"The money that I saved allowed me to make home improvements and to buy furniture," she said.
Research by Australian investment management firm Challenger found that one-third of savers used their pension cash to buy a home, pay off an outstanding mortgage or make home improvements such as new kitchens or conservatories.
The family moved quickly to sell their home, located on a busy street in Norwalk, which they had bought in 1999 for $190,000, and refinanced in 2005 for $285,000, using the equity to make home improvements.
Now, she and her husband have been arrested, charged with using more than $1 million in donations to make home improvements, lend money to relatives and prop up an off-Broadway flop.
Elle Decor has sold us all a lie, and Capital aims to debunk it with the message that the quality of a person's character directly correlates with how often they make home improvements.
It helped that the landlord, Simon Atkinson, a professor at the University of Texas architecture school, took a hands-off approach, allowing the Palacians to make home improvements and decorate as they saw fit.
–21% plan to make home improvements in the near future.
The Wards used their tax refund to make home improvements and take the children on trips.
When you make home improvements or add technology that makes your home safer--like smoke detectors, alarm systems, deadbolts, and upgraded doors, windows, or roofing--you may qualify for discounts, so let your insurer know.
One quarter of participants have taken a loan from their 401 k), mostly to pay for a down payment on a house, to make home improvements, or to cover everyday bills, the survey says.
