Porch Reviews

I am a contract and have been in business for over 30 years taking over the company for my father after passing away. I decided to try something new. Most of our advertisement has been word of mouth so I went with Porch. Was promised all kinds of great things. Been with them for almost 2 years now. Have spent well over $5,000 dollars. Every time I've had an issue and ask for a refund I've gotten every type of excuse under the sun. I strongly recommend never going with this company. They will take your money. Will never give you a refund when in their own guidelines all you have to do supposedly is go through click off why you didn't get the work or request work and you'll get your money back. That's not the case. They always say it's under review or at this time is not eligible for a refund. Of course it's up to the discretion of them.

I paid for a lead that turned up to be a false lead. Which of understand that happens but when I called about refunding my money, the representative laughed at me wouldn’t allow me to speak to anybody else. I was taken back by the way he spoke to me. Definitely let me know they do not care for the professionals that they actually make their money from. It was not the first time I was sold a false lead. I will never be fooled again and never give them one more dime. I just wish to let other professionals out there be careful they do not care for the people that help build their business. There are way safer and cheaper ways to buy leads. Don’t be fooled by Porch.

When advised by Lowe's to use Porch.com for professionals to do my remodeling I use this Porch site. I was led to believe these would be contractors that Lowe's approved. Not! I found out there is no background check, no relationship at all with Lowe's. A contractor can be set up on this site and advertise themselves any way they want. What a waste of time trying to get someone reputable. I do not advise using this unless you are going to do more extensive investigation on them. There is almost no way to verify them.

A bathroom hot water tap was leaking HOT water... and getting worse, but could not turn it off and it was heating the whole house. (Didn't want to see the electric and water bill!) Mike ** got right back to us, set up a time and met us at the house. Repaired the faucet and also checked out the cold water tap. Charged less than we were afraid that we would have to pay, and was a very nice person to boot!

Well Tom did a great job fixing our gas leak in a timely manner. The only thing I have a problem with is he said he was coming back to fix our hot water heater door and the floor. I’ve called him several times to set up an appointment. No response. Then come to find out my neighbor said he was coming out to his place May second to do some work on his trailer. I got to thinking to myself wow that’s not good business but I would appreciate if you can give me a different workers name and number so I can get this work done before something bad happens.

I signed up for Porch.com to find more business. They require $100.00 upfront deposit before you receive your first lead. I regrettably placed my $100.00 and activated my account. I purchased my first lead. I contacted the customer. Before I could even give a quote, the customer said he was not ready. Did not qualify for a refund since I talked to the customer. I purchased two more leads which returned no response at all. Porch refunded one lead, but wasted my time. I feel Porch.com is a fraud. I really don't believe these leads are real. I asked for my remaining balance refunded, they said no. Lesson learned. If someone wants money upfront before any service, probably no good.

Received phone call from provider Porch recommended to do plumbing repair. Person fixed minor repair then contracted to do other services that Porch tracked via their email. This person took deposit to do other services never completed. When contacted, Porch did not stand behind their guarantee to get the work done. In fact they initially denied sending this serviceman until I sent email verification from them. I lost several hundred dollars given as a deposit for material and supplies needed. The person they sent turned out to be a scam artist who, per the internet, was extradited to another state where he is now serving jail time. THIS COMPANY DOES NOT ADEQUATELY SCREEN THEIR PROVIDERS AND DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR GUARANTEE to get the work completed as promised.

I am a new contractor and tried Porch.com as a way to get business rolling. It is a sad company. I tried three leads costing me a total of $140 and hours of my time. The final straw was a $40 "lead" for a deck. I called the person requesting the work and they did not want a deck. In fact they never put their information on Porch.com or even heard of them. So now according to Porch.com, I cannot get my money back but I can get a credit to buy another lead. What a scam. I called their customer service number and heard all kinds of excuses as to why it was not their fault but the customer's. Not sure how it can be the customer's fault if they never put their info on Porch.com. Looks to me like they have computers scouring websites for info and creating leads of their own to sell. Conclusion: Porch is a scam against contractors and homeowners. STAY AWAY. Use your money on Social Media... seems to work best.

