Building violation repairs in East and West Garfield Park
Greystone country, and one of the three most masonry-dominant ZIPs in the city: about half of all cited properties here lead with a masonry item, against a permit share of barely one in eight. The buildings are 1910s three-flats and greystones with cut-stone fronts and common brick behind, and the front and the sides fail at completely different rates, which is why a quote for one elevation is rarely the real number.
Also covers East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, Homan Square.
What the City's record shows in 60624
cited properties
open violations
items per notice
What gets cited here, in order
- masonry51%
- porches and stairs13%
- permits and plans13%
- plumbing13%
- carpentry6%
Cited buildings here were built around 1912 on average, and 70% of cited owners do not live at the property.
Garfield Park is mostly brick two-flats
The photograph is one of ours, a brick two-flat taken from cited to closed. It is not a picture of Garfield Park itself. It is the building type your blocks are made of, and the standard we finish them to.
Knowing the type matters more than it sounds. It decides whether your notice is a mortar problem or a framing one, whether a permit is needed before anyone touches it, and what the inspector will look at when they come back.
See more of our workWhat we fix most in Garfield Park
Notices here lead with masonry, then porches and stairs. These are the trades that actually close cases on these blocks, and we self-perform all but the licensed ones.
Masonry Repair & Restoration
The full exterior brought back, including terra cotta and historic ornament, when patching one spot will not satisfy anybody.
On the notice as: Repair exterior wall, Building in disrepair
Tuckpointing & Repointing
The joints get ground out and repointed to match, so the wall stops shedding mortar and the inspector stops writing it up.
On the notice as: Repair exterior wall, Building in disrepair
Cornice & Bay Wall Repair
The details that make a Chicago greystone or two-flat worth what it is worth, stabilised and restored instead of stripped off.
On the notice as: Repair cornice, Repair bay wall
Parapet & Coping Repair
The wall above your roof line made solid again, so nothing is loose over the sidewalk and water stops entering the top of the building.
On the notice as: Parapet, Parapet & coping
Steel Lintel Repair
Rusting steel above your windows replaced before it lifts the brick any further. This one gets worse and more expensive every year you wait.
On the notice as: Repair lintels
Structural Repairs & Engineer Reports
The engineer report the City is demanding, filed, plus the repairs it calls for. Until this lands, nothing else on your notice can close.
On the notice as: Submit structural report, Structural member, pier block
Nearby on the West Side
Cited in Garfield Park? Find out what it costs.
We price every item on your notice in person, for free, and tell you honestly which ones are repairs and which are replacements.
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