HomeServe USA Reviews

Homeserve's coverage isn't worth the paper it's printed on. They are not there when you need them and will not reimburse you for your expenses when you have the repairs made. They are Scam Artists!!!

I am a licensed plumber who provides warranty work for homeserve usa. I have been receiving calls from them for the last year and a half. I have read through almost all the negative reviews and have not seen on instance where home serve failed the client. Homeserve does an extensive back ground check on contractors. As far as home serve removing monies from peoples bank accounts thats not a true statement either. All there payments come through a utility company, in my 30 plus years of being a residential plumbing service and repair company out of all the home warranty companies out there I have found homeserve usa to be a reliable trustworthy company. I even have my home as well as my mother signed up..

WARNING: My mom is out $750, but you don't have to be. Upon becoming Power Of Attorney for my mom, I noticed 3 withdrawals for $31.42 - going to HomeServeUSA. I called their Customer Service 1-855-336-2465 and spoke w/ representative Allen Bower. He explained that my mom was enrolled in 3 protection plans for water/sewer/gas lines. I asked for documentation regarding her enrollment. He said they do not have any. He said she was enrolled by outbound call representative Maythya Utsey in Jan 2021, but there are NO NOTES regarding the enrollment conversation. Allen said where there should be enrollment notes, there was only an "X".

I explained that my mom's home is only 19 yrs old and she didn't need these plans. We have zero documentation of her enrolling in these plans. The company has zero written documentation of her enrollment in these plans. My mom does not have an email address, so how did they confirm her enrollment? I asked for a refund. He cancelled the plans and filed an enrollment dispute request and said I should get a call from management in 48 hours. I emailed their Customer Service to confirm the cancellations. I then looked them up on the Better Business Bureau website. Bam! I saw the company had 731 complaints on BBB in the last 3 yrs. I also found many complains about HomeServeUSA on The RipOff Report. Next day I got a call from Shawn Clark with Office of President, (423)-680-5171 [email protected] Shawn said he requested original phone call between the outbound rep and my mom and that it could take 48 hrs. He then proceeded to "sell" the benefit of their plans and explain that homes as young as my mom's could still need this type of protection plan. I replied that the chances of sewer lines failing in less than 20 years is too remote to justify an 80 year old on a fixed income to incur the expenses. He disagreed. I asked him what percent of homes less than 20 yrs old have failing sewer lines. He couldn't answer that question. He was irritated and kept telling me that I was not listening to him. I tell him that I will look forward to hearing from him next week and say good-bye.

He calls me back in 5 minutes bcuz they "miraculously" FOUND the 2 year old call, REVIEWED the call and NOW claims that my mother called their office and enrolled in their plans and he would NOT refund her money. This is EXACT opposite of what customer service rep Allen Bower told me the day before. When I challenged him and asked to hear the enrollment call he said NOT without a lawyer, court order and subpoena. His response was all the evidence I needed to know that he was making the whole thing up. Do NOT do business with HomeServeUSA.

With over 731 written complaints in 3 years, imagine how many people have been robbed and never made a complaint. https://www.bbb.org/us/ct/norwalk/profile/water-and-sewer-line-protection/homeserve-usa-corp-0111-87067998/complaints

https://www.bbb.org/us/ct/norwalk/profile/water-and-sewer-line-protection/homeserve-usa-corp-0111-87067998/complaints

Waited for days for them to send someone to fix my dead elec water heater. They wanted to send people from Detroit. Had to wait for them to call, three different times, to which they said I am three (3) hours away and wouldn't come that far.

Then, after 5-6 more calls to them, I was advised I (!!!) had to contact a local plumber to which the two of them said they are months behind, maybe even 3-4 months. So, I quit paying the bill and canceled the monthly, and finally found a local plumber, who got my water heater replaced, who said the old one was definitely bad and should be covered by the warranty.

After telling them this, HomeServe, still said no way. TERRIBLE!!! DO NOT TRUST OR BUY FROM THEM!!!! IMHO

I checked my bank account today and home serve had got $65/58 cents out of my account somehow, and they sent the paper work to a different addrest across town to some one I never knew.

I have had HOMESERVE for a few years I thought since it said exterior all would be covered, wrong. I had a drain leaking well when the plumber came out he said it wasn't covered. It was external, insurance companies say anything to cheat you but 1 good thing the plumber wanted $4,200 HomeServe said $700.

