Overview:
Think of it like a grown-up version of a car’s maintenance light, but for your entire house. You drop in your address and basic details, it figures out what needs attention and when (HVAC filters, gutters, water heater flushes, roof inspections, etc.), and it just pings you with the right tasks at the right time. When something goes wrong, you snap a photo or talk to it—AI tells you if it’s urgent, what it probably is, a couple of safe DIY steps, and then books a pro if needed. It also acts like a home binder in your pocket: warranties, receipts, model numbers, and service history all searchable so you actually know what was done and what’s still covered. The point is to prevent dumb, expensive emergencies and make the ‘who do I call?’ moment a one-tap experience instead of a late-night Google spiral.
The Trends:
Preventive, subscription-based home maintenance is growing as homeowners shift from reactive repairs to recurring maintenance plans to avoid rising unexpected repair costs. (1)
Proptech operations are consolidating maintenance workflows into platforms that handle work orders, parts, and vendor networks—VC interest and large M&A show platformization of property maintenance. (2)
Smart‑home and IoT growth plus AI/computer‑vision research are enabling automated diagnostics (photos/voice) and predictive maintenance for households, making AI triage feasible in consumer apps. (3)
Consumers prefer vetted, on‑demand service marketplaces and platforms that surface background‑checked pros, driven by growth of online booking platforms and established brands (TaskRabbit/Thumbtack/Handy/Angi). (4)
Digital warranty, claims management, and integrated record‑keeping (warranties, receipts, service logs) are increasingly bundled into home-care offerings as insurers and warranty providers digitize post‑purchase support. (5, 6)
Your Answer:
Auto-builds a personalized home maintenance calendar from address, home age and appliance inventory so busy owners get the right tasks at the right cadence without thinking about it.
One-click booking of vetted local pros with instant availability and transparent pricing—removes the friction of finding trusted contractors and avoids late-night emergency searches.
AI triage via photo or voice: classify urgency, estimate likely causes, provide immediate DIY steps or auto-schedule a pro when the issue needs a technician.
Centralized warranty, receipt and service-history logging with searchable records and automated warranty expiry alerts so owners never lose paperwork or miss a coverage window.
Prevention-first value: reduces unexpected breakdowns and costly emergency repairs by keeping up with scheduled maintenance and early detection through AI—saving time and money for users.
Your Roadmap:
No‑code MVP: build a web app that generates a home-maintenance calendar from a short intake form (home age, systems, appliances, local climate).
Use Airtable as the database, Glide or Bubble for the front end, and Zapier/Make to automate calendar creation and booking triggers.
Integrate Google Calendar / iCal export and simple warranty/uploaded-doc storage (Airtable file fields).
Add AI triage: connect an image/voice-to-text OCR + an inexpensive vision model (e.g., OpenAI/Replicate) to classify issue severity and return recommended next steps and checklist tasks.
Start with vetted local pros by manually onboarding 5–10 partners (phone + contract) and add a basic booking request form that emails/skews jobs to partners.
Launch with a landing page and Facebook/Nextdoor ads targeting busy homeowners; collect emails, convert early users with discounted first-booking credits.