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Meet Hank · for homeowners building a custom home

Building a home? You're with Hank.

Hi, I'm Hank — your copilot for the whole build. I read your contracts, line up your bids side-by-side, eyeball every change order, and tell you plainly what should worry you. I work for you. Not your GC. Never your GC.

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For builds from $500K to $2M+ No legal advice — owner-side review Works alongside your GC
Built around owner protections
Immutable approval history
Downloadable project archive
Role-aware sharing
Searchable project memory
The problem

You are spending a million dollars and reading a contract you didn't write.

Homeowners are the only party in the room without a professional looking out for them. Hank gives you the same visibility a developer or owner's rep would expect.

01 · Paperwork
The contract is dense, long, and written by your contractor.
"AIA A101 with custom riders. 47 pages. I signed it on the kitchen counter."
Allowances, exclusions, markup, dispute terms and lien protections are buried — and almost always favor the GC.
02 · Bids
Three bids, three completely different documents.
"One number's $1.6M. One's $2.1M. They're not even quoting the same scope."
Different allowances, exclusions, contingencies and assumptions make apples-to-apples comparison nearly impossible by hand.
03 · Change orders
Change orders move fast and get expensive — quietly.
"I approved CO-008 on the job site. I still don't know what it really cost me."
Markup, schedule impact, and downstream milestone effects compound. Most owners only see them at draw time.
04 · Money
Payments, retainage and approvals live in a different inbox.
"My GC sends an invoice. My bank sends a draw form. I sign things."
There's no single source of truth for what's been approved, paid, held back, or still owed against the schedule.
How it works

Five steps from signing day to certificate of occupancy.

Hank takes the documents and conversations you already have and turns them into a structured project record you actually control.

01
Upload the contract
We extract the scope, allowances, payment terms, change-order rules, insurance, warranties, and dispute clauses into a structured checklist you can actually read.
02
Compare contractor bids side-by-side
Normalize totals, allowances, exclusions, assumptions, timelines, and license/DOPL status — with risk flags where bids disagree.
03
Build a milestone & payment schedule
Map draws to deliverables. Track retainage/holdback, approvals, and delay warnings against the contract baseline.
04
Review & approve change orders
See cost impact, GC markup, schedule impact, affected milestones, and supporting documents before you sign anything.
05
Keep photos, notes, decisions, and records
Every approval, photo, message, and document is timestamped, attributed, and exportable as a complete project archive.
Step 1 · Contract upload
Features

Built around the documents you'll actually sign.

Six workflows that mirror what an owner's representative does on a real build. No CRM, no pipeline, no fluff.

Contract checklist

Every owner-risk clause, flagged in plain English.

Upload the PDF. We check it against a 60-point owner checklist: scope, allowances, payment terms, change orders, insurance, warranties, lien protections, dispute terms, indemnity, termination.

Allowances itemized & market-rateBelow market
GC markup cap on change ordersMissing
Lien waiver required with each drawIncluded
Dispute resolution clauseArbitration
Warranty period · 1 year minimum2 years
Bid comparison

Three bids. One honest comparison.

Normalize quotes from each GC. Compare allowances, exclusions, contingencies, timelines, and licensing status. AI flags missing scope and pricing risk.

General contractorTotalAllowancesRisk
Anderson Construction ★★★★$1,842,500$186K— clean
Carolus Build Group ★★★★★$1,915,000$220K— recommended
Northridge Builders$1,628,000$118Kexcludes site work
Milestones

Approvals you can actually defend.

Map draws to deliverables with retainage and delay warnings.

M2 · Foundation
Paid Mar 14 · 5% held
$268K
M3 · Framing
Approved Apr 28
$412K
M4 · Rough-ins
Awaiting inspection
$336K4 days late
M5 · Finishes
Scheduled Jul 12
$478K
Change orders

Know what each "yes" costs.

Cost, markup, schedule impact and downstream milestones — before you approve.

