$300,000 project
$11,450 combined
Builder side $8,500. Client flat fee $2,950. Total cost of qualification and origination on the project: $11,450.
How Grandmark gets paid
Every fee, on this page,
in dollars.
How Grandmark gets paid. 3 kinds of work, 3 ways the money moves. Every number is on this page before anyone signs anything.
Pre-Listing Repairs
The property owner pays.
The assessment is always free. If the owner hires Grandmark to make the repairs, the owner pays for the work.
Repair-to-Close
The buyer or the seller pays.
As the deal is written. These are repairs that hold up a closing, on jobs up to $24,999. Payment can be deferred to closing.
Construction
Both sides pay, in the open.
On a brokered project, the owner pays a flat qualification fee and the builder pays a tiered origination fee. Grandmark's combined fees on a brokered project are capped at $24,999 total. If a number ever differs from this page, the signed disclosure for your project governs, and it is signed before any introduction.
Client side
A flat qualification fee. Never a percentage.
The fee buys qualification work, priced before any builder is involved.
Project size
Flat fee
Paid
Under $350,000
$2,950
50% at engagement, 50% at builder signing
$350,000 to $750,000
$4,950
50% at engagement, 50% at builder signing
Above $750,000
$7,500
50% at engagement, 50% at builder signing
The first half is paid before any builder is named. The second half is owed only if a builder contract signs; if none signs, it is $0. The fee buys intake, a budget reality check against current Tennessee costs, a feasibility and red flag screen, the written qualification packet (yours to keep), builder matching, and bid comparison support.
Builder side
A tiered origination fee, paid by the builder.
Contract value
Rate
Running total
First $250,000
3%
$7,500 at $250,000
$250,000 to $500,000
2%
$12,500 at $500,000
Above $500,000
1.5%
Combined total capped at $24,999
Paid 50% at contract signing and 50% at construction start. Nothing is collected at closing. If the tiered builder fee plus the owner's flat fee would pass $24,999, the builder fee comes down so the combined total stays at $24,999. If a buyer's agent commission is already payable on the project, the builder fee and that commission share one acquisition pot capped near 3% total, with the split stated in the disclosure before the introduction.
Worked examples
The combined math, at 3 sizes.
$500,000 project
$17,450 combined
Builder side $12,500. Client flat fee $4,950. Total: $17,450.
$1,000,000 project
$24,999 combined
Builder side $17,499, clipped by the combined cap. Client flat fee $7,500. Total: $24,999.
What Grandmark never charges for
The short list.
Never
Leads, memberships, or per-packet fees
Builders pay nothing to join, nothing to receive a packet, and nothing on a project they decline or lose.
Never
A percentage from the client, or a fee at closing
The client fee is flat and finished by contract signing. No Grandmark fee rides in the construction contract or the closing statement on a brokered project.
Never
Undisclosed money
Both fees appear in the signed tri-party disclosure for every project, in dollars, before the introduction happens.
Trust is the product. The fee page is part of it.
The Grandmark Standard