Reno
Renovation
Renovation budget, phases, room layouts and a maintenance log.
- Renovation Phases2 pages
- Renovation Budget3 pages
- Room Layout4 pages
- Vendors2 pages
Life events
Home Renovation Planner for budgets, phases and decisions
A renovation budget planner with phases, quotes versus actual costs, contractor contacts, room layout grids, project planners and meeting notes.
A home renovation planner with renovation phases and a decisions list, three budget pages for quotes, actual costs and payments, vendor and contractor contacts, four room layout grids, project planners, 24 meeting-note pages for site meetings and a monthly household budget. It starts this month and runs 12 months by default.
- 150 linked pages in the sample
- Free preview before you pay
- $12 once, or unlimited on Pro
Real pages from this home renovation planner
Rendered by the same engine that builds yours, in the Charcoal Minimal theme for iPad portrait.
What's inside
The pages, section by section.
Each section gets its own side tab. You can switch any of them off, or add sections from other planners, in the builder.
Work
Projects & Meetings
Project planners and meeting notes.
- Project Planner8 pages
- Meeting Notes24 pages
Money
Budget
Monthly budget, expense log and bill tracker.
- Monthly Budgetevery month
- Expense Logevery month
- Bill Trackerevery month
Plus the linked calendar every planner has
Cover and contents · 2 pages
A cover with your name and a linked contents page that every tab returns to.
Year overview · 1 page
The whole year on one page. Tap any date to open it.
Year goals · 1 page
Your goals and their milestones in one place, filled in by the AI if you use it.
Monthly calendars · every month
A month grid with a focus list and notes. Every date links to its day or week.
Weekly pages · every week
One page per week with your weekly goal actions and priorities.
Notes · 20 pages
Lined, dotted, grid or blank pages. You choose how many, up to 100.
The sample above comes to 150 pages over 12 months. Yours changes with the months, sections and notes pages you choose.
Who it's for
Who reaches for this one
- Homeowners renovating a kitchen, bathroom or whole house
- First-time buyers doing up a fixer-upper
- DIYers planning projects room by room
AI goal planning
Goals people plan with it
Type a goal like one of these and the AI breaks it into a milestone for each month and a small action for each week, then prints them on your month and week pages. You read and edit every line before you download.
Your goal
Finish the kitchen under $25,000
12 monthly milestonesWeekly actionsA motto each monthYour goal
Get three quotes for every big job
12 monthly milestonesWeekly actionsA motto each monthYour goal
Move back in by summer
12 monthly milestonesWeekly actionsA motto each month
Guide
How to use a home renovation planner
Renovations go over budget and over time in small steps: an extra here, a delay there. A renovation planner keeps every quote, cost and decision visible, so you can see the drift before it becomes a problem.
List the phases
Demolition, structural, electrics, plumbing, plastering, kitchen, flooring, decorating: give each phase a start, end, who's doing it and a status.
Get quotes into the budget
Each line on the renovation budget has a quote, the actual cost, the supplier or contractor and whether it's paid.
Draw the rooms
Use the room layout grids to sketch measurements, outlets and furniture before decisions are made.
Keep a decisions list
Tiles, taps, paint colours: write what needs deciding and by when, so the builders aren't waiting on you.
Note every site meeting
Meeting notes pages record what was agreed and the actions, which helps when memories differ.
What to include in a home renovation planner
A renovation planner needs money, time and decisions in one place. This one includes:
Calendar
Weekly and monthly pages
Twelve months of dated calendars from this month for deliveries and trades, with a weekly page in columns for the week's jobs. Choose 3 or 6 months for a smaller project.
Reno
Renovation
Two phase plans with a decisions list, three renovation budget pages, four room layout grids and two vendor pages.
- Renovation Phases · 2 pages
- Renovation Budget · 3 pages
- Room Layout · 4 pages
- Vendors · 2 pages
Work
Projects & Meetings
Eight project planners for individual rooms or jobs and 24 meeting-note pages for site meetings.
- Project Planner · 8 pages
- Meeting Notes · 24 pages
Money
Budget
A monthly household budget, expense log and bill tracker.
- Monthly Budget · every month
- Expense Log · every month
- Bill Tracker · every month
Every section can be switched off in the builder, and sections from other planners can be added.
