Glencoe sits on the North Shore of Lake Michigan, and that lakeside location shapes how homes age. The freeze-thaw cycles here hit hard every winter. Moisture from the lake works its way into basements, bathrooms, and crawl spaces. Homes in the older sections near the bluff, like those along North Shore Avenue and around the Glencoe Beach area, tend to need more waterproofing attention and careful material choices than inland suburbs. We've seen it firsthand.
The housing stock in Glencoe skews older and larger. A lot of the homes near the Village Center and in the wooded residential streets off Hazel Avenue were built decades ago. They're well-built, but the bathrooms are dated, the basements are unfinished, and the layouts weren't designed with aging in mind. That's exactly the kind of home we do best. Glencoe residents tend to stay put for the long haul, so they invest in their homes the right way.