renovation-scope-and-budget
Turn a renovation idea into a realistic scope, budget, and sequence before you hire anyone — so you go in informed instead of getting sticker-shocked or scoped. Use when asked to plan a renovation, budget for a remodel, how much will renovating [X] cost, or scope my home project. Produces a scoped breakdown of the work, a realistic budget range with a contingency, the sequence and rough timeline, must-decide-early choices, where costs balloon, and what to line up before getting quotes — flagging that local prices and permits vary, so verify with real quotes.
Profile →npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill renovation-scope-and-budget --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Renovation Scope & Budget Renovations blow up on budget and timeline because people start without a clear scope — then every decision becomes a costly mid-project scramble. This turns a vague "I want to redo the kitchen" into a defined scope, a realistic budget with a contingency, and a sequence, so you can get quotes from a position of knowledge and spot when a bid is padding or the plan is drifting. ## What This Skill Produces - **A scoped breakdown** — the work split into components (demo, structural, systems, surfaces, fixtures, finishes) - **A realistic budget range** — a band per component plus a contingency (renovations reliably surprise), with the big cost drivers named - **Sequence & timeline** — the order work must happen and a rough duration, including lead-time items - **Decide-early choices** — the selections that must be locked before work starts to avoid costly changes - **Where it balloons** — the classic overrun sources (moving plumbing/walls, hidden damage, spec creep, permits) - **Pre-quote prep** — what to define so quotes are comparable and you're not scoped ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The project** — what you want to renovate and th
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: Scope It, Band It, Sequence It
- Output Format
- Renovation: [project] · [space] · target budget [x] · [region]
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
- Example Trigger Phrases
What does the renovation-scope-and-budget skill do?
Turn a renovation idea into a realistic scope, budget, and sequence before you hire anyone — so you go in informed instead of getting sticker-shocked or scoped. Use when asked to plan a renovation, budget for a remodel, how much will renovating [X] cost, or scope my home project. Produces a scoped breakdown of the work, a realistic budget range with a contingency, the sequence and rough timeline, must-decide-early choices, where costs balloon, and what to line up before getting quotes — flagging that local prices and permits vary, so verify with real quotes.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill renovation-scope-and-budget --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.