I called for a water leak in my house the tech came out within 24 hours and stood in middle of living room said he could not repair anything . the leak is in second floor of plumbing. he never even looked at pipes. since then home serve gives me a bunch of bs about water needs turned off and bunch of other stuff.

I have used this company for 5 years always satisfied till now if no resolved on Thursday oct. 20 cancelling all my plans this fly by night company used to be reliable not any more. I will speak to upper management very displeased with service right now been waiting a week for a repair.

I paid into 3 Home Serve plans over a period of years and recently cancelled all 3. On Sept 22nd we found sewage in both bath tubs and were unable to flush toilets or run water without it getting worse. Needless to say I wanted it fixed as quickly as possible and called my plumber. He came in a couple of hours and snaked out our sewer drain. This helped but didn't fix the problem. I called HomeServe and spoke with a very sweet lady, Julie, who told me that I should have called them first. She was very nice and promised that I would be contacted soon, probably that evening. She repeated it twice. So 4 weeks later I've never heard back and have completed a sewer line replacement.

I do not know if they are legit or not, what I DO know is that I was sent information about a plan that cost $5 a month, so I *thought I signed up for it.

Then I received a follow-up letter saying the $5 plan was not available any longer, but I could sign up for a $5.25 a month plan. Ok. I'll bight.... *Thought I signed up for that plan.

Then, you guessed it!! Got another follow-up letter that said the $5.25 plan was not available any longer, but "guess what!! we have a $5.49 plan you can sign up for!!"

Sounds freaking fishy to me.

I thought it was a very good idea to have protection against water/sewer leaks but they have spent a lot of time conjuring ways not to pay. Be very, very cautious before contracting with this company. They are in the business of figuring out how NOT to pay claims. Their reason for denial was false but I had no recourse.

The blower on my furnace went out. Home serve sent a heating company out to supposedly fix the problem. INSTEAD, the heating company comes out, 1. they drill a hole in the CO exhaust of the furnace.

Then the service man turns to me and says, "You have a CO leak in your furnace. You're going to have to shut it down and buy a new furnace. " I said, "you just punched a hole in the exhaust pipe letting the CO into the house.

You made the leak". He said, "Look we just want you to be safe. But because you have a leak we can't fix your furnace." I said, " you made the leak.". He said, "Home serve can give you a price on a new furnace and we can arrange financing for you."

I said, " So your plan all all long was to come here, and damage my furnace so you could extort money from me for a new furnace. And then TAKE MY HOUSE?"

He picked up his tools and walked out, without saying a word. So home serve came into my home. They damaged my furnace. Then said that my furnace, which they had damaged, could not be worked on.

And they are ALL Christians doing this. They lied. They broke my furnace. They attempted to EXTORT money from me in a scheme to try and take my home from me.

I will say that what I have written here are my own experiences, with home serve and are not meant in any way to be looked at as empirical statements about home serve or any person or persons associated with home serve.

But I am going to refer this matter to the BBB, the state AG office for Ohio, and the Justice Department, citing that I believe that home serve is operating with the intent of extorting money from home owners, while at the same time attempting to position home owners where they must give up their home to home serve because of extortion and unfair business practices.

While I cannot certify, at this time, that what I am experiencing is empirically true. I must say that I would advise that anyone doing business with home serve, 1. tape all of your calls with the company. 2. Have an audio recorder going at all times while they are on your property. 3. Photograph everything they do. No matter how slight. When you find anything that is either illegal or inappropriate, contact the BBB, and the state AG for your state. And conctact the Justice Department. document your appointment and service call fully.

Home Serve claims to be Christian. So how do they justify lying and cheating and stealing homes to be something that Jesus would do or support? Do not openly trust home serve. I trusted them, and they broke my furnace and then claimed because it was broken that they were not going fix it. When they broke it.

This is my first time with Homeserve for Central Air Cool Plus plan., supposedly the best plan!! They claim 24/7 available for service.

My Ac unit shut off completely yesterday, Thursday. I called right away and was told by rep the only time a tech could come to my house was TUESDAY, 5 DAYS LATER!!!

I saw this is unacceptable as we are seniors and it’s 90 degrees out. All he could say is "I’m sorry Ma’am but all techs are busy and not available till Tuesday."

I am dropping them for any Ac coverage and cancelling our Heating services.

I’d rather call a service HVAC company in my area, which is what I’m doing now!! They know how to take your money but are completely unreliable!!

SCAM ALERT!!!! I've had this service with home serve for number of years and just until recently June 15th 2022 I had an air conditioner failure so I call home serve and paid the $50 for the service charge.

