Bullock’s $7m home repairs win

SANDRA Bullock was awarded about $7 million in damages when a jury agreed with her claim a builder did shoddy work on her Lake Austin home.

The star of the Speed movies and romantic comedies such as Miss Congeniality has been locked in a legal battle with the builder of a lakefront home she has never moved into.

The lengthy trial began in August. Bullock’s lawyers argued Daneshjou was responsible for $4m in repairs needed to the 10,000-square-foot mansion, which was never finished.