Deer are certainly cute and all, but too many of them can make for a real problem. Residents in Roanoke, Virginia, say a growing deer population is destroying gardens, damaging merchandise, and raising the risk of tick-borne disease. Now they want the city to act. Casey Jones, owner of the Townside Gardens nursery in Roanoke, …
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What if your family left you a house, but you couldn’t actually live in it due to some frustrating red tape? One Jacksonville, Florida, woman’s fight to keep a home she inherited in an age-restricted community raises a very important question: how can someone legally inherit a house but not be allowed to live in …
Live somewhere that doesn’t get much sunlight? That could soon be changing. The FCC has approved a startup’s plan to launch a satellite that reflects sunlight down to Earth after dark. The company, Reflect Orbital, wants to use a steerable mirror that it would put in orbit to cast a beam of sunlight onto the …
When an Air Force Veteran purchased her home in a North Las Vegas homeowners association (HOA), she thought she was setting herself up for a quiet life living next to the city’s golf course. Instead, she says she quickly found out there was a major downside to living so close to the course, since her …
A family in Maryland is grieving after a freak accident took the lives of several of their pets and destroyed their home. The family’s dog, Bo, managed to set a fire at their Hartford County home when he jumped up on the counter looking for something to eat. Unbelievably enough, the whole incident was caught …
Living in your home for five years without a water bill may sound like a dream to many homeowners, but for one Texas man, it’s turning into a nightmare. That’s because a Port Arthur resident says that the local water authority was unable to locate his home’s water meter for years, which kept it from …
Property taxes can be pretty expensive in certain places. But many people are willing to pay a little extra so that they can benefit from all the good that money does, like maintaining public parks and roads or funding schools. Now, some New York homeowners may see some relief after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the …
Restoring a historic home can be a labor of love for those who enjoy the process. For one homeowner, bringing a historic home back to its former glory was meant to be an investment in the future, after the Monroe man planned to use it to generate some income as a short-term vacation rental property. …
As a homeowner, you already know that surprise expenses can arise at almost any time, like having to replace your HVAC system. However, many people don’t have to replace their heating and air conditioning units because they have been stolen. But that’s an experience that one Georgia homeowner said she had to endure twice in …
If you live in the U.S. and have noticed an orange tint in the air, you’re not alone. That’s because the smoke from the massive Canadian wildfires has drifted down to the U.S., blanketing large parts of the country in a smoky haze. According to The Guardian, 20 states were experiencing the effects of the …