Press kit
Everything a journalist, podcast producer or analyst needs in one page: how our verified trust scoring works, what a homeowner trust report actually looks like, current platform stats and the story angles we can speak to on the record.
Shareable stats
42,354
US ZIP codes covered
Nationwide on-demand contractor coverage
44
Contractor profiles scored
0 claimed by the business
18
Live project categories
18 total in the roadmap
46
Pricing benchmarks
Regional, sourced, refreshed for 2026
0
Diagnostics completed
Homeowner health checks run to a recommendation
17
Published guides
Learning Center articles with citations
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Average member story rating
0 published member stories
$0
Price of a better trust score
No placement, ranking or score is for sale
Figures are pulled live from the platform when this page loads (last refreshed 10/3/2026, 9:19:13 AM). Please date any figure you cite.
Methodology
Every contractor on Home Project Pilot carries a trust score built only from evidence we can point at: public review data, license verification, business standing and homeowner outcomes. The weighting model itself is proprietary, but the inputs, their sources and their verification dates are shown to every homeowner on the profile — so a reader can always audit what the score is made of, even though the formula is not published.
Rating quality and review volume pulled directly from the Google Places API, refreshed on a schedule and timestamped so a reader can see when it was last verified.
State or municipal license status confirmed against the issuing authority and recorded with a verification date, not self-reported by the business.
Accreditation status and the number of years the business has verifiably operated under its current identity.
Verified member reviews and post-project outcome surveys sent 7 and 30 days after a homeowner requests a quote.
Verifiable data only: a renewed license, new public reviews, additional years in business, verified homeowner outcomes.
Membership fees, advertising, claiming a profile, responding to reviews, or any payment of any kind.
Every input, its source, and when it was last verified — plus a clear label when a business has not been verified at all.
Note for reporters: we do not publish per-signal point values or the calculation itself. Publishing the weights would let businesses optimize against the score instead of improving the underlying record. We are happy to walk a journalist through the model on background.
Sample
Illustrative example — not a real business
Fargo, ND · Gutters & Gutter Protection
91
Trust score
Google rating
4.8 / 5 from 214 reviews
Google Places API · verified 3 days ago
License
Active state contractor license
Verified against issuing authority · Feb 2026
Business standing
Accredited, no unresolved complaints
Verified by staff · Jan 2026
Years in business
17 years under current ownership
Registration records · Jan 2026
Member reviews
4.6 / 5 from 12 verified homeowners
On-platform reviews
Outcome surveys
9 of 11 homeowners hired and were satisfied
7- and 30-day follow-ups
Story angles
Most contractor directories sell placement or resell homeowner contact details as leads. Home Project Pilot takes membership fees from contractors for tools and verification only — money cannot move a trust score, ranking or lead order, and homeowner project details are never resold.
Homeowners answer plain-English questions about what they actually see, and the platform tells them whether to monitor, maintain, inspect or replace — including when a replacement quote would be premature.
Regional 2026 pricing benchmarks with sourced line items let homeowners check a bid before signing, rather than after.
The assistant reasons over the homeowner's own home profile, their diagnostic answers, verified pricing data and vetted contractor records — and asks follow-up questions instead of guessing.
Boilerplate & contact
Home Project Pilot is an independent decision-support platform for homeowners. It combines transparent, verifiable contractor trust scores, diagnostic tools that tell homeowners whether a problem needs monitoring or money, regional pricing benchmarks, and a private project vault for documents and bids. Contractors cannot buy ranking, placement or trust score points, and homeowner project details are never sold to lead networks. https://www.homeprojectpilot.com
Robert Olson, Founder
contact@homeprojectpilot.com
Available for interviews, product demos and background briefings on the trust model. Typical response within one business day.
Naming: always written Home Project Pilot (no abbreviation). The assistant is called Pilot.
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