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habitat construction Cost Calculator

Build Cost Estimator

HABITAT Design & Build

What will your house cost to build?

Enter the floor area and the finish you want. This gives a low–mid–high rupee range using the per-square-foot method Sri Lankan quantity surveyors use for early budgeting, plus an optional bottom-up build-up and a labour payroll estimate.

Guideline estimate, not a quotation. Sri Lankan building rates move with material and labour costs, so this is a planning range, not a fixed price. Excludes land, approvals and professional fees. For a firm figure, ask us for a Bill of Quantities against your actual design.
sq ft

A second and third floor add structure and stairs, so the rate per square foot rises slightly.

Boundary wall & external works
Adds a separate site-works line so it never doubles up with the house rate.
Show figures in USD
Indicative only, at a fixed reference rate.
Use component build-up instead
Prices each part of the house separately, then sums them to the rate.
Build-up rate, per sq ft

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Effective rate (mid ÷ floor area)

Where the mid estimate goes

Labour day rates

Typical 2026 Colombo & suburbs day rates, editable. Set a headcount per trade and a working-day count to get an estimated payroll range.

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High

This is a separate payroll planning figure, not an extra cost to add on top of the estimate above: the per-square-foot and build-up rates are all-in and already cover labour. Use this panel to plan crew size and cash flow against your schedule.

Cost-head shares in grade mode follow the standard quantity-surveying elemental split (substructure, superstructure, roofing, finishes, MEP, external works). All rate bands are indicative 2026 market ranges for Sri Lanka and move with site, access and material costs — every figure on this page is editable to match your own numbers. Figures round to the nearest Rs 10,000. USD is illustrative only.

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