Trusted recommendations from people you actually know.

PorchList helps private communities share the contractors, services, and local recommendations they actually trust. Ask questions, post events, run polls, and keep the useful stuff inside the groups you belong to.

Brentwood Homeowners
JT
Jake Torres
Brentwood, TN · Member
Private group
47
Members
18
Vendors
24
BR
Blue Ridge HVAC
HVAC
12
JP
John's Painting
Painting
9
WB
Wilson Plumbing
Plumbing
SC
Sarah Chen
Realtor · Nashville, TN
My Trusted Vendors
HVACPlumbingRoofing+9 more
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Community vetted
BR
Blue Ridge HVAC
HVAC · Nashville, TN
24member votes

Public reviews are broken.

The platforms that were supposed to help you find trusted services have made it harder, not easier. The signal got buried under the noise.

  • Contractors can pay for placement.
  • Anonymous reviews are easy to game.
  • Star ratings lack real context.
  • Neighborhood feeds are noisy and hard to trust.
  • The best recommendations still get buried in text threads.

Recommendations are earned, not bought.

In PorchList, contractors only get added when someone in the community recommends them. Members can upvote or downvote based on real experience, and the most trusted providers rise to the top.

  • Invite-only communities
  • One trusted list per group
  • No paid rankings
  • No 5-star review games
  • Upvotes and downvotes from real members
  • Contractors cannot buy visibility

More than a contractor list.

Every PorchList group includes a private community feed for the everyday things neighbors already ask each other.

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Ask questions
Get answers from neighbors who've been there.
Share recommendations
Add vendors your community should know about.
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Post events
Keep your community in the loop on what's happening.
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Run polls
Make decisions together with quick community votes.
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Make announcements
Share important updates with everyone in your group.
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Keep conversations private
Everything stays inside your group. No public feeds.

Built around real-world trust.

1

Create or join a private community

Only members of that group can see and contribute to the content inside it.

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Recommend providers you actually trust

Add contractors, services, and local businesses your community should know about.

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Vote based on real experience

Upvotes and downvotes help the most trusted providers rise to the top.

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Keep useful conversations in one place

Questions, events, polls, and posts stay organized inside your community.

The PorchList Promise

Trust is the product. That means rankings can never be bought, downvotes cannot be hidden, and every recommendation must come from a real community member.

Contractors cannot pay for placement.

Rankings are earned through reputation.

Downvotes cannot be removed for a fee.

Members control who gets recommended.

Communities stay private and invite-only.

No ads or sponsored posts.

This isn't a policy buried in our terms. It's the reason we exist.

Build the list your community actually trusts.

Join the waitlist and help bring trusted local recommendations back to real communities.