What the site provides is reading material and a form for asking one independent local contractor to contact you. The site is neither a home improvement contractor nor a plumber, is no other sort of contractor, and represents no contractor as its agent. It holds no contractor or trade license. It makes no offer to do, inspect, bid on, negotiate or contract for basement work; it does not talk price, line up loans or collect deposits. Estimates, contracts, payments, permits and warranties are settled between you and whichever contractor you deal with.

No promise is made about any contractor's workmanship, prices, credentials or coverage, and the site has investigated no one. Before signing, request the insurance certificate and references, get a written contract on any job over $500 that both of you sign, and confirm that money paid up front sits in escrow or is backed by a bond. Plumbing, such as connecting a sump to a drain, belongs with a licensed master plumber and a permit.

Contractors may pay a flat fee to advertise here. The site never bills homeowners and never gives them cash, gifts, discounts or anything else of value.

Guides, price ranges and tools are general, supplied as is, and dated by source and year, so they can go stale. Treat none of it as legal, insurance, engineering or financial advice.

As far as New York law permits, the site's owner bears no liability for loss tied to using the site, relying on what it says or dealing with any contractor. Fake requests, abuse of the forms and commercial copying of the content are not allowed.

These terms fall under New York law, and a New York court would hear any dispute about them. Changes apply as soon as they are posted.