What to expect when building a home
Building a new home with Hartz Homes is exciting and rewarding. It’s your chance to get just what you want. You can create the home that fits your family’s needs perfectly. This process does not happen overnight. It involves a process that Hartz Homes has been using for over 50 years in the Chicago market. Read More
Read More >>Now that you’re in your new Hartz home…here’s a great way to organize the garage!
A major goal for many people who buy a new construction home from Hartz Homes is to park the cars in the garage. This means getting things unpacked and put away. Here’s how to make a storage system that can help you. The system is based on the French cleat, a tried-and-true method of hanging Read More
Read More >>Top 10 Reasons why active adults choose Lago Vista!
The benefits of living in Lago Vista, a Hartz Homes active adult community in Lockport, Illinois, range from the chance to live in the home of your dreams to feeling that sense of community and enjoying endless activities, with plenty of perks in between. Here’s a list of the top 10 benefits of living in Read More
Read More >>Hartz Homes shows how to make a Ladder golf game in a jiffy!
The typical Hartz Homes blog offers advice on home construction and home ownership. And, homeownership means having fun too! So here is how you can make a poplar backyard game that’s a hoot to play… just in time for Labor Day! To play ladder golf, you just toss two balls held together by a rope Read More
Read More >>Now is a great time for Millennials to buy a new home!
Some millennials (people born between the early 80s and mid-90s) are hesitant to buy a home today. The slow recovery in the housing market may have them concerned. However, three key factors make this a fantastic time for millennials and other first-time home buyers to build a new home. Hartz Homes is happy to provide Read More
Read More >>5 great packing tips make moving a snap!
Your new house from Hartz Homes is ready…and it’s beautiful! Wouldn’t it be wonderful to “snap” your fingers to have all your belongings magically appear at your new place? We’ll, that’s probably not going to happen. So, here’s the next best thing: use these 5 tips to make the move as easy as possible. Decide Read More
Read More >>An Introduction to the Mortgage Process
Picking out a home is usually a fun and rewarding experience. But, the process of getting a mortgage for that new home can be less than thrilling. Hartz Homes wants to provide you with a brief overview of this process so that it will seem a lot less daunting and not ruin the experience of Read More
Read More >>The Real Costs of Building a Home
Often, people who are having a new home built are mystified over the costs. Some are surprised to learn, for example, that more than a quarter of all the costs are typically incurred before construction even begins. Hartz Homes is happy to give you an inside look into the costs of building a new home Read More
Read More >>An Introduction to Wood Flooring
Many people building a home with Hartz Construction choose wood floors to add beauty and warmth to their home. New home buyers come to the Hartz Design Center to pick their interior selections including their flooring. And, while we have noticed the growing popularity of hardwood floors, we have also noticed that some home buyers, Read More
Read More >>Will Student Loans Give Your Mortgage Application a Failing Grade?
FHA Changes Underwriting Rules You may have heard aspiring homeowners across the country collectively gasp this past September 14 after the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) changed the rules by which they calculate Debt-to-Income ratio (DTI) for outstanding student loans. With 43 million people owing an estimated $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, there is little Read More
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