Your contractor quoted you a number. Is it fair?
We built a cost index from BLS wages, material prices, and real permit fees so you can see what your project should actually cost, before you sign anything. Built for homeowners, not a contractor pricing tool.
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You can look up what a used Civic is worth in about ten seconds. Figuring out a fair price for a new water heater, a repainted house, or a kitchen remodel is somehow still a guessing game. We fix that. TheFatBook builds the real cost of common home improvement jobs from federal wage data, a licensed cost book, current material prices, and the actual permit fee in your city, then shows you the fair range and the floor a contractor can still do the work for. Just the real number, straight, before you sign. Then hire whoever you want.
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Who reviewed the methodology.
Every cost figure, and the methodology behind it, is reviewed by Leonard "Chuck" Thompson, LC Thompson Construction Co., Owner (retired) · High-End Residential & Commercial Builder · Jefferson City, MO.
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