Meet the KennewHouse Team
Last updated: July 21, 2026
kennewhouse.com/ exists because most “how much does X cost” pages online are written by content mills with no field experience. Ours aren’t. Every cost guide on this site is written or reviewed by someone who has actually done the work — pulled a permit, quoted a job, or fixed the thing you’re Googling at 11pm. Below is our full editorial team, what they cover, and how we keep the numbers honest.
Our Editorial Standards
Every guide on kennewhouse.com/ goes through the same process: a subject-matter writer with hands-on trade experience drafts the piece using current supplier pricing, licensed-contractor quotes, and government/manufacturer data; our Editorial Director fact-checks every number and source before publish; and every article carries a visible byline, publish date, and last-updated date so you know exactly who stands behind it and how fresh the pricing is. We update cost data at least twice a year to track material, labor, and regional price shifts.
Meredith Voss — Founder & Editorial Director
Covers: Editorial standards, fact-checking, and final review across every category on the site.
Meredith spent nine years in home-services marketing operations, running lead-quality programs for contractor networks across 14 states before founding KennewHouse. She’s reviewed thousands of real consumer quotes across paving, plumbing, HVAC, and remodeling categories and built KennewHouse’s fact-checking process around a simple rule: if a number can’t be traced to a real quote, a licensed pro, or a public data source, it doesn’t get published. Meredith final-reviews every article on this site before it goes live.
Background: B.S. Marketing, home-services lead generation & contractor operations (2016–2025).
Marcus Reyes — Driveway & Paving Specialist
Covers: Asphalt and concrete driveway installation, sealcoating, repair, and paving contractor costs.
Marcus ran crews for a regional asphalt paving contractor for 15 years before moving into writing full-time. He’s estimated and poured driveways in climates ranging from Minnesota freeze-thaw cycles to Arizona heat, and he writes KennewHouse’s paving guides from that estimating experience — including where contractors pad quotes and what a fair price actually looks like by region.
Jordan Ellis — Auto Appearance Specialist
Covers: Ceramic coating, paint correction, and window tinting — cost, process, and what separates a quality install from a bad one.
Jordan is an IDA-certified detailer (International Detailing Association) who spent eight years installing ceramic coatings and window film before moving into consumer education. Jordan writes KennewHouse’s auto-appearance guides to help readers understand real installer pricing, coating tiers, and state window-tint laws before they book a shop.
Dave Kowalski — Plumbing Systems Writer
Covers: Water heaters, leak diagnosis and repair, and general residential plumbing costs.
Dave is a licensed master plumber with 20 years in residential service and repair, including a decade running emergency-call dispatch for a multi-crew plumbing company. He writes KennewHouse’s plumbing guides — including what to do in the first ten minutes of a water heater leak — from that emergency-response experience.
Angela Brooks — HVAC Systems Writer
Covers: Central air conditioning diagnostics, repair, and replacement costs.
Angela is a NATE-certified HVAC technician who has diagnosed and repaired residential AC systems for 12 years across the Southeast and Southwest — two regions where a broken AC in July is a same-day emergency. She writes KennewHouse’s HVAC troubleshooting and cost guides from real service-call diagnostics, not manufacturer marketing copy.
Sam Whitfield — Remodeling Writer
Covers: Bathroom additions, renovations, and general home-remodeling project costs.
Sam is a licensed general contractor who has run bathroom addition and full-remodel projects for 17 years. Sam writes KennewHouse’s remodeling guides around real permit costs, framing/plumbing/electrical line items, and the change-order traps that blow up homeowner budgets.
How We Source Our Cost Data
Pricing on kennewhouse.com/ is built from a combination of: real quotes collected from licensed contractors in our reader network, published national cost-data aggregators, government and utility data (e.g., Energy.gov, EPA WaterSense) for energy and water-related cost drivers, and our writers’ own trade experience pricing comparable jobs. Where a number is a national average rather than a verified quote, we say so explicitly in the article.
Editorial Independence
kennewhouse.com/ may earn a fee when a reader requests quotes through a form on this site and is matched with a local service provider. This does not affect which contractors, products, or price ranges we describe as fair — our cost data and recommendations are researched and written independently of any advertiser relationship. See our Advertising Disclosure for details.
Have a Correction?
If you’ve seen pricing in your area that doesn’t match what we’ve published, or you’re a licensed contractor who wants to contribute a quote to our database, contact our editorial team at editorial@kennewhouse.com.