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Use Angie's List reviews to find the best local home improvement companies!

Angie's List is a word-of-mouth network that helps consumers find the best local contractors and doctors. Use detailed reviews from local members to find out which home improvement companies do the best work and which you should avoid.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Angie's List better than free sites?
We don’t accept anonymous reviews, and our certified data collection process protects against companies that try to report on themselves or their competitors.

How do contractors and doctors get rated on Angie’s List?
When a member submits a review on their experience.

What if I sign up and don't like it?
Like this would ever happen! But, seriously, our annual memberships come with a 110% money-back guarantee.

Using the web to get the job done right

In Gary Green’s Long Beach, L.I., neighborhood, everyone’s got an opinion. But Green, who expects to soon spend about $5,000 to replace the roof on his house, won’t rely solely on tips from friends when picking a contractor.

He plans to scroll through reports on Angie’s List, a Web directory that collects reviews from members and creates report cards on everything from plumbers to house cleaners to dentists.

“It’s a Consumer Reports for local services,” said Green, who works at the National Kidney Foundation in midtown.

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Home improvement television

It’s no secret that home improvement TV shows are tremendously popular. But even we were surprised to learn that 79 percent of Angie’s List members indulge in them. Shows like ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” often appear in the Nielsen rating system’s top 10 broadcast programs, and HGTV, a cable network entirely dedicated to home and garden shows, earned its highest ratings ever in the first quarter of 2008. Nine of the network’s top 10 programs are real estate reality shows, including “House Hunters” and “Designed to Sell.”

Michael Dingley, senior vice president of programming and content strategy for HGTV, says the TV shows help people learn how to do things themselves, and also inform them about what to look for when it comes to hiring professional contractors.

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Setting standards for remodeling green

For several years, Ann Edminster agonized over the energy costs of her 1940s pre-fabricated kit home. Other concerns, like a consistent cough and irritated throat, prompted her to action in 2006, when she spent $120,000 renovating and adding 190 square feet to her living room using green design techniques. "The focus was on energy retrofitting," she says.

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Disasters of do-it-yourself

As homeowners deal with economic pressure, many are trying to save money by doing jobs around the house themselves. Often, they end up with disastrous – and more expensive – results.

An Angie’s List member poll found 83 percent of respondents go the do-it-yourself route because they want to save money. However, one in five who attempted a DIY project themselves still had to call in a pro to finish the job, and in many cases, undo the damage they had done.

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