Adam Kilgore is a licensed general contractor, EPA Lead Safe Certified home advisor, and 27-year remodeling expert based in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio. He is the founder of Hometown Builders Club and the Home Clarity Report, and the owner of AK Renovations — operating in Summit County since 1999.
27 years remodeling Summit County homes. Then I realized the industry had a structural problem.
I didn't build Hometown Builders Club because I read a business book about home services. I built it because I was inside the problem for three decades — and I couldn't fix it from where I was standing.
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Here's what I kept seeing for 27 years. And couldn't stop thinking about.
I've been remodeling homes in Northeast Ohio since 1999. Over 400 projects. Kitchens, bathrooms, first floors, additions. I've restored an 1834 farmhouse from the framing out — three years of personal work while running a company.
For most of that time, I did what every contractor does: I'd meet a homeowner, they'd tell me what they wanted, I'd put together a bid, and I'd try to win the work.
Here's what I couldn't stop noticing.
When I was the one bidding on the work, I was also the one giving advice. The homeowner asking me whether they should do a kitchen addition or a first-floor transformation was asking the same person who was going to build whichever one they chose. That is not neutral guidance. That is a conflict of interest — and it's baked into how the entire industry works.
Homeowners making six-figure decisions deserve someone in their corner who doesn't benefit from what they decide. That person didn't exist. So I built Hometown Builders Club to be that person.
HBC exists to put one honest expert on the homeowner's side.
When I built the Home Clarity Report, I made one rule for myself: I don't bid on the work I assess.
When I walk your home and tell you the kitchen is the right first project, I have nothing to gain from that recommendation. When I tell you the HVAC needs to be replaced before the kitchen happens, I'm not trying to upsell you — I'm protecting you from a $15,000 surprise.
My only incentive is being right. That's what 27 years of remodeling experience, combined with no financial stake in what you choose, actually looks like in practice. And that's what makes the Home Clarity Report different from anything else in Northeast Ohio.
"My only incentive is being right. You cannot game the advice when there is no sale to win."
— Adam Kilgore
What I've actually built in Summit County.
AK Renovations — my contracting company — has been operating in Summit County since 1999. We generate about $1.5 million in annual revenue doing kitchen, bathroom, and first-floor renovations for homeowners across the county. I manage every project personally. There are no handoffs to project managers. When you hire AK, you get me.
That experience is the 27-year credential behind every recommendation I make in the Home Clarity Report. When I tell you a kitchen remodel will run $60,000 to $90,000 in Summit County in 2026, that number comes from 27 years of building that exact project in this exact market — not a national cost database.
The Home Clarity Report was only possible because three technologies reached maturity in the last few years: affordable 3D scanning, AI-powered analysis, and private client portals. A decade ago, this product could not have existed at $4,500. Five years from now, it will be standard. Right now, it's available only from HBC.
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These are my neighbors' homes. That matters.
My wife Erin and I raise four kids in Cuyahoga Falls. Our children go to Woodridge schools. I've partnered with local trade school programs to bring students into real projects — because the trades matter and too few people are building the next generation of skilled workers.
When I recommend a project to a homeowner in Hudson or Bath Township, I'm recommending it to someone in my community. When I introduce a trade partner to a client, I'm introducing a neighbor to a neighbor. That accountability changes how I do the work. There's nowhere to hide in a community this size, and I wouldn't want to hide even if there were.
This is not a national platform with a Summit County office. This is a local business run by someone who lives here, built here, and plans to be here for another 27 years.
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