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Costwise UK
Free UK home improvement cost data, 150 jobs, no signup
Honest price ranges for 150 UK home improvement jobs, from a new boiler to a loft conversion. Free calculators, regional figures, and the whole dataset under CC BY 4.0 with a DOI. No sign-up, no paywall, and no lead form before you get to see a price.
Hi all, Stephen here.
I built Costwise because every UK site that tells you what a job costs is really a lead form with a number attached. You get a price only after you hand over your details, and the price is usually whatever makes you pick up the phone.
So I did the boring version. 150 jobs, each with a low, typical and high price, every figure dated and reviewed, plus regional multipliers because a London extension is not a Newcastle extension. There is a free calculator for each one, plus 14 material calculators that tell you how much concrete, turf, topsoil or paint you actually need.
Two things that might interest this crowd specifically:
The whole dataset is open. CC BY 4.0, a downloadable CSV, and a DOI on Zenodo. Take it, cite it, build on it. I would rather the numbers were checkable than proprietary.
The calculators are embeddable. One copy-paste block and you can put any of them on your own site for free.
Being straight about the model: it is free to read, and the site earns if you choose to ask for installer quotes, or through a small number of clearly marked affiliate links. That is disclosed on every page it applies to. Nothing changes the prices you see.
It is about a month old and I run it alone, so it is rough in places. Genuinely interested in what breaks or what is missing, especially from anyone who has renovated recently and can tell me a figure looks wrong.
Finally something that just shows you the numbers without a quiz or email signup first, super refreshing honestly. The regional pricing split is genuinely useful since quotes in London versus Leeds are basically different industries.
Love that I can see actual regional price ranges before hitting any paywall or sign-up wall, the loft conversion numbers were really useful for budgeting. The CC BY 4.0 license with a DOI is a genuinely thoughtful touch for anyone wanting to cite or build on the data.
honestly this is super useful, especially the regional breakdown which a lot of sites hide behind a form. one thing i'd love to see is a way to compare two quotes side by side, like if a builder gives me a price i can plug it in and see if it's fair for my area and job type. would basically turn it into a sanity check tool instead of just a reference.
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“Free UK home improvement cost data, 150 jobs, no signup”
Costwise UK was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 8 upvotes and 7 comments, placing #160 on the daily leaderboard. Honest price ranges for 150 UK home improvement jobs, from a new boiler to a loft conversion. Free calculators, regional figures, and the whole dataset under CC BY 4.0 with a DOI. No sign-up, no paywall, and no lead form before you get to see a price.
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