No commission, referral fee, kickback or other benefit is accepted from any contractor or supplier, and none is paid to them. This is a term of the client agreement, not a policy that can quietly change. A ranked list of what to fix first is worth nothing if the ranking follows the money.
The checks
The checks to run before you hire.
Each of these is free and on public record, so you never have to take a contractor's word for it. A check you run yourself is worth more than an answer you were given.
Alberta corporate registration
That the business exists, is active, and is registered in Alberta under the name it trades under. Search the Alberta Corporate Registry.
WCB clearance
Workers' Compensation Board account in good standing, Ask for a clearance letter, or look it up through WCB Alberta's own clearance system. If a worker is injured on your property and the contractor has no WCB coverage, the exposure can land on you.
Prepaid contracting licence
Look it up through Service Alberta's licence search where the work involves payment before completion. A missing licence where one is required is a meaningful signal.
A quote close to the report price
Get a written quote and compare it with the price in your report. A quote well above it deserves a question; one far below it deserves a closer look at what is left out.
Insurance
Why insurance verification stays with you.
Contractor insurance is the one check that must be current on the day the work starts, and the reason matters.
You hire the contractor. The contract is between you and them, and the exposure if something goes wrong is yours, not ours. A certificate of insurance confirmed to a third party weeks before your job starts proves very little: policies lapse, coverage changes, and a certificate naming us is not a certificate naming you.
So the report shows you how to ask. When you call any contractor for a quote, ask for a $2,000,000 certificate of general liability insurance and a current WCB clearance letter, issued in your name, before work begins. The report gives you the wording. It takes one sentence on the phone, and it is worth more than any assurance we could pass along second-hand.
A family friend, a neighbour's recommendation or a company from an online search: the same two requests apply to every one of them.
Pricing
Where the price in your report comes from.
Every fix in the report carries one Calgary price, written as “from our market research last month, this should cost about $140.” It is built from published trade rates, current retail prices for mid-range products, and typical job times, and it is updated every month.
It is a single figure, not a range, so you have a clear benchmark. Real quotes will land above or below it depending on access, materials and who is available; the price tells you what a fair quote looks like.
The choice of contractor is entirely yours. The price is a planning guide, not a quote, and nothing in the report ties you to any company.