By Service Seeking

07/10/2012 ServiceSeeking.com.au Helps Home Owners Save On Renovations By Comparing Quotes Online

Australians save an average of 15% by organising their renovations online, a new survey by quotes website ServiceSeeking.com.au reveals.


Launched in 2007, ServiceSeeking.com.au allows customers to compare quotes and prices from local businesses. To date, almost 500,000 jobs have been listed on the site and 1,000,000 quotes have been submitted by 65,000 quality businesses.

It only takes 2 minutes to fill out a quick online form and within hours you'll start receiving email messages and texts with quotes from local businesses who want to do your work. Most people receive around 4 quotes in just 24 hours.



Customers will save money as well as time. The survey, released by ServiceSeeking.com.au today, asked customers how much they paid for their renovations through the website, compared with the prices they received offline.

The majority (65%) of respondents said that they saved money by shopping around for quotes on ServiceSeeking.com.au. A smaller number (17%) paid around the same as quotes received offline, while only 18% found cheaper businesses from outside sources like the Yellow Pages and local paper.

Overall, respondents saved an average of 15% by using ServiceSeeking.com.au to compare quotes from different renovation companies.

ServiceSeeking.com.au CEO Jeremy Levitt says the results provide some great insight in the way homeowners are increasingly relying on competition to get them a better deal.
"Renovators on our site receive an average of 4.5 quotes in about 24 hours which is a great number to compare, to firstly make sure you're getting a fair deal and then to ultimately save you some money."

Sydney couple, James and Iona, experienced these savings firsthand. They were originally quoted $35,000 for their new kitchen, but after comparing 7 quotes and prices through ServiceSeeking.com.au ended up paying just $12,000.

Levitt says that more and more people are realising the savings that can be made by comparing quotes online. "They're already doing it for their health funds, car insurance and home loans; it makes sense that they want to do it for even bigger investments like a home renovation."

*Results based on a survey of 71 ServiceSeeking.com.au customers.

For further information, please contact Karina May or Marina Yang at ServiceSeeking.com.au (02) 8964 8514 / karina@serviceseeking.com.au / marina@serviceseeking.com.au