My mother went through Porch.com to get a carpenter to refinish her hardwood floors for her. Porch.com assigned her an individual by the name of Chris **. Mr. ** was informed from the beginning that we needed to have our floors done within a two to three week time period. He said he could do it and promised he would have the floors completed within a week and a half. He verbally promised he would have them done last Wednesday (April 11). During the time that Mr. ** has begun his work for us, he has began work but has refused to finish the job. He quoted us that the job would cost $1200 and we agreed to pay him at the end of job completion. We have given him, at his request, approximately $450 to get materials. As of today, the job is still not completed.

We have used Porch for over a year now and continued to provide feedback to help them improve their systems. Unfortunately we have found that they are not going to change because they require the confusion in the lead quality and refunding in order to get paid. Porch claims they have "partners" who provide them with leads. Porch "buys" those leads from their "partners" then sells them to contractors (3-5 at a time). The contractors call the lead to earn the work. All of our leads are put into a CRM that helps us track the lead quality and we have found that over 70% of the leads are invalid. On most of those invalid leads we are told that they have no idea why we are calling them, they have not filled out information or requested anyone call them for work. Then we need to go through Porch to get a "refund". Those refunds are at the discretion of Porch and do not come easily.

I hired RC construction thru Porch and it has been the worst experience of my life. It started off with a promise of the owner and his brother painting my house which did not happen, from there it was excuses of employees not showing up, car stolen etc. It has taken 2 weeks and my home is still not finished, the first painter he sent must have just started painting that day because it was terrible so another contractor came in behind him to do proper paint job. My planters were broken and cracked in the process, the screens under my eaves have yet to be replaced, he broke my shutters and replaced them with an off color that doesn't match my trim but argued with me that they did and still didn't finish the job.

I had an appointment for March 31 @10 AM. No one came. I called the company 6 times. Each time I was sent to voicemail. Finally @ 3pm I get a call from the general manager "Diageo." He asked if I could reschedule till the next weekend. He'll give me a 10% discount, he claims the contractor had a loss in his family. I agreed, the next week two contractors called and one arrived to my house around 9:45. He asked me to sign paperwork which had a cost for $60.00 more than what I was told. We called Diageo and he told me he never spoke with me. Needless to say I lost it and I hung the phone up and sent the contractor away. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE A SCAM!!!

I booked a handyman service for a 9am visit. What I got was an aggressive, unshaven guy wearing a Hawaiian shirt with a hangover with no evident skills, tools or experience rocking up 4 hours late. I would of been better picking someone up from outside Home Depot which to be honest is where they got this guy. There is zero vetting of who they use. He didn't do the job and lost critical spare parts and sat around in the sun for 2 hours. The job coordinator "Victor" has been impossible to contact although I have tried multiple times. Porch don't want to know and don't want to help. All they care about is charging you money. This is an unethical company and they don't care about customers in the slightest.

This company takes people’s money for construction leads and gives you wrong information and wrong phone numbers. The people they refer you to have never even heard of PORCH!!! It’s a complete scam... BUSINESS OWNERS DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!! They have sent me to 4 jobs that have no idea that they were in the website. I am going to make sure this company can’t rip anybody else off... And Lowes actually endorses this terrible company!!! Their customer service is non existent. They just put you on hold for 15 minutes and then hang up on you.

Here's hoping for the best. I had an appointment confirmation with Porch this morning for a kitchen floor install. Yet no one showed, I called to confirm it was still happening and was assured it was the first two calls. The next two calls resulted with confirmation of a return call of an ETA. The next call resulted in a voicemail. Now my call was returned with an offer of 15% off along with an offer to reschedule. I was told I would get a call back to confirm the reschedule time decided upon. Nothing yet. I purchased tiles at Lowe's and was referred to Porch for install. I flew in from AZ to be present at my Grandma's for the install. Now I am afraid I will have to return to work in AZ after failing to accomplish the reason I flew in.

