Charlotte, NC
Home repair help in Charlotte. Each trade has its own line.
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Local picture
What matters in Charlotte.
Weather and risk
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services counts roughly 2,700 homes and businesses in the regulated floodplain. NWS Greenville-Spartanburg documented the December 15, 2005 ice storm across the western Carolinas.
The housing
Charlotte's housing is young: the Census Bureau's 2011 American Housing Survey put the median year built of occupied homes in the metro at 1989, against 1974 nationally.
Licenses and permits
North Carolina licenses plumbing and heating contractors through the State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinkler Contractors, and electrical contractors through the State Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors. Work costing $40,000 or more needs a general contractor license.
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg - A case study of the ice storm of 15 December 2005
- City of Charlotte Storm Water Services - Flooding and Maps
- US Census Bureau - Homeowners in the Charlotte Area Paid Median of $132,000, 2011 American Housing Survey Reports
- NC State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinkler Contractors - License Definitions-Contractor
- NC State Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors - Licensing
- North Carolina General Assembly - G.S. 87-1, General contractor defined
Being straight with you
What we are, and what we are not.
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