Cost of Repair publishes cost guides for home repair, maintenance and improvement work in the United States. Every guide answers one question: what does this actually cost, and what makes the number move.
Why this site exists
Homeowners get quotes with no way to judge them. A number arrives with no context: is $9,000 for a roof a fair price or twice what it should be? Contractors know the ranges. Homeowners usually do not. That asymmetry is the reason this site exists.
How we produce our numbers
Our cost ranges are compiled from published contractor pricing, industry cost data, manufacturer list prices and regional labor rates. They are estimates, not quotes. A real quote depends on your home, your region, the condition of what is being repaired and who you hire.
Where a figure is an estimate rather than a measured price, we say so. Where prices vary sharply by region, we give the range rather than a single national average that would be wrong almost everywhere.
Who writes this site
Every guide is written and signed by Carlos Machado Jiménez. He has hands-on construction experience: he has helped build houses and worked as a laborer on job sites, day to day alongside architects, contractors and specialist trades. That is where he learned how a job actually gets priced: materials, labor, and the extras that never make the first quote. He is not a licensed contractor, so every figure is cited to its source. The details are on our methodology page.
How we make money
This site is funded by advertising. Ads are labeled and kept separate from editorial content. Advertisers have no say in what we publish or in the numbers we report.
Corrections
If a number here is wrong, we want to know. Write to us at carlosmachadojimenez2007@gmail.com and tell us what you were quoted, where, and for what. Corrections are made openly and the update date on the article changes.