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A clearer brief.
A better beginning.

Turn your ideas into a useful first conversation.
No contact details required to plan. Share your brief only when you choose.

01 / SET THE DIRECTION

What are you
imagining?

Keep sensitive details out of this planning worksheet. Property addresses and contact information are not needed here.

02 / MAKE THE UNKNOWNS VISIBLE

Prepare with
purpose.

Mark the items you have already addressed. This is a self-reported preparation checklist, not an approval or a professional assessment.

YOUR NEXT THREE MOVES
    03 / BUILD THE WHOLE PICTURE

    Beyond the
    build price.

    Enter your own costs in Canadian dollars. Mark each as confirmed, an allowance, or not priced. Blank or unpriced items remain unknown; they are never treated as a completed zero-cost item.

    This is a budget organizer, not an estimator. No market rates, taxes or financing terms are generated. Avoid counting the same cost in multiple lines.

    COST CATEGORYCONFIDENCEAMOUNT / CAD
    Enter incremental acquisition costs. If you already own the site, decide with your adviser how it belongs in this project budget.
    Avoid duplicating site or consultant costs already included in a proposal.
    Design, engineering, surveys and specialist advice.
    Confirm applicable fees and charges for the property and scope.
    Demolition, excavation, utilities, access and related work where not included elsewhere.
    Outdoor work, driveways, fences and reinstatement.
    Enter advice-based allowances; this tool does not calculate tax.
    Project-specific financing, insurance and other carrying costs.
    Include storage or relocation if relevant.
    Items outside the construction contract.
    Additional scope, reserves or fees not listed above.
    ENTERED SUBTOTAL$0

    Confirmed amounts entered
    $0
    Allowances entered
    $0
    Construction contingency entered
    Not set

    04 / START A BETTER CONVERSATION

    Take your thinking
    with you.

    Download your brief, checked items, open questions and budget assumptions. You choose what to share with your project team.

    Share my brief with Modstone ↗

    Share your brief to review it in our enquiry form. Add your contact details, edit your message, and choose Send your enquiry to submit it to Modstone.

    Optional browser storage only. Nothing is submitted automatically. Sharing opens our enquiry form for you to review and send. Shared-device users can leave this off. Download a copy for a lasting record.

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    GOOD QUESTIONS. BETTER BEGINNINGS.

    Bring your vision.
    Let’s explore it.

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