Renovation Cost Intelligence

KNOW WHAT YOUR
RENOVATION
SHOULD
ACTUALLY COST.

Upload any contractor proposal. True Scope extracts every trade-level line item, benchmarks every line item against real municipal permit data, TrueScore proprietary scoring, and third-party research — precise to the block, not a zip-wide average — and delivers a True Score before you sign.

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Bid Analysis · 83 Warren St, Charlestown Live

TRUE SCORE

Kitchen Renovation · $84,500

3 bids analyzed · 2 trades flagged
Market-aligned overall

FAIR BID — VERIFY LABOR

Electrical rough-in $12,400 +31% over

Cabinet install $18,200 Market rate

Plumbing rough $6,800 −12% low

100K+

Boston Permits

$4.2M

Avg. Savings

97%

Accuracy Rate

How It Works

FOUR STEPS TO TOTAL CLARITY

From raw proposal to actionable intelligence in minutes — not days.

Upload Proposal

Drop in any contractor bid — PDF, photo, or text. Any format accepted.

AI Extracts Line Items

Every trade — electrical, plumbing, carpentry — pulled out and itemized automatically.

Permit Intelligence Benchmarks

Each line item benchmarked against real municipal permit data, TrueScore proprietary scoring, and third-party research — precise to the block, not a zip-wide average.

Receive True Score + Risk Flags

A 0–100 True Score and flagged overpriced trades — so you negotiate from data, not instinct.

True Score

YOUR BID,
SCORED IN
SECONDS.

A single 0–100 composite rating tells you instantly whether a contractor's proposal is fair, inflated, or suspiciously low — and exactly why.

Multi-Factor Composite

Real municipal permit data, TrueScore proprietary scoring, and third-party research — combined with labor rates, contractor markup, and permit history — weighted into one precise number that reflects what's actually being paid on your block.

Emotional Interpretation — Not Just a Number

This proposal scored 78/100 because: electrical pricing is 31% above market · plumbing scope is incomplete · timeline assumptions are realistic · contractor inspection pass rate is high. Every flag is explained, not just flagged.

Certified Contractor Badge

Contractors who consistently score 80+ earn a True Scope Certified badge — a trust signal displayed on their profile and proposals.

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FAIR BID

0 — Reject 50 — Review 100 — Excellent

Labor Rates

Material Costs

Contractor Markup

Regional Benchmark

Permit History

Bid Analyzer

UPLOAD A BID.
GET THE TRUTH.

Drop in any contractor proposal. True Scope extracts every line item by trade and benchmarks each one against real municipal permit data, TrueScore proprietary scoring, and third-party research — priced to your precise location, not a zip-code average.

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Any Format Accepted

PDF, photo, screenshot, or plain text — our extraction engine handles every format contractors use.

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Trade-Level Extraction

Electrical, plumbing, HVAC, carpentry, tile, painting — every trade pulled out and scored individually.

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Instant Benchmarking

Each line item benchmarked against real municipal permit data, TrueScore proprietary scoring, and third-party research — filtered by project type, square footage, and precise geo-location. Costs vary block by block; so do our benchmarks.

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Negotiation Report

Export a clean report showing exactly which items to negotiate, the market rate, and your potential savings.

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📁 Drop contractor proposal here
PDF · JPG · PNG · TXT accepted

EXTRACTED LINE ITEMS · 9 TRADES FOUND

Demo & Haul-Away $3,200 ✓ Fair

Electrical Rough-In $12,400 ↑ +31%

Plumbing Rough $6,800 ↓ −12%

Cabinet Installation $18,200 ✓ Fair

Tile & Flooring $9,400 ↑ +18%

Potential savings if negotiated: $7,840

True Scope Advisor

● Online · Boston permit data loaded

Is $45K fair for a bathroom gut renovation in Charlestown?

Based on hundreds of comparable Charlestown bathroom permits, a full gut renovation typically runs $28K–$42K for mid-grade finishes. At $45K you're 7–17% above market. Key question: does that include tile? Tile labor in that zip runs $8–$12/sf and is commonly inflated. Want me to break it down by trade?

Yes — and what about the permit cost?

Charlestown bathroom permits average $480 for work under $50K valuation. If your contractor is quoting over $800 for the permit itself, that's markup. Also — in 02129, electrical for a bathroom gut typically requires a separate sub-permit at ~$180. Make sure both are itemized.

AI Renovation Advisor

YOUR EXPERT
IN THE ROOM
24/7.

Powered by real municipal permit data, TrueScore proprietary scoring, and third-party research. Ask anything — get answers grounded in what was actually paid on your block, not a zip-wide average.

Permit-Grounded Answers

Every response is anchored to real municipal permit data, TrueScore proprietary scoring, and third-party research — not contractor marketing materials or industry association averages.

Block-Level Precision

Renovation costs can swing dramatically within a single zip code — even block to block. We geo-tag every permit to its precise location, so benchmarks reflect what's actually being paid on your street, not a zip-wide average that masks wide price variance.

Contractor History Lookup

Ask about any licensed contractor's permit history, project sizes, inspection pass rates, and complaint flags.

Data Architecture

THREE-LAYER COST
CORRECTION MODEL

Raw data alone is noisy. Our three-layer correction model fuses real municipal permit records, TrueScore proprietary scoring, and third-party research — then normalizes for outliers, inflation, and trade-mix to produce accurate, block-level market rates.

LAYER 01

Raw Permit Normalization

Hundreds of thousands of Boston permits ingested, deduplicated, and classified by project type — with more added every week. Outliers removed via IQR filtering.

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LAYER 02

Inflation & Vintage Correction

Permit values adjusted to current-year dollars using ENR construction cost indices. Older permits are not compared directly to recent actuals.

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LAYER 03

Trade-Mix Weighting

Labor, materials, and permit fees weighted separately per trade category. Electrical costs in Roxbury vs. Back Bay — True Scope knows the difference.

Data Cooperative

THE NETWORK GETS
SMARTER WITH
EVERY PROPOSAL.

True Scope is more than a tool — it's a data cooperative. Every proposal analyzed, every permit classified, every True Score generated makes the intelligence network more accurate for everyone. Contractors who price fairly benefit. Homeowners who contribute data get better benchmarks back. The moat deepens with every transaction.

Network Effects

More proposals → more accurate benchmarks → better scores → more trust → more proposals.

Defensible Data Moat

Proprietary transaction data that competitors cannot buy, scrape, or replicate.

Industry Infrastructure

The pricing layer for lenders, insurers, contractors, and permitting offices — built on real data.

Early Access

KNOW BEFORE
YOU SIGN.

Join the waitlist for early access to True Scope — renovation cost intelligence built on real municipal permit data, TrueScore proprietary scoring, and third-party research, precise to the block.

No spam. First 500 members get founding pricing.

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