Question 1

What is Kukun?

Accepted Answer

Kukun is the leading originator of property data and predictive analytics that empowers homeowners and real estate investors to make informed financial decisions that generate wealth. By utilizing the most accurate data on the current condition of a property, Kukun provides updated monthly home valuations that account for increased or decreased property value due to renovations or neglect. With a foundation in home value, Kukun offers solutions for identifying communities likely to appreciate, making a profit on renovations, and easily estimating renovation costs. The platform provides all necessary information for optimizing financial outcomes in homeownership. Kukun’s data and analytics products also serve top companies in investment, real estate, construction, and banking industries.

Question 2

I want to renovate my house. How can Kukun help me?

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Kukun offers comprehensive tools and resources to simplify the renovation process and help homeowners like you make informed decisions. The platform provides budgeting tools, loan options, and contractor background information to help you receive fair and transparent quotes. With Kukun’s Estimator tool, you can get an accurate idea of the cost to bring your renovation project to life. Additionally, Kukun’s suite of data-driven home investment insight products, including the home value report card, enables you to see the impact of repairs and remodels on your home’s value and forecast future value changes based on property condition updates. Kukun aims to demystify the renovation process and make it easy for you to achieve your dream space while optimizing your home’s financial value.

Question 3

I would like to buy a house that requires renovations. How can Kukun help me?

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As a platform designed to assist homeowners, Kukun offers a range of tools and resources to simplify the renovation process. With Kukun’s Estimator tool, you can easily determine renovation costs, calculate the increase in home value, and even estimate your potential profit. Additionally, Kukun can help you find contractors that have worked in the neighborhood and check if you need a loan to cover renovation costs that your mortgage won’t. Kukun’s property report provides you with a full set of community maps, including hospitals, schools, stores, parks, sports, town center, permit history, and much more, to help you make informed decisions about your renovation project.

Question 4

What are the various ways I can use Kukun?

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Kukun offers a range of products and services to assist you throughout every phase of home ownership, whether you’re buying, renovating, maintaining, or selling your home. With Kukun’s suite of products, you can make informed decisions to maximize the value of your investment and get the most for your money.

Question 5

Do you offer any loans?

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Kukun has established partnerships with reputable lenders in the US who specialize in providing competitive Equity, HELOC, and Personal loans tailored to your needs.

Question 6

How accurate are your estimates?

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Homeowners, contractors and estimators tell us that the Kukun estimator is highly accurate, in the range of plus or minus 5%. We work closely with professionals in the home construction and home improvement industry to develop our proprietary cost models, which are used to estimate home renovation costs. We take a home’s location, the scope of a project(s) and local labor costs into consideration when creating the algorithm for our estimates. The Kukun estimator is best used to define the scale and scope of a project, as contractors will build a more detailed materials and labor plan once the initial budgets and finish levels are determined.

Question 7

Are your algorithms up to date?

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Yes, we have cost inputs that enable us to track with the market and adjust as frequently has needed to reflect market changes. We are continually striving to enhance the precision and reliability of our figures. If you have any concerns or recommendations about the accuracy of the calculations and estimates generated using Kukun, please do not hesitate to contact us by sending a message to mykukun.com/contact-us.

Question 8

How many renovation projects can I estimate?

Accepted Answer

You can estimate as many renovation projects as you like, and save them.

Question 9

How do you calculate the ROI on a renovation?

Accepted Answer

We look for homes that have been sold twice within two to five years that are close to the property address entered by the user. We 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 use the difference in the sales price and the value of the renovations that took place. Finally, we proceed to check many other economic factors that impact the value of the property and use our algorithm to estimate how much each renovation project changed the value of the home

Question 10

How can I find a good professional?

Accepted Answer

Finding a reliable contractor can be hard. This is why we have established a comprehensive directory featuring contractors with a designation of either licensed or not licensed. Kukun is continually expanding our database of verified professionals, facilitating a seamless search for the qualified professionals to meet your specific needs. If you happen to know a skilled contractor, encourage them to join our network of professionals at Kukun.

Question 11

Does Kukun endorse the professionals found in the directory?

Accepted Answer

At Kukun, we do not endorse specific professionals. Instead, we offer our visitors a comprehensive list of contractors as an initial resource for their renovation projects. We continually enhance the database of professionals, and we update the contractors rankings based on user feedback. To achieve this, we actively encourage all of our users to share their feedback, whether positive or negative, through our contact page at mykukun.com/contact-us

Question 12

How can I make sure that the professional I want to hire is licensed?

Accepted Answer

Kukun verifies licenses for many contractors, and there are several third-party sites that can be used to look up licensing information. If you want to hire a contractor who does not have a verified license mark in their Kukun profile, we suggest using your state government’s website to see if the contractor is licensed.

Question 13

Where do you get the reviews for each contractor’s profile?

Accepted Answer

Kukun has a sophisticated internet tracking and user rating collection system. By aggregating user reviews of contractors from many sources, Kukun’s user ratings are the most comprehensive in the industry. Many reviews, however, are fakes, both positive and negative, so the Kukun data analytics scientists apply proprietary algorithms to identify the fakes, and separate them from actual user reviews. In that way, Kukun users get the most valid user review star ratings possible.

Question 14

How do I join as a contractor?

Accepted Answer

In the top navigation bar, click “Industry” and then select “Signup as a contractor”. Follow the easy instructions from there to join us as a professional.

Question 15

How much does it cost to use Kukun?

Accepted Answer

Most applications on Kukun are free for a limited number of addresses, and the iHomeReport is only available for a fee. The premium applications include the iHomeReport, the Cost Estimator, and iHomeManager.

Question 16

Do you charge contractors to join?

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No. There is no charge for contractors to join.

Question 17

Is there a fee for homeowners to contact pros through Kukun?

Accepted Answer

No. We provide connections to well qualified contractors as a free service to our customers.

Question 18

I encountered a problem while visiting mykukun.com. How can I get support?

Accepted Answer

If you have any trouble using the site, problems signing in, etc., please contact us at mykukun.com/contact-us.

Question 19

Do you sell leads of contractors?

Accepted Answer

Our objective is to foster a collaborative relationship between homeowners and contractors, enabling them to work together seamlessly. We are committed to facilitating this connection without imposing any charges for leads on contractors.

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