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BeetleBtoday at 3:20 PM0 repliesview on HN

> Yes. But other things? Landscaping? Electricians? Plumbers?

Plumbers and electricians: Maybe not. But lots of other house repairs stuff: Yes.

Things I want to see:

Geographical coverage area: Some are across town and are not willing to come to my property. Others are.

Services rendered: There job title may be very generic, but it often turns out they do only certain types of work.

Minimum fees: Some only do jobs that cost, say, $1000 or more. If my work is small, I shouldn't bother calling them.

> I’d much rather speak on the phone with someone who is going to come on my property and do work

I do so as well, but they rarely pick up the phone. You call them, leave a voicemail, and pray they'll call you back at a time you can pick up. About 50% of them never call back. So every time I need some repairs/work done on the house, I have to get 10 "leads", and call them, leave a voicemail, and a few days later repeat the process because they either didn't call back, or called and said they don't do that type of work.

If I can pre-filter those out based on basic stuff on their website, it'd be great.