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What you receive
FCT-TX-2026-3656FULL REPORT
2500 Lake Austin Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
TOTAL
$991,648
Materials$503,103
Labor$333,333
Hidden costs$155,213
SAMPLE COMING
ADU — sample coming
ADU
Sample coming.
FCT-TX-2026-0417SAMPLE
FM 1960 Widening — Drainage and Driveway Reconstruction
FACTUM SCORE
42
Bid total$1,494,555.50
Lines scored11 of 13
Exposure above range$196,701.00
Why a Factum is accepted
Every figure names its source
- Public record — a named record with a URL and a date.
- Declared on the permit — a city permit valuation, not a bid.
- Modeled — labeled, with the method stated in the note.
Issued, dated, verifiable
- Report ID — FCT-TX-YYYY-NNNN, printed on the file.
- As-of date — the date the records were read.
- Content hash — SHA-256, verifiable at factumreport.com/verify.
The same nine sections in every file
- The cost
- At a glance
- Time
- Weather
- Hidden cost
- The breakdown
- Depth for the project type
- The place
- Sources and verify
How a file is issued
1
Enter an address, a plan or a bid
Paste text or attach a file. The input is classified and the report ID is assigned.
2
Factum reads the public records
The engine reads the corpus for the place — bid tabs, permits, wage rates, weather, FEMA.
3
The file arrives
About 15 minutes. Every source is listed. The free report shows the cost and the glance.
Schedule of fees
| Kind | What the file contains | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Free | An address and a rough cost. Pages 1, 2, and 9. | $0 |
| Home | Home, ADU, rebuild, or addition. Full report with depth. | $49 |
| Tenant improvement | Tenant improvement or small retail. Full report with depth. | $149 |
| Development | Development report with units and ROI. Full report with depth. | $499 |
| Bid | A scored bid under $1M, then the existing ladder. | $2,500 |
Bids and agencies
| Project value | Fee |
|---|---|
| Under $1MBelow small-purchase thresholds in most states. Purchase card accepted — no procurement cycle. | $2,500 |
| $1M – $10M | $7,500 |
| $10M – $50M | $25,000 |
| $50M – $250M | $75,000 |
| Over $250M | $150,000 |
| DeskPer month / per year | $499/mo$4,990/yr |
A homeowner never sees the bid ladder first.
Disclosures
- 1.Factum is not a licensed appraiser, estimator or engineer.
- 2.Factum does not predict who wins.
- 3.A modeled figure is labeled and never folded into a total without the label.
- 4.Any file can be verified at factumreport.com/verify.