After paying the service charge fee of $50. I was instructed that I will be contacted by contractor or by home serve on the next day for work to be done on AC unit. June 16th 6:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. no contact whatsoever from contractor or home serve.

At this point I attempted numerous phone calls to home serve to get this issue resolved. I was told that there was no one in my area that can service my AC unit. WTF at this point hot frustrated and angry.

I never received a call from anyone to to resolve this problem. So be aware of this company Home Serve USA that have you paid premium every month of $16.95 and a service charge $50 and never show up or contact you.

After attempting to contact the office of the president at Home Serve I was denied. It's a SCAM!

The homeserve plumber that visited my home my home on 7 June 2022 left about an inch to an inch and a 1/2 of sewage in my guest room shower. And after he left the problem still was not resolved and I had to call the plumber agency for a different plumber to correct the problem that the original plumber did not resolve.

I do not know if there's a place to post a picture of this filthy shower on this review but I'm willing to share it with anybody.

If I could give them a zero, I would. I called on 2/2/22 because I had a sewage backup in my basement. I was told they had 12/24 hours to get back with me. this was not acceptable because we couldn't use the water nor flush the toilets.

After insisting that this was an emergency, the call taker changed it to critical. A plumber contacted me but offered an appointment on the 7th and said this was their first available appointment. This was not acceptable. I call HomeServe back. They behaved as though this was their only plumber, and they made no attempt to locate anyone else.

I asked to file a complaint. The call taker supposedly started the process and told me someone would get back with me. No one every did. I had to pay out of pocket to get the sewage problem repaired.

Someone from the "President's" office contacted me after I filed a review with the Better Business Bureau. This person went back and forth with me, even seeming to question whether snaking out a sewage drain was covered under my contract but eventually agreed to reimburse me.

Then she stopped communicating with me, will not return my phone calls, nor respond to my emails. And, I was not reimbursed for my out of pocket expense. This company is the worst. They are taking your money for coverage and failing to provide service. They should not be allowed to continue to operate in this manner.

What's the use of having a paid contract that is to provide emergency water/sewage coverage, if the company does not honer the contract. And HomeServe has done this apparently without any repercussions.

I had a kitchen sink strainer that was leaking water under my sink and needed replacing. I've been paying $7.89 for years now thinking it would be covered. I called Home Serve and a plumber called me and different times he could get here. I called Home Serve to make sure it was covered. It wasn't. I decided to look at the exclusions and was shocked. They basically cover nothing expensive or hard that you would want a plumber to fix. The only thing it covered was snaking a few drains. Doesn't even cover repairing pipes breaking due to freezing. It's a waste of money, other plans cover more. I canceled it. Make sure any plan u have with them you read the exclusions part good.

They installed a new water heater that worked for 6 weeks. after that, no hot water and Sulfer smell when hot water tap is even turned on. When he came back, I told him(a teen) that I have well water and need an aluminum anode rod put in. he said he never heard of that! When asked what anode rod was in, he looked it up and said it was a coregard sacrificial anode. I looked it up and they can be magnesium or aluminum. also, in the troubleshooting part of their manual, it says to turn it up to 140 degrees from 120 and that should help. He said he wasn't allowed to. He said I needed an electrician. Hours later, I have hot water (for now) but the smell is horrible which is not an electrical problem! Stay away!

I requested that they fix an electrical contact because it was not working and I needed it to connect the Christmas tree lights since November 2021 and the technician came until the end of January and the last thing is that he could not fix it, I still have the problem in February and no one has been able to come to solve it, it is incredible that they can not solve something so simple, I can imagine the problem in which people with more serious problems would be found or are found.

Terrible, couldn't get furnace fixed because no local contractors will work with Homeserve as they do not pay the contractors. 5 contractors called every single one said the same thing..NO WAY! WONT TOUCH IT!

Homeserve hasn't responded to anything and its been 6 days since I called for repair, filed with BBB and demanded full refund of contract money from day 1 when it started almost 20 years ago!...BEWARE TOTAL SCAMMERS and they don't care..Their office of the president wont even call me back!

I have been a long time Homeserve customer, however that will change. in the past two years they have sent sub standard technicians to perform routine preventative maintenance on my boiler. As a result, it has cost me the inconvenience of extra service calls. Their technicians are not qualified and unprofessional. Their customer service leaves a lot to be desired. Don't waste your time and money.

You would be better off with a local plumbing & heating outfit.