Lintel: Renovation Budget

Renovation budgets don't fail on the estimate. They fail on the extras. A contractor mentions rotten subfloor. You say okay. Three months later you're 40% over and you can't reconstruct how you got there. Lintel is a record built for the person paying the bills. Enter the contract you signed. From then on, every extra gets a number, a date, a photo and a price — and you see exactly what approving it does to your total before you say yes. THE MONEY CHAIN Original contract sum + Approved change orders = Revised contract sum ~ Pending change orders That chain is the whole app. Lintel draws it to scale, so a big change order is physically longer on your screen than a small one. You see the drift before you read the number. RECORD EVERY CHANGE - Log it the moment it's raised, even before you agree - Mark whether it came up verbally first - Capture who asked, why, and how many days it adds - Attach photos of the condition — the strongest record you can keep - Credits are tracked too, when work comes off the job DECIDE WITH THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF YOU Before you approve anything, Lintel shows you the revised contract sum and the cumulative percentage against what you originally signed. If there's no photo attached, it says so. WATCH YOUR CONTINGENCY Set aside a cushion when you start. Lintel tracks how much of it approved changes have eaten and tells you the moment it's gone. TRACK WHAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY PAID Deposits, progress draws, material deposits, retainage release. If payments run ahead of the revised contract, Lintel flags it. PDF RECORDS YOU CAN HAND TO SOMEONE - A one-page change order record with signature lines for both sides - A full cost report with the change order log and payment log Everything an accountant, an adjuster or an attorney would ask for. BUILT FOR PRIVACY No account. No sign-in. No server. No bank linking. Everything stays on your device and syncs through your own iCloud. Manual entry is the point — nothing about your renovation leaves your control. FREE AND PRO Free: one project, three change orders. Pro: unlimited projects and change orders, plus PDF exports. Lintel is a record-keeping tool. It does not replace your executed construction contract or legal advice. Privacy Policy: https://www.keremkarayagiz.com.tr/lintel/privacy.php Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.keremkarayagiz.com.tr/lintel/terms.php