User Guidelines

The Cost vs. Value Report (“The Report”) contains copyrighted material that is being made available in free, downloadable PDF documents as a public service. While Hanley Wood, LLC, retains all rights to The Report, you may use this information for personal and business purposes, subject to the following:

PROHIBITED USES

  1. Resale. Under no circumstances may The Report, whether in whole or in part, be sold in any format, including print, digital, electronic file, fax, or other medium.
  2. Publication of data. No data from The Report may be published as a PDF. City data and regional data from The Report may not be distributed or posted in any format, including print, digital, electronic file, fax, or other medium. Other data may be published under certain conditions (see Permitted Uses).
  3. Applications/software. None of the national, regional, or city data, whether in whole or part, may be used in any kind of computer- or Web-based application, calculator, database, or other automated, electronic, or digital device, instrument, or software.

PERMITTED USES

  1. National data. You do not need prior approval from Hanley Wood to display, distribute, or print the national summary data, provided that it is not published as a PDF, and you follow the Citation Guidelines, below, to cite Hanley Wood and the Cost vs Value Web site as the source of this information.
  2. Short excerpts. Any of the narrative accompanying the tables that appear at www.costvsvalue.com or in the November 2008 issue of Remodeling magazine may be partially excerpted, subject to the Citation Guidelines below.
  3. Long excerpts.For permission to excerpt extensively from the November 2008-09 Remodeling magazine article, send an e-mail to costvsvaluepermissions@hanleywood.com that includes the following:
    • a description of the media in which the excerpt will appear (book, magazine, online story, etc.). If online, include the length of time the material will be published.
    • a description of the material to be excerpted (specific projects, cities, etc.) or the actual excerpt.
  4. Data licensing.For information on licensing the 2008-09 Cost vs. Value data, send an e-mail to costvsvaluepermissions@hanleywood.com that includes a description of the intended use.

CITATION GUIDELINES

You must acknowledge any information excerpted from The Report as follows: "© 2008 Hanley Wood, LLC. Reproduced by permission. Complete regional and city data from the Remodeling 2008 Cost vs. Value Report can be downloaded for free at www.costvsvalue.com."