Cost Calculator
An indicative construction cost for any city, split across the build phases, with a rough material take-off beside it. Enough to have the budget conversation before a sheet is drawn.
Area, city, rate
Every construction estimate in India starts the same way: built-up area multiplied by a rate per square foot, and the honesty is in the rate. Basic finishes run roughly ₹800 to ₹1,200 a square foot, standard work ₹1,200 to ₹1,800, and premium or luxury specifications from ₹1,800 past ₹3,500, with a typical 2026 house landing between ₹1,600 and ₹3,200. Where you are building moves that band, which is why the city is an input rather than an afterthought.
Split across the phases
A single lump sum tells a client almost nothing. The estimate breaks across the phases that actually spend the money, so it is clear how much is going into the ground, how much into the frame, and how much into the finishes nobody costed properly. It also shows why a grey structure and a finished house are different conversations: the shell is often ₹1,100 to ₹1,300 a square foot, while a turnkey handover in the same city runs ₹1,850 to ₹3,500 and beyond.
A rough take-off with it
Alongside the money comes a rough material take-off, indicative quantities rather than a measured bill. It is enough to sanity-check a contractor's number, to see whether a quotation has understated the steel, and to start conversations with suppliers before the working drawings are anywhere near issued.
The money conversation, brought forward
Most cost arguments happen late, when the frame is up and the finishing schedule lands. This moves the conversation to the first meeting: the client sees an indicative cost for the city they are actually building in, split across the phases that spend it, with a rough take-off of the materials underneath.
- Indicative, for the city you are building in
- Split across the build phases, not one lump
- A rough material take-off alongside the money
Off the envelope, onto a number
A rate per square foot pulled from memory, applied to the whole build.
A rate that follows the city, applied across the phases that spend it.
One lump sum, with nothing underneath it to check.
A phase split and a rough take-off you can hold a contractor's number against.
The estimate lives in a message thread and is gone by next week.
It sits in the client's workspace, beside the drawings it prices.
Built to carry the weight
Area, city, rate
Built-up area against a rate that follows the city and the standard of finish, rather than one national figure applied to everything.
Split by phase
Each build phase carries its own share, so it is obvious which stage is spending the money and where a saving would actually come from.
A rough take-off
Indicative material quantities beside the cost, enough to check a contractor's quotation against and to start talking to suppliers.
What it asks, what it returns
What it asks
- Built-up area
- The city the project is in
- The standard of finish
What it returns
- An indicative total, and the rate behind it
- The cost split across the build phases
- A rough material take-off
What it assumes
- Published 2026 rate bands for India
- Before land, approvals and statutory fees
- Indicative, never a quotation
Three moves, nothing to guess
Enter the area and city
Built-up area, and where the project is being built. Rates move a long way between cities and the estimate should move with them.
Pick the standard
Basic, standard or premium finish. The band you choose is the single biggest lever on the number that comes out.
Read the split
The total, the phase-by-phase breakdown, and the rough take-off underneath it. Save it into the workspace for the client.
An estimate is not a quotation. It is the first honest sentence in a conversation about money.
Questions, answered
Straight answers about cost calculator, in plain language.
Ask us anythingIt is indicative, not a quotation. It works from published 2026 per-square-foot bands, the city, and the standard of finish you pick, which puts it in the right neighbourhood. The final cost still depends on the soil, the structural design, and what steel and cement are selling for the week you buy them.
Rough quantities for the main materials against each phase, at an order-of-magnitude level. It is there to sanity-check a contractor's number and start supplier conversations, not to replace a measured bill of quantities taken off your own drawings.
Yes. It saves into the client's workspace alongside the drawings, so the budget conversation happens where the project already lives instead of in a message thread that disappears.