Roosevelt Road
The village's southern boundary (Illinois Route 38).
Quick Answer
South Oak Park has a range of housing: Foursquares, bungalows, two-flats and multi-unit buildings, plus small commercial strips. Common concerns include original plumbing, basements and mixed renovations.

Roosevelt Road (Illinois Route 38) forms the village's southern boundary, with Cicero to the south from Austin Boulevard to Lombard Avenue and Berwyn from Lombard to Harlem. Between Madison Street and Roosevelt Road, the housing includes Foursquares, bungalows, two-flats and small apartment buildings, along with the Gunderson Historic District.
The Harrison Street Arts District adds small commercial and mixed-use buildings. Those buildings have the same issues as other older commercial spaces: shared walls, restroom and kitchen plumbing and mechanical rooms.
Because renovation histories vary widely from block to block, an inspection that identifies exactly what pipe materials and layout you have is more useful than assumptions. See pipe inspection, and for the historic homes in the south, our Gunderson Historic District page.
Services requested most often in southern Oak Park.









Mixed housing means mixed problems.
Original and updated lines coexist.
Older foundations weep.
Aging drains leak.
Supply stops and flappers fail.
Tanks age silently.
Small commercial buildings have restroom and kitchen leaks.
Signs to watch.
A high bill
Check the meter.
Damp basement walls
Plumbing or seepage.
Slow drains
Cast-iron or clay problems.
A wet floor near fixtures
Supply or drain leak.
A warm spot underfoot
Possible hot-line leak.
Musty odor
Hidden moisture.
Orientation points.
The village's southern boundary (Illinois Route 38).
A corridor of shops, galleries and restaurants.
230 homes from 1906 to 1920.
A main east-west corridor.
Service ZIP codes for the village are 60301, 60302, 60303 and 60304. South Oak Park addresses are covered along with the rest of Oak Park.
See all Oak Park service areas.
Seasonal checks.
Pipes in exterior walls and garages.
Tip: Know your main shut-off.
Storms test basements.
Tip: Check sump and floor drains.
Humidity and condensation.
Tip: Check cold-water pipes.
Heating restarts.
Tip: Check radiators and boilers.
Leak detection information for the neighborhoods next to South Oak Park.
Quick answers for local homeowners and property managers.
Tell us what you are seeing — a damp spot, a high water bill, a sound in the wall — and we will point you to a local leak detection professional who can look at it.
Phone
(708) 221-8167Address
439 Madison St
Oak Park, IL 60302
Service ZIP Codes
60301, 60302, 60303, 60304
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois