Example plan

One kitchen renovation, from first saved idea to final invoice.

This is a worked example, not a template. It follows one £12,000 kitchen renovation and shows how products, quotes, decisions and invoices stay connected to a single running total — and exactly how that total is built.

52%committed
Renovation
Kitchen renovation
£6,199 of £12,000 committed or paid · £891 not yet allocated
Planned
£4,910
Committed
£2,150
Paid
£4,049

Three states, never merged into one number.

A single “spent” column is why most trackers stop matching reality. Plannli keeps an intention, a commitment and a payment apart — every row below is counted once, in exactly one of these.

Planned£4,910

You intend to buy it. Nothing is owed and the figure can still change.

Silestone worktop
Comparing 3 quotes · £2,850 – £3,410
£2,850
Handleless door fronts
Saved from a link · price watched
£1,640
Lighting spec
Linked to 4 saved products
£420
Committed£2,150

A quote has been accepted or an order placed. The money is owed but has not left.

Fitter — balance
Quote accepted · deposit already paid
£970
Quooker Flex tap
Ordered from the plumbing merchant
£1,180
Paid£4,049

Money has left, with an invoice or receipt attached as evidence.

Deposit — fitters
Linked to the fitter decision
£970
Induction hob
Invoice attached
£549
Plumbing first fix
Invoice attached
£1,240
Electrical first fix
Invoice attached
£980
Skip hire
Receipt photographed
£310

How the total is built.

Paid5 invoices and receipts attached£4,049
Committed2 accepted quotes and orders£2,150
Planned3 items not yet committed£4,910
Accountedof a £12,000 budget — leaving £891 unallocated£11,109

The ring shows 52% — committed plus paid (£6,199), the money no longer available to re-allocate. Planned amounts sit outside it because you can still change your mind about them.

Two decisions are still open.

A real plan always has something undecided. Both sit inside the project rather than in an inbox, so the next question does not arrive as a surprise.

Worktop supplier
3 quotes · £2,850 – £3,410
Comparing
Splashback finish
No quotes yet
Waiting

How this plan was put together.

1
Create the project and set the budget

The plan starts as one project — a kitchen renovation with a £12,000 budget. Everything below hangs off it, so there is never a second place to look.

2
Save products as you find them

Paste a link from any retailer and the item is saved with its name and price, keeping its source link — so you can return to the exact product instead of searching for it again.

3
Group competing quotes into a decision

Three worktop quotes ranging £2,850 – £3,410 sit inside one buying decision rather than in three separate emails. Comparing them together is what stops a cheaper total hiding missing scope.

4
Record what you actually pay

Invoices and receipts attach to the purchase they belong to. That is what makes the paid figure evidence rather than an estimate you have to trust.

Why the total stays reliable.

1

Every item carries its own state. Planned, committed and paid are counted separately, so an idea is never mistaken for a commitment.

2

Quotes sit inside the decision they belong to. When a revised quote arrives you can see what changed and what it does to the project total.

3

Invoices and receipts attach to the purchase, not a separate folder. The paid figure is evidence, not an estimate.

Reading the numbers, answered clearly.

Planned is an intention — you mean to buy it, nothing is owed, and the figure can still move. Committed means a quote has been accepted or an order placed, so the money is owed but has not left. Paid means money has actually gone, with an invoice or receipt attached. In this example that is £4,910 planned, £2,150 committed and £4,049 paid.
It is committed plus paid — £6,199 of the £12,000 budget, or 52%. That is money no longer available to re-allocate. Planned amounts are deliberately excluded, because you can still change your mind about them.
It should not. Planned, committed and paid come to £11,109, which leaves £891 of the £12,000 budget not yet attached to anything. Seeing that gap is the point — it is what tells you whether the next decision is affordable.
The decision keeps every quote it received, so you see the range rather than only the figure you accepted. Accepting one moves that amount from planned to committed, and the running total changes at that moment — not later, when the invoice arrives.
Plannli adds up what you record and keeps the three states apart. It does not estimate what a project should cost, negotiate with suppliers or guarantee you stay within budget — it makes the current position visible so the next trade-off is a deliberate one.
No — it is a worked example of one real-shaped project, shown so you can see how the parts connect. In the app you start with an empty project and add the products, quotes and costs you already have.
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