Almost 30,000 households in Lancaster County still heat with fuel oil. That’s more than one in eight homes there, per the Census Bureau’s 2024 survey. A lot of that oil sits in tanks nobody has looked at in decades. One of them can sit in a yard for decades and then stop a sale in…
Close to one in five drivers on Florida roads carry no auto insurance, per Triple-I’s review of Insurance Research Council data. That’s one out of every five cars around you. These are the things you have to do after a crash with an uninsured driver in Florida. Note: This is general information, not legal or…
A bull went through a broken gate latch on a Wilson County ranch one December night and onto State Highway 123. A pickup met it in the dark. Who paid for that damaged truck relied on details the driver had no clue about when he left the house. These are the rules that decide who…
One North Carolina homeowner paid $35,000 for a kitchen remodel that never got finished. They sued, won a judgment, and still waited nearly two years for a partial payout, WRAL News reported. A homeowner in that position has recourse. But the fund is the last stop, not the first, and many factors determine how long…
New York City co-op boards now have 45 days to answer a purchase application, under a law the City Council passed this year. They still don’t have to say why. A board can turn down a fully qualified buyer for reasons that never touch their finances, and the courts have let that stand for decades….
Pacific Gas & Electric charges $0.5224 a kilowatt-hour between 4 and 9 p.m., against $0.3994 the rest of the day. That rate holds until September 30. Inland California doesn’t cool off on that schedule, and the habits that got a house through August cost the most in the two weeks nobody’s watching. These are the…
Four children become 13 grandchildren, then 42 great-grandchildren, inside three generations, by one land-policy research group’s math. Every one of them ends up on the same deed. The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation says the South Carolina families it works with hold more than 40,000 acres this way, and that land is easier to inherit…
A California homeowner writes a check for half the cost of a new roof before a single shingle comes off the truck. That check breaks state law. The legal ceiling on a deposit sits far lower than people expect. These are the questions California homeowners should ask before hiring any repairperson. Note: General information only,…
Miami-Dade cites a property once grass or weeds top 12 inches anywhere on the lot, or cover more than a tenth of the yard. Pinellas County uses the same 12 inches and a different measure. There’s no statewide number, and that’s before you get to what a neighbor can legally do about it. These are…
The South Carolina Forestry Commission says people cause about 98% of the state’s wildfires. More than half of the ones that escape start in somebody’s yard. Regardless of those startling figures, these are the things South Carolinians can’t stop a neighbor from burning next door. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Outdoor burning…
