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Chicago-Based Disaster Restoration
Experts Help Homeowners Protect
Their Properties With New Book
CHICAGO, Ill. — A house is not only a home or dwelling, but
it is a real and valuable asset to protect at all costs.
Chicago-based disaster restoration experts and President and
Managing Director of Restoration by Simons Nasutsa Mabwa
and Sam Simon know this concept all too well as they helped
homeowners deal with a variety of property damage situations.
Compiling their expansive knowledge and expertise,
the husband and wife duo wrote a new book called “RE-
STORE: A complete guide to protecting your home as your
most valuable asset from water and fire disasters.
Restoration By Simons is a minority business enterprise-
(MBE) and a woman business enterprise- (WBE) certified fir
and family run company serving Chicago and the Chicagoland
suburbs of Oak Park, River Forest, and the North Shore
area.
When they were planning to open a restaurant, a meeting
with a restoration franchise owner changed their plans
forever. He explained to them his successes and happiness
in his personal and professional life as a restoration owner.
They became intrigued and that one meeting set them off
to pursue a franchise of their own. Aiding them in this path
were the communication skills they cultivated when they
were social workers.
“We want our readers to know that this book is written to
help homeowners,” Mabwa said. “Our business is rooted in
our beginnings as social workers and our desire to help people,
specifically homeowners.
The book is available via Amazon.
“Over the years, Nasutsa and I have fielded thousands of
calls from customers searching for information on how to
effectively clean and/or mitigate small water damages, remediate
minor smoke/odor damages, and handle a wide variety
of specialty cleaning,” Simon said. “We’re happy to pass
on as much information as we can. Sometimes, after we’ve
explained to our information seekers, the process involved
with cleaning and restoring, they opt to have it handled professionally.
First and foremost, we feel that it is our duty to
educate our consumers so that they understand the process,
and also to protect them from being taken advantage of by
other companies.”
The book gives readers useful information on preventing
household disasters and gives the reader insight into what
is needed physically and mentally to restore a home, if
they choose to tackle these situations on their own. Simon
explained that some common restoration problems include
ridding a household of smoke odor after a cooking mishap
or cleaning up water after a dishwasher leak. Other instances
include handling a sewer backup, discovering broken pipes,
preventing holiday fires, and knowing how to properly use a
fire extinguishe .
It was a long journey for the couple to get where they are
today. They first met as social workers in the mid-1990s in
Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Mabwa later became
an executive in commercial real estate and Simon worked in
national television production. Both careers meant working
long hours and they wanted to spend more time with their
children. They thought about opening their own business.
Illinois
1020 Nerge Rd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Phone: (847) 923-5600
Fax: (847) 923-8772
Wisconsin
P.O. Box 420
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone: (414) 257-2221
Fax: (414) 257-4140
Web Address: www.litgen.com Email: sales@litgen.com
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