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Basement finishing in West Hartford is increasingly viewed as a practical way to adapt existing homes to changing household needs. Lower-level areas that once served primarily as storage or utility ...

Four homeowners share insights into their financial decision to renovate their homes rather than purchase new ones.

Ken Johnson has tried noisy tactics to encourage the 550-pound houseguest in his crawl space to leave. He is not sure it’s working. By Christine Hauser In June, Ken J. Johnson discovered the underside ...

ALTADENA, Calif. -- A Southern California man got a big surprise last week when he found a 500-pound bear living underneath his home. Ken Johnson, a local product photographer, said it all started ...

'I was shaking like a leaf for half an hour,' he said, recalling his first face-to-face encounter with the bear, who roared and growled at the homeowner Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter ...

This housemate is utterly unbearable. A California homeowner has been desperately trying to evict an unwanted guest from his property — a 500-pound black bear that’s moved into the crawl space beneath ...

The bear that moved into a Southern California home’s crawlspace more than a week ago is not budging: despite numerous attempts by the homeowners to keep him out, the animal is staying put. Ken ...