About HomeScope Guide
Useful planning starts
with visible assumptions.
HomeScope Guide helps homeowners organize early cost, permit, scope, and contractor decisions. Here is exactly what our information can—and cannot—tell you.
Our standards
How information is created and checked.
Planning ranges, not promises
Our calculators multiply a project-specific unit-cost range by the quantity entered, then apply a broad community planning adjustment. These are educational starting points—not contractor quotes, appraisals, bids, or guarantees of local market pricing.
Official municipal sources
Permit summaries begin with city or township government sources. We link directly to the responsible department, application system, ordinance, form library, or inspection resource wherever one is available.
Visible verification dates
Municipal pages and directory records carry the date their sources were last checked. A verification date does not mean a requirement will remain unchanged; homeowners must confirm the current rule for their exact address and scope.
No invented local requirements
When a municipality does not publish a clear project sequence, we say to confirm it directly. We do not infer a city-specific fee, inspection order, turnaround time, approval, or permit exemption from another jurisdiction.
Independent homeowner education
HomeScope Guide does not currently sell contractor rankings, accept paid placements, or claim contractor endorsements. If monetized relationships are added later, they will be labeled where they appear.
Responsible automation
Automation may assist with research organization, calculations, drafting, consistency checks, and site maintenance. Published municipal claims are tied to official sources, and automation is not used as a substitute for local confirmation.
Estimate methodology
What happens inside
the calculator.
Project quantity × unit-cost planning range × broad community adjustment
The resulting range may not include every design, engineering, permit, financing, concealed-condition, premium-finish, site, utility, temporary-living, or repair cost. Unit assumptions are directional and should be replaced with complete written local bids.
Local information
How we verify local information.
- Find the responsible city department.Identify the city or township office that handles permits, applications, and inspections.
- Record only what the city publishes.Summarize the official information without filling gaps with assumptions or another municipality’s rules.
- Link directly to the official source.Give you a clear path to confirm current forms, fees, rules, and inspection requirements.
- Show when we last checked it.Display the verification date so you can judge how recently the source was reviewed.
- Recheck and correct outdated information.Update meaningful changes and remove details that an official source no longer supports.
Corrections
See something that
needs another look?
Municipal websites change, and project details can create exceptions. We only change a published municipal record after reviewing a current official source. A dedicated correction-submission channel is not yet available, so always use the linked government page as the controlling source when it differs from our summary.
Do not send permit applications, contracts, payment details, passwords, or other sensitive personal documents.
Use the information well