Free for homeowners. Pros pay only on closed work.
Homeowners never pay — no fee, no account, ever. Pros pick the tier that matches their volume: list free and pay only when a job closes, or pay a small monthly that buys the success fee down. No up-front contact fee, no shared requests, no annual contract.
The math below is honest. We charge contractors a success fee on closed work so we can keep the homeowner side free and refuse to sell anyone’s contact information. The membership tiers buy down that fee for pros who do more volume — they are not charges for names or phone numbers.
Three tiers. Pick by volume, change anytime.
The same membership applies whether you’re a LARA-licensed pro or doing handyman-style work that does not require a license. Start on Free and pay only when work closes; move up to Pro or Elite when a lower success-fee rate saves you more than the monthly costs.
8% on closed jobs
- List for free. No monthly, no up-front contact fee.
- Pay an 8% success fee only when a job actually closes.
- Best for pros testing the platform or doing occasional work.
Pay only when a job closes. $0 to join, no monthly.
4% on closed jobs
- Calendar-connected booking, LARA license badge, full result-set placement.
- $99/month buys your success fee down to 4% on closed jobs.
- Cancel any month. No annual contract.
$99/month buys your success fee down to 4%.
2.5% on closed jobs
- Everything in Pro, with your success fee at 2.5% on closed jobs.
- Built for high-volume pros — the membership pays for itself past about $6,700/month in closed work.
- Cancel any month. No annual contract.
$199/month, 2.5% on closed jobs — for high-volume pros.
Covered Work Passes. Day, month, or year.
If you are not LARA-licensed yet, you can still build a real HouseTom track record on work that does not require a state license. Covered Work Passes give handyman-style workers a path into background-check intake, insurance/COI help, review collection, and a license-path checklist when they are ready to move up.
Day Pass
One covered job day
A one-off painting, mounting, repair, cleanup, or punch-list job.
- Background-check intake
- Proof of insurance or short-term coverage path
- Job-specific checklist before the homeowner sees you
Month Pass
30 days of covered handyman-style work
Busy-season side work or a run of small jobs while you build reviews.
- Everything in Day Pass
- Profile insurance badge while coverage is active
- Priority review collection on every closed job
Year Pass
Annual covered-worker lane
A steady handyman business that wants to look legitimate all year.
- Everything in Month Pass
- Annual COI reminder and renewal tracking
- License-path checklist if you want to move into LARA-required trades
A Covered Work Pass is not a Michigan state license. LARA-required work still requires the proper state license; HouseTom can help you understand the path, but we do not relabel unlicensed work as licensed.
Build Your Own House is not ready yet.
We are building a serious owner-builder toolkit for people who want to act as their own general contractor, but we are not selling it yet.
It needs more legal, lender, insurance, trade, and support work before it should accept a checkout. The repair and local-project marketplace is live now; Build Your Own House stays in coming-soon mode until the product is ready.
No checkout · No deposit · No launch date promised yet
- Owner-builder planning and sequencing
- Permit, lender, insurance, and responsibility guardrails
- Trade-hiring lane for serious build phases
- Early-interest list only until the product clears readiness
You only owe a fee on work that actually closes.
There is no up-front contact charge and no minimum fee — it’s a pure percentage of the closed job. Higher tiers pay a smaller percentage. Here’s what each tier owes at a few common job sizes.
| Closed job size | Free (8%) | Pro (4%) | Elite (2.5%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500 job | $40 | $20 | $13 |
| $1,000 job | $80 | $40 | $25 |
| $5,000 job | $400 | $200 | $125 |
| $25,000 job | $2,000 | $1,000 | $625 |
No floor and no minimum — the fee is a flat percentage of the closed job, every time.
HouseTom skips the shared-request bill.
Shared-request marketplaces charge for access before the contractor knows whether work will close. HouseTom charges after closed work, so the bill is tied to revenue instead of hope.
| Shared-request model | HouseTom | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly subscription | Often a recurring marketing bill | $0 (Free) · $99 (Pro) · $199 (Elite) |
| Shared-contact cost | Can be charged before anyone wins the job | $0 |
| Annual contract | Common in some marketing products | None. Cancel any month. |
| Fee on closed jobs | Disconnected from whether the job closes | Free 8% · Pro 4% · Elite 2.5% |
| When you pay | Often when the contact, click, or call happens | Only after work closes |
If a $50 paid shared contact closes one time in five, it costs $250 per won job. If a $100 shared contact closes one time in five, it costs $500 per won job. A HouseTom Pro pays 4% only after the work closes: $200 on a $5,000 job or $400 on a $10,000 job. Same homeowner. No shared requests. No bill for work you did not win.
So the homeowner side can stay free and we can stay honest.
We verify Michigan LARA licenses where the work requires one. Handyman-style workers will be background-checked before their first job. We run the calendar engine. We build and update the Fair Price Index. We pay for the servers and the people behind them.
That work costs money. The choice for any local marketplace is to charge homeowners, to sell phone numbers, or to charge contractors a fair success fee. We chose the third one. It is the only model that lets us stay free for the homeowner and refuse to sell anyone’s contact information.
Ever. Homeowner contact info is not a product.
One homeowner reaches one pro. Exclusive 1:1.
The success fee only triggers on closed work.
Price checks by trade and ZIP. Built for West Michigan jobs.
These guides give homeowners a local baseline before they pick a pro. Each page breaks down normal cost ranges, permit questions, and whether the work needs a licensed contractor or can fit handyman-style help.
Furnace Replacement
Ac Repair
Water Heater Replacement
Roof Leak Repair
Electrical Panel Upgrade
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