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March 11, 2015 Updated Mar 11, 2015 at 10:52 PM CDT
CENTRAL ILLINOIS -- A Central Illinois business is facing some heat after its customers say they paid for a service they didn't receive.
When Amy Lollar's dryer broke back in February she called the same appliance repair company she used when her fridge broke, A Plus Appliance Repair out of Metamora.
He quoted me $187 and some change to repair the motor and then labor," said Amy Lollar. "He told me he needed the money up front for the parts and that he wanted me to write him a check to him personally."
Lollar's check for $187.97 was cashed but the repair never happened -- and Lollar's money was never returned.
So she called the Better Business Bureau.
"BBB has received a pattern of complaints with this particular company, said Jessica Tharp of the Central Illinois Better Business Bureau.
There are a total of 17 complaints on the BBB website and even more on other review sites.
Those complaints range from taking money for parts or labor and then not fixing the appliance, not correctly diagnosing the problem and not showing up for appointments.
"Every little penny definitely makes a difference," Lollar said. "And so when people just take money from you...that's a student loan payment for the month that's just in somebody else's pocket for no reason.
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Less than a year after shutting its retail store in the Sodo neighborhood of Seattle, Sears is coming back to town with a different crew.
The retailer plans to hire up to 70 employees in a new software engineering office in Seattles Columbia Center tower, said Arun Arora, president of home appliances and services with the Hoffman Estates, Ill., retailer.
Arora said the office, expected to open in May, would develop applications and analytic tools in an effort to make its appliance repair business more efficient and user-friendly for customers. Sears hired former Amazon.com employees Ian Clarkson and James Coyle to run the operation last year, Arora said.
The retailer is the latest company to tap into the pool of Seattle area technology workers. Electronics retailer Best Buy last month said it would establish an e-commerce outpost in Seattle.
Sears, struggling from competition with online retailers and brick-and-mortar competitors, last year closed its historic Sodo store and auto center.
Matt Day: 206-464-2420 or mday@seattletimes.com. On twitter: @mattmday
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. -
Another large building has been approved for center city Allentown, but not without some criticism of its design from a member of the Allentown Planning Commission.
Called City Center Flats, the 11-story structure will be built on the northeast corner of Eighth and Walnut streets.
A five-level apartment building, containing 200 one and two-bedroom units, will be built over a 700-space parking garage.
The structure also will include some retail shops along South Eighth Street.
The plan won unanimous final approval from the planning commission Tuesday, with one abstention.
It is just the latest approved project from City Center Investment Corp., which is transforming downtown Allentown with new buildings.
James Gentile, president of North Star Construction Management, spoke on behalf of the plan before the commission. His company designed the building and will construct it.
Although listed as an 11-story building on the planning commission agenda, Gentile told the commission City Center Flats will have five levels of apartments over five levels of parking.
He later indicated the 11th level is where Walnut Street drops down toward Seventh Street at the east end of the building.
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Allentown City Council soon will be asked to change zoning so a 61-unit apartment building called Sacred Heart Senior Residences can be constructed at the northeast corner of Fifth and Turner streets in the city.
To do the project, zoning in that area will have to be changed from medium high density residential to high density residential.
On Tuesday, developers of the proposed project asked for, and got, a recommendation from the Allentown planning commission supporting the zoning change request they will make to City Council.
If the zoning is changed and the project eventually is approved, the apartments will offer independent living and affordable housing to seniors who are 62 and older, said Kyle Speece, senior developer with Pennrose Properties.
Speece added the place will not offer assisted living, but will allow seniors to age in place and have access to health services offered by nearby Sacred Heart Hospital.
The hospital will not own Sacred Heart Senior Residences, but has been involved from the outset in putting together the concept.
Oldrich Foucek, chairman of the planning commission, boiled it down to its an apartment house with some doctors offices on the first level.
If City Council agrees to the developers' proposed zoning change, they eventually will return to the planning commission for approval of detailed land development plans for the project.
Atty. Joseph Fitzpatrick, who represented the developers Tuesday, said other blocks in that immediate neighborhood already are zoned high density residential.
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The dream
In our prerenovation home, my husband, Dan, and I made the most of our small, dated kitchen by painting the oak strip cabinetry, adding modern hardware and installing black-and-white vinyl tiles in a snazzy striped pattern. Although it had some charm, I was forever dreaming of a bigger kitchen with a better layout, more storage space, stone countertops and somewhere for guests to gather.
The snag
When transforming our bungalow into a three-storey home, we kept the kitchen in the same location to save on costs. To open it up, we took down a wall and extended the room to the very front of the house. The new kitchen had much more space and offered the chance to put the sink under a window, for daydreaming.
Still, there were a few things to work around: a corner that stuck out because of the staircase to the basement, duct work above the stove that needed to be hidden, and our desire for a bit of separation from the new entryway.
We used IKEAs kitchen planning software to fiddle around with different layouts, ending up with a peninsula rather than an island, the classic work triangle of stove-fridge-sink, and plenty of room to have multiple people in there at once.
The result
For countertops, we splurged on quartz with interesting, but subtle, veining that brings grey and white together. I wish I could have used the same quartz for the backsplash, but budget-mandated simplicity resulted in an elongated, textured white tile all the way up to the ceiling. Gold hardware adds a bit of glam to the space, and having some glass-fronted upper cabinets lets me display some of my favourite pieces.
I was won over by IKEAs modern design and great prices for cabinetry, and chose a shaker-style door with grey lowers and white uppers. We have yet to install the hood vent (it took a while to find one with the right dimensions), but I can see the finish line.
Having space for my husband and me to prep dinner at the same time with our daughter running around at our feet has been such a nice change. The kitchen has become the hub of our home, and we couldnt be happier.
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The quaint Dutch colonial revival house in Columbus Westgate neighborhood is being renovated, with new drywall, new sinks, new vinyl flooring and kitchen countertops.
But no new windows. Though it would be easy to install vinyl replacements, a group of young preservationists will learn this weekend how to repair the wooden windows in the 90-year-old house on Binns Boulevard.
The Young Ohio Preservationists, a year-old group, has formed a partnership with Homes on the Hill, the local nonprofit that redevelops and builds houses for low- and middle-income residents on the West Side.
Homes on the Hill acquired the Binns Boulevard house from JPMorgan Chase last year. The house was in foreclosure, and Chase donated it.
This weekend, the house will be a workshop. Volunteers from the Young Ohio Preservationists, affiliated with Heritage Ohio, will learn how to install weatherstripping, repair weight ropes, replace broken glass and apply glazing techniques.
The house has 14 windows. Repairing the windows will cost about $2,500, including the training, while new vinyl windows would run $4,500 to $5,000, said Steve Torsell, Homes on the Hill executive director.
Just as important, the work will help maintain the character of the house in a neighborhood that prides itself on just that.
We celebrate that, said Betty Jaynes, president of the Westgate Neighbors Association. We have a lot of people who are moving to this area, who embrace these older homes.
Torsells niece, Rebecca Torsell, is a member of the young preservationists group and looking forward to its first project.
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