DATUM Renovation, measured.

Start with the survey, not the sales call.

One day on site. A measured drawing, a photographed defect list and a priced scope, yours to keep whoever you hire. $2,400 in Chicago, €2,200 in Lisboa. We reply within one business day.

1Business day to reply

1Day on site for the survey

3Documents you keep

$2,400Survey fee, credited if you build with us

Tell us about the building.

The more you can say about its age and what is wrong with it, the more useful the first phone call is. If your budget is below the range for the work you describe, we will say so on the phone rather than after a survey.

We reply within one business day. If your budget is below the range for the work you described, we will say so on the phone rather than after a survey.

Finished kitchen, Logan Square two-flat
Logan Square kitchen before the renovation, original 1985 units
BeforeEvery one of these started as a defect list.

From the form to a number: eight working days, five of them ours.

What happens after you press send

01

One business day — a call, not an email

Marcus in Chicago or Ana in Lisboa, fifteen minutes. We are working out whether the building, the scope and your budget are in the same conversation. If they are not, that is the call where we say so.

02

Within two weeks — the survey day

Two people, one full day. We measure the whole floor, open plaster where we have to and agree it with you first, photograph every defect and test the circuits. Nothing is guessed and nothing is left for later.

03

Five working days later — three documents

A measured drawing, a photographed defect list and a priced scope with the exclusions named. They arrive as one PDF and they are yours: take them to another contractor if you want a second price against the same information.

04

Then nothing, until you say so

There is no second call from us. The scope holds for six months; the Príncipe Real owners came back after eight and it re-priced within 4%. If you build with us, the $2,400 comes off the first invoice.

What we will not do on that first call

  • Quote a number. Anyone who prices your building over the phone is pricing an average, and the average is not your house.
  • Ask what your budget is in order to spend it. We ask for a ceiling so we can tell you before the survey whether the scope fits under it.
  • Book you in for a “free consultation” that is a sales visit. The survey is a day of work with a deliverable, and it is charged for.

Two offices, two markets, one standard. Call the one nearest the building.

Chicago

Datum Renovation LLC
1847 W Fulton St, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 555-0148 · chicago@datumrenovation.com
Mon-Fri 8:00-17:00 CT

Lisboa

Datum Renovação Unipessoal Lda
Rua da Boavista 84, 2º, 1200-068 Lisboa
+351 210 555 019 · lisboa@datumrenovation.com
Seg-Sex 9:00-18:00 WET

Before you call, if you can

  • The year the building went up, even approximately.
  • Whether you own the unit, the building, or are still under offer.
  • Anything you already know is wrong: a leak, a fuse that trips, a floor that moves.
  • Your date constraint, if you have one. A hard date changes the sequence, not the price.