CO-014Window upgrade — primary suite
Base cost
+$16,020
GC markup 15%
+$2,400
Schedule
+6 days
New M5 total
$496,420
AI note: Markup is within contract limits. Lead time risk on Marvin Ultimate frames.
Financials

Where every dollar stands.

Contract value, approved COs, paid, retainage, and remaining work — reconciled.

60%
Paid
Paid$1.11M
Retained$92K
Remaining$734K
Approved COs+$67K
Site diary & project memory

Photos, notes, decisions — searchable, attributed, and tied to milestones.

Drop in site photos and the AI tags them by milestone, room, and progress. Every chat, decision, and document becomes part of a searchable project history you can hand to your insurer, attorney, or next owner.

Auto-tagged by milestone
Searchable project chat
Activity feed
M3 · Framing
M3 · Framing
M2 · Slab
M4 · Rough
M4 · MEP
M3 · Roof
AI & safeguards

AI does the reading. You stay in control.

Hank uses AI to surface risk, summarize documents, and translate construction jargon. He's not a lawyer — always run legal decisions by your attorney.

01

Surfaces risk, doesn't make decisions

Flags missing markup caps, vague allowances, unbalanced indemnity clauses, and bid scope gaps. Approvals always require your explicit action.

02

Explains in plain English

Hover over any contract term — "retainage," "schedule of values," "Type II indemnity" — for a short, sourced explanation written for owners, not lawyers.

03

Compares against your project

Every change order, bid line, and payment request is checked against the original contract and prior approvals — so nothing drifts silently.

Owner protections

A complete, defensible record of your build.

Every approval is timestamped and signed. Every document is versioned. You can hand the full archive to your insurer, your lender, your attorney, or the next owner.

Immutable approvals
Each milestone, change order, and payment carries a signed, timestamped record that can't be edited after the fact.
Downloadable archive
Export the entire project — contract, bids, approvals, photos, chat — as a single zipped record at any time.
Searchable project memory
Every decision, photo, and document is tagged and searchable — find the email about cabinet hardware in 5 seconds.
Role-aware access
Owner, spouse, attorney, or GC each see only what they should. Approval rights stay with the owner.

Three roles, one project of record.

Invite a co-owner, your attorney, or your GC. Everyone sees the same project — with permissions you control.

Owner
You
Full read/write. Sole approver on change orders, milestone draws, and signed documents.
Collaborator
Spouse · attorney · architect
Reads everything. Can comment, suggest, and download. Cannot approve on your behalf.
General contractor
GC & subs
Submits invoices, change orders, lien waivers, and photos. Sees only their submissions and your responses.
For general contractors

A straightforward way to work with informed owners.

Hank isn't a homeowner's weapon. When the owner has a structured project of record, you spend less time chasing signatures, fewer change orders stall at the kitchen table, and your draws move faster.

Faster milestone approvals
Submit deliverables, photos, and lien waivers in one place. Owners get a clear "approve" path instead of asking the same questions twice.
Predictable draws & retainage
Every draw is mapped to a milestone with clear deliverables and a signed history. No more chasing the bank or re-explaining what's been done.
Change orders that don't stall
Submit cost, markup, schedule impact, and supporting docs in a structured form. Owners review with full context — most approvals come back the same day.
Site diary built for the field
Upload photos from your phone, tag them to milestones, and create a defensible record of progress — useful for you on inspections, warranty, and disputes.
Audit-ready records — for both sides
Every approval is timestamped and attributed. If a dispute ever surfaces, the record is clean — protecting your reputation as much as the owner's investment.
No AI second-guessing in your view
AI risk flags and owner-private notes stay with the owner. You see contract terms, milestones, change orders, and photos — the working record you'd expect.
Get organized before the next invoice

Before the next invoice or change order, get your project organized.

Start a project, upload your contract, and see your first round of owner-risk findings in under 10 minutes.

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