Replacing a roof now costs homeowners an average of $9,607, with some jobs running as high as $46,000, according to fresh 2026 cost data from Angi. Most projects land between $5,902 and that upper figure, driven by roof size, material choice, and how complicated the job turns out to be once a crew actually gets … Read more
Homeowners replacing every window in a typical house are now paying an average of $7,348 per project, with most jobs landing somewhere between $3,436 and $11,837 depending on how many windows a house has and what they’re made of. That number sounds abstract until you break it down to about $750 a window, which is … Read more
A furnace inspection costs an average of $100, with most homeowners paying somewhere between $50 and $300. Skip it this fall, and the gamble isn’t really about the inspection fee — it’s about whether your furnace decides to fail on a normal Tuesday in November or during the exact week a January cold snap pushes … Read more
Landscape professionals across the country are reporting the same shift this year: clients are done asking for soft, muted spring color palettes and want salmon, rust, and terracotta blooms instead. That’s according to the National Association of Landscape Professionals’ 2026 plant trends report, which surveyed designers on what homeowners are actually requesting for their yards … Read more
Forty percent of Americans can’t say when they last cleaned their toilet without feeling a flash of shame. Fifty-six percent feel the same dread about their refrigerator. And nearly a third would rather change the subject than admit when they last washed their sheets, according to a new national survey from the American Cleaning Institute. … Read more
About 10,400 reclining sofas, loveseats, and recliners sold at Raymour & Flanigan are being recalled after the power switch that controls their reclining mechanism was found to overheat and, in at least two cases, catch fire. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall, announced May 28, 2026, covers Joy Furniture’s Talan and Royce collections and … Read more
Right now, in yards across the country, vegetable beds that produced tomatoes and peppers all summer are sitting empty, exposed to rain, wind, and months of nothing. That bare soil isn’t resting. It’s eroding, compacting, and losing the nutrients your plants spent all season pulling out of it. Horticulturists at Iowa State University Extension and … Read more
Most homeowners pay $168 on average to have their gutters cleaned, according to 2026 cost data from Angi, with typical jobs falling between $119 and $234. That number sounds almost trivial next to what professionals say happens when homeowners skip it: water pooling against the foundation, ice dams forming under the eaves, and roof damage … Read more
The median new single-family home in America now measures 2,176 square feet, according to NAHB’s analysis of Census Bureau construction data — smaller than the homes builders were putting up back in 2010, and nearly 550 square feet below the all-time peak. Builders aren’t shrinking floor plans because Americans suddenly want less space. They’re shrinking … Read more
Ninety-two percent of homeowners who hired a professional for a home project this year finished at or above their original budget, according to Angi’s 2026 State of Home Spending Pulse survey. Dig into that number and it gets more uncomfortable: of the homeowners who went over their estimate, 43% blew past what they were originally … Read more