HomeAdvisor (Powered by Angi)Reviews 8,379

We returned home late in the day from vacation to a partial power outage Christmas Eve. After trying a couple electricians, I used HomeAdvisor and one of the three electricians, Millenium Electric, called me almost immediately, late in the day and said they would be at my house in an hour.

They determined partial home outage was a power company issue and did NOT charge me for the appointment! We are very grateful, it would have been very difficult to find someone Christmas eve to help us out.

I can't say this is a scam but it is very misleading. When I went online to ask for cabinet repair services in my area, HomeAdvisor (powered by Angi) popped up. I was able to schedule a date and time for the repair and even provided detailed information after the confirmation. A couple days later, I received not just one but two emails stating that they were unable to find professionals in my area to do the job. At that point I deleted the original appointment from my books and decided to move on (do the work ourselves). Lo and behold, someone showed up at the original date and time to do the work. Of course, I was not expecting anyone. I told him of my emails and he said this is what happens to him a lot of time. He was a third party, meaning HomeAdvisor puts the bid up to other companies to fulfill the job (this time it was HandyPros that accepted the job) and they in turn fulfill it using individuals that accept the job. I feel this is very misleading because they are not actually using professionals to do the job that the customer is requesting. We sent our very nice man on his merry way since we already had decided to move forward. I called the customer care number and they explained I had 2 choices...#1, they would reschedule the job or #2, I would be charged 50% of the original bid. Supposedly, the emails that I received after the confirmation were not from them but actually from companies that couldn't fulfill the job. Now why would I think that when it was specifically for the job I requested? In the end, I paid the 50% of the original bid without receiving the service from HomeAdvisor. I will never use them again and will certainly let others know of the MISLEADING communication.

I lost hot water during a shower and when breaker box opened blue sparks flying everywhere. I did nothing that night but next day typed in my issue and Home Advisor popped up so typed in what I was looking for and bam found the best electrician I feel I could have found on short notice. I received a call within 5 minutes, scheduled the service same day and I promise you, I have hot water and I am good. The repair person was on time, courteous, knowledgeable and efficient.

Angi has helped me find the proper contractors to do 2 different jobs in a timely manner. One in an emergency situation. Very helpful.

We are very pleased. Shai is exceptional! His rating on HomeAdvisor was accurate.

I signed up with Angi (formerly HomeAdvisor) to help grow my construction company business. I received a sales email from Robert whom I assumed found us online by doing what they do to try to sell their product. For several weeks Robert contacted me to try to get to sign up for Angi's List. After a few weeks I contemplated over things and decided to give it a try. So I paid the $289 membership fee and signed up for services. Initially we did not receive any leads. Then all of a sudden we received lead notifications. Angi's List does so much to scam and con professionals. They word leads to be something like "A customer wants to discuss their project with you" or "You're matched with a customer" etc... So it leads you to believe that a particular customer specifically wants to use your company for a project. But in reality Angi's List sends that same email to all professionals in the area to contact the customer so they can charge the fee for the lead. So Angi's List can make over $1,000 per lead from charging a professional to contact a customer. Then they have the variations of leads which means a professional can be charged for a lead whether they want it or not. It's so many different ways they scam professionals, it's ridiculous.