{"id":7829,"date":"2015-12-30T13:42:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T19:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senioradvisor.com\/blog\/?page_id=7829"},"modified":"2016-08-03T10:31:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T15:31:53","slug":"amazon-home-services-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.senioradvisor.com\/blog\/senior-products\/concierge-services-for-seniors\/amazon-home-services-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Home Services Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Amazon Home Services<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7831\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2015\/12\/Amazon-Home-Services-350x65.png\" alt=\"Amazon Home Services\" width=\"350\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2015\/12\/Amazon-Home-Services-350x65.png 350w, https:\/\/s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/img.prod.aplaceformom.com\/main\/uploads\/sa-blog\/2015\/12\/Amazon-Home-Services.png 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retail and digital media giant Amazon launched its new Home Services operation in early 2015, to help its customers find home repair and maintenance professionals. As of\u00a0December 2015, Home Services operates in about two dozen major US cities, providing connections to screened and licensed pros in 8 general categories: auto care, furniture assembly, cleaning, computer and electronic services, business and commercial services, lawn care, home improvement (tasks that require a license, such as electrical work), and a more general home services category that includes general chores and maintenance. Amazon offers a price match guarantee for its Home Services packages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s our review of Amazon Home Services.\u00a0<em>We\u2019d love to hear from you!<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senioradvisor.com\/blog\/senior-products\/concierge-services-for-seniors\/amazon-home-services-reviews\/#review\">Share your opinion by writing a review.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>Pros:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon provides for free what services like Angie\u2019s List do for a membership fee\u2014a selection of contractors and professionals whose licensing, insurance and background checks are verified ahead of time. When you select a service, you see a list of the providers in your area, along with their business hours, estimated fees, customer-satisfaction ratings and reviews left by previous customers. You can order custom services as well, which means that you can request bids for things like ramp and handrail installation to help you or a parent age in place safely. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Cons:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not all services are available in all areas, and your choice of service providers may be limited. For example, when I searched the painting category for my zip code, the cool-looking Painter for a Day package was unavailable. There were no mulch delivery and installation pros available in my area, nor was I able to rent a goat for a day of grazing (alas), which is an option in some markets. But the custom service options mean that I might be able to find someone to deliver mulch as part of another project such as mowing, and I could probably make a custom request to hire a painter for 8 hours, effectively creating my own Painter for a Day option.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Fine print: <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon\u2019s price match guarantee is good for identical services from the same provider on the day of your service order. Customers must file a price match request form within 2 weeks of the original order to receive either a discount on the service or a gift card for the difference if the service has already been done.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Cost:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Varies by project and location. For example, the estimate for replacing up to 2 light fixtures on a standard-height ceiling was $94.99 in my part of Austin. In San Antonio\u2019s Thousand Oaks area, the same service was estimated at $10 less. More complex services, such as home exterior painting, require you to submit a request for bids, which Amazon then forwards to service providers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"review\"><b>Best for&#8230;<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price-sensitive ho<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meowners and adult children of seniors living at home who want to find qualified service providers quickly for household tasks and maintenance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Home Services Retail and digital media giant Amazon launched its new Home Services operation in early 2015, to help its customers find home repair and maintenance professionals. 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