Why I Built TrackEveryday

In October 2024 I started what most people told me was a terrible idea: a total gut-renovation and wrap-around extension of our home. We stripped it back to the bones and I decided to project manage it myself.

The Problem

When you're spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on a home build, you'd expect some kind of system. There isn't one. At work, everything has a Jira ticket, a Slack thread and a progress tracker. On a building site, decisions happen in person (sometimes without you!), agreements are verbal and by the time you're back at your laptop it's already a memory.

Your builder is there to build, not to tell you where your money went or what was agreed last Tuesday. I realised quickly that if I didn't create the system myself, I'd lose control of the most expensive thing I'd ever done.

I started with Google Sheets. But trying to pinch-to-zoom a spreadsheet while standing in a dusty hallway or shop is a nightmare. I needed something I could use easily on my phone. And AI was going to help me build it.

The Result

By July 2025, we moved back in. On budget and on time. People told me that was impossible for a UK renovation. It's not, it just requires a lot of time and attention.

I took the system I'd built for myself and turned it into an app. It's the tool I wished I'd had from day one. I hope you try it and find it useful.

It's your home after all, and you should love making it yours.