Costly
For home renovators & property owners

Where did your renovation money go?

€14,208.4041 entries · 14 stores · March to October

A home renovation isn't one big purchase — it's hundreds of small ones. Costly is a mobile spend tracker built specifically for renovations. Log every receipt, invoice, and photo by room or area, so you always know where your money went.

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A renovation isn't one purchase. It's hundreds.

Without a dedicated tracker, minor unrecorded expenses quickly add up to major budget overruns.

Everything · 4 expenses€6,230.00
Mar
14
Cash purchases on site
Kitchen · Home Depot · Cash
Building materials or quick runs to the supplier paid in cash. Easily forgotten without quick mobile entry at the till.
1 receipt
€1,880
Apr
02
Split contractor invoices
Bathroom · Ferguson Plumbing · Bank transfer
A single invoice covering plumbing for both the bathroom and kitchen. Costly lets you assign line items to the right area.
1 invoice
€4,350
Nov
19
Missing receipts & paper trails
No area · no store · never logged
Loose paper slips crumpled in your car or pocket. Unrecorded when you need to check past vendor prices or tax deductions.
Dec
18
The awkward question
All areas · March to December · total spend
When a buyer, partner, or bank asks for the total cost, you're left guessing instead of showing exact numbers.
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How it works

Three steps, and the ledger keeps itself.

1 · Set up your project & areas

Four short steps: the basics, the property, your areas, then a summary. Title, currency, property type, budget and dates — and Costly generates your Areas from the property type, Kitchen through Roof, plus Appliances and Workers.

2 · Snap expenses at the till

Slide up the capture sheet anywhere in the app. Tap the amount, pick an Area, select your payment method (Cash, Debit card, Credit card, Bank transfer), and attach a Receipt, Invoice, or Photo in two taps.

3 · Watch your Timeline build itself

Every expense you save lands on your Timeline in date order, with its area, store, payment method and any photo you attached. Nothing extra to fill in — the record builds itself as you log purchases.

Capture

Amount-first capture sheet with attached receipts.

Log expenses in seconds with Costly's quick slide-up capture sheet. Enter the amount, select the store and payment method (Cash, Debit card, Credit card, Bank transfer), and attach Receipt, Invoice, or Photo directly to the purchase.

The ledger

One clean list of everything you've bought.

Every expense in the project, newest first, with its area, store and payment method on one line. Search by title, store or note, filter to a single area, and the count and total at the top always reflect what you're looking at.

Search across titles, stores and notes
Filter to one area and the total follows
Attachments travel with the expense
Mar – Oct 2026
Timeline
€88,590
8 October
Splashback tiles · €640
Kitchen · The Tile Shop · Debit card
6 June
Oak countertop · €3,110
Kitchen · Lowe's · Bank transfer
The countertop as installed
1 photo · 1 invoice
21 April
Cabinets · €5,240
Kitchen · IKEA · Debit card
14 March
Floor tiles · €1,880
Kitchen · The Tile Shop · Cash
Two pallets, cash price at the yard.
Terracotta floor tiles
1 photo · 1 receipt
Timeline

A visual Timeline feed of your entire renovation.

Forget static spreadsheets or lost camera rolls. Costly combines all your expenses and photo uploads into an interactive Timeline feed. Watch logged purchases land on your vertical timeline, complete with spend tags, dates, and photo attachments.

One node per expense — “Floor tiles · €1,880”
Its photos ride along — the receipt, or the thing itself
Reports

Export professional PDF reports in one tap.

Generate comprehensive, print-ready PDF statements to share with co-owners, banks, tax advisors, or future buyers. Includes itemized expense lists, total spend vs. budget, and area breakdowns.

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Costly · Renovation Spend ReportCOSTLY-2026-084
Schedule of expenditure

4 entries recorded · listed in date order

€88,590.00
Gross committed
REF/DATEDESCRIPTIONAREAGROSS
#001 · 14M
Floor tiles
Tile Shop · Cash
Kitchen€1,880.00
#002 · 02A
Plumbing fix
Ferguson · Bank
Bathroom€4,350.00
#003 · 21A
Cabinets
IKEA · Debit
Kitchen€5,240.00
#004 · 06J
Oak countertop
Lowe's · Bank
Kitchen€3,110.00
Total€14,580.00
Largest entry
Roof re-tile — €21,300
Documentation
4 of 41 receipts logged
Oakridge Avenue · Ref COSTLY-2026-084Page 3 of 4
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RENOVATION SPEND STATEMENTCOSTLY-2026-084
Schedule of expenditure

4 entries recorded · listed in date order

€88,590.00
Gross committed
REF/DATEDESCRIPTIONAREAGROSS
#001 · 14M
Floor tiles
Tile Shop · Cash
Kitchen€1,880.00
#002 · 02A
Plumbing fix
Ferguson · Bank
Bathroom€4,350.00
#003 · 21A
Cabinets
IKEA · Debit
Kitchen€5,240.00
#004 · 06J
Oak countertop
Lowe's · Bank
Kitchen€3,110.00
Total€14,580.00
Largest entry
Roof re-tile — €21,300
Documentation
4 of 41 receipts logged
Oakridge Avenue · Ref COSTLY-2026-084Page 3 of 4
Classic
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Costly · Renovation Spend ReportCOSTLY-2026-084
Schedule of expenditure

