DIYorNot Annonces a Web App for Quick Cost Data about Home Improvement Projects

    ST. MICHAELS, MD, August 04, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The U. S. Commerce Department reported a 15 percent increase in housing starts with new home construction rising to a five-month high in June. The BuildFax Remodeling Index recently indicated remodeling was red hot reporting that May had the highest level of remodeling activity since the Index was introduced in 2004. Those two statistics indicate an upswing in consumer spending on home improvements.

An innovative web app (application) www.m.diyornot.com is designed to answer consumers' questions about how much those improvement projects will cost. A web app is free and accessed over the Internet so consumers can use a smartphone to find the information. Since a web app is compatible with all smartphones it's a popular information exchange that doesn't have to be downloaded or updated by its users.

Gene Hamilton is the creator of www.diyornot.com, featured as "one of the 20 best money Web sites" by Money magazine. He says their visitors expect to be able do the same things on a mobile device as on a laptop or desktop. "They want the convenience of using their smartphone to access the cost data when they're on the go or heading into a home center." While site visitors use their laptop or desktop to budget and plan a project at home, they're often away and want instant access to the information on their mobile device.

The Web app www.m.diyornot.com is a simple, user-friendly way to compare the cost of hiring a contractor to do a job with doing it yourself. By adding a zipcode the cost figure adjusts to a local cost. The app features a project cost analysis of more than 350 home improvement and lawn and garden projects listed in fourteen categories.

In addition, the Web app includes a massive database of hundreds of useful home repair, improvement and landscaping tips culled from site visitors.

DIYorNot.com is the online edition of the newspaper column of the same name which is syndicated by Tribune Media Services. More information is available at www.diyornot.com and www.m.diyornot.com.

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