Estimate your house construction cost per square foot, along with the cement, steel, bricks, and sand you'll need to build it.
Estimated raw material quantities required for your project
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Purchase TMT steel bars and cement directly from regional primary stockists to eliminate sub-dealer markups (saves ~5-8%).
Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) blocks reduce mortar usage by 30% and structural dead load, lowering steel reinforcement needs.
Hire contractors on a labor-rate basis while procuring materials directly to prevent 12-15% turnkey contractor margins.
Total estimated cost is the built-up area per floor multiplied by the number of floors, then multiplied by a per-sq.ft. rate for the selected quality tier: Rs.1,500/sq.ft. for Basic/Budget, Rs.2,000/sq.ft. for Standard/Deluxe, and Rs.3,000/sq.ft. for Premium/Luxury construction.
The total cost is split into components such as labor (20%), cement and concrete (16%), structural steel (15%), sand and aggregate (10%), and finishing items like flooring, bricks, and paint making up the rest. Material quantities scale with total area: roughly 0.40 cement bags, 3.5 kg of steel, and 9 bricks per square foot.
A G+1 house with 1,200 sq.ft. per floor across 2 floors has a total built-up area of 2,400 sq.ft. At Standard quality (Rs.2,000/sq.ft.), the estimated cost is 2,400 x Rs.2,000 = Rs.48,00,000, requiring about 960 cement bags, 8.4 metric tons of steel, and roughly 21,600 bricks.
Use the Concrete Calculator to get precise mix quantities for individual slabs or columns, and the Home Affordability Calculator to check whether your budget can support the total construction cost once financed.
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For a 1,000 sq.ft. house: Cement required is approx. 400 bags. Steel (rebar) required is approx. 3.5 metric tons (3,500 kg). Bricks required is approx. 8,000 to 10,000 bricks.
Typically, raw materials (cement, steel, sand, bricks) account for 55% to 60% of total costs, labor charges account for 20% to 25%, and finishing items (tiles, plumbing, electrical, paint) account for 20%.
Adding floors increases total built-up area. While foundation costs are shared across floors, structural steel and concrete requirements for upper floors increase slightly to support column loads.
Yes! The calculator includes cost allocations for flooring tiles, doors, windows, electrical wiring, sanitaryware, plumbing, and interior painting.
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