Round Lake Beach.

Round Lake Beach is one of the older, denser communities in the Chain O'Lakes area, with a lot of starter homes and former seasonal cottages that were converted to year-round residences decades ago. Those conversions often mean the mechanicals, insulation and windows were never fully brought up to a year-round standard.

Kitchen and bathroom remodels here frequently turn up that history once the walls come open, which is exactly why we scope before we quote rather than after.