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Construction Delay & Contingency Planner

A delayed new home can affect more than your move-in date. You may need to extend your current housing, arrange temporary accommodations, reschedule movers, revisit mortgage financing, or coordinate changes to the sale of your existing property. This planner helps you model different delay scenarios, estimate potential expenses, and identify the decisions worth preparing for before a delay becomes a crisis. Nothing is sent or stored.

Interactive Estimator

Construction Delay & Contingency Planner

Estimates based on the values you enter. Nothing is sent or stored. No account or email required.

Enter your baseline dates, choose a delay duration, and enter only the costs that actually apply to the delay. The simulator never overwrites your original dates — it flags downstream commitments for review. The contingency cash gap is the key output.

Your expected construction & move dates

The baseline the delay is measured from. No date is treated as guaranteed.

What if completion is delayed?

Simulate a delay without overwriting your original dates.

What does each additional week or month cost?

Enter only the costs that are actually incremental to the delay. Mark each category applicable — costs are never auto-added.

Other household expenses

Can your available cash absorb a delay?

Unreceived sale proceeds and unverified borrowing are never counted as available cash.

What is your backup plan?

Select contingency actions and assign a responsible party. A household planning worksheet — not Jumpcity managing professionals.

Questions to ask when construction slips

Mark each Answered, Needs answer, or Not applicable. Open questions gather into your plan.

What is the builder's latest written completion estimate?

What caused the delay?

Which milestones remain incomplete?

What inspections or approvals remain outstanding?

When will the next progress update be provided?

What does the purchase contract say about extensions?

Are there contractual outside dates or notice requirements?

What happens if the delay continues?

What is the revised walkthrough process?

How much notice will we receive before closing?

Are there any proposed changes to materials or specifications?

What documentation should be shared with the lender?

Could financing or appraisal documents need updating?

Are there any builder-provided accommodations or remedies stated in the contract?

Which commitments should we avoid making until the revised schedule is confirmed?

Your delay exposure summary

Your delay exposure will appear here

Enter your baseline completion date, choose a delay duration, and add the costs that apply to the delay. The simulated completion, cost breakdown, three-scenario comparison, and contingency cash gap update as you type. Nothing is invented, sent, or stored.

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