Renovation Budget Tracker
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.
Property records · PR-13
A free printable decorating record — room, colour name and code, brand, finish, coats, quantity, where it was bought and whether any is left.
One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
Print it and write on it
Fill it in type and save
The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
Record what went on which wall so a touch-up in three years is one trip to one shop instead of an afternoon of matching.
Homeowners, renters making good, landlords between tenancies and decorators keeping records for customers.
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: What colour, what finish, what brand and how much — so touching up in three years takes one trip.
Write down the finish and the code. The tin gets thrown away and the colour is forgotten. Written down with the finish, the batch and where it was bought, a repaint or a touch-up is a five-minute job instead of an afternoon of matching.
Write-on lines: Property · Record started · Kept by
Table, 11 rows: Room and surface · Colour name · Code or mix · Brand and range · Finish · Coats · Litres used · Bought from · Date · Enough left to touch up
Ruled lines: Wallpaper, tiles and flooring — pattern, batch, where bought, and any spare kept
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.
Keep one continuous record of everything that has been serviced, repaired or replaced, so the history of the building exists in one place rather than in a drawer of loose invoices.
Capture the things you need to know about a new property while you are still paying attention, rather than at two in the morning during a leak.
The same subject, with a version you can fill in on screen.
Every room and surface in the job, with the preparation each one needed.
The order rooms and surfaces will be decorated in.
The stages of the job in order, with start and finish dates and how long each took.
The gross and net area of every wall, ceiling and area of woodwork.
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