About Us
Most homeowners know their way around a grocery store better than they know their own house. That's not a flaw—it's just how it goes. Homes are complicated, and the guidance out there is often buried in jargon, assumes too much, or tells you to call a pro for things you could absolutely handle yourself.
We're a team of home professionals, experienced tradespeople, and DIY enthusiasts who believe that understanding your home—really understanding it—gives you confidence, saves you money, and makes the place you live feel genuinely more like yours.
Every homeowner deserves to understand their home well enough to make confident decisions about it—whether that means picking up a wrench or knowing when to call someone who will.
Smart guidance for every corner of home care.
Turning home care into something people can approach with clarity, confidence, and a real sense of capability.
What We Cover
Home Renovation
From kitchen overhauls to bathroom refreshes, we cover renovation the way a knowledgeable friend would—walking you through what to expect, what to budget, and where the real decisions actually lie.
Repair Guides
Step-by-step, written for real people—not just pros. We break down repairs so you know exactly what you're doing, why it works, and when it's genuinely worth calling someone else.
DIY Basics
Skills that compound over time. Our foundational guides help new homeowners build a practical toolkit of knowledge they'll use for years—starting from wherever they are right now.
Our Process
We Start With the Real Homeowner Question
Before writing anything, we ask: what does someone who has never done this actually need to know? That question determines the scope, the order, and the level of detail. Anything that doesn't serve that question gets cut.
We Update When the World Changes
Building codes get updated. Products get discontinued. Better techniques emerge. We review and refresh our guides on a rolling schedule so that the repair method you're following reflects current best practice — not a standard from four years ago.
We Test the Steps Against Reality
Instructions that look clear on paper sometimes reveal a gap when you're actually holding the tool. Our contributors work through each guide practically—noting where the real-world version differs from the theoretical one, and writing those differences in.
We Flag Every Safety Consideration Up Front
Safety notes go at the beginning of a guide, not the bottom. We also include a clear assessment of whether this is a reasonable DIY task for a capable beginner, an intermediate homeowner, or a job that should go to a licensed professional.
A Hub Built by People Who've Been There
Ben Hartley
Lead Editor · Renovation & Structural
Ben spent 11 years as a licensed general contractor before transitioning to home improvement media. He's overseen hundreds of residential renovation projects and has an instinct for the decisions that separate a renovation that holds up from one that causes problems two years later. His guides are precise, safety-first, and written with the kind of patience that comes from having explained the same concept to dozens of first-time homeowners on job sites.
Sofia Rendell
Interior Design & Renovation Planning Editor
Sofia spent 12 years working as a residential interior designer. Her coverage sits at the intersection of design decisions and renovation reality—helping readers think through layout, flow, materials, and finishes before a single wall comes down. She's particularly good at explaining why a choice that looks stunning in a showroom sometimes creates problems in a real home, and what to pick instead.
Hermes Rivera
Home Basics & Safety Editor
Hermes is a licensed electrician with eight years of residential wiring experience and a background in electrical safety education. He writes about electrical topics for homeowners with one clear goal: giving people enough knowledge to handle safe, code-compliant basics and the confidence to recognize when a job needs to go to a licensed professional. His guides are the clearest available explanation of what a homeowner can safely DIY and what they absolutely shouldn't.
Tara Oyelaran
Smart Home & Modern Upgrades Editor
Tara covers the growing overlap between home improvement and home technology—smart lighting, programmable thermostats, connected security systems, automated window treatments, and the wiring considerations that make all of it actually work. She has a background in product design and spent four years testing smart home products for a consumer technology publication before joining House Fix Hub to bring that knowledge to homeowners who want their homes to feel current without a complete overhaul.
Keisha Montrose
Exterior Home Editor
Keisha spent a decade in residential landscaping and drainage before discovering that most homeowners have no idea how closely their yard and their foundation are connected—and decided to do something about it. She covers exterior home topics with a focus on the things that protect the structure: grading and drainage, gutter systems, retaining walls, exterior caulking, and deck and porch maintenance.
Have a smart DIY shortcut you swear by?
Send us your DIY wins, clever home hacks, renovation lessons, and everyday repair stories. Your experience could spark someone else’s next solution—or give them the confidence to finally begin.