Project budgetEUR
€350,000Client approved baseline · tax exclusive
Interior design budgeting software
Plan the budget before the spending starts.
Interior design budgeting software helps you set the project budget, allocate it across the work, structure your design fees and keep forecast costs visible as the project develops.
Financial baseline
Give every decision a reliable starting point.
Set the approved project budget, protect the contingency reserve and use the remaining amount as the working budget for allocations and forecasts.
Contingency reserve
€35,00010% held aside for project risk
Working budgetReady to allocate
€315,000Project budget minus contingency
€350,000−€35,000=€315,000
Allocation
Turn one budget into clear envelopes.
Allocate the working budget by category or by room, then compare each envelope with the costs being forecast against it.
Allocated€300,000
€15,000 remains unallocated
95% allocated 5% open
01category
FF&E€110,000
42% forecast
02category
Contractor€90,000
50% forecast
03category
Professional fees€40,000
58% forecast
04category
Installation€25,000
66% forecast
05category
Shipping€15,000
74% forecast
06category
Other€20,000
82% forecast
Design fees
Structure fees around the way your studio works.
Use a fixed, area based, hourly, percentage, milestone or custom method. Keep the calculation visible, and move the fee from proposed to approved to committed.
Fee methodApproved
Space planning fee€17,946
8% × €224,320 forecastForecast cost basis
Percentage basisForecast costsAlso supports committed, paid or client purchase value.
Project costs
Keep estimates, approvals and payments connected.
Add contractor, consultant, site, delivery, installation and other project costs with the context needed to understand the real forecast.
Living room joineryProposed
Cost typeContractor
Room / scopeLiving room
SupplierAtelier North
Estimate / quote€42,000
Tax€8,400
Shipping€1,200
Installation€2,400
Forecast total€54,000
Budget position
See where the working budget stands now.
Paid, committed and forecast values stay mutually exclusive, so the utilization bar shows the real position without double counting costs.
Project budget€350,000
Working budget€315,000
Forecast€224,320
Forecast remaining€90,680
Budget utilization71% forecast
Within working budgetPaid€52,400
Committed, unpaid€28,350
Forecast, uncommitted€143,570
Remaining€90,680
87%20 of 23 records priced
Coverage is the number of records with a usable price divided by all cost records. Missing values stay out of the forecast until they are priced.
20 priced÷23 total=87%
Needs attention
3Only surface issues that change the position.
3 records are missing a usable price
They are excluded from the forecast.
Dining room allocation is €1,200 over forecast
Review the room envelope or current selections.
1 committed record is not fully paid
€4,800 remains against the committed value.
Cost plan
Open a workspace Review the financial story record by record.
A focused cost plan keeps source, scope, stage and forecast visible without turning the project into a spreadsheet.
RecordProject contextFinancial stageForecast
PC-021Living room joinery
Contractor · Living roomCommitted€48,600PC-018Stone fabrication
Site cost · KitchenApproved€26,440PC-014Decorative lighting
Consultant · Project wideProposed€18,750PC-009Furniture allowance
Other · Primary bedroomEstimate€31,200Budgets inside Workspace
Keep the design and the budget moving together.
Set the baseline, protect contingency and follow every forecast, fee and project cost from one connected workspace.
01Set the budget€350,000
02Hold contingency€35,000
03Track forecast€224,320