Digital vs printable home renovation planner
A digital renovation planner lets you paste photos of samples, quotes and progress straight onto the pages, and it's easy to share with a partner.
A printed binder suits site visits: keep the phases, budget and decisions pages on a clipboard.
- Digital sizes
- iPad portrait, iPad landscape, Android portrait, Android landscape, E-ink
- Printable sizes
- A5 print, A4 print, Letter print, Half letter
An example week in a home renovation planner
One goal, followed through a single week. The milestone and weekly actions are the kind of lines the AI goal step writes onto your month and week pages; the daily notes are what you add by hand.
Goal
Finish the kitchen under $25,000
Milestone for May
Kitchen fitted and on budget
This week's actions
- Confirm the worktop order
- Decide tiles by Wednesday
- Update actual costs after each payment
- MondaySite meeting: fitter starts Thursday. Actions noted.
- TuesdayWorktop delivery confirmed. Paid deposit; budget updated.
- WednesdayTiles decided and ordered. Struck off the decisions list.
- ThursdayFitting started. Phase status: in progress.
- SundayBudget: $21,400 committed of $25,000.
Formats
Download it for your device.
Every format is included in the price. Switch between them and download again whenever you like.
iPad — Portrait
GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Xodo, Collanote, ZoomNotes
iPad — Landscape
GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Xodo
Android tablet — Portrait
Samsung Notes, Penly, Flexcil, Xodo, Noteshelf
Android tablet — Landscape
Samsung Notes, Penly, Flexcil, Xodo
E-ink tablet
reMarkable, Kindle Scribe, Boox, Supernote
Printable — A5
Print at home or at a print shop, fits A5 binders
Printable — A4
Print at home on standard A4 paper
Printable — US Letter
Print at home on US Letter paper
Printable — Half Letter
Fits Happy Planner classic and half-letter discs
Theme
Starts in this look.
Charcoal Minimal
Pure dark mode. Clean, minimal and low-glare.
Prefer something else? Pick from 13 themes, including dark mode and an e-ink theme, and change the accent colour.
See all themesCan I use it for one room?
Yes. Choose 3 or 6 months in the builder for a shorter project, and use one phases page and one budget page.
Does it calculate totals?
No. It's a handwriting planner, so you add up the columns. Many people keep a spreadsheet for totals and use the planner for decisions and site notes.
Is there a free home renovation planner?
You can build this home renovation planner and flip through every page in your browser for free, with a watermark. The tabs and links work in the preview, so you can check the layout before you pay. The clean PDF is $12 once, or included in Pro at $49 a year for unlimited planners. There is no free download of the full planner.
Does it work with GoodNotes, Notability, Samsung Notes and e-ink tablets?
Yes. Download the iPad size for GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Xodo, Collanote or ZoomNotes; the Android size for Samsung Notes, Penly, Flexcil or Xodo; or the E-ink size for reMarkable, Kindle Scribe, Boox and Supernote. The links work in any app that follows PDF links, usually in read mode rather than pen mode. Every size is included in the price.
Can I print the home renovation planner?
Yes. Choose A5, A4, US Letter or Half Letter in the builder for a printable PDF with a wider inner margin for hole punching. Printable and digital sizes come with the same purchase, so you can use the home renovation planner on a tablet and print the pages you want on paper.
When does the home renovation planner start, and how long is it?
It starts in the current month and runs for 12 months by default, so you don't pay for months that have already gone. In the builder you can choose any start month and year, a length from 3 months to 5 years, and Monday or Sunday weeks. Or switch to undated and write the dates in yourself.
Does the AI fill in the home renovation planner for me?
Only the goal parts, and only if you want it to. Type up to six goals and the AI writes a milestone for each month and a short action for each week onto your month and week pages, plus a motto for each month. You can edit every line before you download. Everything else, from the calendar pages to the trackers, is yours to fill in by hand. You can try it 3 times a day without an account.
How many pages is the home renovation planner?
With the default settings it comes to about 169 pages. That includes 12 month pages, 53 weekly pages, the Renovation, Projects & Meetings and Budget pages and 20 notes pages. Switching off sections makes it shorter, and the builder shows the total as you change things.
Make it yours in about a minute.
Set your dates, device and goals, flip through the preview free, and pay only when it's right.
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