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Welcome to your new house, first-time homebuyer. Unfortunately, the doors are out of alignment, you have hail damage on the roof, the windows are unsealed, and you have conditions conducive to wood-destroying insects, but other than that… Inspection reports give important information, but sometimes it’s overwhelming, so much so that some people — even first-time…
Atmos Energy faces multiple lawsuits over May’s deadly Oak Cliff explosion, which killed three people and destroyed The Clyde apartment building. The utility denies wrongdoing and says a third-party drilling company struck the service line. As the blast focuses attention on excavation safety, a national report — which did not examine Atmos — argues that…
By now, every Dallas resident with running water in their home should have encountered the city’s upgraded water billing system. By many accounts, the launch of DallasGo came with plenty of hiccups — and frustrated customers. In May, the city took its water billing system offline for two-and-a-half weeks to transition to the new DallasGo…
With summer in full swing, North Texas homeowners are dealing with the annoyances that arrive with the season: extreme heat, higher energy bills, and more unwanted pests looking for shelter. We sat down with Jason Meadows of Meadows Garage Doors to discuss two ways homeowners can make their garages more comfortable during the summer: insulation…
Numbers are still being tabulated, but early data suggest D-FW hotels outperformed most other U.S. host markets during the FIFA World Cup. AT&T Stadium in Arlington, rebranded as Dallas Stadium for the tournament, hosted a tournament-high nine matches, positioning the Metroplex to capture a significant share of World Cup visitors. While it seems increasingly unlikely…
