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A home autopilot: it knows your house, schedules the maintenance, triages problems, shows fair local prices, and lets you collect contractor bids from one scoped package instead of fifteen sales visits.

No. The bid process runs on written scope, photos, and in-app messages. You talk to whoever you choose, whenever you choose, and your contact info stays private until you accept a bid.

The same way commercial contractors bid buildings they've never stood in: a real bid package. Photos, your measurements, and a written scope of work cover most jobs; where hidden conditions matter, bids are flagged as preliminary pending a walkthrough.

They're previews rendered into your real photos: direction, not specification. Contractors price the written scope, and final materials and colors are what you agree on paper with your pro.

No. Price ranges are estimates from typical local costs, clearly labeled. Real quotes come from the bids contractors submit on your project.

It compares each bid to typical local pricing where we have data, checks the bidder's license and insurance info, and flags patterns that usually mean trouble, like a bid far below everyone else's. It advises; you decide.

License and insurance details are collected at signup, labeled self-reported until we verify them against state records, and shown on every bid. Always run your own license check before signing; the article on comparing bids shows you how.

Yes, structurally: a review can only be written by a homeowner whose accepted bid that contractor completed on the platform, one review per job. There is no other path to a star rating, so there are no purchased reviews and no competitor sabotage.

No. You pay your contractor directly under the contract the two of you sign. We're the scoping and bidding platform, not a party to the job, and nobody should ever collect money 'for' your contractor.

$8/month for the full app. The quote checker and cost guides are free for everyone.

Free during beta. Paid plans for marketplace access are planned, with early-adopter pricing for founding contractors. The design principle: no per-lead fees on work you don't win.

Gas, main electrical panels, structural, roof work, and active-danger situations are hard-stopped in the application code itself. Those aren't judgment calls we let an AI make; you get safety guidance and a licensed pro recommendation instead.

The maintenance autopilot works anywhere in the US. The contractor marketplace is launching in Jacksonville, FL and expanding from there; you can publish a project anywhere and share the bid-package link with contractors you find yourself.

Yes, and you don't need an app store for it: open homeforeman.com on your phone and add it to your home screen (instructions at /install). It runs full screen with its own icon. App Store and Google Play listings are on the way.

Yes. Every AI feature has a manual path: type your systems instead of scanning plates, write your own scope instead of generating one. The AI is an accelerator, not a gate.

Your maintenance history is exportable as CSV, and canceling stops billing without deleting your account. We never sell personal data.