About
The Cost Desk shows its working
Most cost sites give you a number and ask you to trust it. We give you the number, the formula behind it, and the source for each input, so you can judge it yourself.
Who runs it
TheCostDesk runs this site. TheCostDesk is a trading name, not a registered company. It is based in Andhra Pradesh, India, and publishes home project cost ranges and money calculators built from public data, with the working and the sources shown.
Contact: [email protected]. A real person reads it.
It is independent: no contractor, manufacturer or retailer pays for a place in an estimate.
What we do
- Build planning ranges for home projects from federal wage and cost data and dated shelf prices.
- Show the formula and the sources on every page. See how we build the numbers.
- Label every assumption as checked, published or our own estimate.
- Let you check a quote you received against the range, privately, in your browser.
What we will not do
- Give you a quote, or tell you a contractor is overcharging or cheating you.
- Invent reviewers, testimonials or experts.
- Call a range "exact" or "guaranteed".
- Sell your data. We do not require an account, and what you type stays on your device.
- Pass your details, or your visit, to contractors, lenders, advertisers or lead sellers. There is nothing to pass on, and no one pays for a place in an estimate.
- Give legal, tax, medical or financial advice.
How the site is paid for
There are no ads and no paid placements on this site. No contractor, manufacturer, retailer or lender pays for a place in an estimate or a calculator. If ads are added later, this page will say so first and keep them clearly separate from the figures. Any referral or affiliate link will be marked next to the link.
When we get it wrong
We fix errors and say what changed. See our corrections policy.
The site is built with AI help, and a person is responsible for it. How we use AI.