THE DOCTOR ON ROUNDS
House calls, as they actually look.
No stock heroics — panels off, meter out, the day's patients on the bench. This is the work the from-price buys.
Two lines, clearly separated, is the entire billing philosophy. Line one: the from-price, which contains the visit, the examination and all repair labor. Line two: the part, if one is prescribed — named, priced and signed by you before it's installed. There is no line three.
| Complaint | Exam + labor, from |
|---|---|
| Dryer runs cold | from $229 |
| Dryer won't start | from $217 |
| Loud squeal or thump | from $217 |
| Stops mid-cycle | from $217 |
| Complaint | Exam + labor, from |
|---|---|
| Washer won't drain | from $234 |
| Washer door locked | from $241 |
| Walks or bangs in spin | from $234 |
| Leaks that come and go | from $234 |
| Complaint | Exam + labor, from |
|---|---|
| Fridge not cold | from $259 |
| Fridge leaking water | from $249 |
| Clicks every few minutes | from $249 |
| Runs without resting | from $249 |
| Complaint | Exam + labor, from |
|---|---|
| Oven not heating | from $287 |
| Burner won't light or heat | from $281 |
| Bakes unevenly or runs cold | from $281 |
| Locked after self-clean | from $281 |
| Complaint | Exam + labor, from |
|---|---|
| Ice maker stopped | from $252 |
| Cubes shrinking weekly | from $252 |
| One block instead of cubes | from $252 |
| Ice tastes wrong | from $252 |
| Complaint | Exam + labor, from |
|---|---|
| Won't drain | from $238 |
| Dishes come out dirty | from $238 |
| Leaks onto the floor | from $246 |
| Won't start or stops mid-cycle | from $238 |
From-figures cover the exam and labor on common single-component repairs across mainstream brands. Heavier surgery — motors, boards, premium built-ins — quotes higher, in writing, before any work. A signed figure never moves afterward.
Say a washer's drain pump has died. The from-$234 figure already holds the visit, the diagnosis and the replacement labor — however long the job runs.
The pump itself goes on the chart as its own priced line. You sign it before it's fitted, or you don't — the labor figure stands either way, unchanged.
Machine not worth saving, or the numbers don't suit you? The exam and the written professional verdict cost $90 flat, and that is the entire invoice.
Here is the arithmetic this trade rarely says out loud: roughly one repair in three needs a part that isn't on the van — ordered from a distributor, or driven for, hours on the road both ways. Practices that price visit-by-visit turn that reality into a second invoice. This one doesn't. The from-price is built knowing the return-trip odds, so when your repair needs a fitting visit, it's already paid for. Visit one produces the chart; visit two fits the part; the paper never changes.
That's also why these figures shouldn't be compared to an hourly trade's teaser rates. Appliance work is diagnostic work — closer to the electrician's meter than to the laborer's shovel — and the value sits in the finding: the measured, written answer that keeps you from funding a parts lottery.
Never on your chart: trip fees, fuel surcharges, per-hour meters, weekend-rate theater, a second exam fee for the same fault, or a parts figure you didn't sign. The schedule reads the same in every community on the rounds, and the warranty terms print on the invoice — paper, not promises.
Payment lands once, when the repair is finished and tested in front of you — card, cash or check. If a part must be ordered, nothing is owed for it until it's fitted and working.
Because access varies, machines vary, and pretending one number fits every kitchen is how flat-rate menus overcharge the easy jobs. The from-figure is the honest floor for that consultation; your exact written figure lands after the exam, before any work, and it doesn't move once you've signed it.
Whatever the part actually costs — that's the point of the separate line. Fuses, switches and valves prescribe cheap; compressors, boards and premium-brand assemblies cost real money. Either way you see the figure in writing and sign before installation, so the parts line is never a surprise you meet on the invoice.
Better — it was never a separate charge to begin with. The exam lives inside the from-price, so approving the repair means you pay the published figure and the exam simply isn't a line. The $90 figure appears only when the diagnosis is where you choose to stop.
Work pauses and you get told first: a second written figure for the second disease, yours to accept or refuse. The signed chart for the original fault stands untouched either way. Charts here never grow new lines after the signature; that is the entire practice.
No stock heroics — panels off, meter out, the day's patients on the bench. This is the work the from-price buys.
The intake is the first half of the diagnosis — the machine, the complaint and your ZIP decide what rides on the van. A weekday callback confirms your window.
The from-price covers the visit, the diagnosis and every hour of repair work. It's published before you call.
A needed part is written up separately and signed before it's fitted. Stop at the diagnosis instead and $90 is the whole bill.
One exam, one chart, two honest lines. That's the entire fee schedule.