Custom home budget & cost tracking with Scout™

The hardest part of building a custom home isn’t choosing tiles. It’s keeping a one-off design aligned with a real budget, from the first sketch to the final invoice. That’s why every Studio 72 home runs through Scout™, our own site-analysis and cost-tracking platform.

It starts with the site

Before design begins, we study your site in Scout: the boundaries, setbacks, building envelope and every service line, along with the zoning, dimensions and constraints. Designing to what your block can actually do, rather than to a wish, is the first and cheapest way to protect your budget. Read why site analysis saves you money.

Site analysis in Scout: boundaries, frontage, zoning, fall, overlays and services.

Design and budget, side by side

As your design develops, our custom builders prepare a preliminary estimate alongside it. Scout lets us compare design options side by side, so you can see what each choice means for the budget while there’s still time to change it. With unlimited revisions within reason, we refine the design with you and keep it aligned with the estimate.

Every cost tracked as it’s paid

Once your home moves toward construction, Scout tracks every cost line as it’s paid, so you always know what has been spent and what is left. No end-of-job surprises, and no guessing.

A clear program

Every stage, from design to completion, is mapped on a timeline with progress tracked as it happens, so you know what’s next and when.

Your own client portal

Fortnightly updates, designs and payments sit in one private place, so you always know where your home is at, without chasing emails.

The Scout client portal: updates, designs, proposals and invoices, and access in one private place — The client portal in Scout: updates, designs, invoices and access in one private place.

Scout is how a boutique studio delivers the cost discipline you’d expect from a much larger firm, while you deal with the same small team the whole way through. Read more on building a custom home on a budget.

Start with a complimentary site analysis.

We’ll study your site in Scout™, talk through your brief and budget, and give you a clear way forward.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Scout™?

Studio 72’s own site-analysis and cost-tracking platform. We use it to study every site, compare design options against the budget and track every cost as your home takes shape.

How do you keep a custom home on budget?

By understanding your budget from the start, pricing the design with our custom builders as it develops, and tracking every cost line as it’s paid.

Will I be able to see progress?

Yes. Fortnightly updates, designs and payments are shared in your own private client portal.

How Scout™ keeps your custom home on budget