Choice Home Warranty: Best and Only Home Warranty You Will Ever Need (2023)
Perhaps there’s nothing interesting or exciting about purchasing a home warranty, but it’s an important decision for any homeowner. As a home-based creator, taking care of my home has always been a priority so that my family and I can be safe and comfortable. A good home warranty is so essential when you need it. In this article, I’m going to walk you through my personal experience with Choice Home Warranty over the past 3 years.
This article is not sponsored but it does my referral link at no extra cost to you if you decide to sign up. I’m glad to be able to share my own honest, transparent, and hopefully helpful reviews for Choice Home Warranty.
Home Warranty vs. Home Insurance 101
As first-time homeowners, we can get confused easily by the different homecare and home improvement terminologies. Let’s clarify this first: A home warranty primarily covers the repair or replacement of major appliances and systems due to normal wear and tear, while home insurance protects the structure of your home and its contents against specific perils. Both can be beneficial in providing financial protection, but they cover different aspects of homeownership. In this article, we are talking about home warranty.
What types of plans and coverage are available for Choice Home Warranty?
Choice Home Warranty offers two simple plans: Total Plan vs. Basic Plan. Given the size of our home (2950 sqft), I decided to opt-in for the Total Plan. The exact cost does depend on your specific situation, how many years you will purchase the plan, and if you decide to pay in full vs. monthly. It’s best to get a quote first.
How do you sign up?
Sign up process is very easy. You can start here to receive a quote. Choice Home Warranty will respond quickly. As for me, I received a call immediately after I entered my home information. Three years later, I’m very glad I purchased the 5-year plan and know my home is in good care.
What does Choice Home Warranty cover?
Choice Home Warranty covers a big variety of items as seen below. I never thought I’d need this level of services given my home is in great shape, built in 2014, and without any visible issues in and outside of the house. The appliances were also taken great care of by the previous owner. But let me tell you – things do break in the most unexpected and inconvenient moments. This is obvious to experienced homeowners, but I urge any newbies to understand this unavoidable consequence (things do break) and why a home warranty really isn’t optional when you own a home.
How to file a claim? (Good news: the steps are easy and take minutes)
After the initial 30-day waiting period, you can use your Choice Home Warranty coverage plan. To file a claim, call its claims department at 888-531-5403, or you can also file a claim online through your Account Center portal (highly recommended).
Filing a new claim with Choice Home Warranty is very easy. All you need is to specify:
- The system you are having issues with
- Last time the system/item was working properly
- Describe in detail the problem that is occurring
- Then hit “Submit”
You’ll immediately get a confirmation from Choice Home Warranty. Then usually within 24 hours, they will assign a technician with a confirmed date and time to visit your home.
With that said, I highly recommend that you include as many details as possible so they can diagnose and address the issue quickly and accurately.
Honestly, the process is so easy, I found myself submitting claims in between watching Netflix. It takes minutes to enter the details. Home repair no longer feels like a drag. Because of Choice Home Warranty, I now have the confidence to address any home repair issues right away, while working as a home-based creator.
Claims I’ve submitted and how they turned out (real scenarios!)
Each visit including the technician’s time and parts (if any) is covered by the service call. Each visit is $65 for us.
Claim #1. Broken dishwasher
If Choice Home Warranty isn’t able to repair the issue, or if your system is too old to have parts ordered and shipped, they will offer to replace the unit. When our older dishwasher broke, Choice offered to pay a portion of the replacement. My new dishwasher ended up costing around $800 and Choice offered a check for around $250 which definitely helped.
Claim #2. Broken in-sink garbage disposal
A few months later, our in-sink garbage disposal stopped working completely. It was making a humming noise and the reset button was no longer able to restart the unit. I submitted a claim and Choice Home Warranty sent a technician within the next day who helped us install a brand new unit.
Claim #3. Broken boiler water feeder
Fast forward a year later, our boiler was working fine but we noticed water on the ground. So I called Choice Home Warranty. The issue had to do with the water feeder for the boiler. At the time of my call, there was a severe shortage of technicians due to the ongoing pandemic. Choice gave me the option to call up local plumbers who provided a quote of $500 to fix my water feeder. I was able to submit the claim and received a check from Choice within just a few weeks.
Claim #4. Broken freezer seal
Most recently I noticed ice accumulation around the edges of my freezer. I couldn’t figure out the cause so all I had to do was to describe the situation in detail. Choice Home Warranty confirmed a technician’s visit within hours of my submission and someone was at our home to diagnose the freezer the very next day. After that, the technician ordered a brand-new seal that was shipped to us in days, and she stopped by again to complete the installation in one week.
Customer service, technical expertise, and follow-up
All the tehcnicians who have set foot in our house because of Choice Home Warranty have been very professional. Sometimes they are in a rush, but they always do their best to address our questions and offer helpful suggestions.
Coverage Caps and Limitations
While Choice Home Warranty offers extensive protection on numerous systems and appliances, the full cost of a repair or replacement isn’t always covered as discussed in my real scenarios above. According to the agreement, Choice Home Warranty states that its liability will not exceed $3,000 per covered item for access, diagnosis, and repair or replacement. That means that once a repair or replacement reaches the $3,000 limit for a certain item, customers are responsible for paying any expenses past that limit. Note that the coverage caps differ for optional coverage items. For example, septic systems, stand-alone ice makers, and trash compactors max out at $500 per claim.
Optional Coverage
There is a list of optional systems Choice Home Warranty will cover for additional fees. I have listed them here below. Personally, I have not submitted claims outside of the covered systems and won’t be able to share much of my experience here. If you have done so in the past, please share your thoughts in the comments below.
Conclusion: Is Choice Home Warranty Good?
Owning a home is a huge responsibility and it inevitably comes with many risks. Broken systems do occur more often than we’d like even for new homes and appliances. Given my positive experience with Choice Home Warranty, I have and will continue to recommend them to friends, family, and other creators and entrepreneurs who stumble upon this article.
Are you a home-based creator? Please let me know how you take care of and upgrade your home over the years!
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