Estimated building costs
The Department provides estimated building costs to help territorial authorities estimate realistic values when they consider the job value provided with a building consent application.
The table below shows the latest figures for various building types by region.
Guide to the table
Costing information is provided by construction cost consultants Maltby and Partners Ltd.
The costs are for one-off speculative houses. These figures do not reflect the economies from building group houses, or the additional costs normally associated with architecturally designed houses. Group houses are on average 21 percent cheaper and architecturally designed houses 20 percent more expensive.
Small house - 145 m2:
Single-storey house on a flat site, with internal double garage, three bedrooms, open-plan kitchen, dining and lounge, bathroom, separate toilet, ensuite and separate laundry.
Large house - 202 m2:
Single-storey house on a flat site, with internal double garage, four bedrooms, open-plan kitchen and family room, open-plan dining and lounge, bathroom, separate toilet, ensuite, separate dressing room and separate laundry.
Industrial building - 414 m2:
Single-storey warehouse, with mezzanine on a flat site accommodating warehouse, office accommodation, reception and display area, staff lunchroom, kitchen, and toilet facilities.
Bulk retail - 896 m2:
Single-storey commercial building on a flat site with two units: one with retail area, two offices, kitchen, and toilet facilities; the other with retail and toilet facilities.
Retirement home - 394 m2:
Single-storey building on a flat site, including 12 residential bedrooms with washbasins, separate sanitary facilities, dining and lounge, commercial kitchen and laundry, staff accommodation, and office.
For more details on these profiles see visit the Department's website, www.dbh.govt.nz/bofficials-estimated-building-costs.
Disclaimer
The estimated unit construction costs are based on current commercial prices of materials and labour, plus allowances for contractors' overheads and margins. Pricing is based on a model building for each region.
We provide unit construction costs to help territorial authorities assess building consentfees. They are not intended as a definitive cost for actual buildings and should not be used for this purpose.
Building costs per metre ($/m2) including GST as at January 2007
| Building costs per metre ($/m2) including GST as at January 2007 |
| |
Small House |
Large House |
Industrial Building |
Bulk Retail |
Retirement Home |
| Region |
$/m2 |
$/m2 |
$/m2 |
$/m2 |
$/m2 |
| Auckland |
1,683 |
1,421 |
1,207 |
1,238 |
1,908 |
| Waikato/Bay of Plenty |
1,626 |
1,379 |
1,138 |
1,175 |
1,853 |
| Wellington |
1,655 |
1,401 |
1,169 |
1,206 |
1,875 |
| Remainder of North Island |
1,659 |
1,408 |
1,148 |
1,191 |
1,882 |
| Canterbury |
1,642 |
1,387 |
1,143 |
1,190 |
1,870 |
| Remainder of South Island |
1,629 |
1,376 |
1,138 |
1,183 |
1,856 |