Privacy Policy

This page covers what happens to your information when you use HomeInspectionCost.net, whether you are running the calculator, reading a guide, or sending us a message. Last updated 2026-06-17.

What the calculator does with your inputs

The home size, add-on tests, home age, and ZIP code you enter on the homepage are worked out right there in your browser. None of it gets sent to a server or saved anywhere, including the ZIP code. Close the tab and every number resets.

If you contact us or request a quote

When you use the contact form or click through to request a quote from a local inspector, we do receive whatever you typed there, your name, your email address, and your message, so we or our quote partner can get back to you. We keep those messages only as long as it takes to respond and for basic recordkeeping after that.

Cookies, ads, and the banner on your first visit

Like most sites that run ads, we use cookies from Google and its advertising partners to serve ads and see how well they perform. Visitors in the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland get asked before any of that runs, through the banner on the first visit; everyone else starts from a default that can still be changed by clearing cookies. Google's own settings page at adssettings.google.com lets you manage ad personalization directly, and www.aboutads.info lists the other networks involved.

The analytics we run

Google Analytics tells us which guides get read and which calculator options people actually pick, in aggregate, not tied to your name. The Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on will stop that collection if you would rather not be counted.

Rights you may have, depending on where you live

Some states and countries give you the right to see, correct, or delete the personal data a site holds about you, or to tell it not to sell or share that data. We do not sell personal information in the first place, but if you want to exercise any of these rights, message us through the contact page and we will handle it.

Who else sees this information

This is a two-person operation, so very little gets shared beyond the vendors that keep the site running: our analytics provider, our ad network, and the form service that delivers contact-page messages to our inbox. None of them receive more than they need for that one job.

This site is not built for kids

HomeInspectionCost.net is written for homebuyers and sellers, not children, and we are not knowingly collecting information from anyone under 13. If that turns out to have happened anyway, contact us and we will remove it.

If this policy changes

The date at the top of this page moves forward whenever the policy changes in a way that matters. Send questions about any of it through the contact page.