WITH PRICELOCK
What you can expect
Better preparation: a defined scope with exclusions and selections before you price it.
Clear expectations: your accepted price and completion date, the $1,000 per day owed for late completion, plus decision authority, verification, and payment conditions, all in the agreement before mobilization.
Project introductions: homeowners and designers with a scope defined for bidding. Commitments and payment conditions are agreed before work begins.
Practical delivery support, with FieldOS as the RealUniverse operating system behind it.
WORKING UNDER PRICELOCK
You bid a defined project against the same documents every other bidder sees. Who can approve what is settled before the first crew arrives. A field request without the named authority behind it is not a change, and a documented change is not a dispute.
When a milestone is ready, an independent verifier identified in the project agreement checks the completed work against the agreed requirements. The authorized person then approves payment once the agreed release conditions are satisfied. Verification and authorization are separate responsibilities, and a verification result alone does not release money.
The fear this removes: scope creep with no authority behind it, and chasing payment after the work already passed.
The sequence
Propose on a defined project. Scope, exclusions, and selections are written down first. You propose the price and the completion date. If you finish late, you owe the homeowner $1,000 per day, subject to the agreement’s terms.
Mobilize with named authority. Who approves changes, which independent verifier checks completed work, and who authorizes payment are in the agreement.
Document every change. Extras are priced, approved, and recorded before they are built.
Complete, verify independently, get authorized. The independent verifier checks the milestone; a punch item is a task with a defined recheck, not an argument about payment.
Supplier deposits and material purchases may be authorized before delivery under the agreed purchase terms, separately from payments for independently verified completed work.
YOUR PROPOSAL
You commit to the price and completion date. If you finish late, you owe the homeowner $1,000 per day, subject to the agreement’s terms, including approved changes and exceptions.
Once the homeowner accepts your proposal, those terms become part of the PriceLock agreement, together with the agreed conditions and exceptions. Completed work is independently verified, and milestone payments follow the agreement’s verification and release conditions.
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YOU PROPOSE
Your price for the defined scope
Priced against the same documents every other bidder sees.
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YOU PROPOSE
Your completion date
The date you commit to, with the decisions and deliveries it depends on identified up front.
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$1,000 per day if you finish late
Owed to the homeowner, subject to the agreement’s terms.
FIELDOS
FieldOS is the RealUniverse operating system. Its role is to connect project planning, coordination and records, so the commitments in a PriceLock agreement carry through to the work on site. FieldOS is in development. Available features will be confirmed before you join.
TRUSTED CIRCLES
Most homeowners choose on price because price is the only thing they can compare. As part of Trusted Circles you compete on a defined scope and a credible delivery commitment, and the homeowner sees the price and the completion date you propose before they choose. Your accountability is visible up front, and it says something about you that a bid number cannot.
You build under clearer terms: a defined scope, approval points, responsibilities and payment conditions agreed before work begins.
Trusted Circles are designed to connect you with designers, realtors, and service professionals who can become continuing sources of relevant work. Participation and project opportunities depend on market availability, project fit, and agreed partner terms.
Your proposal makes your commitments visible: your price for the defined scope and your promised completion date. Clients can weigh those commitments alongside your qualifications, experience and references.
What participation gives you
Project introductions. Introductions to homeowners and designers whose project scope is defined for bidding, including homeowners a Realtor in the network has introduced. Commitments and payment conditions are agreed before work begins.
Build a reputation with evidence. Document quality, progress, communication, and resolved issues. Scorecards are being developed to bring that record into future project decisions.
Repeat relationships. Working relationships with designers, architects, Realtors and other contractors that can lead to repeat business.
Practical education and ongoing support. Education in running a project under PriceLock, and support while you do.
Clearer project expectations. A defined scope, approval points, responsibilities, independent verification and payment conditions in the agreement before work begins, with your price and completion date visible to the client before selection.