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    :: Thursday, November 06, 2008 ::

    Do your homework before starting home renovation - By Louise Continelli, Buffalo News
    Home remodeling can be so traumatic that one Buffalo-area homeowner shifted his whole family into a rented condo until the job was done.

    Not all of us can afford to go to a hotel, but home renovation may become more attractive now that getting a whole new house may be less of an option with tight credit.

    You want to protect yourself from guys like the Kenmore home-improvement contractor who was arrested not long ago, accused of repeatedly pressuring an 88-year-old widow into paying more than $80,000 for home improvements that were never done, or done shabbily. Here’s how:
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