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Renovation Budget Tracker

Set a renovation budget by room and category, then track actual spend so the project doesn't run away from you.

Delivery
Instant download
Purchase
One-time payment
Format
  • Google Sheets
  • Excel
Updated
August 2026
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Sample preview — illustrative data

Total spent

$45,060

Contingency verdict

Spent and overdrawn

ItemAmount
  • Room budgets$48,000
  • Contingency fund (10%)$4,800
  • Drawn from contingency$5,150 — overdrawn
  • Rooms not started1

Sample data preview of the Renovation Budget Tracker spreadsheet, shown for illustration only.

What this spreadsheet does

Renovation costs come in waves from different contractors and stores, and without a running total it's easy to overspend before the project is done.

What you can do with it

  • Set a renovation budget before work begins
  • Keep a structural surprise from making a room look over budget
  • See how much contingency is left before agreeing to the next change

What's included

Sheet tabs

  • Instructions
  • Summary
  • Budget by Room
  • Payment Log

Features

  • Budget per room, with spend pulled from the payment log
  • Contingency held as a separate pot, not as spare room budget
  • Every payment records whether it came from the budget or the contingency
  • Per-room status: on track, not started, or over budget
  • Contingency remaining and a plain-English verdict on how much of it is gone
  • Spend broken down by category

How it works

  1. 1Set a budget per room, and a contingency percentage on top
  2. 2Log each payment and say whether it came from the budget or the contingency
  3. 3Watch two numbers on the Summary: budget left, and contingency left

Who it's for

Homeowners and small contractors managing a renovation budget.

These spreadsheets are cost and planning tools. They do not provide structural engineering, permit or code-compliance approval.

Frequently asked questions

Does it include a contingency fund?

Yes, and it is deliberately kept out of the room budgets. If a structural surprise is paid from the kitchen's budget, the kitchen reads over budget and the contingency reads untouched — and both are false.

What counts as a contingency draw?

Something nobody could have quoted for: rotten joists under a floor, asbestos found during a strip-out. A change you chose is not a surprise, and it belongs to the room.

How do I know if the project is in trouble?

The contingency verdict. A project that has spent most of its contingency in month two is in trouble even while every room still reads on track.

Complete the setup

The rest of the tools this one was built to sit beside.

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