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Also in my experience, contractors loathe technology. They work by phone calls and texts at the most.
As a homeowner for 8+ years, this is a HUGE problem. Like really huge. Companies like thumbtack, home advisor, angie's list, craigslist etc are mostly not useful (I have tried them all). I hope you guys succeed. The issue is however not just about price or cost. It is mostly about finding reliable, knowledge and honest contractors which for some reason is not that easy. The great contractors are usually very busy alr…
The market is efficient. Good contractors have good clients and work on good jobs. They have B2B business relationships. It is a two sided market for lemons. The contractors are mostly contacted by lemon customers. Mostly lemon contractors are likely to respond. What makes homeowners lemon customers besides price sensitivity and non-repeating projects is inexperience. Construction scheduling is in NP. Professionals s…
The only way to get any kind of basic quality assurance is either to do it yourself, or to find a referral to a reputable pro via word of mouth, often having to wait months for their next available slot.
* "Tradie" is Australian slang for someone who's gone to trade school and is now qualified as a plumber, carpenter, electrician, etc.
Guys, here is the issue for this to work. Its HARD to outsource this to other companies to show up because they are all so busy, they are losing their employees and they won't give the service needed. The repair team needs to be all in house.
I'm afraid you're right, if the mission is client satisfaction.
Literally thought about this two hours ago as a huge market with huge potential. Look at what Compass did for realtors/home buyers/sellers and then apply something similar to electricians, plumbers etc etc. Big big big money. Congrats! And good luck!
Thanks! Reach out if you ever want to work on this or just geek out on the category - myhomebreeze at gmail
Why start with water heaters?