Contractor charged with home improvement fraud | Local News

A construction contractor has been arrested after charging a man more than $100,000 to build a garage and leaving him with only a malformed foundation, according to court records. A Lebanon homeowner agreed in October 2021 to pay Johnathon R. Manco, 40, of Thorntown, $98,000 to build a garage in three phases, according to a […]

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Remodeling to sell a Seattle-area home? Read this first

Until recently, the Seattle-area housing market tended to paint over home sellers’ mistakes. It didn’t matter much if you spent months on unnecessary renovations when houses were shooting up in value, and sellers were getting offers well above the listed price. The several months’ delay in getting a home ready usually worked in a seller’s […]

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