TrueScope for Contractors

Where quality contractors and
informed homeowners meet.

Don’t guess. Just know.

Real local pricing data for every renovation conversation — so the work you do speaks for itself. Upload a proposal and see how each line compares to real building permits and signed contracts near your client’s address, and walk into every conversation with a reference, not just your word.

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Free for contractors during our Massachusetts pilot.

Why it matters

Good pricing deserves a reference point.

Good pricing should speak for itself. But when you quote $65K and an uninsured lowballer quotes $30K, you can look like you’re overcharging — even when you’re not. Without a neutral reference, even a fair, well-built quote is hard to place.

TrueScope gives you and the homeowner the same picture: what comparable projects near that address have actually cost, drawn from real building permits, signed contracts, and current market conditions.

When both sides start from the same data, the conversation stays on the work — not a standoff over the number.

Local market snapshot — Kitchen

$68K

Median project cost · Charlestown · last 12 months

Typical range $41K – $112K

YoY price change +8.3% ↑

Based on 2,544 classified kitchen permits · local permit data

Independent validation

Let the data speak for itself.

High-quality, licensed, insured contractors shouldn’t have to compete against lowballers who skip permits and workers’ comp. When you quote fair and someone else quotes half, an independent reference is what tells the difference.

TrueScope sets a shared pricing context before the conversation starts — so both sides come to the table with the same understanding of what comparable projects actually cost in that neighborhood. Your number stops looking “high” and starts looking documented.

What TrueScope shows a homeowner

Your electrical quote $22,500 FAIR

Neighborhood median $19,800

Lowballer quote $11,000 BELOW MARKET

Based on 23 comparable permits · local permit & contract data

How it works

Simple to join. Powerful in practice.

No complex software. No subscription during the pilot. Just independent local data behind every proposal — and a clean way to put it to work.

01 · Access local data

See what real projects cost.

Look up any address and get real pricing from comparable projects nearby — a verified reference point before you write a single line.

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02 · Build the proposal

Use the free proposal template.

Build a clean, itemized proposal in TrueScope’s standard format. Clear line-item breakdowns create a shared understanding before work begins — and it’s free to use.

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03 · Earn the badge

Let your track record show.

Contractors whose pricing consistently aligns with real local data — and who score 80+ on the True Score — earn the Verified Contractor badge. Earned through consistency, never purchased.

How the badge works →

The TrueScope Badge

A badge that has to be earned.

Display the TrueScope Verified badge on every proposal — an independent signal a homeowner can verify: transparent pricing, a verified license, bids that hold up against real local data.

TrueScope True Price Verified Contractor badge

✓ Transparent pricing

✓ Data-backed bids

✓ Independently verifiable

✓

Contractors whose proposals consistently align with real local pricing — and score 80 or higher on the TrueScope True Score — earn the badge. Earned through consistency, never purchased.

Where it’s heading

Where TrueScope is heading.

Today, TrueScope benchmarks the proposals you send. We’re building it into the place you manage them end to end — track which bids you win and lose, look back at what comparable jobs actually went for, and benchmark pricing across your whole pipeline. The independent data underneath only gets sharper the more contractors use it. Get in now, and you’ll be first in line as it grows.

The first and only independent source of what renovations actually cost.

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Full access to TrueScope’s independent market data and proposal tools — free for contractors, no credit card.