Best Home Maintenance Apps (And More) for New Homeowners

So you’ve found your dream house, made a smart offer, closed escrow, and finally gotten your hands on the keys to your new home. (Congratulations!) While homeownership brings substantial joy as well as wealth-building potential, it’s also a serious responsibility.

You’ve got to keep track of your appliance warranties, brush up on your DIY skills, find quality service providers when you need help, and, of course, stay on top of your recurring bills and maintenance needs.

And naturally, you’ll want to make the house your own through well-executed design choices, too.

Fortunately, there are plenty of apps explicitly designed to help you handle exactly those tasks. Here are 12 of the best apps for new homeowners’ needs.

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Best for finding service professionals: Angi

Angi, formerly known as Angie’s List, provides a directory of service providers, such as roofers, plumbers, mechanics, and other vendors and service providers you might need for your new home — in a total of more than 700 categories.

Members in this platform submit reviews about companies and professionals they’ve used, so the idea is that you should get a full picture of how the project went. This includes price, quality, responsiveness, punctuality and professionalism — with a rating out of 5 stars.

Price: Free for members to use.

Platform: App available at both Google Play for Android and the App Store for iOS.

Pros: Many users love Angi as a resource for its comprehensive directory and reviews, and New Jersey-based top-selling agent Chiquita Pittman recommends it, adding it’s the most widely used platform among her clients.

Cons: However, Angi is not without complaints from both users and watchdogs: In 2021, a San Francisco District Attorney settled a lawsuit against the company over claims of false advertising, calling into question its site’s claim that it performs background checks on all certified service providers.

Best for home budgeting and overall management: HomeZada

HomeZada is a multifunction app for new homeowners that might be a contender for the “best overall” category. The app helps homeowners keep track of all the finances related to their property, such as property tax and the mortgage itself.

In addition to the finance and budgeting side, it also automates home maintenance needs with a system for managing deadlines and tasks, including sending reminders until you complete these tasks.

Price: There is a free “Essential” version. The “Premium” version will cost you $79 per year or $11.95 per month. The “Deluxe” version is priced at $149 per year.

Platform: It’s available on Google Play for Android and the App Store for iOS.

Pros: Users appreciate this app for its comprehensive suite of features, and also for its intuitiveness and simplicity of use.

Cons: Critics complain that the app has much less utility than the website. As well, some complain that almost all of the functionality they want comes with the upgraded version alone — so offering a free version is a bit of a red herring.



from HomeLight Blog https://www.homelight.com/blog/buyer-home-maintenance-app/

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