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Renovation Payment vs. Progress Checker

Compare the percentage of your approved renovation cost already paid with your estimate of physical project progress.

Calculate percent of approved cost already paid Compare payment percentage with estimated project progress See the dollar equivalent of the percentage gap Surface a question when payments appear materially ahead of progress
This tool answersHow does the percent I have paid compare with my estimate of work completed?

Use the current approved project cost so approved additions and credits are reflected in the comparison.

Payment vs. progress gap0.0 percentage pointsPayments and your progress estimate are relatively close.
Approved project cost$0
Paid to date$0
Percent paid0.0%
Estimated progress0.0%
Dollar equivalent of gap$0

Physical progress is an estimate, and payment timing can legitimately differ because of deposits, materials, custom orders, mobilization, and contract terms. Use a gap as a reason to reconcile milestones and invoices, not as proof of wrongdoing.

Keep payments and the current approved project cost together as the renovation changes.Start free with your first project change, then keep tracking for $19 per project.
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How to use this renovation payment vs progress checker

A payment ledger tells you how much cash has left your account. A progress check adds a second question: how does that percentage compare with the work you believe is actually complete?

Use the result as a conversation starter

These homeowner tools organize the information already in your contract, selections, change orders, invoices, and closeout records. They are designed to surface missing information and questions before the next decision.

Save the supporting documents and confirm any contract-specific or jurisdiction-specific requirement directly with the appropriate professional. RenoTally does not decide whether a contractor charge is legally valid or whether a payment is legally required.

Keep the result connected to the running project total

Once an allowance overage, credit, approved change, or payment becomes real, add it to the same running project record. That keeps the free decision tools from becoming another disconnected spreadsheet or note.

Stop recalculating it by hand

Turn the calculation into a running project.

Create your renovation or rehab in RenoTally, add your first change free, and keep every addition, credit, contractor payment, and pending decision tied to one live total.

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