Tag: home improvement

Nearly Two-Thirds of Homeowners See Home Improvement Projects as an Alternative to Buying a New Home, According to CRAFTSMAN® Home Field Advantage Survey

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More than half of Americans are unwilling to put their homes on the market, fearful of giving up low-rate mortgages and being forced to take out loans that are much more expensive; however, 2 in 3 homeowners say they plan to make home improvements in the next six months to a year More than 2 in 5 homeowners, particularly millennials, admit they have given up on a project altogether due to a lack of necessary tools CRAFTSMAN is currently offering holiday deals online and at participating stores for homeowners looking to save on tools for their next project In addition,…

Two home improvement companies fined a total of £250,000 for making illegal marketing calls

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined two home improvement companies a total of £250,000 for bombarding people on the UK’s ‘do not call’ register with millions of unlawful marketing calls. Poxell Ltd, registered in Wood Green, London, and Skean Homes Ltd, based in Bournemouth, both made unsolicited marketing calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) while withholding their identity. Poxell Ltd has been fined £150,000 by the ICO for making over 2.6 million unlawful marketing calls between March and July 2022 to people who were registered with the TPS. This resulted in 413 complaints to the…