Your project. Multiple quotes. One easy process.
We reach out to contractors, let the ones who respond pick a visit time from your availability, and check every quote that comes in against one list.
Contractor outreach, guaranteed · Contractors never pay us
work for? You. Contractors don't pay us, so we don't work for them. Nobody can buy a place on your list, and the search isn't limited to whoever has an ad budget.
What happens around your house
Five things we take care of once you check coverage. Point at any of them to find it on the drawing.
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Who we reach out to Local pros matched to your project and area, small shops included. Each decides whether to respond.
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Licensed and insured? License, insurance and crew status, as each contractor reports it, shown next to their quote.
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When they visit Share your availability once. Contractors who respond pick a time from it. No phone tag.
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Same job, every quote Change the scope or answer a question once, and every contractor gets it. Each quote is checked against one list and marked with the scope it priced.
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Who owns the shopPremium Private-equity groups have been buying up local HVAC, plumbing and roofing shops and keeping the original names on the trucks. Premium notes which contractors are likely independent, based on public information.
Field notes
What a good quote for your job actually contains
We read a lot of contractor quotes. These are the write-ups: one project type at a time, what a complete bid covers, what the cheap one usually leaves out, and which line item is really driving the difference between two numbers.
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Roofing
Two roof quotes, six thousand apart, both honest
Tear-off or lay-over, how much deck replacement is budgeted, and where the ice-and-water shield stops. Three lines that explain most of the gap.
7 min
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Furnace replacement
The furnace bid that didn't mention the chimney
Going from an old mid-efficiency unit to a 96% condensing furnace changes how the house vents. If the quote is silent on it, someone is paying for it later.
6 min
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Windows
Insert or full frame, multiplied by fourteen
Two installers can quote "window replacement" and mean genuinely different jobs. Here's how to tell which one you're being priced for.
8 min
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Sewer line
Nobody can price a pipe they haven't looked inside
Spot repair, pipe lining and full replacement sit thousands apart, and a camera scope is the only thing that decides between them. Treat a quote without one as a guess.
6 min
Written for homeowners, not contractors. General guidance only, and no substitute for a written itemized proposal. Check coverage in your zip code if you'd rather skip ahead.