Hi all

 

We're at the very beginning of our self build project and wondered if anyone has a budget spreadsheet template they'd be willing to share with me (remove figures if preferred)?

 

Ideally I'm looking to track quotes, spend, materials, specialists, trades etc and also use it for the VAT side of things.

 

I've found a few older posts on here asking the same but the people I reached out to haven't replied, probably because they're now finished and no longer use this forum! I've also looked online but everything is very US based so not ideal.

 

Thanks so much!

 

 

We came in at £815 m2 on our last (5 years ago) This time we had planed to come in around £1000 m2 That has gone out of the window with rising costs Im just slating in at the moment 

I’d say we are about 20% over I’ll hold back posting a spreadsheet till we are watertight with the render completed 

(Pre plaster)

 

The problem you will find is A spreadsheet that has been compiled over the last 18 months May be well out of date by now 

Beware of companies hiking prices up for no other reason than to increase there own profits 

I got ‘estimates on line’ to do a costing off my plans. They send a detailed breakdown on a spreadsheet which I then used to budget and track actual costs. As @nodsays prices are all over place, most rising but signs of some falling depending on local market conditions.

9 minutes ago, Bonner said:

I got ‘estimates on line’ to do a costing off my plans. They send a detailed breakdown on a spreadsheet which I then used to budget and track actual costs. As @nodsays prices are all over place, most rising but signs of some falling depending on local market conditions.

I agree 

 

The problem we are having now that we didn’t have before Is the quote differentials 

We recently spent £1800 on lead A commodity that has been relatively unedited Some quotes came in at 25% more Steel We had a quote for £2500 and more than double that 

We haven’t had this before 

As Bonner says Some prices have fallen and falling 

Particularly timber 

 

As @Bonnersays, send your plans to estimaters online and get them to break it all down/cost for you. You then have downloadable excel versions that you can tweak to your hearts content.

 

What they produce is by no means perfect but it gives you a very useful starting point to adjust from.

32 minutes ago, LA3222 said:

As @Bonnersays, send your plans to estimaters online and get them to break it all down/cost for you. You then have downloadable excel versions that you can tweak to your hearts content.

 

What they produce is by no means perfect but it gives you a very useful starting point to adjust from.

Just remember the online quotes don’t take into account any discounts 

Here's a link to  a good few spreadsheets for you to peruse.

 

We're at the end of our build: the most important thing for us was to make the time to update the spreadsheet regularly: it almost doesn't matter which sheet you start with - you can adapt it to your needs as you go. But tiredness got in the way.....

 

I wish I'd thought to create a spreadsheet that could be easily updated on my phone as well as on my PC and tablet.

I should have made the spreadsheet simpler.

 

 

4 hours ago, ToughButterCup said:

the most important thing for us was to make the time to update the spreadsheet regularly:

Good tip here, I know because I haven’t done it! Job for me in the Xmas holidays 😬

We're at the costing stage. And I found Estimators online quote to be good, not because of the actual figure, but to give me things that I as a non-builder, hadn't considered. It'll also serve as my bellweather, so when I get other quotes, I can compare them too something, even if I know it's wrong. 

So first step was all the aspect to consider, before the specific costs of 30 plug sockets vs 25. 

I wish we’d have made more time throughout as others have mentioned.

 

A 4 month extension has evolved and turned in to a 9 month full renovation etc and I’ve given up breaking down the costs between new building, old, furniture, returnable cost etc.

 

 Good luck! 

On 07/12/2022 at 08:01, ToughButterCup said:

Here's a link to  a good few spreadsheets for you to peruse.

 

We're at the end of our build: the most important thing for us was to make the time to update the spreadsheet regularly: it almost doesn't matter which sheet you start with - you can adapt it to your needs as you go. But tiredness got in the way.....

 

I wish I'd thought to create a spreadsheet that could be easily updated on my phone as well as on my PC and tablet.

I should have made the spreadsheet simpler.

 

 

Thank you so much, I appreciate the link and advice!