PRICE / How we charge
Clear prices for the assessment. An open book on repairs.
You should never have to wonder whether you are being quoted whatever the market thinks you’ll bear. Assessment prices are fixed and published. Repairs are charged on a stated mechanism, with the receipts shown.
01 / What holds true, whatever the numbers
Six things we hold to on price.
i
Priced in hard currency
We quote in USD, and show GBP and EUR for UK and European clients. You carry no exchange risk on our fee.
ii
Assessment prices published
The fixed prices are below. No “contact us for a quote” on the assessment — that is where the worry starts.
iii
We do not mark up materials
Materials and labour pass through at cost, with receipts. Our fee is stated separately and openly. That is the whole difference between us and a contractor you cannot check.
iv
The assessment credits toward repairs
If you go ahead with repair management, part of what you paid for the assessment comes off the management fee. It is one journey, not two sales.
v
Weigh it against the real alternative
The alternative to an assessment is a plane ticket, time off work, and the risk of the journey — or authorising repairs blind. Set against that, a fixed fee to know exactly what you’re dealing with is the calm choice.
vi
We never handle cash on site
All payment is made to Jido’s House centrally, before work. Our people on the ground carry none of your money.
02 / Full Damage Assessment
Fixed prices, banded by size.
We band by built floor area — the one measure that doesn’t come down to interpretation. If the band turns out to be wrong when our architect arrives, we re-band it and confirm the revised price with you before we start, never after.
| Band | Built floor area | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| A | Up to 150 m² | price to confirm |
| B | 150–300 m² | price to confirm |
| C | 300–500 m² | price to confirm |
| D | Over 500 m², or multi-unit | Quoted individually |
Properties beyond a set distance from a city we serve carry a per-kilometre travel surcharge. A second property assessed on the same visit is discounted. Where a structural engineer’s opinion is needed, it is charged at cost plus a stated handling fee, and a certified second copy of the report for a third party is available for a small fixed fee. Exact figures are being finalised.
03 / Repair Management
A stated fee on the works. Nothing hidden.
Repairs are genuinely job-specific, so we don’t pretend to a fixed price. Instead we charge a management fee as a percentage of the certified value of the works — and the fee falls as the value rises. Materials and labour are passed through at cost, with receipts.
| Value of works | Management fee |
|---|---|
| Under $5,000 | price to confirm |
| $5,000–20,000 | price to confirm |
| $20,000–50,000 | price to confirm |
| Over $50,000 | price to confirm |
The fee is calculated on the final certified value of the works. If the job comes in under estimate, the fee comes down with it — we are not paid more for a bigger bill.
04 / How you pay
We send you a payment link.
Once your band is confirmed, we send a secure payment link and begin as soon as it clears. We are finalising the payment routes that work reliably for transfers connected to Sudan, and we will always tell you the exact method before you commit — we won’t ask you to pay in a way we haven’t explained.
Not sure which band you’re in?
Send us the property’s location and rough size and we’ll confirm the price before you commit to anything.