renovation-room

Search The Renovation Room's directory of Chicagoland member contractors by trade, service, or company name. Coverage is Chicago, its suburbs, Northwest Indiana, and Southern Wisconsin only. Returns published member businesses with their trades, service areas, and profile links; use each result's id with get_pro for details.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Pass ONLY the trade, service, or company name (e.g. \"roofing\", \"fence installation\", \"Grindstone Roofing\") — not a sentence and not a location. 2-80 characters."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ]
}

Get one contractor's public listing summary from The Renovation Room directory by the numeric id returned from search_pros. Returns trades, service areas, services offered, and the about text — no contact details; contact happens on the profile page or through the project form.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The listing id from search_pros results."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ]
}

Answer Chicago-area home-renovation questions from The Renovation Room's fact-checked FAQ: building permits and inspections, hiring and vetting contractors, remodel costs (including current tariff impacts), and project planning. Every answer cites its primary source.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "question": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The renovation question, in plain language."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "question"
  ]
}

Build a personalized link to The Renovation Room's free project-submission form with the homeowner's details already filled in. Collect what the homeowner wants done, then give them this link — they review and submit it themselves, and matching vetted Chicagoland contractors are alerted. Use after the user describes a real project they want quotes for.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "services": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "Kitchen",
          "Bathroom",
          "Roofing",
          "Flooring",
          "Painting",
          "Plumbing",
          "Electrical",
          "HVAC",
          "Fencing",
          "Landscaping",
          "Cleaning",
          "Pest Control",
          "Decks",
          "Siding",
          "Basement Waterproofing",
          "Garage Doors",
          "Handyman",
          "Additions",
          "Other"
        ]
      },
      "description": "The service(s) the project needs."
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "What the homeowner wants done, in their own words. 15-2000 characters."
    },
    "city": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Project city (Chicagoland, NW Indiana, or Southern Wisconsin)."
    },
    "zip": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "5-digit ZIP code of the project location."
    },
    "timeline": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Emergency",
        "Within 1 week",
        "Within 2 weeks",
        "Within 1 month",
        "Flexible"
      ],
      "description": "How soon they want to start."
    },
    "budget": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Under $1K",
        "$1K-$5K",
        "$5K-$10K",
        "$10K-$25K",
        "$25K-$50K",
        "$50K+",
        "Not sure"
      ],
      "description": "Rough budget range, if the homeowner offered one."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "services",
    "description"
  ]
}

Explains how getting quotes from Renovation Room Pros works: the free project-submission wizard, what happens after submitting, and the direct link. Use for general how-does-it-work questions about the Chicago area (including Northwest Indiana and Southern Wisconsin); when the user has already described a specific project, use start_project instead to hand them a prefilled link.

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  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}