HomeAdvisor Cost Guide Scraper

Scrape HomeAdvisor/Angi True Cost Guides for 200+ home improvement services. Extract national average costs, price ranges, cost factors, and descriptions across all major categories.

Features

• Scrape cost data from 200+ service categories (plumbing, electrical, roofing, bathrooms, etc.)
• Extract average cost, typical range, and extreme range for each service
• Identify cost factors that affect pricing (labor, materials, location, etc.)
• Filter by specific category or scrape all categories at once
• JSON-LD structured data extraction for maximum accuracy
• FAQ extraction from cost guide pages
• No browser needed — fast and lightweight

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
category	string	""	Filter by category slug (e.g., plumbing, electrical). Empty = all categories
maxResults	integer	200	Maximum cost guides to scrape (1-2000)
proxyConfiguration	object	{}	Proxy settings for large-scale runs

Example Input

{
    "category": "plumbing",
    "maxResults": 50
}

Available Categories

Home Spaces: attics, basements, bathrooms, bedrooms, decks-and-porches, garages, home-offices, home-theaters, kitchens, laundry-rooms, living-rooms, outbuildings, patios-and-walkways, roofing, sunrooms, lawn-and-garden

Home Features: appliances, cabinets, countertops, doors-and-windows, electrical, fencing, flooring, foundations, gutters, heating-and-cooling, insulation, landscape, painting, plumbing, siding, stairs-and-railings, swimming-pools-hot-tubs-and-saunas, walls-and-ceilings

Home Professionals: architects-and-engineers, designers-and-decorators

Home Solutions: additions-and-remodels, cleaning-services, disability-accommodation, disaster-recovery, energy-efficiency, environmental-safety, safety-and-security, storage-and-organization

Output

Each result contains:

Field	Type	Description
serviceName	string	Name of the home improvement service
category	string	Category name (e.g., "Plumbing")
categorySlug	string	URL-friendly category slug
averageCost	number	National average cost in USD
lowCost	number	Low end of the full cost range
highCost	number	High end of the full cost range
typicalRangeLow	number	Low end of the typical/normal range
typicalRangeHigh	number	High end of the typical/normal range
costFactors	string[]	Factors that affect the cost
description	string	Service description from meta or page content
faqs	object[]	FAQ questions and answers if available
url	string	Source URL of the cost guide
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of when the data was scraped

Example Output

{
    "serviceName": "Water Heater Replacement",
    "category": "Plumbing",
    "categorySlug": "plumbing",
    "averageCost": 1337,
    "lowCost": 350,
    "highCost": 12000,
    "typicalRangeLow": 882,
    "typicalRangeHigh": 1815,
    "costFactors": ["Type", "Size", "Fuel Type", "Energy Efficiency", "Brand", "Location"],
    "description": "Professional water heater replacement cost service including materials and labor.",
    "faqs": [
        {
            "question": "How much does it cost to replace a 40-gallon water heater?",
            "answer": "Replacing a 40-gallon water heater costs $800 to $1,600 on average..."
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://www.homeadvisor.com/cost/plumbing/install-a-water-heater/",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Use Cases

• Home Improvement Budgeting: Get accurate cost estimates before starting a project
• Contractor Pricing Analysis: Compare your rates against national averages
• Real Estate Investment: Estimate renovation costs for property flips
• Insurance Adjusting: Reference typical repair costs for claims
• Market Research: Analyze home improvement pricing trends across categories
• Content Creation: Source accurate cost data for home improvement articles

How It Works

1. Discovers all cost guide URLs by crawling HomeAdvisor category pages
2. Fetches each individual cost guide page using lightweight HTTP requests
3. Extracts structured cost data from JSON-LD Schema.org markup
4. Parses additional cost ranges, factors, and descriptions from page content
5. Outputs clean, normalized results to the Apify dataset

Tips

• Start with a single category to test (e.g., "category": "plumbing")
• Use maxResults: 5 for quick testing runs
• Enable proxy for large-scale runs (200+ guides)
• The scraper automatically deduplicates guide URLs across categories

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