{
  "id": 8840879,
  "title": "S'pore family's S$80,000 renovation becomes S$216,000 after contractor keeps asking for add-ons, then disappears 5 months later",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/spore-familys-s-80-000-renovation-becomes-s-216-000-after-contractor",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T12:56:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/09/spore-family-home-renovation-contractor-disappear/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A bulk of the losses came from the homeowners' retirement savings.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}