Because most contractor contracts are stacked against you. Construction has the highest dispute rate of any industry – 20.7% of contracts end in conflict vs. 9% elsewhere (IACCM). Their boilerplate terms give them control over payments, delays, change orders, and limit their liability. ContractShield™ is the top-rated power tool that flips the balance with 300+ attorney-reviewed protections that can cap cost overruns, help you enforce deadlines, lock down change order details, and put control of your remodel – and your money – back in your hands.

ContractShield™ is not a contract. It’s a curated library of remodel-specific protection terms homeowners can select from and incorporate into their contractor agreement as an addendum. Once included in your attorney-reviewed agreement and signed by the contractor, those selected terms strengthen your agreement by addressing risks most boilerplate contracts ignore (or never even consider).

It targets the real-world failure points that derail most remodels, including:

• Cost overruns and hidden markups
• Vague or abused change orders
• Missed deadlines and stalled work
• Payments disconnected from actual progress
• Sub-standard workmanship
• Damage to your home, privacy, pets, or property

ContractShield™ gives you the language to address these risks upfront.

Very easy. Most homeowners review and select their terms in under an hour. The terms are provided in an editable Word format, so you can tailor them to your unique project needs, budget, and preferred contractor relationship. Your selected terms are compiled into a concise addendum — a format your attorney and contractor readily understand.

You don’t need them all. Terms are organized by risk category – Cost, Delays, Changes, Payments, Quality, Privacy, Safety, and more. You choose only the protections that matter for your specific remodel and leave the rest out. For instance, if your home is not in an HOA, then delete the entire section related to HOA protections.

Yes. Attorney review is always recommended before signing any contract. ContractShield™ is not legal advice. It’s a remodel-specific protection framework that helps your attorney review clearer, more complete homeowner-selected terms instead of starting from scratch.

Attorneys apply the law. These terms are developed from Rebo’s decades of seeing how remodeling projects actually go wrong in the real world – and how to help prevent them.

The result of your attorney finalizing your construction addendum terms for legal enforceability makes for much stronger homeowner protection: practical safeguards based on how contractors operate in the real world, backed by the law.

Without a construction-specific framework, attorneys often spend billable time discovering common remodel risks—time that typically runs $300–$400+ per hour.

ContractShield™ organizes those real-world construction risk scenarios upfront. This allows your attorney to focus on what they do best: legal enforceability, jurisdiction, and proper execution—rather than starting from scratch.

The result is fewer billable hours, less back-and-forth revision, and clearer, more complete contract protections based on issues that routinely arise on actual remodels.

ContractShield™ terms are attorney-reviewed, but enforceability depends on your particular local ordnances, state law, contract structure, and how the agreement is executed. That’s why attorney review is always advised. Think of ContractShield™ as the protection framework – and your attorney as the final authority.

Maybe. ContractShield™ is designed for use before signing a contract. However, if new issues arise — such as surprise change orders, uncovered damage, or gaps in your existing agreement — selected terms may be used as a basis for renegotiation or added protections, subject to agreement by both parties. 

That’s normal. Most contracts are negotiated, and reasonable contractors expect it. Some terms may involve trade-offs or added costs. Your goal is to protect what matters most. If a contractor refuses all reasonable homeowner protections, that’s a warning sign — and it’s safer to walk away before you’re locked into a one-sided deal.

Because ContractShield™ doesn’t pretend to be one. It captures remodel-specific risk scenarios from decades of real construction experience and presents them in a format attorneys can quickly and affordably review, refine, and approve. It’s transparent, practical, and built to support — not replace — proper legal review.

If your final signed contractor agreement (with your compiled ContractShield™ addendum) doesn’t include at least 10 of our terms (verbatim or with slight modifications), we’ll refund 100% of your purchase.

What our terms are built to do:

• Clarify money, payments, and overruns
• Lock down changes and approvals
• Enforce timelines with delay penalties
• Define clear quality standards
• Protect family, pets, property, and privacy
• Give you real leverage before you sign

Just email a copy of the fully signed agreement (including the attorney-reviewed addendum) as proof of not using our terms within 90 days of purchase and we’ll credit your original payment card – no questions asked.