Frank

Your renovation advisor

Frank guides you through your building project so you don't get caught out.

Upload your quotes, contract, and drawings. Frank tells you what's missing, what's risky, and exactly what to ask your builder — free.

Has helped homeowners with projects from £20k to £2m+.

Frank is powered by AI. Always seek professional advice for contract and construction matters.

How it works

Free
1

Upload your documents

Quote, scope of works, contract, drawings — whatever your builder or architect has provided. Up to two documents free.

2

Frank analyses and flags what matters

Cross-references your documents against UK best practice. Identifies gaps in payment terms, insurance, specifications, programme, snagging provisions, and more. Checks drawings for conflicts between structural and architectural plans.

3

Download your Schedule of Clarifications

A professional PDF with a covering letter and itemised schedule of questions — ready to send to your builder. Calm, professional, non-confrontational.

Project management
4

Activate your project dashboard

Frank generates milestones from your actual scope of works — not a generic template. Each milestone has a checklist of things to verify, questions to ask your builder, and a sign-off process. Track site visits, log variations, and upload valuations.

5

Frank guides you through to handover

A complete project record — milestones signed off, photos documented, variations logged, valuations checked. At the end, Frank generates a handover package: your evidence file for future house sales, insurance, renovations, or disputes.

Structural Engineer Drawing
B3 — 203x133 UB25

Steel beam B3 runs east-west across first floor

Architect Drawing
Staircase opening

Staircase opening positioned where beam runs

Frank identified that a structural steel conflicted with the staircase before installation.

Why we built Frank

We have experienced not one but two disastrous renovation projects that all but bankrupted us. Both times we prepared rigorously, took advice, and proceeded with caution.

When we talking to friends and family about, it quickly became clear that almost everyone has a builder horror story.

For homeowners the stakes are high: Hard earned savings, disruption to your home and life, not to speak of the worry and stress. It has to be worth it. Yet, you are at a disadvantage from the start. Of all the people you need to deal with, you are the only one who has never done it before. In spite of reassurances and signing a binding contract, committing inevitably feels like a leap of faith.

Client-side building advisers are non-negotiable on large commercial projects but homeowners opt out because it is expensive and yet another person to coordinate with.

We built Frank to solve this, and give homeowners an adviser to hand who can always give a second opinion. Like any good adviser, Frank is designed to ask questions, identify inconsistencies and gaps — not replace your own judgement or your professional opinions.

Don't hesitate to get in touch with any feedback, your own horror stories, or suggestions to improve Frank.

hello@askfrank.org

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