Every price on Remodel Cost Hub is a planning range with a stated method — never a single number pretending to be your quote. Here is exactly how a range is built:
1. At least three published sources
For each project we start from a minimum of three independent published sources — national cost guides (such as Angi/HomeAdvisor and Fixr guides), editorial cost research, and the Remodeling Magazine Cost vs. Value data among them — and record the source and retrieval date.
2. A synthesized national band, not a copied table
From those sources we build a Typical Range (where most mid-scope jobs land), a Low band (cosmetic/minor scope) and a High band (major/luxury scope), with a "most homeowners pay around" middle. Where sources disagree, we widen the band instead of picking the number that looks tidy. No competitor's table is copied wholesale, ever.
3. Labor/materials split shown
Every cost page shows roughly where the money goes, because the split explains most quote differences: a cheap quote usually cuts labor scope (prep, permits, disposal), not just margin.
4. City adjustments, honestly derived
City pages (rolling out metro by metro) adjust the national band with a published local cost index, applied mainly to labor. A city page is published only when it carries genuinely local content — permit notes, climate and housing-stock factors, and locally worked examples.
5. Dated and refreshed
Pages carry a "last updated" stamp. Our most-read projects are re-validated every six months, the rest annually. Costs move; stale numbers are a trust failure, not a rounding issue.
The honest limits
Your real quotes depend on your scope, materials, home's condition and local labor market. Use our ranges to budget and to smell-test quotes — then get at least three written local quotes for the same written scope, and hold a 10–20% contingency.