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Home improvement contractor facing charges of forgery, fraud
A Port Vue contractor is facing felony rates following allegedly forging an insurance coverage policy and failing to entire a property renovation venture.Motion Information Investigates: Click the online video participant previously mentioned to enjoy the report.Edwin Pope, 70, was hired to do an addition at the Whitehall residence of Zachary and Haley Childers.The Childerses reported Pope remaining the job unfinished just after they paid him $38,000. They ended up pressured to employ the service of a different contractor to complete the addition.“There definitely has not been an conclusion in sight with the financial influence. It can be pretty terrifying,” Haley Childers stated.According to a felony complaint, prior to signing a…
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3 INVESTIGATES: Home improvement contractor arrested for fraud | 3 Investigates
BOSSIER Metropolis, La. – A area household contractor that KTBS has featured in two investigative experiences this week is in jail. Bossier Metropolis law enforcement issued an arrest warrant for Richard Paul, 66, and he surrendered to authorities Thursday. He was booked into Bossier Most Safety Facility and is held on a $45,000 bond. South Bossier Parish household that stays unfinished by Richard Paul’s company. KTBS 3 Investigates reporter T.W. Starr has been looking into Paul and his enterprise, People’s Choice Flooring and Transforming, for the past number of months. The investigation was sparked by complaints termed in by viewers about Paul’s enterprise procedures. Owners scattered in the course of…
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Home improvement projects turn into nightmares with local contractor | 3 Investigates
BOSSIER CITY, La. – Imagine paying $60,000 to have some work done on your house and months later the only thing you have to show for it is a house with parts of the roof ripped off and your home exposed to the elements. “This spot right here in the living room area is due to them falling through the ceiling,” said a south Bossier resident, who asked not to be identified. “This is water damage. Also, they fell in and as you can see they didn’t even cover the entire thing back up. … They fell through this area right here. Where this area is cut out, that entire…
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Lowe’s says pandemic-fueled home improvement demand could cool in 2022
An employee organizes buckets for sale inside a Lowe’s Cos. store in Burbank, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lowe’s sales outlook disappointed investors on Wednesday and raised concerns the pandemic-fueled boom in do-it-yourself and decorating projects is cooling. The company’s shares dropped by as much as 4{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} in premarket trading. Then, the stock rose later Wednesday as new data from homebuilders showed a huge appetite for housing — even during a typically slow season and a period of inflation. That backdrop coupled with Lowe’s executive comments about the possibility for market share gains, help the stock bounce back. Shares rose 2{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} to close at $257.54 on…
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Does the DIY home improvement boom have staying power?
In a workshop at the Station North Tool Library near downtown Baltimore, half a dozen students gathered for a lesson in tools for home renovation — from a basic power drill to a miter saw and a jigsaw. Several of the students were new homeowners. Jacqueline Wood, 31, is a medical resident who bought a 100-year-old row house in April. Jacqueline Wood bought a century-old row house in April and wants to learn how to take care of it. (Amy Scott/Marketplace) “I’ve done a couple of projects by myself with the help of the internet but wanted a little more guidance on how to do slightly more difficult things so…
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With Eye Toward Innovation & The Future, Titan Home Improvement Becomes Titan Holdings
CORAL GABLES, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Titan Holdings (“Titan,” formerly “Titan Home Improvement”) today announced a companywide new operating structure aimed at driving innovation and growth including the launch of a new business vertical and the rebranding of another as part of a broader strategy to revolutionize the end-to-end residential remodeling process. Titan has split itself into two business verticals: direct-to-consumer home improvement operations and a residential services technology business, as further detailed below. The home improvement operating business will be branded as Renuity and will own Titan’s family of home improvement divisions, including FHIA Remodeling, Mad City Windows & Baths, Statewide Remodeling, Home Smart Industries, and Paradise Home Improvement. Renuity, which will…