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Apartment Inspection Tips for Chicago Renters
Moving into a new apartment can put renters on an emotional rollercoaster, from the apartment search process to signing the lease to getting the keys and finally moving in. It’s easy to overlook some things when you're caught up in the whirlwind of emotions, facts and figures. So in the spirit...
Do You Know Your Chicago Neighborhood Walk Score?
Do you know the Walk Score of your favorite Chicago neighborhood? At Domu, we’re constantly looking at interesting facets of life in Chicago apartments. And one of the interesting questions we recently asked was, “How easy is it to get around your Chicago neighborhood if you don’t have a car?”...
Guide To The Best Rooftop Pools in Chicago
Chicago apartments with rooftop pools are plentiful. A quick search of Domu will show upwards of 60 apartment buildings that have swimming pools. If you're looking for a place to take a dip without having to leave your building, then these apartments should float your boat.
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Inside the Co-Living Trend at Common™ Racine in Pilsen
Explore Common™ Racine in Chicago's Pilsen Neighborhood
Common™ Racine is a place that’s built to foster spontaneous gatherings. A frequent hesitation about shared living spaces is that they’ll lack in privacy. Common™ Racine easily debunks this notion. All of the living...
How to Take Photos of Your Apartment For Your Listing
Great photos will help rent your Chicago apartment faster, draw attention to your rental's best features and let renters know what to expect. We offer reccommendations of professional real estate photographers here, but there's no reason why you can't shoot your own photos. You can reuse a good ...
Your Guide to the Chicago Eviction Process
To the great dismay of the modern Chicago landlord, the days of rounding up a couple goons to forcibly eject a deadbeat tenant are a relic of the past. Nowadays, a landlord needs to file an actual lawsuit, navigate through the procedural hurdles, secure an order of possession from a judge, and...
Guide to Required Chicago Apartment Disclosures
Chicago landlords, don’t get tripped up by the various federal, state, and local laws that regulate renting an apartment. The law requires you to make numerous disclosures when you sign a new lease, or when you extend or renew a Chicago apartment lease. And Domu wants to help you...
Top Apartment Rooftops in Chicago
Chicago is the City of Big Shoulders. But it's also quite big on another front: apartments with rooftops. The number of amazing and unique rooftops among Chicago's apartment buildings makes it impossible to list all of them in one blog post, so this list focuses on the rooftops that have...
Apartments With the Best Views in Chicago
Here are our picks for apartments that offer the best views in Chicago. With so many iconic pieces of architecture in Chicago and the gorgeous lakefront that runs the length of the city, the list actually spans a pretty wide geographic area. Some of the best rooftop views in Chicago might come...