A room-by-room self-audit that flags visible electrical fire warning signs across six areas of your home — no score, just Clear/Watch/Urgent/Unconfirmed status per area, cross-room pattern detection, and a copy-ready note for your electrician or landlord.

See the exact dollar amount 2025–2026 US tariffs add to your specific renovation budget — broken down by material category, with an honest look at how much of your budget isn't tariff-exposed at all.

Compares the real cost of staying with your current contractor versus switching mid-project, using your own contract value, payment history, and honest progress estimate — including where the "at-risk overpayment" already sits and the premium level where the decision flips. No legal advice, no invented risk score.

Review a mid-project change order gate by gate — markup ceiling, admin fee overlap, documentation, and timing — against real industry standards. No single made-up score, just a clear read on where your number actually stands.

A DIY Regret Risk Calculator — pick your home project, answer 4 honest questions about experience, tools, time and stakes, and see your personal regret-risk score, cost fork (DIY vs. DIY-then-pro vs. straight to a pro), and the one change that would lower your risk the most.

Enter your quote total and project type — the Decoder breaks it into materials, labor, overhead, and contractor profit, compares each against industry benchmarks, and shows you exactly where to push back before you sign.

Check whether your contractor's requested deposit is legal in your state, typical for your project type, and get a safe milestone payment schedule — instant verdict, no upload, no signup.

Estimates a homeowner's real exposure to paying twice for the same construction work if a contractor doesn't pass payment along to subcontractors or material suppliers — using plain-language questions instead of legal jargon, with a joint-check "what if" comparison and a concrete risk-reduction checklist.

Your renovation isn't just over budget when it's late — it's bleeding money every single day. See exactly how much, broken down by category, with a shareable Notice of Delay Cost.

Design your staircase and see a to-scale side-view diagram with your Comfort Index score, exact riser and tread dimensions, headroom collision warnings, and material estimates — all based on the Blondel formula used by architects.