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I'm making every commercial decision myself and falling behind

Payments, changes, records and the budget are each asking for attention while you are also trying to build a house.

01Value the work
02Price the changes
03Keep the record
04Run the money side
You are here: The build's money side has become another full-time job.

What's happening?

Each decision has a sensible moment: a payment before it is made, a change before it is built, and a site fact on the day it happens. When one person is carrying all of them alongside work, family and site decisions, the routine tends to become a series of catch-ups. By then the information needed for a clear decision is harder to assemble.

This is not solved by one more spreadsheet alone. The commercial side needs a repeating routine that connects the budget, requests for payment, changes and site records, so decisions are made from the same current picture rather than from whatever has reached you most recently.

The solution

Put one person in charge of the connected routines that keep the build's money visible.