Hi. I'm Adam.
I built the Home Clarity Report because
I got tired of watching homeowners
get advice from people with every reason
to give it wrong.

I've been remodeling homes in Northeast Ohio since 1999. Over 400 projects — kitchens, bathrooms, first floors, additions, full gut renovations. I've also restored an 1834 farmhouse from the studs out over three years, alongside running AK Renovations. I've spent more time inside Summit County homes than almost anyone alive.

For most of those 27 years, I did what every contractor does: meet the homeowner, listen to what they want, put together a bid, try to win the work.

Here's what I kept noticing.

When I was bidding on the work, I was also giving the advice. The homeowner asking me "should we do the kitchen addition or the first-floor transformation?" was asking the same person who was going to build whichever one they chose. The person recommending the scope was the same person who profited from the scope.

That's not dishonest. Most contractors I know are good people. But it's a structural conflict of interest that's baked into how the entire home services industry works — and it costs homeowners real money, every day, in every market.

The homeowner deserves someone in their corner whose only incentive is giving them the right answer. That person didn't exist. So I built the Home Clarity Report to be that person.

When I walk your home and write your Report, I'm not thinking about how to sell you a project. I'm thinking about what's actually true about your home and what's actually in your best interest.

That means when your HVAC is in good shape and doesn't need replacement, I tell you that — even though a contractor with an HVAC relationship might tell you otherwise. When the kitchen remodel you're planning would return less than it costs in your market, I tell you that — even though building it would be good for my contracting business.

My only incentive is being right. You cannot game the advice when there's no sale to win.

Here's what that looks like in practice: I tell one client to hold off on the $60,000 kitchen because the HVAC is going to fail within 18 months and they should address that first. I tell another client that the "quick bathroom refresh" they budgeted $18,000 for will cost $35,000 minimum at the scope they actually want, and they should plan accordingly. I tell another client that the structural concern flagged in their home inspection is minor and won't need attention for years — which saves them $8,000 they were about to spend on remediation they didn't need.

None of those recommendations benefited me financially. All of them benefited the client. That's the model.

AK Renovations — my contracting company — has been operating in Summit County since 1999. We do kitchen transformations, master bathroom renovations, first-floor remodels, and home additions for homeowners across the county. We generate about $1.5 million in annual revenue and I manage every project personally.

When I put a number in the Home Clarity Report — when I say a kitchen will cost $65,000 to $95,000 in Summit County in 2026 — that number comes from 27 years of building that project in this market. Not a cost database. Not a national average. Actual Summit County labor and material pricing from jobs I've run.