You know that sinking feeling when you buy your first home and finally exhale… then something basic stops working? For Tony Dalton in Edgewood, Kentucky, it wasn’t a squeaky floor or a leaky faucet. It was the entire path his home’s wastewater takes to leave the property. Dalton says that in June, construction next door…
Tony Dalton thought he’d done everything right. He bought his first home in April, settled in, and assumed the unglamorous stuff—like where the wastewater goes—was simply handled the way it had been for years. Then, a couple months later, the ground shifted next door. Construction crews working on a new parking lot for Hinsdale Elementary…
When you’re picking where to put your house, it’s tempting to focus on the view or shade. But the wrong house site will come back to bite you—every storm, every dry spell, every repair. Here are the things that make a spot easier to live on and maintain long-term, even if they don’t seem flashy…
You buy a quiet acre in the country for the price of a used car, file the paperwork, and go back to your life thinking you’ll deal with it when the timing is right. Then someone calls you years later and says, essentially: We built a brand-new house on your land. Now we need you…
Buying raw land is exciting—until you realize how fast the bills start stacking up if you don’t plan it right. A lot of folks dive in headfirst, thinking they’ll figure it out as they go. That’s a good way to blow a chunk of your budget on the wrong things. If you want to stretch…
Most property line arguments stay in the realm of angry emails, blurry plat maps, and passive-aggressive landscaping. This one ended up with a fence physically cutting through a garage and a pool—like someone took a ruler to a house and decided half of it belonged to somebody else. In Orlando’s Delaney Park area, neighbors watched…
Mobile home skirting takes a beating—from weather, animals, weed trimmers, and time. If you don’t keep it in check, it’ll start looking rough fast. These tips will help you keep yours in place and looking clean for the long haul. Secure the Bottom Edge with Ground Stakes or Bricks One of the first places skirting…
Charlotte Tyson thought she was doing the normal, stressful-but-manageable thing: selling the home she’s lived in for decades so she can move someplace easier on her health. Then the buyer did what buyers are supposed to do—ordered a survey—and her quiet block in Cary turned into a property-line nightmare. In the original post, WRAL’s Monica…