Job Hound by Lead Dog

Free, both ends

From your kitchen table to their job board.

You describe the job once. It lands as a real project in the system the contractor already runs their week on. Nothing in between, and nobody charged for the introduction.

Four steps, and none of them cost anything

  1. 1.Say what needs doing

    Pick the trade, drop in your zip code, and add a sentence about the job. There's no account to make and no form that asks for your life story. Thirty seconds, honestly.

    No sign-up. No password to forget.

  2. 2.See the local pros who do it

    You get a list of contractors who work in your area and take on that kind of job, ordered by reviews, finished work and how they actually operate — never by who paid the most, because nobody can pay at all.

    Ranking is earned, never bought.

  3. 3.Choose who hears about it

    One pro, or three if you want to compare. Your project goes only to the ones you picked. It is never packaged up and sold to everyone else buying leads that afternoon.

    Your project is never resold.

  4. 4.Compare, then hire

    Quotes come back written down, with the scope spelled out, so you're comparing like for like. Hire whoever answers your questions best. Nobody paid a fee to reach you, so there's nothing extra baked into the number.

    No referral fee inside the price.

How long it usually takes

Most projects go from typed out to quoted inside a week. Bigger jobs take longer to price properly, and that's a good sign rather than a bad one.

  1. Minute one

    You send the project

  2. Same day

    Pros see it on their board

  3. Day one or two

    Replies and site visits

  4. Day two to four

    Written quotes in hand

And what never happens

The part you've been dreading on other sites.

You know the pattern: fill in one form, then spend four days declining calls from contractors who each paid for the privilege. That can't happen here, structurally.

Your number isn't sold

Not to ten contractors, not to one. It goes where you sent it and nowhere else.

No race to call you first

Since nobody bought your project alongside eight competitors, nobody is sprinting through a call list to beat them to you.

No fee waiting at the end

Free when you send it, free when they answer, free when you hire. The money in this business comes from software contractors subscribe to.

None of this is a promise we're asking you to take on faith. There's no lead-selling machinery to switch off, because we never built one.

Questions people ask first

Do I have to make an account?

No. Describe the job, give the pros a way to reach you, and that's it. Nothing to verify, no password, no app to download.

How many contractors should I contact?

Two or three is the sweet spot. One gives you nothing to compare against, and past three you're mostly creating work for yourself fielding calls.

What if nobody gets back to me?

It shouldn't happen, and when it does we want to know. Send us the project and the pros you contacted and we'll chase it down — responsiveness is part of how contractors are ranked in the first place.

Can I change or cancel a request?

Yes. Tell the pros you contacted directly, or send us a note and we'll close it out on our end. Nothing is locked in until you agree to work with someone.

Thirty seconds, then it's their move

Tell us what the job is and see the local pros who do it. No account, no fee, and your project stays yours.

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