Terms and Conditions

1. About these terms

BuildCostHub is operated by MADECUBE LTD. References in these terms to “BuildCostHub”, “we”, “us” or “our” refer to that business.

You must be at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into an agreement to use services that require you to submit project or contact information.

2. What BuildCostHub provides

BuildCostHub provides online tools and information intended to help homeowners and property professionals plan and budget for building, renovation and home improvement projects.

Our services may include:

• interactive construction cost calculators;
• indicative project cost estimates;
• guides and general information about construction, renovation and project planning;
• email delivery of requested calculator results; and
• other planning or budgeting features introduced from time to time.

BuildCostHub is a budgeting and information service. We are not acting as your architect, surveyor, structural engineer, quantity surveyor, builder, financial adviser or legal adviser.

3. Important information about estimates

Calculator results are based on the information you provide and the pricing assumptions, data and calculation methods available to BuildCostHub at that time.

Actual project costs can differ significantly because of factors including:

• property condition and structural requirements;
• project location and site accessibility;
• labour and material price changes;
• design choices, finishes and specifications;
• planning permission, building regulations and other professional fees;
• ground conditions, surveys and unexpected work;
• taxes and applicable VAT; and
• the prices quoted by individual contractors.

Before making financial commitments or beginning work, you should obtain site-specific advice and written quotations from appropriately qualified professionals and contractors.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, an estimate does not reserve or fix a price and should be treated as current only on the date it is generated.

4. Your responsibilities

When using BuildCostHub, you agree to:

• provide information that is accurate and complete to the best of your knowledge;
• review your calculator selections before relying on a result;
• use the website only for lawful personal or internal business purposes;
• obtain professional advice and quotations where appropriate;
• avoid interfering with the operation, security or availability of the website; and
• not attempt to access restricted systems, data or accounts without permission.

You remain responsible for decisions made in connection with your property, budget, contractor selection and building project.

5. Accounts and submitted information

Some present or future services may allow you to create an account, save an estimate or receive results by email. You are responsible for providing a valid email address and keeping any login or access details secure.

You must notify us promptly if you believe an account, estimate link or other access credential has been used without permission.

We process personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

6. Payments and paid services

The website may offer free calculators alongside paid products or services. Where a charge applies, the price and any relevant payment terms will be shown before you complete the purchase.

Payments may be processed by a third-party payment provider such as Stripe. BuildCostHub does not normally receive or store your complete payment-card details.

Any cancellation or refund rights applying to a particular paid service will be explained at the point of purchase and will not affect rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

7. Third-party services and links

The website may link to third-party websites, services, contractors or other external resources. These links are provided for convenience and do not necessarily mean that BuildCostHub endorses or guarantees the third party.

Third-party services have their own terms and privacy policies. BuildCostHub is not responsible for their content, availability, advice, pricing or performance.

If BuildCostHub introduces referrals or connections with contractors, any relevant commercial relationship or commission arrangement will be explained where required.

8. Intellectual property

The website and its content, branding, design, calculator structure, calculation methods, software, text, graphics and other materials are owned by or licensed to BuildCostHub and are protected by intellectual property laws.

You may use calculator results and guides for your own personal project planning. You must not, without our prior written permission:

• reproduce or republish substantial parts of the website;
• sell, licence or commercially exploit our content or calculator results;
• copy, scrape or systematically extract website data;
• reverse engineer or attempt to recreate our calculators or software; or
• remove copyright, trade mark or ownership notices.

9. Website availability and changes

We aim to keep BuildCostHub available and accurate, but we do not guarantee that the website will always be uninterrupted, error-free or available.

We may update, suspend, remove or change any part of the website, calculator, estimate methodology or content to maintain security, improve the service or reflect changing costs and business requirements.

We do not guarantee that information published on the website will always be complete or current. Publication dates and other context should be considered when using guides or estimates.

10. Our responsibility to you

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

Subject to those protections, BuildCostHub is not responsible for losses caused by:

• treating an indicative estimate as a fixed quotation;
• inaccurate or incomplete information entered into a calculator;
• changes in contractor, labour, material or market prices;
• decisions made without obtaining appropriate professional advice;
• the acts, omissions, pricing or workmanship of an independent third party; or
• events outside our reasonable control.

If you use BuildCostHub for business purposes, we will not be liable for loss of profit, business, revenue, anticipated savings, opportunity, goodwill or indirect or consequential loss.

If you use BuildCostHub as a consumer, you retain all rights and remedies provided by applicable consumer law.

11. Suspension or termination

We may restrict or suspend access to the website where reasonably necessary for maintenance, security, legal compliance or investigation of suspected misuse.

We may terminate access to an account or service if you materially breach these terms, use the website unlawfully or create a risk to BuildCostHub, its users or its systems.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms to reflect changes to our services, business practices or legal obligations. The latest version will be published on this page with the revised date shown above.

Your continued use of the website after updated terms take effect means that the updated terms will apply to your subsequent use.

13. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

If you are a consumer, you may also benefit from mandatory protections under the law of the country in which you live. Nothing in these terms removes those protections.

The courts of England and Wales will have jurisdiction, subject to any rights you may have as a consumer to bring proceedings elsewhere in the United Kingdom.

14. Contact us

If you have a question, complaint or concern about BuildCostHub or these terms, contact:

Please include enough information for us to understand and investigate your enquiry. We will aim to respond within a reasonable period.