Class 3 Budget Estimate
Class 3 Budget Estimate
Feasibility-ready construction cost estimates from concept or DA drawings, so you know what the build costs before you commit.
Who it is for
Developers, owner builders, designers and architects deciding whether a project stacks up.
Developers
Feasibility numbers before you engage a builder. Test the deal: does the build cost leave room for margin? Decide go / no-go on the site.
Owner builders
An independent build-cost number before you sign a DA, talk to a builder, or commit to detailed design.
Designers and architects
A cost plan that backs your design decisions. Helps the client choose between scope options without a guess-and-revise loop.
What you get
An elemental cost breakdown by trade
The build cost split element by element and trade by trade, so you can see where the money goes.
The rate basis and allowances stated
The rates used and the allowances made are written out, so you can see how each number was reached.
Exclusions listed
What the estimate does not carry is listed, so nothing is assumed to be in.
A PDF and a spreadsheet you can rework
A PDF to read and a spreadsheet to rework as the design changes.
Two pages from real HYKSOS work: the breakdown, and the drawing it is measured from.
The summary sheet of a sample estimate workbook: a roll-up by section with Low, Mid and High columns and GST. Amounts are left blank in the sample.
Takeoff markup, North Turramurra duplex: what was counted is coloured on the drawing and totalled in the legend.
How it works
01. Send your drawings
Concept or DA drawings. Upload PDFs or share a link.
02. Free scope review and a fixed fee the same day
We review the drawings and come back with a fixed fee.
03. The estimate lands in your inbox
The PDF and the spreadsheet, ready to use.
04. One round of questions included
Ask about any line and we will walk you through it.
Recent work, measured from the drawings.
1170–1176 Botany Road, Botany
Residential with Basement. Full FRP BOQ.
5–9 Alexander Street, Fairy Meadow
Residential Apartments. Full FRP BOQ.
81 Ocean View Drive, Wamberal
Custom Residence with Basement. Formwork & Concrete Takeoff.
Call 0421 125 249 Send your drawings