Offline Construction Selection & Allowance Manager, Owner Builder Finish Budget and Decision Tracker App

Control construction selections, finish allowances, vendor quotes, deposits and decision deadlines in one private offline app. See every over-budget category before a finish choice becomes an expensive surprise.

Keep every finish decision connected to the allowance it affects.

The Owner-Builder Selection & Allowance Manager is a private, offline HTML application for owner-builders, self-managed home projects and renovation teams. It brings finish selections, room details, vendor quotes, true installed cost, deposits, allowance exposure and critical dates into one organized workspace.

WHAT YOU CAN MANAGE

• Allowance categories and category budgets
• Finish selections by category and room
• Item descriptions and selected options
• Vendors, showrooms, product codes and notes
• Three reference quote options per selection
• Quantity, unit cost, shipping, tax and installation
• Full selection totals and recorded deposits
• Category selected cost, remaining allowance and overage
• Decision, order, needed-on-site and delivery dates
• Decision and delivery attention queue
• Not Started, Researching, Quoted, Selected, Ordered, Delivered and Cancelled statuses

TRUE SELECTION COST

The app calculates more than the sticker price:

Selection total = quantity × unit cost + shipping + tax + installation

That total is then compared with the category allowance so you can see the remaining budget or overage before approving the choice.

STATUS-AWARE ALLOWANCES

• Selected, Ordered and Delivered choices consume the category allowance
• Quoted, Researching, Not Started and Cancelled choices do not consume it
• Category remaining = allowance − selected cost
• A negative result means the category is over allowance

DECISION AND DELIVERY CONTROL

The attention queue brings together overdue decisions, upcoming selection deadlines and delivery risks. Items are shown by urgency so the next required action is visible before it affects the build schedule.

BUILT-IN SAFEGUARDS

• Prevents a recorded deposit from exceeding the selection total
• Protects vendors and allowance categories connected to selections from unsafe deletion
• Recalculates category totals when selection cost or status changes
• Distinguishes planning statuses from committed selections
• Keeps decision and delivery dates connected to the exact item and room
• Preserves complete project data in portable JSON backups

REPORTS AND BACKUPS

• Print or save an individual selection summary as PDF
• Print or save an allowance-category report as PDF
• Export the selection register as standard CSV
• Export a European Excel CSV with semicolons and decimal commas
• Export and restore the complete workspace as a JSON backup

HOW IT WORKS

1. Download and extract the ZIP file.
2. Open the included HTML file in a current desktop browser.
3. Start a clean project or explore the built-in demo.
4. Create allowance categories and enter their budgets.
5. Add vendors and finish selections by room.
6. Compare quote options, choose products and record full costs and deposits.
7. Review category exposure and the decision queue regularly.
8. Export dated JSON backups.

NO GOOGLE SHEETS. NO APPS SCRIPT. NO SUBSCRIPTION.

The app runs locally in your browser after download. Your project records are stored in that browser's local storage; the seller cannot see or recover them. Internet access is only needed to download the files.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

• Owner_Builder_Selection_Allowance_Manager_Offline.html
• CUSTOMER_README.txt
• Built-in clean-project and realistic demo-project modes

COMPATIBILITY

Designed for current desktop versions of Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox and Safari. Mobile browsers, very old browsers, restricted work devices and settings that block local storage may not provide the intended experience.

IMPORTANT NOTES

• This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped.
• Currency selection changes the symbol and number format only; it does not convert amounts using an exchange rate.
• Clearing browser data, changing browsers, moving or renaming the file, or using another computer can make local records unavailable. Keep dated JSON backups.
• PDF creation uses your browser's print window. Pop-ups may need to be allowed for the local file.
• Screens show sample data for demonstration. Your clean project starts without demo records.

LICENSE

For personal or internal business use by one purchaser. Exported project reports may be shared with the purchaser's project team. The application itself may not be resold, redistributed, shared, sublicensed or offered as a service or template.

DISCLAIMER

This tool is for project-management and record-keeping purposes only. It is not legal, accounting, tax, procurement, design, engineering, safety or construction advice. Calculations depend on the information entered by the user. Independently verify allowances, specifications, quantities, supplier quotes, lead times, deposits, taxes, installation costs, warranties and payment obligations before ordering.

Hersteller:

Natalia Kovar / NataliaPlanStudio
Email: [nattalia.bakytova@gmail.com](mailto:nattalia.bakytova@gmail.com)
Mailing address: Gagarinova 2311, 95501 Topolcany, Slovakia

Produktsicherheit:

Offline browser-based construction selection and allowance management tool delivered as an HTML file inside a ZIP archive. No Google account or Google Sheets is required. Internet access is only needed to download the files; after download, the app runs locally in a current desktop browser. Intended for adult project-management and record-keeping use. This tool is not legal, accounting, tax, procurement, design, engineering, safety or construction advice. Independently verify allowances, specifications, quantities, vendor quotes, lead times, deposits, taxes, installation costs, warranties and payment obligations. Export regular backups. Do not store passwords, payment-card details or other sensitive information.