I could not find the apartment via a google search and I thought it was odd that someone would want to spend time and money on a mere apartment staging. She did so via an email account "wendy She claimed her husband had found a lucrative job in Katy, TX and they were relocating from London and needed me to "stage their new apartment." I replied to her text, asking her to send more details about the project to my professional email address. I thought it was suspicious as I had not been active on HOUZZ since 2013, though my profile and portfolio were still there.Īnd I was shocked that she had found my mobile phone number there. Last November 6, 2016, I received a text message from a "Wendy Wilson" asking me if I would be interested in an interior design job and saying that she had found me via HOUZZ. Yes, I have had a similar experience with HOUZZ. I am very disapointed in all of the leads I've received from HOUZZ.ĭoes anyone have any similar experiences with Houzz? Does Houzz block deceptive and/or malicious activities? This experience was very disconcerting from what is meant to be an online professional community. She never supplied the address of her future home nor did the floor plan description match what was shown on the floor plan that she attached. She requested my personal information "name in full, front door/mailing address in full and a number we could reach me at". Long story short, the email correspondence I received from her was very disjointed but the payment inquiry was the same. She also asked if she could pay me with a certified check. This message asked for my design fees and the city of my business. In one of her early messages she sent a description and several photos of her family as well as a bunch of catalog cuts of furniture, lighting, window treatments, carpeting, and electronics plus a floor plan of her future home. The request required work to be complete by a very compressed time schedule. Just to check, I used a VPN and a private browser to see if my own company would be featured for a relevant search I did for my area and we were not.Has anyone on this list ever receive a HOUZZ inquiry from a woman by the name of Camile Dipson, About a week ago, I received an email from this woman looking for someone to stage an apartment for her and her very young family that were moving to the states from London. The Houzz Pro is a scam, just like the "best of Houzz" badges they give to almost everyone so you promote Houzz on your website. When we enquired about the lack of results during our "Pro" campaign we were told "add more pictures, add more reviews, add an article".basically.give us more high quality, free content that we can use on our site for free. Houzz and Houzz Pro is definitely not worth the money and with this kind of business model I would rate them as a very dishonest and poor company to do business with. To do this you have to contact your "Success Manager" and personally speak to them one month BEFORE your next payment to cancel. This is also no way to cancel on your Houzz Pro dashboard. On your Houzz-Pro dashboard there is no details of your current subscription costs, end date, pending renewal date. Houzz then automatically renewed us on a monthly basis with NO advance warning or any follow up. Linked-in with my basic profile sent over 700 distinct enquiries. After a one year commitment to Houzz Pro at a cost of $400 per month our design firm netted 35 clicks or referrals.įor comparison, Google sent over 3,500 people to us.
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