Because
it's yours.
The home you've worked for deserves more than four contractors walking through it for quotes you can't compare. Capture your space in three minutes. Receive binding bids. Pay only as work is delivered.
York Affinity 96% AFUE furnace
Standard installation · 2-day
Hiring someone for your home shouldn't feel like rolling dice.
Three weeks. Four strangers in your home. Bids you can't compare.
One capture. Multiple binding bids. Payment you control.
Three steps. Zero site visits.
Capture your space
Open Arca and walk slowly along the edges of the room. Your iPhone Pro reads every dimension — wall heights, doorways, fixtures, the precise distance from the nearest outlet — while a guidance ring coaches you in real time. No measuring tape. No expert knowledge. No checklist. When the ring closes, you're done.
Receive binding bids
Vetted local contractors review your space remotely and submit Desk Bids — itemized, binding quotes generated without a single site visit. Compare every line item across every contractor in the same format. The contractors who used to gate-keep their pricing now compete on it.
York Affinity 96% AFUE furnace
Standard installation · 2-day
Pay as work is delivered
Once you accept a bid, your funds enter milestone escrow. The contractor receives a materials deposit on day one. The completion balance releases only after you sign off on finished work. Disputes are mediated; your money stays protected the entire way.
Your home, finally documented.
Every project on Arca quietly builds a permanent record of your home — measurements, materials, equipment serial numbers, warranties, the contractor who installed each piece.
The next time something needs work, the answer isn't a frantic search through a junk drawer. It's already there — and when you sell, the Ledger transfers with the deed.
Updated · April 2026
Built for the way you actually live.
Bids you can actually compare
Every Desk Bid arrives in the same itemized format. Materials, labor, timeline — the same line items, the same numbers, the same commitments. Apples-to-apples, finally.
Money that's protected by design
Funds enter Stripe milestone escrow the moment you accept a bid. Contractors receive a materials deposit; the rest releases only when work is verified complete. You hold the leverage.
Contractors who have to compete on quality
Every contractor on Arca passes license, insurance, and reputation verification. Their bids are public record on the platform. The work they do is reviewed by the homeowners they did it for.
A home that finally has a memory
Each project quietly extends your Home Ledger — the permanent dossier of your property's systems, materials, and history. Yours forever, transferable on sale, indispensable next time.
Quote without driving.
Built by people who get the trades. See the job before you commit windshield time. Get paid on milestone, not on chase. No tire-kickers. No ghosting. No collections.
Apply to the founding network →“Every homeowner I've met has the same story. They get four bids, none of them line up, and the deposit they send disappears into someone else's truck. That isn't ownership — that's hostage. We built Arca because your home shouldn't be the most expensive thing you have the least control over.”
Be among the first hundred.
Arca is opening to a small founding cohort of Twin Cities homeowners and contractors in 2026. Tell us which side you're on.