I hired a contractor to renovate my kitchen. Three months later, I had a half-finished room, $15,000 gone, and a phone number that went straight to voicemail.
That was the personal reason.
The industry reason came later. I talked to dozens of contractors. Good ones. People who take pride in their work. They all said the same thing: lead-gen sites waste their time. They pay for leads that go nowhere. Homeowners who aren't serious. Projects that were never real. The platforms that were supposed to help were making it worse.
Both sides lose. Homeowners can't find reliable pros. Pros can't find serious projects.
What's Broken
Most platforms are middlemen optimizing for volume. They sell your information to five contractors who all cold-call you. Or they show you reviews you can't verify. Or they match you with whoever pays the most for advertising.
None of this solves the real problem: trust.
You don't know if the contractor is qualified. The contractor doesn't know if you're serious. Nobody has skin in the game until money changes hands, and by then it's too late.
What We Built
CONP works differently.
You describe your project. AI generates a brief scope of work. Not a detailed specification—just enough for pros to understand what you need and quote accurately.
Verified pros browse available projects and choose which to bid on. We check credentials before anyone joins. Not reviews. Not ratings. Actual verification.
When you accept a bid, payment goes into escrow. Funds release when milestones complete. Both sides are protected.
You get scheduling tools. Project management. Communication that doesn't happen over text message. Everything in one place.
What We Believe
Construction should be straightforward. Describe what you need. Get bids from qualified pros. Pay when work is done.
No games. No lead-gen. No fake urgency.
Homeowners deserve to work with verified professionals. Contractors deserve to bid on real projects from serious clients. Both sides deserve protection.
We built CONP because the tools that exist weren't built for the people doing the work. They were built for the platforms.
This is different.
We're starting in Canada. Toronto headquarters. If you're tired of the old way, we're here.
Visit us at conp.app.