Know what it costs before you call a contractor.
A few questions about your project. Davis gives you a real cost range, benchmarked against local pricing — so you know what fair looks like before anyone quotes you a number.
Check my budget — freeNo account required · Takes about 2 minutes
Nobody wins when a bid starts with a guess.
Contractors spend hours preparing estimates for homeowners who had no idea the real number was double what they imagined — a bid that goes nowhere, on both sides. BudgetCheck exists so you walk into that conversation with a realistic number, and the contractors you do invite are working on a project that's actually going to happen.
Three ways people use this
I want to know what to budget
You're not ready for contractors yet — you just want a real number, so you know how much to save and when you'll be ready to start.
I want to go in prepared
You like to understand things before they happen. You want to know what to expect from the bidding process, not learn it as you go.
I'm ready to invite contractors
You know what you're building. You want organized, apples-to-apples bids back — that's what a BidBrief is built for.
Three steps. No bids required.
Tell Davis what you're planning
Pick your project type — kitchen, bathroom, roof, whatever it is. No bids, no contractors, no account.
Answer a few questions
Davis asks what actually changes the price for your project type — square footage, finish level, scope. Each question says why it matters.
Get a real range
A cost range based on licensed local pricing data, broken down by category — so you walk into contractor conversations already informed.
A range, not a guess.
Sample estimate for an Atlanta kitchen remodel, mid-grade finishes.
This is an estimate, not a quote — based on licensed local pricing data for comparable projects. Real bids will vary by home and contractor.
Ready to invite contractors? Get a BidBrief.
Once you've run BudgetCheck, Davis already knows your scope. A BidBrief turns that into a document you send to every contractor you invite — so their bids come back covering the same work and are actually easy to compare.
- A scope-of-work document built from your BudgetCheck answers — nothing to re-type
- Room for your own priorities, plus photos of the space if you want to add them
- Print it, email it, or send it to every contractor you're inviting to bid
- Never shows your target budget — contractors price the scope, not your ceiling
Keep the current footprint. Prefer to start within 60 days.
Questions worth asking
Yes. BudgetCheck is free — no card, no account required to see your estimate.
BudgetCheck comes before you have bids — it tells you what to expect to pay so you're not walking in blind. BidScan analyzes bids you've already received. Most homeowners use BudgetCheck first, then come back with BidScan once bids are in hand.
Davis benchmarks against licensed local cost data — the same data professional estimators use — not national averages. It's a range, not a quote: real bids will vary based on your specific home and the contractor you choose.
A scope-of-work document Davis builds from your BudgetCheck answers — send it to every contractor you invite to bid so they're all pricing the same work. $49, generated instantly from what you already told Davis. No re-answering questions.
No. A BidBrief sends contractors your scope, specs, and priorities — never your number. Showing a contractor your ceiling is usually how you end up paying it.
Go into it informed.
Two minutes, a few questions, one real number to plan around.
Check my budget — free