A couple of Pender County, North Carolina, residents are headed to court after a mother-daughter duo says that their neighbors are interfering with their ability to sell their house. Joy and Odessa Moran have sued Myra and James McDuffie for violating the terms of the right-of-first-refusal contract. According to the Morans, the McDuffies are trying…
A Florida homeowner’s fight to recover money following a contractor dispute ultimately paid off—to the tune of more than $26,000. Roberta Murphy was among dozens of people who filed complaints involving contractor Paul Stephen Beattie. Her case was ultimately included in a 2024 settlement between the contractor and the Florida Department of Business and Professional…
A first-time homebuyer thought they had found a great house in a great neighborhood. There was just one problem waiting downstairs. “My husband and I are currently under contract with a ranch with a basement,” u/jerseypeach37 wrote on Reddit. “Great neighborhood, great home… except for what seems to be fairly extensive mold in the basement.”…
Several homeowners living in the Taverner Ridge Homeowners Association found themselves facing a court battle over their need to install fences along the property lines of their Clark County, Washington homes. According to legal documents shared on Justia U.S. Law, the homeowners decided to fight back after the HOA imposed hefty fines. The reason? The…
Are stink bugs suddenly gathering around your windows and doors every autumn? Those smelly scoundrels are not necessarily looking for something to eat. For one particularly troublesome species, your house may simply look like a great place for them to call home through the winter chill. Brown marmorated stink bugs become especially noticeable around homes…
Months of reported maintenance problems have left residents of one Dallas, Texas apartment complex looking for a way out of their leases—and a recent wave of vehicle tows only added to the frustration. The resident described the problems in a Sept. 13 Reddit post to the r/LandlordLove subreddit, about Eastgrove Apartments on Ferguson Road. He…
Imagine going through all the planning, decision-making, coordinating, working, and paying involved in home renovations—and then having to undo it all. One Lake Tahoe homeowner will pay $150,000 and remove several unauthorized improvements. This move follows regulators’ discovery of construction work at a lakefront property conducted without the required approvals. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency said…
An argument over a family working on their car seemingly escalated into something much bigger when an HOA president threatened a $500 fine, a lawsuit, and immediate eviction. The family rents an apartment in Orange County, California. u/M3atba11s shared the dilemma on Reddit’s r/legaladvice community, explaining that the dispute began when the poster’s father and…
The porch light you faithfully switch on every night might be doing something you never intended: telling anyone who’s paying attention that nobody’s home. It sounds counterintuitive, but it’s backed by data. According to FBI crime statistics in Reolink, the majority of residential burglaries don’t happen under cover of darkness. They happen during the day,…