Can I mention my company in a comment if someone asks?
No. The rules ban self promotion and strictly forbid posts and comments from business owned or operated accounts, so keep your business out of this community entirely.
Subreddit guides
r/homeowners rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/homeowners: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 3,090,837
- Verified
- October 3, 2026
- Category
- Homeowner and construction communities
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- No promotional content (spam): No ads, no self-promo, no blogs, no links to your business, etc. Posts and comments from business-owned-or-operated accounts are strictly forbidden.
- No surveys of any kind: We recommend using r/samplesize or related subs for this.
- Do not advise others to commit crimes: Don't encourage others to break the law. Insurance fraud; animal abuse; harrassment; etc.
- Posts must be about homeownership: Posts about renting, relationship advice, or any other off-topic topics will be removed.
- No politics: Leave the politics for the rest of reddit. They have no place here.
- Be nice to each other: No name calling. If you can't be civil, don't say anything at all.
- No AI-generated content: AI-generated content is not allowed, and will be removed if identified.
- Search the sub: Some questions get asked here repeatedly, so repeat posts may be removed and directed to prior posts.
- Don’t post addresses: Don’t dox yourself or anyone else.
- Post titles must be descriptive of the post content: If you have a question, put it in the title. Click bait or low-effort titles will be removed.
- Don't request legal advice: Legal advice is for legal professionals. If you must ask reddit, there are other subs for that.
- Requests for price/cost estimates must include details of at least three bids you've secured: An international subreddit doesn't know what things cost in your area to your specification, but local professionals do. Before you ask r/homeowners for price or cost estimates, you'll need to have at least three bids from local contractors/professionals in hand and include that information in your post.
- Do not delete your posts: Deleting posts is rude to those who have taken the time to respond and to those who could benefit from the post/comments in the future.
Works well
- A plain question post with a descriptive title that states your homeowner problem directly, like asking how people handled a specific repair situation.
- A genuine story about your own house, written in your own words, that invites other homeowners to share how they dealt with the same thing.
- A search first approach, where you read prior threads on your topic and add a comment that shares your own honest experience.
- A post about a homeownership decision you are weighing, with enough detail that people can give useful answers.
- Helpful comments on other people's threads where you have real experience, with no link and no mention of your business anywhere.
Avoid
- Posting any link to your business, blog, or landing page, which the promotional content rule forbids.
- Posting or commenting from a business owned or operated account, which is strictly forbidden here.
- Using AI to draft posts or comments, since AI generated content is removed when identified.
- Asking for price or cost estimates without including at least three bids you have secured from local contractors.
- Posting about renting, relationships, or anything that is not homeownership.
- Bringing politics into a thread in any form.
What r/homeowners Is For
r/homeowners describes itself as the best place to talk about your place. That tells you the whole room is built around one topic, owning a home. The people posting here are homeowners asking about repairs, maintenance, costs, and the everyday decisions that come with a house. The rules keep the focus tight. Posts must be about homeownership, so renting and other off topic subjects are out. Questions get asked often, so people are told to search the sub first. Titles must describe the content, and if you ask about price or cost you need to include at least three bids from local contractors. This is a community of people talking about their own homes, not a place for businesses to talk about themselves.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides everything for a marketer is “No promotional content (spam)”, which bans ads, self promo, blogs, and links to your business, and strictly forbids posts and comments from business owned or operated accounts. “No AI-generated content” matters a lot right now, because AI text is removed when identified, so anything you post must be written by you. “Posts must be about homeownership” keeps every post on topic, and “No politics” keeps the room calm. “Search the sub” means repeat questions get removed, so check older threads first. “Post titles must be descriptive of the post content” means your question belongs in the title, not hidden behind clickbait. “Requests for price/cost estimates must include details of at least three bids you've secured” is unusual and strict, so know it before you ask about costs. “No surveys of any kind” closes the survey door completely. “Don't request legal advice” sends legal questions elsewhere. “Don’t post addresses” protects privacy, and “Do not delete your posts” means you live with what you post. Finally, “Be nice to each other” sets the tone for every comment you write.
What To Post
For a founder doing respectful Reddit marketing, the honest play here is to show up as a homeowner first and a company person never. Post about your own house, your own repairs, your own decisions, and write every word yourself because AI text gets removed. Ask real questions with the question stated right in the title, since titles must describe the content. Share what you learned fixing or dealing with something in your place, in plain language, with no links and no mention of your business. If you want to understand what homeowners worry about, read the threads, search the sub before posting, and answer other people's questions from genuine experience. That is how you earn a place in a room like this.
What To Avoid
Do not post ads, self promotion, blogs, or links to your business, because promotional content is banned and business owned accounts are strictly forbidden. Do not post surveys of any kind. Do not use AI to write your posts or comments, because AI generated content is not allowed and gets removed when identified. Do not post about renting or anything off topic, and leave politics out entirely. Do not ask the community for price or cost estimates unless you already have at least three bids from local contractors and include them in your post. Do not give or ask for legal advice. Do not post any addresses, including your own. Do not use clickbait or low effort titles. Do not name call or be uncivil, do not encourage anyone to break the law, and never delete your posts after people have replied.
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Common questions about r/homeowners
Can I link to my blog or my tool?
No. Links to your business fall under the no promotional content rule, and the policy brief confirms links are banned here.
Can I use AI to help write my post?
No. AI generated content is not allowed and will be removed if identified, so write everything yourself.
Can I ask what a repair should cost?
Only if you already have at least three bids from local contractors and include those details in your post, otherwise the request gets removed.
Can I run a survey of homeowners here?
No. Surveys of any kind are banned, and the moderators point people toward other subs for that.
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