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Construction workers install a lumber roof at a new home build Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Laveen, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Whether you’re a renter or a homeowner, Maine’s housing market over the last few years has been a doozy.

High prices, low inventory, competitive bids and more have combined to make what is already a stressful, life-changing event a lot more complicated.

We’ve covered the housing crisis extensively over that time, but much of our coverage has focused on how people have gotten into housing — waiving the inspection, offering tens of thousands over the asking price, moving in sight unseen.

But we haven’t written as much about what happened next, once the keys were in your hands and the moving boxes off the truck.

That’s where you come in.

We want to hear from readers about their housing horror stories.

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What does that mean?

Maybe that fixer-upper in your price range turned out to be more than you bargained for, or the flip was more of a flop? Were the strangers who you agreed to live with a little too strange?

Perhaps you had a bad experience with a contractor on a new build or an addition? The inspection you skipped revealed a big problem? Maybe your well dried up or your basement flooded?

Buying and owning a home can be a roller coaster of emotions and we want to capture some of that in an ongoing series featuring stories from across the state. They could help serve as cautionary tales for others.

Housing reporter Hannah LaClaire can be reached directly at [email protected], or you can fill out the form below and we can follow-up for an interview.

Hannah LaClaire is a business reporter at the Portland Press Herald, covering Maine’s housing crisis, real estate and development, entrepreneurship, the state's cannabis industry and a little bit of...

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