Purchased an attic ladder from Lowe's and the installation services from Porch.com through Lowe's. What a disaster! After Porch.com had rescheduled the handyman 5 times he finally showed. He had no experience installing an attic ladder and had to watch a YouTube video first. Furthermore, this is a two person job so he needed my help, or Porch.com indicated I would have to pay for another person. In removing the old ladder, I was almost struck with the old ladder as it crashed down from the ceiling. Furthermore, he destroyed part of the ceiling drywall in the process. I asked if he would fix his damage and he indicated only at extra cost and that "I should expect damage to occur during a demolition project".

I had arranged for one of Porch.com's handyman to install an attic ladder. I booked the appointment a week earlier and waited for them to arrive the scheduled day. They did not show up on the arranged time so I called Porch.com and they said they had the appointment and confirmed it but did not schedule anyone for the job. They never called me to let me know they were not going to show up and wasted a lot of my time. I will never use them again and would not recommend them to anyone.

I scheduled a wall mounted dog door install. The day prior to my appointment time, a representative with Porch.com called to confirm the appointment. The appointment time came and passed, so I called Porch.com. After jumping through some hoops, Porch.com contacted the contractor scheduled to do the service. The contractor "Tony" apparently lied and said he was unable to reach me via telephone the previous day (I had my phone with me and there was no voicemail message left). Porch.com responded by offering service on the following day. I told Porch.com that I was unavailable the following day. After a couple phone calls, "Tony" agreed to come to my home later in the afternoon. I accepted that offer.

I am owner of a remodel/repair company. I had an issue where our leads stop coming to us and Porch gave me quick and fair resolution. They are improving the quality of their leads when a lead is poor and justifiable for a credit. So I like their customer service and their leads are improving. We've landed $120,000 of work through them in just over a year.

This company is Advertising with my business name. They are listing their phone number below the listing. I have called them to remove my listing from their website and they refused. They do not have my permission to use my business name for their advertising purposes especially if they are using their phone number below it. I am not getting the business from this listing. They are the ones getting the benefits from using my business name. As far as I am concerned this is stealing!!!

Had them assemble a chest. Worker was rough with parts. When assembled showed us scratches on front but said it must be manufacturer. If so why would he have not inspected and found prior to assembly. We had to return unit to store but are out the assembly fee. Plus they have a two hour $160 minimum. We could have hired a local worker for $50 to do this. They are overpriced and have poor customer service.

Hired a sub that came from Porch. His quote was 'too good to be true' so I contacted them for a review. They said their work is guaranteed. The sub did terrible work - it would not pass inspection and he ran off with my money without fixing it. Porch said, "Sorry, our guarantee does not cover the quality of the work". They DO NOT vet their subs. Also got a plumber from them whose work was bad. They don't care. Selling leads is their game. Their subs pay $65 to Porch per lead they accept. Porch does not care what happens after that. It's a joke.

We lost over 30k in contracts due to reviews posted to Porch this week. When I tried to dispute reviews their website wouldn't allow access. Porch posted these defamatory statements without notifying me of their existence. Then they solicit their contractors as they've posted unverified and uncontested slander.

So frustrated with contractors from Porch.com. They were sent to put up a backsplash for my recently widowed mother. The job was so poorly done, she asked them to leave. Unfortunately, this was after she had paid nearly $1200. She was charged 11 hours overtime at $60 an hour for this work. The small section (about 3'x3') that was actually completed has holes with sheetrock showing through. The rest of her kitchen is undone. We have asked for help for three weeks from this company which "guarantees" its work. The only thing offered has been to send the original worker out to finish the job.

The unprofessional man who showed up answered three phone calls while on my time. Wasted time going back and forth to his truck (on the phone) and left ALL the trash and packing material from the job on the floor of my garage. The job took one hour although he dragged it out for an hour and a half huffing and puffing about... Then had the nerve to charge me for two hours time! When I asked him to continue working since I paid for two hours, he replied “It DONT work like that”. And he left! I HAD USED DONE.COM 7 TIMES IN 2017 with excellent service, since they were bought by Porch I gave them a try... NEVER AGAIN... BEWARE.

I hired Porch to have a drip pan installed under our washer and dryer. The repairman did not hook the washer back up. We contacted Porch several times over 48 hours and was given the runaround. They kept referring us to other people and the people were unable to send someone back out. On top of all that, the repairman did not stay the full two hours as I had paid for saying he had been asked to do too much for the first service.

