Mar. 21—The Cumberland County Commission approved an updated fee schedule for the residential and commercial building codes department with a life safety/occupancy inspection fee of $250. This is the ...

Most homeowners assume that if a house was legal when it was built, it will stay that way. The surprise comes when you open ...

A provision in a new state law barring most North Carolina governments from requiring inspections of the plywood and nails that hold a home’s frame together could leave many vulnerable to high winds, ...

Remodeling work tends to move in visible bursts, then stall for reasons that are anything but obvious from the outside. One ...