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Beyoncé spotted at the Knowles-Rowland House renovation celebration in Houston

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HOUSTON – Beyoncé, her family, and partner organizations gathered in Midtown on Friday for a celebration to kick off the renovations at the Knowles-Rowland House. Beyoncé spotted at Knowles-Rowland House renovation celebration in Houston (Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.) Local non-profit, Bread of Life, Inc., will be heading a redevelopment project of the Knowles-Rowland House here in the city. The Knowles-Rowland house was originally known as the Knowles-Rowland Center for Youth, which burned in a fire in March 2021. The building was initially constructed in 1999 with the help of financial support from the Knowles family.…Continue Reading

Your landlord wants to renovate your rental home. Now what?

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The term renovation has become common parlance in recent years — referring to a situation where a tenant is evicted from a rental home for renovation purposes, and the unit is re-rented for a much higher rate thereafter. As per Ontario’s Rental Tenancies Act (RTA), landlords have the right to renovate rental units, but must follow a prescribed process that has some built-in protections for tenants. While the RTA does not differentiate between necessary repairs and less urgent upgrades, it does stipulate that for a tenant to be evicted for renovations, the work must be so extensive that it requires…Continue Reading

Minerva Teichert murals ready for Manti Utah Temple open house – Deseret News

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For a century, water seeped into and damaged the pioneer-era Manti Utah Temple’s walls and the plaster under the historic temple’s cherished murals by masters like Minerva Teichert and C.C.A. Christensen. The damage extended to the murals themselves. Now, that threat is gone, a church historian said after a tour for journalists Monday morning at the third-oldest temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After a 29-month renovation that included intense water mitigation as well as restoration and preservation work, the church is ready to welcome the public over the next three weeks to the first open…Continue Reading

AAP, Oppn. spar over renovation cost of Kejriwal’s official residence

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Citing purported documents from the Public Works Department (PWD), the Delhi BJP on Tuesday called for the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the amount spent on renovating 6, Flagstaff Road, Civil Lines, his official residence. While the BJP said the documents show approximately ₹45 crore was spent, including ₹11.30 crore on “plush interior decoration” and ₹1 crore just on curtains, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said the PWD had recommended the construction of a new house and it was not the CM’s personal property. It added that the amount spent was ₹30 crore. Alleging that the first work…Continue Reading

Renovations turn up mortar shell in NSW house, but Australian Defense Force X-ray shows no active fuse

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Weekend home renovations came to an alarming halt for a resident on the New South Wales South Coast after he discovered a 30-centimetre-long mortar shell. Key points: A Bulli resident says he was an element of what to do after finding the bomb A Police Bomb Squad, Fire and Rescue and the Australian Defense Force blocked off the street to investigate The mortar was deemed safe to transport Plumber Elliott Doughty moved into his new home in Bulli last month and was digging underneath a concrete slab in his backyard on Sunday afternoon when his shovel hit something unexpected. “I…Continue Reading

Channel 4 show to feature Oldham home bought at auction

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Channel 4’s BAFTA award-winning show, The Great House Giveaway, returns to screens this autumn which challenges two strangers to renovate a property bought from auction in a strict time frame of six months. The pair are given a set budget and if the project is successful, both get to share the profits, or the house goes back to auction. Get the latest news delivered straight to your inbox by signing up to The Oldham Times’ morning and evening newsletters as well as our breaking news alerts In one episode, presenter Simon O’Brien gives Naomi Hanmer and Terry-Ann, who met just…Continue Reading

New Study Highlights 6 Factors To Consider

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Looking back over the experience of the COVID – pandemic, it is no surprise that homeowners are approaching home renovation with gusto. Being stuck within the same four walls of one’s home – working, eating, sleeping, teaching, entertaining and trying to maintain some semblance of sanity – constantly, for two years, has made post-pandemic activities feel like a breath of fresh air. It’s a different story for the professionals who assist homeowners in designing, planning and ultimately putting the hammer on the nails and the mortar between the brick. Their dark cloud has not been cleared. Some of the effects…Continue Reading