Terms & Conditions

We ask that you review these Terms of Use, which are intended to constitute a binding subscription agreement that conditions your use of this site (“Agreement”). If you do not wish to be bound by this Agreement after you have read it, please leave the site. If you remain on this site, or return thereafter, purchase a Home-Cost subscription or service you agree to be bound by this Agreement.

1. Purchase Requirements

Unlimited Design Iterations Per Subscription Purchase: When you purchase a Home-Cost subscription to our on-line Home-Cost application you may explore any number of different home design options for that project under the project zip-code in your account and we encourage you to do so.

Your Responsibilities Prior to Purchase:
We provide a free product demo, descriptions of the service and examples of sample cost reports for Home-Cost Instant and Home-Cost Full Function / PRO so that you may have full knowledge of the functionality, options and cost report output before you purchase. You are responsible for becoming familiar with the functionality, program capabilities, cost output format and comprehensive design and material options available in Home-Cost before you purchase. If you have any questions about the options available in Home-Cost or any other questions about our services, please contact us via the contact form for clarification before purchase. In no case shall a refund be provided for completed estimates for reasons other than those provided as part of our Guarantee as described in Paragraph 6 herein. If for any reason you have significant concerns about Home-Cost upon initiating use, do not complete the estimate but stop and contact us via the contact form explaining your concerns so that we may address them. Once an estimate is completed and an estimated home cost is calculated, then the service has been completed and refunds will only be granted as part of our Guarantee.

Specialty Construction:
As described in the website, Home-Cost estimates costs for home designs up to 2 stories above ground plus basement or crawlspace, attached or detached garages, and can accommodate a broad range of custom designs. Home-Cost does not estimate 3-story above ground homes, flat roofs or garages built into the body of the home, out-buildings or special exterior structures such as secondary detached garages, covered walkways or drives, barns, colonnades, pools, etc. If you have questions about Home-Cost’s ability to estimate your home design, please ask us before purchase using the contact form.

2. Retention of Session Data

Your Home-Cost Instant and Full Function session data (selections) are not considered available after your subscription’s expiration and will be deleted from our secure server. Your Home-Cost PRO project is data remains available until the project is cancelled, at which time the project account will be deleted from our server.

3. Limited License/ Copyright and Intellectual Property Law Restrictions

Except for public domain material, intellectual property laws including U.S. and International patent, trademark and copyright laws protect the content on this site and the products. When you purchase a Home-Cost product or service, you are granted a non-exclusive license to use the material at this site (“Content”) while connected to Home-Cost.com or as provided by Home-Cost. Except as expressly provided above, all rights are reserved by Home-Cost. Other than as required for the limited purpose of reviewing material on our site, electronic reproduction, adaptation, distribution, performance or display is prohibited.

Commercial use of any of the Content is strictly prohibited. Use of any of our trademarks as metatags on other web sites also is strictly prohibited. You may not display this website in frames (or any of the Content via on-line links) without our express written permission, which may be requested by contacting us at info@home-cost.com You may however establish ordinary links to our site without our written permission.

4. LINKS

We may provide links from our site to other sites as a convenience to our visitors. We have no control over linked sites and make no representations about any content or material available at these locations. Links are not intended to imply sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement unless explicitly stated.

5. Disclaimer Of Warranties

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THIS WEB SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THERE IS NO WARRANTY THAT YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; OR THAT ANY PARTICULAR RESULTS MAY BE OBTAINED BY USE OF THIS SITE OTHER THAN AS DESCRIBED IN “GUARANTEE” BELOW. EXCEPT AS DESCRIBED IN “GUARANTEE” THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE IS MADE AVAILABLE ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR OTHERWISE, OTHER THAN THOSE WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION, OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT. NEITHER HOME-COST.COM NOR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY PROVIDING CONTENT VIA THIS SITE SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY REASON. IN THE EVENT THAT ANY LIABILITY IS IMPOSED ON HOME-COST, HOME-COST ‘S LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE HOME-COST PRODUCT.

6. Guarantee (FULL FUNCTION and PRO only)

Home-Cost 100% Money Back Guarantee:
Home-Cost provides a 90-Day 100% money back guarantee for FULL FUNCTION and PRO accounts. To qualify you must comply with the following:

Purchase a Home-Cost Full Function or PRO project account (Instant accounts are not eligible).

Your home must be priced out with the use of multiple licensed General Contractors. Projects constructed as an Owner-Builder are not eligible for the Money Back Guarantee because we cannot assume professional qualifications of the Owner-Builder. PRO accounts must use default Home-Cost unit prices and descriptions and not user edited unit prices and descriptions.

Develop detailed construction drawings of your home (including foundation plan, floor plans of all finished floors, front, back and 2 side elevations) consistent with the design and material option choices made in your Home-Cost account. Bid the detailed construction drawings of your home to a minimum of 3 licensed general contractors assuming the same material selections, scope and design as your Home-Cost estimate. The dates of the construction bids must be within 90 calendar days of the Home-Cost report. Take the range of the 3 bids and add 5% to the high bid and subtract 5% from the low bid. We Guarantee that the construction cost developed by Home-Cost will fall within that high-low range.

7. Making a Claim

To make a guarantee claim, submit full size copies to Home-Cost of the Home-Cost report, construction drawings and full copies of the 3 dated, licensed contractor bids with scope descriptions for comparison to your Home-Cost selections. It is recommended to send the material to Home-Cost via an “overnight” courier service to track delivery status and receipt date as opposed to general USPS. Once received, we will review the submitted information and issue a refund for Home-Cost as described above if your claim complies with the required conditions. All submitted claim material is retained by Home-Cost and will not be returned.

8. Modifications / Termination

The terms of this Agreement will not be modified on an individual basis. You agree that we may modify the terms of this Agreement (or discontinue this site), including the Guarantee, at any time and in our sole discretion, without advance notice, and that your right to access this site is conditioned on an ongoing basis with your compliance with the then-current version of these Terms of Use. You should therefore visit this page frequently.

9. Jurisdiction

Home-Cost is hosted on servers located in the United States and is intended to be viewed by residents of the United States and Canada. In the event of any dispute arising out of or relating to this site, you agree that the exclusive venue for litigating disputes shall be in the Courts of the State of Michigan and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.