Renovation Quote Comparison
See where three quotes actually differ, which is usually in what has been left out rather than in the number at the bottom.
MB-05 1 page
Moving and buying · MB-06
Renovation Budget Tracker
A free printable renovation budget tracker — budgeted, quoted, actual, difference and paid, line by line, with a totals row at the foot of the sheet.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
See the gap between what you planned to spend and what you have spent while there is still time to do something about it, rather than at the end.
Who it is for
Anyone running a renovation, extension or fit-out and paying for it in stages.
How to use it
- Break the job into lines you can actually price — one per element, not one per room.
- Fill in the budgeted column before you ask for a single quote.
- Update the actual and paid columns the week each invoice is settled.
- Total the columns at the foot and keep the invoices behind the sheet.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: What you planned to spend, what you were quoted, what you actually paid, and the gap between them — one line per element of the job.
A record, not advice. This sheet records numbers. It does not say what anything should cost, and it is not a view on what you can afford or how the work should be funded. Fill in your own figures and keep the invoices with it.
Write-on lines: Project · Property · Started
Table, 12 rows: Item or element · Budgeted · Quoted · Actual · Difference · Paid · Notes
Write-on lines: Total budgeted · Total actual · Over or under
Questions
Does this tell me what a renovation should cost?
No. It records your figures and nothing else. Costs depend on the property, the specification and where you are, and this sheet takes no view on any of that.
Should I keep a contingency line?
Many people add one, and the sheet has room for it as a line like any other. How much to set aside, and whether the work is affordable at all, is a question for you and anyone qualified who is advising you.
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