Compare quotes properly, then watch the budget hold — or not.
Three quotes for the same job are almost never for the same job. One includes materials, one does not, and the cheapest one has a line you did not read.
What is in it
- Quotes compared line by line, not headline to headline
- Budget against actual, room by room and trade by trade
- Contingency tracked as a real number, not a hope
- Payment stages and what has actually been handed over
- Filled example plus a blank copy
Who it is for
Anyone renovating and getting more than one quote.
How it works
Microsoft Excel 2016 or newer on Windows or Mac, and Google Sheets — upload the file and open it with Sheets, every formula works. LibreOffice too. No macros, no add-ons, no account to create and nothing to install.
The download is instant. Every workbook ships twice: one with a worked example already filled in so you can see what each column expects, and the same file completely blank for your own numbers. A plain-English Start Here guide comes with it as a PDF.
Sold through my Etsy shop, ThePlainLedger, so the download, the payment and the buyer protection are all handled by Etsy. I never ask for access to anything — no password, no manager invite, no app permissions. You download a file; that is the whole transaction.