I bought a home warranty when I purchased my house almost 9 years ago. I am a single girl with no family in town & let’s be honesty, I’m not very handy. A home warranty allowed me to call one number for many of my home maintenance needs. Early on, my hot water heater died and I got a new unit – WIN.
Each year when I renew my home warranty I cringe as I wrote the $500+ check. Thinking to myself “Do I REALLY need this?!” (Home warranties are usually more expensive after the first year). Every year I convince myself, “Yes, I DO need this.” Well, this year I am EXTRA thankful that I wrote that check!
About a month ago my AC went out. After sweating a few days, the repairman came out and installed a new power source to my entire HVAC unit. (my heat wouldn’t have worked correctly either). I never thought my house really cooled off after this but I was in denial about it…until Monday when I started sweating INSIDE my house. The house registered at 82 degrees (it was set for 75). Ok, we have a problem!! I called the warranty company & the repairman came today. I was honestly expecting them to tell me “it’s hot, deal with it.” Thankfully that’s NOT what they said. Instead I was told “guess what?! You are getting a new AC unit!!” Turns out there are multiple leaks in my outside unit & the coils inside need to be replaced! So in about 3-5 business days a new AC unit will arrive at the warehouse & then arrive at my house for installation!! If I were to call without a home warranty, this new unit (without coils and other stuff) would be $2300!!
Moral of the story – I am sooooo thankful I write that check (or give my credit card number) each year to renew my home warranty!!
