Frequently Asked Questions
Kukun is a platform that provides homeowners and prospective homeowners with the tools and expert advice necessary for a successful renovation. Site visitors can plan, estimate, and manage their home improvement projects with Kukun’s free tool, and shop for unique products to personalize their homes. Projects of any size and scope can be estimated and managed using our tools and proprietary estimation algorithms
Our Estimator tool will give you an idea of what it will cost to make your dream space a reality. Once you have an estimate, add notes and pictures, then create a file to share with your preferred contractors. Use your camera and peruse Kukun’s gallery of stunning home photos, then save them in your Kukun Dreambook. You can use the Manage tool to create a high-level plan with your hired professional, and create a to do list with due dates that you can export to your calendar. If you turn your calendar notifications on, we will send you reminders when you need to take action — for example, you can set up reminders for decisions that need to be made by a certain time, items that need to be procured, etc. Projects are often delayed because decisions and purchases are not made at the right time. Our reminders help keep your renovation on schedule.
Kukun exists to help homeowners, first and foremost. Use our Estimator tool to determine what funds you will need to create the home you desire, and add that to the cost of the house. After calculating the total cost, consult with a real estate agent to get an idea of how your projects will change the value of your home, so that you can determine if you are building equity or not.
Yes we do.. here is the link
Yes we do.. here is the link
You can use Kukun to educate yourself so you are empowered by reading our magazine or perform a smart search on your topics. You can estimate and budget for your project. You can find out whether you will recoup the cost by performing an ROI calculation. You can find a professional that worked near you and find out all their history so you can hire with peach of mind. You can apply for a loan. You can ask for quotes from contractors and compare them on one dashboard to choose the best and finally you can manage your project through a set of reminders that alert you to ask certain questions to the contractor to start shopping ahead of time in order to avoid delays
We aim to be 80 percent accurate, and our estimates are usually better than that. We work closely with professionals in the home construction and home improvement industry to develop our proprietary algorithms, which are used to estimate home renovation costs. We take your location, the scope of your project(s), and local labor costs into consideration when creating the algorithm for our estimates.
We are constantly working to update and improve the accuracy of our numbers. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accuracy of the calculations and estimates you produced using Kukun, please send a message to feedback@mykukun.com
Kukun exists to help homeowners, first and foremost. Use our Estimator tool to determine what funds you will need to create the home you desire, and add that to the cost of the house. After calculating the total cost, consult with a real estate agent to get an idea of how your projects will change the value of your home, so that you can determine if you are building equity or not.
You can create as many projects as you like, and save them as jobs.
We look for homes that have been sold twice within 5 years that are close to the property address entered by the user. We would then check if the properties identified have been through a renovation-- using our large database of home projects made on every property in the US. We would use the difference in the sales price and the value of the renovations that took place. Finally, we proceed to check over 8 other economic factor that impact the value of the property and use our algorithm to extract what each renovation project did to the value of the home
We know finding a good contractor can be difficult. That’s why we created a directory of contractors listed on the California licensing board website. We are working on growing our database of verified professionals, so that we can make it easier for you to find the right person for the job. If you already know a good contractor, encourage that person to sign up with Kukun.
If you had a bad experience with a professional listed with our network, we encourage you to share your feedback and tell your story. Send us a message at feedback@mykukun.com
Kukun does not endorse specific professionals. We provide our visitors a list of contractors as a starting point for their renovation projects. We aim to evolve this feature into a vetted list of highly rated contractors over time. This is why we encourage all of our users to share their feedback (positive or negative) at feedback@mykukun.com.
There are several third-party sites that can be used to look up licensing information. Kukun suggests using your state government’s website as a starting place.
The map shows you every renovation project that took place in your neighborhood. If you click on the pin, you would see the project details and the name of the professional that led the project. You can then click on the professional name and see his or her profile. Once you like a certain professional, go ahead and knock on the doors of your neighbors and ask them about their experience with the professional you chose
We scour the internet for them. Our analytics team studies them and sends them through our machine learning sentiment analysis algorithm
Go to the top navigation bar where it says "Are you a pro?" click on the button then proceed to join as a professional.
We don't but we do have a network of reliable and reputable lenders that will do it for you. Kukun is your market place.
Well!! Yes and no. It means that you may not qualify for an average loan. There are other loans that you may qualify for but they are not cheap or mainstream.
We have a huge network of professionals and contractors that write for us.
Kukun is free to use.
We’re working on a suite of premium services that will enable you to get even more value from our platform. We’ll keep you in the know as we add new features, and whether or not they come at a cost.
NO. We don't charge contractors nor users.
NO. We don't charge contractors nor users
If you have any trouble using the site, problems signing, etc., please send a message to support@mykukun.com. You can also send us your inquiry or concern via Twitter, to the handle @MyKUKUN
Leads are free. Our goal is create a relationship between home owners and contractors and let them work together. We don't and wont charge for leads for contractors
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