Home buyer selections management

Selections hold the decisions the buyer still has to make, each one carrying the allowance the contract already covers and the priced choices behind it. A record names the project, its number, the trade it belongs to, the allowance, a due date and the status. The argument about what was included ends here, because the extra cost of every option is on the table before anybody commits to it.

An option carries a title, description, supplier, full price, lead time and a recommendation flag, and lists show the range from the cheapest to the dearest offer. The difference is never stored, only derived: option price minus allowance, positive as a surcharge, negative as a credit. The due date is applied when the status is read, so an open selection past its date shows as expired without a background job rewriting anything. In the customer portal each option states its surcharge, its credit or that it fits the allowance.

Once decided, the record freezes: neither the header nor the options can be edited afterwards, because the customer saw exactly that list. A single click turns the difference into a change order at internal review status, carrying the chosen option’s lead time as added days, and a person still decides whether it leaves the house. Site management is notified, since a long delivery time moves dates. Reading needs project access, writing record rights, and raising the change order finance rights.