FIXR - Saving Money for Homeowners

One of the largest expenses of owning a home is home repair and home improvement costs. This can easily drain a household budget really quick. I came across an interesting website today called Fixr, and it definitely caught my eye.

What this site allows people to do is post their home job requests right online in a convenient web portal. What this does is allow professionals in your area to competitively bid for your job and try to ‘Win’ your business. This is a great money-saving concept because this bidding process enables prices to stay lower for the consumer - while still getting quality work done from professional contractors. It’s win/win situation …especially for Homeowners!

From scanning the site I see a variety of jobs postings from pool installation, gardening, landscaping and more… right now it looks like there’s a very high rate of competitive bidding going on in the pool installation and landscaping categories. This is great concept, kinda puts me in the mind of an eBay for home improvement!

Here a screenshot of some of the work and bids going on:


The thing I'm impressed with most about Fixr is that the service is actually Free! You can post as many jobs as you want for professionals in your area to bid on them – and there’s no obligation at all for you to accept a bid at all.
Unfortunately, the only problem is that this new service is only available in Massachusetts. However, they do state that they will be expanding nationwide real soon. So I’ll keep an eye on this service and should too IF you want to save money on home improvement & repairs.