RemodelerIQ

Deprecated: prefer remodeleriq_analyze_bid. Analyze a home-remodeling contractor's bid/estimate for fairness and risk. Returns a 0-100 confidence score, red flags, a plain-English summary, and negotiation talk tracks. Note: analyses may contribute de-identified data to aggregate remodeling-risk research.

analyze_bid

Analyze a home-remodeling contractor's bid/estimate for fairness and risk. Returns a 0-100 confidence score, score_breakdown by dimension, red flags with stable flag IDs (deposit traps, vague scope, missing items, payment terms), a plain-English summary, and negotiation talk tracks. Score rubric: contract clarity 40%, scope completeness 30%, price realism 30%. Use when a homeowner asks 'is this contractor quote fair?' or shares a remodeling estimate. Note: analyses may contribute de-identified data to aggregate remodeling-risk research.

remodeleriq_analyze_bid

Deprecated: prefer remodeleriq_compare_bids. Compare 2–5 contractor bids side-by-side with per-trade cost comparison, scope-gap matrix, and winner recommendation.

compare_bids

Compare 2–5 contractor bids for the same project side-by-side. Returns: per-bid confidence scores; a per-trade cost comparison table sorted by price variance; a scope-gap matrix (what Bid A includes that Bid B omits); apples-to-apples adjusted totals (normalizing for scope gaps); outlier detection (trades priced ≥2× or ≤0.5× the median); consolidated red flags across all bids; and a winner recommendation. Use when a homeowner has multiple quotes and wants to know which is best and why.

remodeleriq_compare_bids

Deprecated: prefer remodeleriq_get_cost_estimate. Get a 2026 market cost range for a home-remodeling project in a US state/city, backed by Zonda Cost vs. Value benchmarks with regional adjustment.

get_cost_estimate

Get a 2026 market cost range for a home-remodeling project in a US state/city, backed by Zonda Cost vs. Value benchmarks with regional adjustment. Use when a homeowner asks 'how much does a [kitchen/bathroom/roof/etc.] remodel cost in [place]?'

remodeleriq_get_cost_estimate

Deprecated: prefer remodeleriq_get_risk_stats. Get aggregate red-flag statistics from the RemodelerIQ bid corpus.

get_risk_stats

Get aggregate red-flag statistics from the RemodelerIQ bid corpus — real anonymized data from bids analyzed by the platform. Returns the most common risk flags and their fire rates, average confidence scores, and bid-total distributions, filtered optionally by US state, project type, or bid size. Requires corpus ≥ 500 submissions; cells below 30 submissions are suppressed. Use when a homeowner asks 'how common is a 40% deposit demand?' or 'what do most kitchen-remodel bids get flagged for?'. This is proprietary empirical data available nowhere else.

remodeleriq_get_risk_stats

Deprecated: prefer remodeleriq_get_labor_rates. Get 2026 burdened construction trade labor rates ($/hour) for a US state, derived from BLS wage data.

get_labor_rates

Get 2026 burdened construction trade labor rates ($/hour) for a US state, derived from BLS wage data. Returns rates by trade (carpenter, plumber, electrician, painter, etc.). Use when a homeowner asks what trade labor should cost or whether a bid's labor line is fair.

remodeleriq_get_labor_rates