An independent, line-by-line review of your contractor's bid for pools, decks, kitchens, baths, additions, and other major home projects — produced by a structured review framework purpose-built for contractor quote analysis. PDF report in 24 hours.
Every Big Project 101 review is a multi-page PDF benchmarking your quote against current regional market data, category by category. Built for the homeowner who's about to spend $30,000–$200,000 and needs more than a gut check.
Every cost category in your quote — structural, plumbing, electrical, materials, equipment, finishes, labor — checked against your local market band. Each line coded Fair, Verify, or Push.
We reconstruct any bundled "package," "allowance," or lump-sum subtotal from your quote's itemized parts to confirm there's no double-counting and that the headline number reflects what's actually being installed.
Site contingencies, permit overage, allowance ceilings, change-order policies, warranty gaps — the line items that are silent in your quote but cost real money mid-build.
If your builder sent a rendering, drawing, or 3D model, we cross-check every feature visible in the image against your line items, so you know exactly which "Options Not Included" are sitting in your final price.
A written list of the specific questions to send your builder before signing — in language designed to be forwarded by email, so you have a paper trail.
A specific dollar range on what's typically recoverable through clarification, scope adjustment, and payment-schedule negotiation. Not advice — a number.
Two tiers. No subscription, no upsell ladder, no contractor referral fees. Single review if you have one quote in hand. Bundle if you're getting multiple bids (most homeowners do).
Your quote review is delivered as a PDF to your inbox. Everything happens by email — no scheduling, no sales pitch, no contractor introductions.
Single review or 3-pack bundle. Stripe checkout, secure. You'll receive a confirmation and the intake email within minutes.
Reply to the intake email with your contractor's quote attached, plus any rendering or floor plan if you have one. Answer a few short questions about the project.
A multi-page PDF lands in your inbox within 24 hours. Forward additional quotes (for the bundle) as you receive them — each gets its own review.
We don't build, install, or sell anything. We don't refer contractors. We don't take affiliate fees. The only client of every report is the homeowner who paid for it.
Not affiliated with any contractor, supplier, manufacturer, or trade association in any of the categories we review. Every recommendation is written with your interests as the only consideration.
From the moment you send your quote to a PDF in your inbox: 24 hours. If we miss it, we refund you in full and still send the report.
Our review methodology was built across hundreds of contractor quotes — it surfaces the things a generic checklist misses, like a $19K bundled line that's actually a clean roll-up versus a double-count, or a rendering that shows $30K of "options not included" sitting outside the headline number.
100% refund within 7 days of delivery — no forms, no questions, no friction. If the report isn't useful, just email and we send the money back.
Yes — most customers do exactly this. Forward each quote as you receive it. You'll get a per-quote review document within 24 hours of each one, plus a final side-by-side comparison report once all three are in. Bundle reviews are valid for 90 days from purchase.
Right now we focus on US home project quotes — Texas, Florida, Arizona, California, the Mid-Atlantic, the Southeast, the Northeast, and other major US markets. If you're outside the US, email hello@bigproject101.com before buying so we can confirm we can give you a useful regional benchmark.
Pool builds (gunite, vinyl-liner, fiberglass, with or without spa), deck builds and reskins, kitchen and bath renovations, and home additions are our core categories. Pre-build quotes (before contract signing) are the most common use case, but we also review change orders, post-bid clarification revisions, and "is this builder padding?" second opinions on signed contracts.
Additional quote reviews beyond the bundle are $39 each. Just reply to your case email and we'll send a quick Stripe link.
The depth comes from the methodology, not the medium. A raw prompt to any general-purpose AI gives you a regional ballpark and a generic checklist. Our review is structured around a framework refined across hundreds of contractor quotes — we benchmark each line item against current regional market data, reconstruct any bundled subtotals to catch double-counts, audit your rendering against the quote line items, flag missing contingencies in dollars, and write a specific list of questions to send your builder before signing. You're paying for the framework, the regional benchmark base, and the structured judgment applied to the output.
100% refund within 7 days of report delivery, no questions asked. Just reply to the case email and we send the money back. If the report isn't useful to you, we don't want to keep your $79 or $149.
For the bundle, we provide a recommendation matrix that scores the three quotes on price, scope, builder discipline signals, and risk areas — and we'll tell you our read. The final selection is always yours. We're not a referral service.
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