On Tuesday, February 20th, two painters retained via this service arrived at commercial interior site in Chicago, Il. Project description: Paint ceiling and two walls at commercial space. Less than 1000 square feet. Fee: $529 for 4 hours. Two hours later, the painter called to inform that it's going to take more than four hours to paint just the ceiling. Immediately, I dismissed the painters because I knew the painters were purposely being slow to extend the painting cost etc. In addition, the painter arrived an hour late and I understand from the Manager took more time talking than working etc. In two hours, there was only a corner of the ceiling painted and paint was all over the floor. No drop cloths were used to protect the floor.

I ordered a resin cabinet for my pool area online and was directed to Porch.com to put it together. They contacted me very quickly and we settled on a date of 12/21/17. The tech arrived on the date, (although about 1 1/2 hour late). She proceeded to put the cabinet together and in the process broke it in 2 places because she was not reading the instructions correctly and tried to put it together wrong and then she actually tried to fix it with glue, which obviously did not work (see pictures). It is now 2/1 and I am still trying to get this resolved with Porch.com and the tech. I have an unusable cabinet just sitting there. Many texts and phone calls to them and getting the runaround. I would definitely not recommend them at all!

After purchasing drapes from West Elm, I chose to have a representative from Porch contact me to schedule installation. Over the next few days, a Porch agent reached out to me and we scheduled a time and date. So far, so good! On the scheduled date and time, no one showed up. I called the Porch.com customer service line who told me that they had no record of any interaction, even after I read verbatim emails from Porch.com and provided the name and email address of the person I had been talking with. They then told me that I didn’t understand how their service worked and they couldn’t be responsible for whether or not anyone actually showed up. Terrible experience.

I was supposed to be contacted through Install Inc. to reschedule my assembly but my numerous emails and phone messages went unanswered by Amanda **. So I went through HomeAdvisor and ended up with Porch.com but got an appointment scheduled and had a call from the assembled within an hour. The last job I had them do was excellent.

Bought from Overstock.com & they referred to Porch as their installation affiliate. I booked their services for my mattresses for Mon 12/04/17 at 2:pm. They called me the Sun 9:30 to see if I would change Mon at 11am. I changed my schedule to accommodate them. They were a no show. Booked a new appt Tues 3pm. They were a no show. A 4th confirmed appt on Thurs sent only 1 guy who couldn't do the job (carrying a mattress and box spring upstairs and removing old set) alone. A 5th confirmed appt on Fri was cancelled when I called back and there was no one present to take my confirmation, but I was assured I was confirmed for Sat. When I asked to speak to a supervisor, I was told there were none.

I am the owner of Premier Building Solutions of NWF LLC and have been in business for 33 years. Porch advertise my business on their site without my consent and I have contacted them on multiple occasions to remove the information. They insist that I opened the site and that I'm the only one that can take it down but yet there's no way to delete a site once it's put up on Porch dot-com. The information that they have posted on my company's name is 70% and correct and lists jobs that I allegedly do that require a specific license that I do not have.

Eight days ago, I accessed a website for someone to install and replace a new dog door. Someone from PORCH called me within an hour and we discussed the specifics of the project. A time and day was confirmed for this past Saturday. At some point during the week, I received a text from someone identifying himself as the person who will be coming to install my dog door and he confirmed, in the text, the time and day previously agreed upon. He requested I contact him to review a few details. I tried to call him multiple times but got a customer service rep instead. He assured me he would have the person contact me. It was nearing the end of the day and I had not heard. I called PORCH and they said they would see what was going on and call me back. They didn't. I called again and was told the person was in L.A., "having knee surgery so he wanted to postpone the job until this Monday”.

We recently used Porch to have 8 shutters installed on the front of our house. Let me start by saying that only 4 are actually on, and only 3 are actually installed somewhat properly. Emphasis on somewhat. We have a stucco sided house and stated that in our initial request. We also stated we have 2 stories. The HIGHLY UNQUALIFIED individual who showed up through porch.com did not have a ladder nor sufficient equipment to drill into the side of our house. We were charged for equipment rental and extra drill bits on top of Porch's fee. This job did not get finished and the person they contracted basically scammed us and as a result our "contract" with Porch was voided. Porch does nothing to vet out the people they are sending to your house and they will likely not be qualified to complete the task. As with other reviewers, we are having to pay more money now to fix this problem. SCAM, SCAM, SCAM.

