BuiltNotBroken started on job sites in Calgary NW. Evan Thompson, owner of ET's Quality Stucco & Stone Repairs, spent years doing stucco and parging work across the city — real trades work, real clients, real results.
What he kept seeing bothered him. Homeowners calling for quotes that never came. Platforms charging contractors $300–$500 a month just to show up in search results. That cost going directly into every quote. Homeowners paying more without knowing why.
"The platform wasn't helping anyone. It was just taking a cut from both sides."
So he built BuiltNotBroken. A platform where homeowners post jobs for free, contractors pay only when they get a real lead, and nobody's markup is hiding inside your quote.
We're Calgary-founded, community-driven, and we're not interested in being the next HomeStars. We're interested in being what HomeStars should have been — a fair marketplace where the best contractor wins, not the one who spent the most on advertising.
We're early. We're growing. And every job posted on this platform is a vote for a fairer way to hire a contractor in this city.