Home security problems do not always show up as a kicked-in front door or missing valuables. Sometimes the first visible sign is smaller: a hole in a garage door, damage to siding, a cut window screen, or a mark on a neighboring house. Two separate Prince William County, Virginia, police reports from June 15 put …

A beach house can look secure from the street while the rear yard, side gate, outdoor shower, and storage areas stay mostly out of view. That rear-yard risk became part of a Dewey Beach police case after a homeowner reported seeing an unknown man on security camera footage at a West Street property. According to …

A North Carolina shed break-in turned into a burglary investigation after a homeowner reported seeing two men leave the property with a wagon full of tools. According to WHKY, deputies responded June 8 to a reported breaking and entering in progress at a Blackwelder Road residence in Iredell County. The homeowner said a shed had …

Brunswick County homeowners with automatic irrigation systems are being asked to change their watering schedules after public water demand climbed above 80% of available production and distribution capacity. The county issued a Stage 1 Water Conservation Alert on June 9 as drought, heat, and summer use pushed demand higher across the system. The alert is …

Lester Hurst and Helena Peters came back from a trip to their 10-acre property in Burning Springs, Kentucky, and found tire tracks where their tiny home had been parked. The custom tiny house was gone. According to WYMT/WKYT, the Clay County couple had kept the home on wooded land they owned, where it looked like …

Homeowners can spend years growing a shade tree, only to see one round of utility trimming change its shape in a single afternoon. That tension is now driving a Jefferson Parish proposal aimed at aggressive tree trimming near utility lines. WWL-TV reported that councilmembers are introducing an ordinance for first reading that would set clearer …

A rat problem in one Pennsylvania township has turned into a homeowner warning about what can happen when trash, debris, and unsanitary outdoor conditions draw pests close to nearby homes. Wendi Kraemer, 59, of Rostraver Township, was charged with public nuisance after police said conditions at her Route 51 property helped a rat colony become …

Home insurance is changing the cost of owning a house before some buyers even reach closing and before some current owners finish a renewal. The U.S. Treasury Department found that homeowners insurance premiums rose 8.7% faster than inflation from 2018 to 2022. Consumers in the 20% of ZIP codes with the highest expected annual losses …

A pile of discarded furniture and household items outside Olympic gold medalist Eileen Gu’s family home in San Francisco’s Sea Cliff neighborhood triggered a 311 complaint and put a routine cleanup problem in public view. According to The San Francisco Standard, the items outside the property included furniture, boxes, clothing, books, household supplies, and other …

An Arizona court ruling has given homebuilders a win in a fight over groundwater rules, but it does not remove the state’s 100-year water-supply test for new subdivisions in regulated areas. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge voided a rule used by the Arizona Department of Water Resources after a challenge from the Home Builders …