{"id":18044,"date":"2011-10-04T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/?p=18044"},"modified":"2020-04-22T16:17:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T20:17:50","slug":"are-home-warranties-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/are-home-warranties-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Home Warranties Worth It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"House with Bay Windows, circa 1880 by Universal Pops (fully active mid-October), on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/universalpops\/4314390660\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4020\/4314390660_76bdc9b2ef.jpg\" alt=\"House with Bay Windows, circa 1880\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other day on <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/thehappyhousewife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> I asked for opinions regarding renewing our home warranty. The majority of people said they would renew their home warranty. I&#8217;m still not convinced it is the best deal for us since our house is newer and probably won&#8217;t need any major items replaced for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I stumbled across this video from Clark Howard. He recommends NOT buying an home warranty. His reason, people are almost always dissatisfied with the warranty company.<\/p>\n<p>For our warranty the price is $500 to renew and then $75 for each service call. We would have to anticipate over $500 in repairs over the next year for it to be worth it. I can&#8217;t decide.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Do you have a home warranty? Has it been worth it?<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit: <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/universalpops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Universal Pops<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day on Facebook I asked for opinions regarding renewing our home warranty. The majority of people said they would renew their home warranty. I&#8217;m still not convinced it is the best deal for us since our house is newer and probably won&#8217;t need any major items replaced for several years. 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