Homeowners in Georgia and across the country are blaming a water pipe manufacturer for tens of thousands of dollars in damage to their homes, according to an Atlanta News First investigation. The investigation found widespread complaints from homeowners and a string of federal lawsuits against the company. All of them point to PEX water pipes…
A Fort Lauderdale homeowner is disputing more than $60,000 in water bills after an underground irrigation pipe at the property broke and ran for weeks before anyone noticed. The City of Fort Lauderdale says the meter accurately recorded the water that left the system. But the homeowner, is adamant that the math doesn’t work out….
An Ellsworth, Maine veteran got a new front porch last week after a friend of his wife rallied two local businesses and the Maine Veterans Project to do the job. The retired firefighter’s old porch was about 30 years old. He’d been patching it together to keep it from falling apart, so the upgrade was…
A first-time homeowner in Riverdale, Illinois, is facing a property tax bill of nearly $17,000 a year on a home she bought for $207,000. The new bill represents a jump of close to $2,000 a month over what she had been expecting. She told a local television station she may have to move. According to…
A vehicle in Wilmington, California, came to rest standing nearly vertical against the front porch of a home early Sunday morning after striking a utility pole, a parked car, and multiple fences along the Pacific Coast Highway. The homeowners were inside the residence at the time. They told reporters they heard a loud bang when…
A former NBA player has filed a lawsuit in central Indiana, accusing a Zionsville Town Council member and her husband of pressuring his dying grandmother to sign over a seven-acre family property a week before she died. The grandmother had dementia, thus she may not have been of sound mind when signing the deed. The…
An Odessa, Texas, man escaped his burning home with his dogs in tow after a lightning strike set the house on fire. He had been asleep when the accident happened, according to First Alert 7. The fire caused significant damage, but the man and his pets made it out safely. The only reason he woke…
A Florida man is asking the public for help getting his 7-foot shark back after someone stole it off his front porch, according to WINK News. The shark, named Sandra, is a fiberglass replica, not the real thing. Still, her owner says she is very much a member of the family. He was out of…
Louisiana is taking new grant applications from homeowners who want to upgrade to a hurricane-resistant fortified roof. The state will have substantially more money for the program this year than it has had in any year since it began. State lawmakers and Gov. Jeff Landry have just added $50 million more to the fund. The…