This company will hire anyone off the street and refer to them as a handyman. It's a scam and the handyman does not have the experience required to fix your problem. They made matters worse and damaged my dishwasher by trying to use cut boards to set my dishwasher and not brackets and bent all 4 legs back. See picture. I had to call a professional company to fix it and porch services. Said they couldn't cancel my payment. I had to call the bank and request to cancel it. I wouldn't ever use this company again!!!

Contacted Porch to replace bathroom faucets and shower handles. Person they sent was slow and obviously not qualified. After 7 hours he did manage to replace three faucets however he could not replace the shower handles and it appears that he has broken some pipes in the shower. Had to shut water off and call someone else. Porch charged me $474 and don't know how much more I will have to pay to fix what he messed up. Terrible experience. Don't waste your time or money on these scam artists.

On 10/18, I booked a handyman for 10 hours for 10/21. I called to confirm on 10/19 and they had no record of my appointment. On Friday, I received 8 email confirmations for a 9 am start time. I called at 9:40 am and they said that they had it booked for 10 am and apologized for error. At 11 am I called again and rep mentioned that they called my work line at 10 am to confirm service as that's the number on file. They had no record of my call 1 hour before hand and stated that I was unresponsive. The rep was rude and overtalked me. He then asked if I wanted to reschedule. I told him to cancel the request.

My goal was to have four ceiling fans installed in my home. I was going to have Lowe's do the job as they were the company who sold the fans. Unfortunately they recommended Porch. I contacted Porch and they recommended another group. I assumed the group was well vetted and trustworthy. Their website boasted that they had experts for the job. Needless to say, after six hours of frustration and only two fans installed with one that wasn't balanced, I told the experts I was done.

I am not sure where all the previous 5 star reviews came from, I wouldn't be surprised if they were written by their own workers or etc... If Porch was just ineffective I wouldn't be mad, I would wish them well to grow their business, but unfortunately if you are contractor they will rip you off. Mark my words, I wish I did some research before signing up with them, they will rip you off and they don't even feel bad, what goes around comes around, I really hope that contractors don't use your service... Some of us earn money by hard work and some by tricking and scamming others.

I am a Plumbing contractor. When we first joined Porch we bought area zip codes, meaning Porch allowed you to buy the codes and any customer calling in your purchased zip code area the job went to you and then you can call the customer and tell them about your services. That system went really well for us. Then the Porch execs got a brain fart on how to now change the system in order to rip off contractors. It's called charge them for every customer that they send to you whether or not you get the job. Now you are paying your money to Porch just to give the customer an estimate. They send you calls in the middle of the night so by the time youre back in the office the next morning the call is already gone.

Porch is a joke. While it might be an OK resource for homeowners the contractors who use the service are getting ripped off. The first thing you should know is you will NEVER receive your money back if you are not happy. And you will bid and bid, and bid, and be lucky if you ever receive a response, much less work. You can get more action running a classified ad in the newspaper. Over a year I placed 30 bids with the service and never so much as received one callback, and even when no price was named and was a request for more information -- still not one reply. I get about 75% of the work I bid from any other source and have a ton of credentials so it's not about quality or price.

We had a kitchen, dining room, living room, entryway, and hall that had been done poorly by me 3 years ago. John came in and transformed the look of my home. He was timely, did what he said, tried to cause the least interruption to my home. He did a nice job of keeping the mess to a minimum. John was a gentleman in his interaction.

Porch has exceeded my expectations! Porch has provided a great platform for a small business like mine who is looking to expand their business - I am now in the position to hire employees to keep up with the demand.

This program is extremely helpful for anyone in the business who wants to increase their client base and expand their business in targeted areas. Customer notifications come in on a daily basis and allows the business to schedule the accepted jobs at their own pace. Having the website available for the public to see allows customers to review the business and general public feedback, which drives more work to that company! I give it a 5 star rating!