11-30-2015, 04:10 PM
i guess i'll be the one dissenting voice. first time homeowner, bought an 8 year old home in August '14. we did a home warranty just to help cover our bases at purchase, since the place we bought was at the top of our budget and we didn't have our rainy day fund as buffed up as usual....so we figured, we don't know the house really well and better safe than sorry. everyone told us not to do it. we had the house inspected by a reputable guy who caught some things and did a thorough job.
honestly it saved our asses. not a month after we bought (during a 100 degree heat wave week in south GA with a toddler...88 degrees downstairs on the shade side of the house...), our AC compressor died. a week later our condenser died due to debris carried through the lines from the first failure. this summer our AC failed again due to blockage in the lineset from more debris that dislodged from the inline filter.
all in all, it took 5 visits from 3 different companies to sort out the mess over a year's time and get our AC system back as close to 100% as possible. total was over $8,000, i think we paid less than a grand. not long after that, our warranty company dropped us :lol: granted, the warranty company didn't choose the best techs they could have, IMO, but in the end they paid up and fixed the issue.
if i was buying a new place, or one that had recent work done, i probably wouldn't bother. however our house was at that magic ~10 year mark where all the original contractor grade stuff starts to shit the bed and it also went up during the housing boom right before the crash, so I felt like it was reasonable insurance and choose to do it again if i was in a similar situation with another house.
honestly it saved our asses. not a month after we bought (during a 100 degree heat wave week in south GA with a toddler...88 degrees downstairs on the shade side of the house...), our AC compressor died. a week later our condenser died due to debris carried through the lines from the first failure. this summer our AC failed again due to blockage in the lineset from more debris that dislodged from the inline filter.
all in all, it took 5 visits from 3 different companies to sort out the mess over a year's time and get our AC system back as close to 100% as possible. total was over $8,000, i think we paid less than a grand. not long after that, our warranty company dropped us :lol: granted, the warranty company didn't choose the best techs they could have, IMO, but in the end they paid up and fixed the issue.
if i was buying a new place, or one that had recent work done, i probably wouldn't bother. however our house was at that magic ~10 year mark where all the original contractor grade stuff starts to shit the bed and it also went up during the housing boom right before the crash, so I felt like it was reasonable insurance and choose to do it again if i was in a similar situation with another house.
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2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT