Build a construction or renovation budget line by line across labor, materials, permits, equipment and contingency. See category totals, a contingency buffer and the grand total — export as text, CSV or JSON.
A budget is only as good as its line items. The Project Budget Planner lets you build a construction or renovation budget row by row — labor, materials, permits, equipment and anything else — then rolls everything into category totals, applies a contingency buffer you control, and shows the grand total.
Add, edit and remove lines as the plan evolves, watch the category bar chart rebalance, and export the budget as text, CSV or JSON to share with partners or hand to a contractor.
Example 1 — Bath remodel. Labor $9k, Materials $6k, Permits $700, Equipment $300, Other $500 → subtotal $16,500; 15% contingency $2,475; total $18,975.
Example 2 — Addition. Labor $40k, Materials $55k, Permits $3k, Equipment $4k → subtotal $102k; 20% contingency $20,400; total $122,400.
Example 3 — Contingency effect. Same $102k job at 10% = $112,200 vs 20% = $122,400 — a $10,200 swing.
Example 4 — Light bid. A quote at $95k vs your $102k plan signals the bid may be missing scope.
Example 5 — Phase split. Tag descriptions "Demo:", "Rough:", "Finish:" to read phase cost in the list.