List-en up! Episode 4: The Best and Worst Contractors of 2007 [6:13m]:
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Listen up as we share our first-ever list of the Best and Worst Contractors, as found in
Angie’s List magazine. Over the years, we’ve received some pretty amazing reports on service providers working in a variety of fields. Some companies provide consistently excellent service, while others provide the opposite. So for the first time, we’ve decided to put a list together recognizing the best home contractors of 2007 and wagging our collective finger at the worst.
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List-en up! episode 3: Home Sweet Home: Homestead History Contest Winners [6:55m]:
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In this episode of
List-en up!, we talk to some of the winners of the
Angie’s List Homestead History Contest, in which we asked members to share stories about their homes’ uniqueness. Seth Dewey of Philadelphia told us about his artistic endeavor to renovate a dilapidated loft. Angela Dallo moved from metropolitan New York into a charming storybook house in Irvington, a historic district in Indianapolis. Ruth Housman’s Newton Center, Massachusetts home shares its long history with Timothy Leary and various boarding-house occupants (possibly even a ghost!) And finally, Scott Miller wrote a song, called “Our Homestead,” about his and his wife’s humble Kent, Washington abode. Congratulations to the winners!
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Home Sweet Home: Homestead History Contest Winners’
List-en up! episode 2: Etiquette: the Ticket to Great Service [9:36m]:
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List-en up! episode 2: Etiquette: the Ticket to Great Service [9:36m]:
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The second episode of
List-en up! is all about etiquette, and how being polite to the people you hire can make your life simpler. Though the highly rated contractors we spoke with have generally had good experiences with Angie’s List members, they do have some stories about rude, obnoxious customers who made life difficult. Peter Post (of the
Emily Post Institute) and several service professionals offer some great tips about common courtesy and how it can ensure a great experience, whether you’re hiring a painter, mechanic, or handyman.
Episode 1 - Angie's List Lead Safety Tour [8:33m]:
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Episode 1 - Angie's List Lead Safety Tour [8:34m]:
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Four hundred thousand children currently suffer from lead poisoning, almost exclusively from exposure in their homes. An Angie’s List Magazine investigation of nearly 200 contractors found that one third gave unsafe advice about basic lead safety practices on home projects, causing a danger to everyone involved, especially children. In the first episode of
List-en up!, we visit one of the first stops of the Angie’s List Lead Safety Tour, which aims to educate homeowners, parents, and contractors about basic lead safety practices. In Indianapolis, we talk to lead safety experts about the dangers of lead poisoning and how to avoid it. We also meet some concerned parents who had their children tested for lead poisoning.
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