Hoppy Launches Home Management Site to Simplify Home and DIY Tasks

Hoppy, the new home management site, brings a new ‘one stop shop’ concept to the U.K. market with its launch this week, aiming to simplify running a home. 

According to research commissioned by Hoppy, Brits spend on average 10[i] hours a week on household tasks and 68 per cent have up to 20 DIY tasks to complete in their home. It is no surprise then, that juggling managing a household – and all the admin and maintenance that brings – is causing 40 per cent of Brits to be stressed.

The Hoppy site aims to solve this - saving consumers time and money by bringing a range of home-related services and digital tools under one roof for the very first time. The site encompasses switching services, a tradesperson booking portal, an online community and a home management digital logbook to take the hassle out of running a home.

Founded as an independent company in 2018, Hoppy was created in Blue Lab, EDF Energy’s innovation accelerator, to meet customer demand for a comprehensive home management tool. Following a successful test period and positive customer response, Hoppy is being launched nationwide.

Hoppy’s Managing Partner Richard Longmore explains; “Hoppy originated in response to consumers looking for digital services to make their lives easier – in particular, to better manage their homes. We saw a gap in the market for a platform that brings a number of home-related services together. Customers and service are at the core of the business; Hoppy aims to make running households easy and efficient, simplifying the lives of our customers by taking care of the household bills and general home maintenance that often become a chore.”

Working with trusted and accredited service providers across the industry, Hoppy enables consumers to easily switch utilities by providing access to the widest range of the cheapest utility, broadband/tv and mobile deals in the country – saving consumers up to £537 per year[ii] on utilities and up to £325 a year[iii] respectively on broadband/tv and mobile deals.

The site also includes a tradesperson booking portal to provide access to over 1,800 nationwide trusted and vetted tradespeople to help out with any job around the home. The Hoppy team have also developed a community area of the site to provide access to other homeowners and renters who can offer advice and tips on everyday niggles and issues in the home. Users will receive notifications when someone has responded to their question.

Research also revealed that household finance and admin can be a time drain, taking Brits on average over an hour a week to deal with – not to mention all the paperwork which can become overwhelming. To tackle this, Hoppy cleverly keeps track of household to-do lists with a digital logbook allowing users to set up reminders and notifications to pay bills or renegotiate a contract. Users can also create online secure cloud storage for important household documents to help tackle the pile of mounting paperwork in the home.  

Longmore adds, “We are really excited to unveil Hoppy. Life is stressful enough without having to also worry about all the mounting jobs to do around the home. We hope the site will help simplify household tasks and admin – giving people back more of their valued leisure time.”

For more information on Hoppy, please visit www.hoppy.co.uk

Source : Insight DIY Team and Hoppy

i] Calculations based on YouGov online research of 2,000 Brits, August 2018. Brits spend an average of 10 hours per week.

Time spent per week:

• Home finance and paying bills – 1.11 hrs
• Household chores (cleaning and ironing) – 5.11 hrs
• DIY & Gardening – 3.40 hrs

Total time spent per week on ‘running the home’:

• Almost 10 hours per week!

[ii] Calculations supplied by Hoppy’s energy partner, Energy Helpline.

Energy Helpline compares all publicly available energy tariffs under the OFGEM Confidence Code. 10% of customers switching their gas and electricity bills with energyhelpline (and their partners) between 1st Feb 2016 and 16th Nov 2017 saved £537 or more. Survey of over 100,000 switches.

[iii] Calculations supplied by Hoppy’s Broadband comparison partner, Decision Tech Ltd. Saving based on switching from non-discounted, standard ongoing annual costs to a comparable new bundle. Example: BT Unlimited Broadband + weekend calls - line rental included (£45.49 a month) - total annual cost £545.88 vs. Post Office Unlimited Broadband + weekend calls.  (£17 a month for 12 months - line rental included + £0.00 set up costs) - total first year cost £204. Total first year saving £341.88. Terms and conditions apply. All prices subject to geographic availability and offer dates.  Information correct at 19/07/18

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