Remodeling advice from the team that vets the contractors
The GreatBuildz Guide arrives every two weeks with current California cost numbers and the questions our remodeling advisors use to size up a contractor. It is free, and it is written for homeowners with no construction background.
Navigate Your Next Remodel Like a Pro
Free, every two weeks, and your email never goes to a contractor. Thousands of California homeowners already read it.
What’s in every issue
No filler and no sales pitch. Each issue comes out of the questions homeowners bring to our remodeling advisors.
- What projects cost. Current price ranges taken from real projects we have helped homeowners complete, and from jobs our contractors have finished across California.
- How to size up a contractor. The license checks, reference questions and bid warning signs our remodeling advisors use every day, so you can run the same checks yourself.
- New laws and code changes. California rules that affect what you can build, what it costs and how long approval takes.
- Guides for each stage. How to set a budget, read a bid, sequence the work, and what to do when a project goes sideways.
- Design and materials. What holds up, what turns out to be a passing trend, and where homeowners tend to regret cutting corners.
Free for homeowners
The matching service costs nothing, and neither does the Guide.
We don’t sell leads
Your email stays with us. It is never sold or handed to a contractor.
Advisors who stay
Our remodeling advisors follow a project past the match, through to the final walkthrough.
Built for California
Every cost figure and every rule applies to the state you are building in.
A sample of what we publish
Six of our most-read articles over the past twelve months, across the range the Guide covers.
Start with the next issue
You will get the Guide every two weeks and nothing else. No contractor calls, no sales sequence.