Tools - Draw Schedule

Draw Schedule Builder

Turn a renovation budget into construction phases and lender-ready draw requests. Enter your line items, pick the number of draws, and watch the schedule assemble - even split or phase-weighted.

Illustrative planning tool only. Your lender's actual draw process, inspections, and holdbacks may differ, and nothing here is 1st Private Capital's draw policy.

01 - The Builder

Budget in. Draw schedule out.

Step 1 - Budget and Draws

Blank uses the line-item total below as the budget.

4 draws
Draw sizing

Phase-weighted sizes each draw to the work in it. Even split divides the budget equally.

Step 2 - Line Items

Edit the examples or add your own. Names drive the phase assignment - "demo", "framing", "plumbing", "drywall", "final" all land where you would expect.

Enter line items to reconcile against the budget.
Step 3 - The Draw Schedule
Draw schedule with phase, work included, amount, percent of budget, and cumulative percent
Draw Phase Work included Amount % of budget Cumulative
Enter a budget or line items to build the schedule.
Lender-Ready Draw Summary (Illustrative)
  • The summary appears here as you build the schedule.

This schedule is an illustrative planning tool. Your lender's draw process may differ - draws are typically funded after inspection of completed work, and many lenders hold back a portion until final completion.

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    Educational estimate only. Nothing on this page is an offer, quote, rate indication, or underwriting decision. To send results to 1st Private Capital, copy or download them and paste the summary into the Exit strategy / notes field on the Request a Term Sheet form - the form does not import them automatically yet.

    02 - How the Math Works

    No black box. Here is the logic.

    The whole calculation runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.

    01
    Phase assignment by keywords

    site prep / demo -> structure + rough carpentry -> systems rough-in -> finishes -> final completion

    Each line item is matched by name: "demo" and "site prep" land in phase one, "framing" and "roof" in phase two, "plumbing", "electrical", and "HVAC" in phase three, "drywall", "paint", "kitchen", and "flooring" in phase four, and "final" or "punch list" in phase five. Unmatched items default to finishes - rename them to re-slot.

    02
    Phase-weighted draws

    draw amount = the line items actually in that phase

    Each draw is sized to the work it funds. If you want more draws than active phases, the largest phase is split into parts; if fewer, the smallest neighboring phases are combined - the construction order is always preserved.

    03
    Even split draws

    draw amount = budget / number of draws

    The budget is divided equally and each draw lists the phases and line items that fall inside its slice of the spending, in construction order.

    04
    Reconciliation

    difference = line-item total - stated budget

    The line items should add up to the budget you stated. The readout flags the gap either way - a schedule built on numbers that do not reconcile invites questions from any lender.

    05
    What a real draw process adds

    inspection -> funding -> next phase

    In practice, draws are funded after completed work is verified, and lenders commonly hold back part of the budget until final completion. This tool plans the shape of the schedule - your lender's actual draw process may differ.

    03 - Why a Draw Schedule

    The funding plan should follow the work.

    Cash Flow
    Money arrives when the work needs it

    Renovation funds are typically released in draws as work completes, not all at closing. A schedule that mirrors the construction order means no phase waits on cash.

    Credibility
    A plan lenders can underwrite

    A budget that reconciles, mapped to phases in the right order, tells a lender you have run a project before - or at least planned like someone who has.

    Control
    Milestones keep the project honest

    Each draw is a checkpoint: work verified, money released, next phase funded. Slippage shows up at the first milestone instead of at the end.

    The renovation budget behind this schedule is part of what 1st Private Capital asks for on every deal. See the Hard Money page - and if you need the budget first, start with the Budget Builder.

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    Paste your results into the request form and get real terms on the real project.

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