Pat Mellen Law LLC

01/19/2025

PSA for my LA people - pass it along.

11/20/2024

Glad to help raise awareness with M**h Toxins Awareness Alliance!

We are so excited to have Pat Mellen, Esq. of Pat Mellen Law LLC as a repeat contributor in Home Zone Magazine Vol 2!

Pat is an attorney that specializes in dispute resolution of residential properties, including instances of m**h contamination.

When it comes to real estate, what you see isn’t always what you get—especially with flipped homes. In her article, “The Hidden Risks of Flipped Homes: Protecting Yourself from M**h Contamination and Other Latent Defects,” Pat emphasizes that beneath their polished appearance, these properties can hide serious issues like m**h contamination. Buyers should thoroughly research a home’s history using property records, MLS listings, and seller disclosures, and always ask neighbors about the property’s past. Short-term flips, often sourced from distressed markets, come with higher risks due to rushed renovations and waived inspections. Protect yourself by screening for m**h contamination before closing to avoid costly surprises and ensure a safe home.

You can see Pat’s article here! https://zurl.co/WQYw

If you would like to be a contributor in a future issue, email us at Info@m**htoxinsalliance.com.

10/30/2024

Update on this tragic story in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. What would you do? Major or catastrophic loss of a home is ALWAYS an emotional journey. How do you live with accepting a 75% buyout - when there is little hope in functionally staying? Hobson's choice if ever there was one. Resolution of these cases always involves really tough "choices" forced on people who really don't want to make them.

FEMA will give $42 million for Rancho Palos Verdes to acquire properties. Those sites will then be turned into open spaces.

10/30/2024

Every residential house challenge is unique. DIY'ers beware? Some problems fight back.

“At that point, we should have called the Department of Health and got our rabies shots right then,” Riecken said. “But we didn’t know to do that.”

For a millennial couple buying their first home, on an island in the Puget Sound, the cost of humanely resolving the bat problem was more than they expected.

09/29/2024

Every step in this direction deserves recognition and celebration. They are acts of political courage and prioritization of pragmatic public safety in an era that is sorely lacking both.

Westminster is the second community surrounding the 6,200-acre federal property to withdraw from an intergovernmental agreement supporting construction of a tunnel and bridge into Rocky Flats Natio…

09/27/2024

More in the way of chutzpah and taking advantage of a tight housing market. (Full disclosure - I have no dog in this fight.) In case you think this kind of BS doesn't happen right under your nose. Just because it looks pretty does not mean it's real or it's safe. If it looks too good to be true ask a lot of questions. Check permits. Resist the urge to think the lottery fairy is smiling on you. This one blew up pretty spectacularly but I'm sure there are 10 more just like it getting away with putting unsuspecting people in danger for the almighty dollar.

Ash House has two weeks to destroy illegal construction

09/22/2024

What an incredible tragedy for these homeowners. It's hard to imagine how this can work out to any reasonable conclusion. A huge challenge to the legal system concepts of foreseeability and mitigation of damages. I'm not even sure who is liable in this situation. I also used to live near there and drove/ran/played golf/got married up on RPV and Portuguese Bend and it is so incredibly beautiful but now seems to be sliding back to the ocean. So sad.

Cut off from vital utilities for more than a month while living on the active landslide whose limits have yet to be determined, Keefer and his wife have seen their lives upended by the escalating emergency in ways they never could have foreseen.

09/20/2024

If this does not make you shudder you are not paying attention. What a terrible idea.

The Three Mile Island Nuclear plant, home of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, would restart under a deal in which Microsoft purchases all its power.

09/19/2024

One for the good guys - but this is just more evidence that NEPA-based litigation RARELY works. Good on them to be creative and find other ways to reach the same goal.

How cowboys, conservationists joined forces to stop drilling