Image source: Getty Images With a HELOC, you’re actually taking on more risk. Key points Borrowing against your home is a good way to fund a renovation project. A home equity loan may be a less risky prospect than a HELOC, even though HELOCs can be more flexible. Home equity […]
Home Improvement
Stonington — Eight months after the town launched a housing rehabilitation loan program, one project is underway and two more are in the pipeline. The Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program, launched in May, is intended to help low- and moderate-income households make home improvements that they otherwise may not be able […]
A couple and their new cat have gone viral on TikTok after it was revealed the feline was included in their recent purchase of a new home. Tori Taillac, an aesthetic physician assistant in Salt Lake City, Utah, and her fiancé, Alex Kravets, moved into their new place last month. […]
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town Police are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate four men wanted in connection with grand larcenies this summer in two unrelated incidents at Riverhead home improvement stores. On July 30, two men stole electrical wire values at approximately $2,775 from Lowe’s […]
I started 2021 by buying an 1885 hulk of a home, sight unseen, with visions of restoring its earlier grandeur. In almost two years, I’ve restored three of many rooms and tackled multiple smaller projects, by myself. Do-it-yourself home improvements can save a lot of money, but that’s hardly the […]
photo by: Eric Ayres/File Victorian-style buildings line Main Street in North Wheeling. WHEELING – Officials in the city of Wheeling are taking steps toward implementing another new home improvement program, despite initial plans to further discuss financing for the proposal and logistics of determining its […]
The top projects that recent sellers say helped sell their homes were a fresh coat of paint and … [+] landscaping. getty Sellers gearing up for the spring home shopping season need to roll up their sleeves now and spruce up their homes if they want to attract a shrinking […]
Home sellers typically spend around $5,400 sprucing up their houses before putting them on the market, a new survey shows. That breaks down to roughly $3,782 on landscaping, $1,432 on painting and $174 on carpet cleaning, according to the findings from Zillow and Thumbtack. Painting and landscaping do the most to […]
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SPRINGFIELD, La. (WAFB) – The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man accused of home improvement fraud throughout 2021 and 2022. Chief Jimmy Travis said Leche “Bub” Gatlin, 28, of Springfield, La. accepted payment for home construction projects but never completed the work. Gatlin accepted $1,400 in payment […]
Today is a good day to reach into my virtual mailbag and pull out letters from two of my dear readers. Dear Mary: We are homeowners with about $175,000 in equity, which we will need to buy a bigger house in the future. Our home needs some expensive improvements (new […]
A homeowner used matching funds from the city’s sustainability grant program last year to help install solar panels. Photo via city documents. More Prairie Village residents could become eligible for two city grant programs aimed at helping homeowners make exterior improvements to their homes Catch up quick: City staff recommended […]
BOSTON, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Temu, the online marketplace with the best year-round deals, is not just a place to shop for quality consumer goods at great prices. It also offers exceptional value on tools and home improvement equipment. From power and hand tools to measuring and layout gear, […]