Topic: Home Owner Warranty - Metairie home warranty company closes its doors without a word to … - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

Durr before the local home warranty company let go its employees, dismantled its Web site and quietly went out of business. Home warranty companies act as middlemen between homeowners and contractors, dispatching plumbers, electricians and other handymen when an appliance breaks inside the home. The Durr family ran a plumbing company in the New Orleans area for decades, and Uriel Durr branched out into the home warranty business in August 1995. Durr when the company failed to reimburse him for the cost of repairing his air conditioner, said his experience with the firm has soured him on home warranty companies altogether. A national well known home warranty company tired to get me to extend the free plan the home builder offered. read more

Technorati Tags: durr, company, home, warranty, u, customers, home owner warranty