AHS Home Warranty - Good/Bad Experiences and other options

[Thor Camargo]

I have a property manager taking care of a couple homes in another state for me, and they've expressed a lot of frustration with AHS. I've generally had ok experiences with them.

Was curious if anyone else uses them and what their experiences have been?

If you don't use AHS - do you use another warranty company?

[Warren Z.]

Based on past experiences I would not use any kind of home warranty services. Better to save the payments made and use it on the repairs with highly reviewed contractors on Yelp. It'll save you the headache of multiple visits, long hold time on the phone with the warranty company, and dealing with inept contractors. 

I've had both ORHP and AHS and they basically will send the worst contractor over to do the job. You wouldn't believe the contractor clowns I've worked with. I was absolutely appalled to check out the contractor Yelp reviews on the ones that were sent. (i.e. 50+ one star reviews) 

Bottom line, home warranty companies and the contractors they employ do not have your best interest at heart. The warranty companies just want your premiums and the contractors just want to get paid on as many service call payments.