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The ten free templates for the decisions made before anyone signs: what the build really costs, whether you can afford it, the plot, the budget, the cashflow, the builder quotes, the contract, the professional team and the money you are asked to pay in advance.

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Total Project Cost Checklist

Everything a build costs that is not the building.

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Feasibility Budget Calculator

Can we afford to build this, answered before you buy a plot or appoint an architect.

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Plot Cost Risk Checklist

The twenty questions that separate a plot bargain from a plot trap.

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Budget and Cost Plan

Your total broken into the packages you will actually buy, with the contingency standing on its own line where every use of it has to be a decision.

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Cashflow and Drawdown Forecast

When money actually leaves, against when your funds arrive.

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Builder Enquiry Pack

The scope, the pricing schedule and the questions that make three builders price the same job.

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Quote Comparison and Levelling Sheet

Three prices rebuilt onto one basis.

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Contract Review Checklist

Twenty-five questions to answer about a building contract before you sign it, each from the document rather than from what you were told.

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Professional Appointment Comparison

What each consultant's fee actually buys, which work stages are in and which are not, and what nobody has been appointed to do at all.

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Deposit and Advance Payment Register

Every payment you are asked to make before you have the thing you are paying for, added up in one place, with the peak read off the dates rather than by adding the payments together.

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