About RenoQuoted

Why we built this

Every home-improvement cost calculator I tried before building this one wanted the same thing first: my name, my email, my phone number, all before showing a single dollar figure. That "estimate" was never really an estimate — it was a lead form for contractors to call you, and the number you saw was designed to get you to submit the form, not to be accurate.

RenoQuoted exists to do the opposite: type in a size, pick a tier, check a few boxes, and get a real price range immediately — no email, no phone number, no follow-up calls. If the calculator isn't useful enough on its own to be worth building, it shouldn't exist. That's the whole bar.

How the estimates are built

Each calculator starts from a national baseline cost per square foot for that specific project type, split into three tiers that reflect real material and labor differences — not vague "good/better/best" labels. A kitchen's tiers are Stock, Semi-custom, and Custom cabinets, because cabinet tier is the single biggest cost driver in a kitchen remodel. A roof's tiers are asphalt shingle, architectural shingle, and metal or tile, because that's what actually separates a budget roof from a premium one.

That baseline gets multiplied by a regional cost-of-living factor, since labor and material costs in the Northeast or West Coast run meaningfully higher than the national average, and the South typically runs lower. Add-ons — moving plumbing, a walk-in shower, a new foundation — are priced separately and only apply if you select them, because they don't apply to every project of that type.

The result is shown as a range, not a single number, because no calculator can account for your contractor's overhead, your local permit fees, or what's behind your walls. It's a planning number — accurate enough to decide whether a project fits your budget, honest enough to tell you it isn't a bid.

What we're not

We're not a contractor, a lead-generation service, or a marketplace that gets paid when you hire someone. We don't sell your information because we don't collect it. Our guides and calculators are free to use, and the site supports itself through advertising rather than by selling your contact details to contractors.

Questions or feedback

If a calculator's numbers look off for your area or project type, or you've got a suggestion, we'd genuinely like to hear it — see our Contact page.