How we verify

Household News reports local work from the people who did it. Every story carries the Verified on-site stamp, and here's exactly what it means.

1. The business is real and verified

Before a business can publish here, we review its state license number (for example, Florida DBPR) or business records such as a business license or Sunbiz registration. Only one business can be verified under a name. A business that renames itself goes back through review.

2. The photo was taken on site

Stories come from Local Expert Studio, an app pros use on the job. A story qualifies only if at least one photo was taken in the app's own camera, with the phone's location recorded when the photo was taken. Photos added from a phone's gallery don't count toward the stamp.

3. It includes something only someone there would know

A specific detail from the pro, such as what was installed and where, a brand or size, a time or price, or what they found. Generic statements like "great job today" don't qualify.

4. How AI is used

Pros talk or type a short note. AI turns their approved words into the story you read, written in plain third person. It's instructed to use only the facts the pro gave and what's plainly visible in their photos, and never to add numbers, brands, prices, outcomes or claims of its own. The pro approves their post before it's published.

5. Your privacy and theirs

We never publish an exact address or map location. Stories show only the city, ZIP code or neighborhood. Photos are cleaned of hidden location data before they're stored.

6. Nobody pays to be here

Businesses can't pay to appear, to rank higher, or to have a story removed. If something is wrong, use Report a problem on any story or read Disputes and corrections.