomas & Oak are the owners; very friendly.  Best part is that they pick up and deliver to my home in The Woods!  They also keep my credit card info on file, so it¡¯s very convenient.  I have never had an issue with fairness, quality of work, etc.  They are absolutely great and thought I would pass along this convenient local vendor¡¯s information. 3039 N. Barrington Road.¡± (By Edie S., 42 Olympic Drive.)

Electrician:

Rob Warkin <Tel: 815-289-0429> ¡°I currently am having an electrician install extra lighting and he is doing in excellent job.  He is very reasonable and efficient. Please consider adding him to our trades listing¡± (By Chet P., 68 Wood Oaks Dr.)

Jeff-847-774-9191 awesome-fast, quick, cheap

Dan 847-878-3567 charges per hour which I typically don't like but he's very fast! He's also done some work as we need for handyman type stuff around the house

Plumber:

Dave the Plumber"<Tel: 630-918-6816>.  ¡°He was here for Toll for quite some time.  A lot of the neighbors have used him.  He put in my emergency sump pump for next to nothing and has done other odd plumbing jobs for me which was very inexpensive.¡± (By Laura C., 10 Glacier Circle)

HVAC (Heating and Air Conditioning) Service:

Glenn Weintraub, owner and cousin of Laura Cohen (10 Glacier Circle).  ¡°Mention Glenn's name and our subdivision when calling. Here is some information from their website: AA Service Company Heating & Cooling is a family owned and operated Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) contracting and service company who has been servicing the North Shore and Chicagoland area since 1965. We are a full service contractor capable and experienced in all facets of today¡¯s HVAC systems.  We service all makes and models.  Our focus is to maintain long-term customer relationships by providing quality service and installation contracting for Residential and Commercial projects. Call us today at 847-729-7889. Visit our website at: www.AAServiceCo.com¡±

Carpenter/Woodwork:

Steve LeHew Telephone #: 8473635164 (By Issac G., 9 Mesa Drive)

J+J Woodwork Telephone #: 262 862-9859 (By Eugene L. 32 olympic) ¡°¡­custom woodwork for the mudroom/library/pantry/closets/bath/kitchen etc i'd like to recommend jeff lang from J+J woodwork. i had priced a mudroom closet and bench seating from california closets (12k installed), abruzzo kitchens (21k installed for wood mode's secondary line brookhaven), livingston kitchens (19k installed for brookhaven installed).  Jeff not only came under all those quotes for custom cabinets but i was able to get the mudroom (36 inch cabinet, enclosure for stackable washer/dryer, and 12 foot bench lockers with shoerack), library (full wall of bookcases and bay window seating), 2 bedroom custom closets, and pantry shelving done for less than the California closet quote.  and instead of particle wood (like california closet) he used maple throughout and painted to order.  i just had to show him some pix of what we wanted and he did a great job.  he and his wife jenny installed everything and cleaned up afterwards. ¡­ hope this saves you all lots of cash.¡±

Blinds Installation:

Bill and Linda Berg of Image Custom Drapery and Blinds (630-846-0107) (By Amrit S.) ¡±¡­ The estimate was actually one of the lowest we priced out, and yet the installation was very quick, efficient, and much better than what other companies were offering. (They modified the blinds brackets to allow installation below and within the trim, so that  the effect was a lower and nicer profile; no other companies thought to do this.) Also, we've had a few minor mishaps with cords (some our fault, some not), and they have come out every time and fixed the problem gratis, because they seem to be very interested in maintaining an excellent reputation for customer service.  This is probably the best experience we've ever had w/ any company. Would highly recommend them¡±

CN Acquisition of the EJ&E Rail Line: http://www.fightrailcongestion.com    http://www.stb.dot.gov/stb/efilings.nsf

Deer Tick Warning

Elementary School Redistricting:

Final Approved Boundaries Map

The Woods Summer Party, 2008 (Sunday, August 17, 4:00PM to 7:00PM at the Marvin Dunteman Park)

The Woods Spring Party, 2008 (05/18/2008. 3:00pm-6:00pm at the South Barrington Park District)

The Woods Neighborhood Block Party, 2007 (10/21/2007. 3:00pm-6:00pm at 21 & 23 Glacier Circle Cul-de-Sac)

 

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