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Editorial policy

We cite named sources for the facts we publish, with the date we checked them. We publish no average prices, rankings, reviews or invented people, and no one can pay to change a page. This policy covers what we publish, what we refuse, how we expect to be paid and how we fix mistakes.

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Who this binds. Every page on HyreRemodel, written by the HyreRemodel Research Desk. HyreRemodel is not a remodeling contractor (who runs HyreRemodel). It designs, builds and inspects nothing, and no company has paid for anything here.

Where do the facts come from?

Primary sources first: the EPA’s lead rule in its own words, the International Residential Code, state contractor boards and the statutes behind them, city permit fee schedules and the FTC on hiring a contractor.

Time-sensitive claims carry the date we last checked them, and the source is linked on the page. Building rules come from a model code, adopted and amended by your state or city. We describe the model rule and tell you to confirm it with the building department that enforces it.

How are the research studies built?

  • From the source document. Licensing facts come from the board or the statute, and permit fees from the city that publishes the schedule. We do not cite an article that cites a source.
  • Titled to what they cover. Our contractor records cover seven states, so any study built on them is titled to those states. National claims rest on federal or state data.
  • Absence is not a finding. A missing record says nothing about a company. “Unable to verify” never becomes “unlicensed”.
  • Labeled by kind. A statute is a fact, a count from our records is our calculation, and what it means is analysis. The page says which is which.

The studies live in the research library, each with its retrieval date and method.

What will we not publish?

  • Fake averages. A national remodeling price presented as if it were your price.
  • A survey as your return. Cost vs Value estimates resale from surveyed real-estate professionals. We never present it as the return you will get.
  • Unsupported listings. Company ratings, rankings or reviews we cannot support from primary sources.
  • Unproven claims. Testimonials, case studies, statistics, certifications or awards we cannot evidence.
  • Stale statute numbers. California renumbered its ADU law twice, in 2024 and 2025. We name the law and link the state, not a section that may have moved.
  • A call on your house. No page can say whether a wall is load-bearing or what is in old paint. That takes an engineer, a lab test or a certified inspector.

What happens when we do not know?

The page says so. Our contractor pages publish public board records only for the states we measured, on the date we measured them. In our studies, a state we could not verify is listed as unverified, never as absent.

It is also why we publish no average remodeling price. We hold no dataset of remodeling invoices, so our calculators run on the numbers you enter, and any survey default names its publisher and year beside it.

How do we expect to make money?

HyreRemodel expects to earn money by connecting homeowners with remodeling contractors. That is not live yet, as how HyreRemodel works explains. When it is, it will be disclosed wherever it applies, and it will not decide what the guidance says.

Nobody can buy a placement, a ranking or a favorable description on this site. How contractors will be checked explains why we never call a company trusted or approved.

How do we correct mistakes?

Tell us using the contact details below. We fix errors in place, change the review date, and note the correction where it changes the substance of what we said.

Which general sources do the guides cite?

How do I contact the editors?

To report an error or ask about anything on this page, email hello@hyreremodel.com, call (866) 582-8523, or write to HyreRemodel, 6975 Union Park Avenue, Midvale, UT 84047, United States. The contact page lists every way to reach us.

Questions people ask

Who writes HyreRemodel?
The HyreRemodel Research Desk. We publish under the organization instead of inventing named authors, because a byline with no real, accountable person behind it is decoration, not a fact. We cite named sources with the date we last checked them.
How does HyreRemodel make money?
We expect to be paid for connecting homeowners with remodeling contractors. You are never charged. That is not live yet. When it is, it will be disclosed wherever it applies, and nobody can buy a placement, a recommendation or a change to a page.
Does a business relationship affect what you publish?
No. The test is whether the site publishes things that cost it business. It does: no average remodeling price, no rankings, no reviews we cannot support, and plain notes where our information is incomplete.
Where do your facts come from?
Primary sources first: the EPA, the International Code Council, state contractor boards and statutes, city fee schedules and the FTC. Survey figures, such as Cost vs Value, carry the publisher and year. Time-sensitive claims carry the date we last checked them.
What will you not publish?
An average price presented as your price. Company listings, ratings or reviews we cannot support. Testimonials, statistics, certifications or awards we cannot evidence. A resale survey presented as your return. And pages written to rank for a phrase instead of answering a question.
How do I report an error?
Email hello@hyreremodel.com with the page and what you think is wrong. If a figure cannot be supported by the source we cited, we remove it.