Is housebuildcostcalculator.com safe?
http://housebuildcostcalculator.com/
Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
Free house-building cost calculator with no detected threats, but a very new domain and unverified operator
House Build Cost Calculator presents itself as a free online tool for estimating construction and building costs, aimed at homeowners and contractors. Technical checks found no security threats: the browser threat feed returned no warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. The site lists a contact email on its own domain and a phone number, and its own page text carries a disclaimer that results are planning estimates only and that users should obtain quotes from qualified local professionals before making financial decisions. The main reasons this is not rated Safe are that the registrable domain is only 130 days old and the operator's public reputation could not be independently verified from the evidence supplied. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows a scam mechanism, a payment trap, or a cross-domain commercial funnel.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
House Build Cost Calculator presents itself as a free online tool for estimating construction and building costs, aimed at homeowners and contractors. Technical checks found no security threats: the browser threat feed returned no warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. The site lists a contact email on its own domain and a phone number, and its own page text carries a disclaimer that results are planning estimates only and that users should obtain quotes from qualified local professionals before making financial decisions. The main reasons this is not rated Safe are that the registrable domain is only 130 days old and the operator's public reputation could not be independently verified from the evidence supplied. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows a scam mechanism, a payment trap, or a cross-domain commercial funnel.
A free planning calculator, not a shop or a referral service
The visible page presents a "Cost to Build a House Calculator" under the House Build Cost Calculator name on housebuildcostcalculator.com. The site's own text frames its output as planning estimates only, warning that results may vary by location, project complexity, material availability, labor rates, taxes, and contractor pricing, and advising users to obtain quotes from qualified local professionals before making financial decisions. That is the behavior of a content and utility site rather than a storefront or a lead-selling funnel.
The site lists a contact email on its own domain, contact@housebuildcostcalculator.com, and a phone number. These are ordinary contact details for a small content site; they are not proof of a registered company, and the reviewed evidence does not show a registration identifier or an independently verified operator identity.
Clean technical checks, but a young domain and unverified reputation
On the technical side, the saved checks are clean: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Those results mean no detections were recorded at scan time; they do not by themselves establish that the operator is trustworthy.
On the operator side, the registrable domain is only 130 days old. A short domain history is not evidence of a scam, but it does mean the site has little track record, and the evidence supplied does not include independent reviews, a registered company, or a verified business address that would offset that. The score of 78 reflects a site with no observed harmful mechanism but with an unproven operator and a very recent domain.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from August 14, 2026 - stale
No detections across 56 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 36 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
All 92 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Unrated
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Cost to Build a House Calculator
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Cost to Build a House Calculator
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Home Building Cost Calculator (2026) – Material & Construction Cost Estimator
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 56 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 130 days old, so the site has little track record.
- 02The site lists a contact email on its own domain and a phone number.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Web research findings
Independent findings for housebuildcostcalculator.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for housebuildcostcalculator.com. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainhousebuildcostcalculator.com
- Redirects tohousebuildcostcalculator.com
- Hosted byBrander Group Inc.
- Referencesgmpg.org · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Jun 15, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 4 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 24, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (contact@housebuildcostcalculator.com).
- Phone number listed (9.290304).
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The registrable domain is 130 days old, so the site has little track record.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Aug 14, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimited
- FindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Aug 14, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Free house-building cost calculator with no detected threats, but a very new domain and unverified operator
House Build Cost Calculator presents itself as a free online tool for estimating construction and building costs, aimed at homeowners and contractors. Technical checks found no security threats: the browser threat feed returned no warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. The site lists a contact email on its own domain and a phone number, and its own page text carries a disclaimer that results are planning estimates only and that users should obtain quotes from qualified local professionals before making financial decisions. The main reasons this is not rated Safe are that the registrable domain is only 130 days old and the operator's public reputation could not be independently verified from the evidence supplied. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows a scam mechanism, a payment trap, or a cross-domain commercial funnel.
09 · Community
Community
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