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Construction cost calculator

A first estimate of what it costs to build a house on your plot.

Storeys
Finish

Worked out as about 80% of the plot on each storey. Type your architect's figure to replace it.

Estimated cost

PKR

PKR for sq ft covered

Grey structure
PKR
Finishing
PKR

A rough guide at today's typical rates. Cement, steel, bricks and labour change price often and vary by city — get a quote from a contractor before you commit.

How the estimate works

Builders in Pakistan price a house by its covered area — the floor area of every storey added together — times a rate per square foot. The grey structure (foundations, columns and beams, brickwork, roof slabs) is roughly half the cost of a finished house; finishing (tiles, plaster and paint, electrics, plumbing, doors, windows, kitchen and bathrooms) is the rest, and is where the choice of materials moves the price most.

Not included: the plot itself, the architect and approval fees, boundary walls, solar, and furnishing.