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FOR ARCHITECTS & DESIGNERS

> Find out what a design will cost to build before your client finds out the hard way.

> WHO IT’S FOR

Architects, building designers and drafting practices.

A design goes to tender, the numbers come back 40% over, and the redesign is on your time. The budget conversation happens too late to be useful.

> WHAT YOU GET

A Build Feasibility Report — indicative cost, broken down by category.

  • Indicative build cost from the drawings alone
  • Category-by-category breakdown, so you can see what is driving the number
  • Test a spec change before you document it
  • Evidence for the budget conversation, early
  • Rates calibrated against real back-costed Australian builds
  • Excel output you can put in front of a client

> HOW LONG IT TAKES

Most runs finish in about 10 minutes. Large or complex plan sets can take up to 25. You watch it work through four stages — reading plans, calculating labour, pricing items, then generating the spreadsheet. Runs that fail on a system error are automatically refunded as account credit.

> PRICING

$149 AUD + GST

per Build Feasibility Report, + GST.

No subscription, no minimum, no hidden fees. See the refund policy for how failed runs are handled.

All prices in Australian dollars (AUD). Australian customers add 10% GST at checkout; New Zealand customers are billed the list price GST-free.

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> COMMON QUESTIONS

How early can I use this in a project?
As soon as you have plans worth pricing — concept or developed design. The earlier a budget problem surfaces, the cheaper it is to design around.
Can I test a spec change?
Yes. Change the finish level or the drawing and run it again; the category breakdown shows you what moved and by how much.
Is this a quantity surveyor's report?
No. It is an indicative build cost for validating a design against a budget. A QS report is a different document with a different standard of care, and for a complex or contentious project you want one.
Can I put it in front of a client?
The output is an Excel workbook broken down by category. Many practices use it as the evidence base for the budget conversation rather than handing it over verbatim — it is an estimate, not a quote, and clients should be told which is which.
Do you price consultants?
No. Engineers, surveyors and assessors are treated as client-supplied and are never priced into the build cost.

> WHAT IT ISN’T

An indicative budget estimate for validating a design against a budget — not a builder’s formal quote, not a quantity surveyor’s report, and not a substitute for a qualified estimator on a complex job. AI gets things wrong sometimes. Always verify before you sign anything.

> ALSO AVAILABLE

  • Builders — $249 AUD + GST. Plans in. A detailed budget estimate out, broken into labour, materials and subcontractors — in about 10 minutes.
  • Clients & Homeowners — $149 AUD + GST. You have plans. You have a budget. This tells you whether they are the same thing.
  • Trades & Contractors — $99 AUD + GST. Your trade — and only your trade — measured off the plans and priced, ready to send.
  • How it works — the full process, every dial, and what lands in your inbox.