4 entries recorded · listed in date order

€88,590.00
Gross committed
REF/DATEDESCRIPTIONAREAGROSS
#001 · 14M
Floor tiles
Tile Shop · Cash
Kitchen€1,880.00
#002 · 02A
Plumbing fix
Ferguson · Bank
Bathroom€4,350.00
#003 · 21A
Cabinets
IKEA · Debit
Kitchen€5,240.00
#004 · 06J
Oak countertop
Lowe's · Bank
Kitchen€3,110.00
Total€14,580.00
Largest entry
Roof re-tile — €21,300
Documentation
4 of 41 receipts logged
Oakridge Avenue · Ref COSTLY-2026-084Page 3 of 4
Plain
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Preview PDF table
Costly · Renovation Spend ReportCOSTLY-2026-084
Schedule of expenditure

4 entries recorded · listed in date order

€88,590.00
Gross committed
REF/DATEDESCRIPTIONAREAGROSS
#001 · 14M
Floor tiles
Tile Shop · Cash
Kitchen€1,880.00
#002 · 02A
Plumbing fix
Ferguson · Bank
Bathroom€4,350.00
#003 · 21A
Cabinets
IKEA · Debit
Kitchen€5,240.00
#004 · 06J
Oak countertop
Lowe's · Bank
Kitchen€3,110.00
Total€14,580.00
Largest entry
Roof re-tile — €21,300
Documentation
4 of 41 receipts logged
Oakridge Avenue · Ref COSTLY-2026-084Page 3 of 4
Cream
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Preview PDF table
Costly · Renovation Spend ReportCOSTLY-2026-084
Schedule of expenditure

4 entries recorded · listed in date order

€88,590.00
Gross committed
REF/DATEDESCRIPTIONAREAGROSS
#001 · 14M
Floor tiles
Tile Shop · Cash
Kitchen€1,880.00
#002 · 02A
Plumbing fix
Ferguson · Bank
Bathroom€4,350.00
#003 · 21A
Cabinets
IKEA · Debit
Kitchen€5,240.00
#004 · 06J
Oak countertop
Lowe's · Bank
Kitchen€3,110.00
Total€14,580.00
Largest entry
Roof re-tile — €21,300
Documentation
4 of 41 receipts logged
Oakridge Avenue · Ref COSTLY-2026-084Page 3 of 4
Sage
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Preview PDF table
Costly · Renovation Spend ReportCOSTLY-2026-084
Schedule of expenditure

4 entries recorded · listed in date order

€88,590.00
Gross committed
REF/DATEDESCRIPTIONAREAGROSS
#001 · 14M
Floor tiles
Tile Shop · Cash
Kitchen€1,880.00
#002 · 02A
Plumbing fix
Ferguson · Bank
Bathroom€4,350.00
#003 · 21A
Cabinets
IKEA · Debit
Kitchen€5,240.00
#004 · 06J
Oak countertop
Lowe's · Bank
Kitchen€3,110.00
Total€14,580.00
Largest entry
Roof re-tile — €21,300
Documentation
4 of 41 receipts logged
Oakridge Avenue · Ref COSTLY-2026-084Page 3 of 4
Terracotta
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03 — SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURECOSTLY-2026-084
Schedule of expenditure

4 entries recorded · listed in date order

€88,590.00
Gross committed
REF/DATEDESCRIPTIONAREAGROSS
#001 · 14M
Floor tiles
Tile Shop · Cash
Kitchen€1,880.00
#002 · 02A
Plumbing fix
Ferguson · Bank
Bathroom€4,350.00
#003 · 21A
Cabinets
IKEA · Debit
Kitchen€5,240.00
#004 · 06J
Oak countertop
Lowe's · Bank
Kitchen€3,110.00
Total€14,580.00
Largest entry
Roof re-tile — €21,300
Documentation
4 of 41 receipts logged
Oakridge Avenue · Ref COSTLY-2026-084Page 3 of 4
Grid
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SPEND ANALYSIS — CROSS TABULATION
Oakridge Avenue · Mar to Oct 2026 · gross figures (EUR)
Ref COSTLY-2026-084
TABLE 1 — AREA BY MONTH
AREAMARAPRJUNTOTAL
Kitchen€1,880€5,240€3,110€10,230
Bathroom€4,350€4,350
Roof€21,300€21,300
TOTAL€23,180€9,590€3,110€35,880
TABLE 2 — BUDGET VARIANCE BY AREA
AREABUDGETSPENTVARIANCE
Kitchen€20,000€10,230+€9,770
Bathroom€12,000€4,350+€7,650
Oakridge Avenue · Ref COSTLY-2026-084Page 1 of 1
Matrix
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EXPENDITURE REGISTER
Oakridge Avenue · 128 Oakridge Ave · Mar to Oct 2026
Costly · Ref COSTLY-2026-084 · EUR · VAT 20% · unaudited
REFDATEDESCRIPTIONVENDORAREANETVATGROSS
#00114 MarFloor tilesThe Tile ShopKitchen€1,566.67€313.33€1,880.00
#00202 AprPlumbing fixFergusonBathroom€3,625.00€725.00€4,350.00
#00321 AprCabinetsIKEAKitchen€4,366.67€873.33€5,240.00
#00406 JunOak countertopLowe'sKitchen€2,591.67€518.33€3,110.00
TOTAL — 4 ENTRIES€12,150.01€2,429.99€14,580.00
Generated by Costly · receipts retained against each entryPage 1 of 1
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Shared projects

Shared access. One shared renovation ledger.

Invite your partner, spouse, or co-owners by email. Everyone logs expenses into the exact same project from their own phones, with clear activity tracking showing who logged what purchase and when.

Sarah
Added 24 expenses
€41,110
Michael
Added 17 expenses
€47,480
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