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Concerns, corrections on Nordic Star homes

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The North Shore community has been watching One Roof Community Housing and the Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority (EDA) work together on housing projects for several years now.
 
One of the projects is the Nordic Star development in Grand Marais, which features four single-family homes in phase one, completed late this summer.
 
The homes feature vaulted, chalet style ceilings, three bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and living room. The houses will be owner-occupied as a principal residence and cannot be used as vacation rental property. All four of the phase one homes have been spoken for, but WTIP recently learned that there were some deficiencies found during the required home inspection.
 
A home inspector expressed concern about the possibility of mold in the crawlspace of one structure, about improper installation of siding, about placement of a shed too close to the house and a few other things.  
 
WTIP’s Rhonda Silence checked in with EDA Executive Director Mary Somnis and One Roof Housing’s Julie Petrusha to ask about the items that concerned the home inspector—and about what One Roof Housing was doing about it all. Petrusha said she was pleased to explain the process to remedy such concerns and assured the community that the home sales are moving ahead. 

Here's that conversation. 
 

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