Terms of Service

CleverCru is a home-improvement platform that helps homeowners plan projects and connect with skilled professionals. It offers AI-generated project plans (scope, a materials list with pricing, permit considerations, and labor/timeframe estimates), a marketplace that introduces homeowners with contractors and laborers, and messaging and bidding tools to help the two sides coordinate.

CleverCru has three account roles: homeowner, contractor, and laborer. You can sign in with Google or with an email and password. You are responsible for keeping your credentials secure and for the accuracy of anything you post on your profile, in bids, or in messages.

Project plans, materials lists, and estimates generated on CleverCru are produced by artificial intelligence. They are approximate and informational — not binding quotes, and not engineering, architectural, or legal advice. They are not a substitute for the judgment of a licensed professional. Pricing, quantities, and timelines can vary significantly based on site conditions, local markets, and the scope of work. Verify everything before you build or buy.

CleverCru introduces homeowners and professionals, but it is not a party to any agreement between you and the other side. Homeowners and professionals contract directly with each other. CleverCru does not guarantee work quality, timelines, pricing, or outcomes, and it is not responsible for the conduct of any user.

A "Verified" or "Licensed & Insured" badge means the professional submitted license and insurance documents that CleverCru reviewed, with periodic re-checks. It is a screening step, not an endorsement or guarantee of the professional's work or character. The badge reflects that documents were submitted and reviewed by CleverCruas of the verification date shown on the professional's profile — it is not a confirmation that the license is currently active with the state board, and coverage can lapse or change at any time. It is the homeowner's responsibility to confirm the contractor's license and insurance are active before work begins. You should still do your own diligence. Learn what verification checks.

CleverCru's business model is a fee on contractor project wins. When CleverCru's billing system launches, contractors will pay a 5% fee on project wins. A "win" means a homeowner accepts your bid (hires you) through CleverCru. The fee is 5% of the accepted bid amount — not the final invoiced total, and not on bids you don't win. There are no per-lead charges and no fees to browse or bid. If a job is cancelled before work starts, the fee is waived.

If you act as your own general contractor using CleverCru's "Build your crew" flow, the win fee applies separately to each subcontractor trade you hire throughCleverCru — each accepted sub-bid is its own project win, charged at 5% of that sub's accepted bid amount.

This fee applies to contractor project wins only. Laborer day-hires are not subject to the win fee. No billing, invoicing, or payment collection is active yet — this is the fee schedule that will apply when billing launches. Until then, bidding and hiring are free.

The materials ordering and checkout flow is currently a demo. No real payment is processed and no order is fulfilled through CleverCru. You can use the materials list to plan, share it with professionals, or take it to a supplier yourself.

You agree not to misuse CleverCru. That includes no spam, harassment, fraud, or misrepresentation; no scraping or automated data collection; and no posting of false or misleading credentials. We may suspend or remove accounts and content that abuse the platform.

You keep ownership of anything you upload — project photos, portfolio photos, documents, and messages. You grant CleverCru a limited license to display and use that content as needed to operate the service, for example showing portfolio photos on your public profile or sharing a project brief with a professional you contact.

CleverCru is provided "as is" and "as available." To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, CleverCru and its operators are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or damages arising from your use of the service or your interactions with other users, including any work performed or not performed. Your use of the service is at your own risk.

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we'll update the "last updated" date above. Continuing to use CleverCru after a change means you accept the updated terms.

Questions about these terms? Contact us and we'll get back to you.