The site publishes general information and lets you ask to be put in touch with one independent local contractor. It is not a home improvement contractor or salesperson and holds no Maryland Home Improvement Commission (MHIC) license. It does not offer or agree to perform, inspect, bid on, negotiate, sell or arrange basement work, and it never talks price, takes a deposit or presents a contract. Estimates, contracts, payments, permits and warranties are matters between you and any contractor you choose.

The site gives no promise about any contractor's work, prices, license or insurance, and it has not checked anyone. Before you sign, look up the contractor's MHIC number on MHIC's online lookup or at 410-230-6231, insist on a written contract you both sign, pay nothing before signing and keep any deposit to one-third of the price or less. Plumbing, such as tying a sump into a drain, belongs with a Maryland-licensed plumber working under a permit.

Contractors may pay the site a flat advertising fee. Homeowners are never charged by the site and are never given money, gifts or anything else of value.

Every guide, cost range and tool here is general information, offered as is. Each figure names its source and year and may fall out of date. None of it should be taken as legal, insurance, engineering or financial advice.

To whatever extent Maryland law permits, the owner of this site accepts no liability for loss tied to visiting it, trusting its contents or doing business with a contractor. Please don't send false requests, abuse the forms or reuse the site's content for commercial ends.

Maryland law governs these terms, and any dispute about them belongs in a Maryland court. Changes take effect as soon as they appear on this page.