Compare quotes for a home repair

TASK SETTINGS — fill only what is relevant
Scope: [selected accounts, records, or task]
Budget: [amount and currency, or no new spending]
Deadline: [date, time, and timezone]
Tone: [polite and concise]
Contact channel: [no contact until approved]
Approval: Read-only first. Ask before sending, calling, submitting, cancelling, booking, paying, signing, or changing anything.

Organize comparable estimates for one household job without hiring anyone prematurely.

Use only the accounts and materials I authorize. Start with: the issue, photos I authorize, approximate area, property permission, urgency, scope and budget.

Create a consistent work description. Research three credible providers using official details and available licensing information where applicable. Compare call-out fees, labor, materials, disposal, insurance and warranty exclusions. Prepare the same factual request for each approved recipient, and separate estimates from binding quotes.

Work read-only and prepare drafts first. Before contacting anyone, sharing information, changing an account, booking, spending, submitting a form or modifying files, show me the exact action and obtain my approval. Do not distribute my exact address or interior photos broadly, authorize entry, diagnose dangerous faults or sign a contract.

Verify that your tools actually support the requested work. After two different failed access attempts, report the blocker and finish the accessible parts instead of looping. Never invent an action, source, availability or confirmation.

Return: provider shortlist, comparable scope, proposed outreach, quote matrix and questions for a qualified professional. Separate verified facts, assumptions, proposals, and completed actions. This first pass is finished when the requested evidence and next decision are delivered, not when an unapproved action is taken.