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New Zealand House Build Schedule of Quantities Generator

A real, NZS 3604-aware quantity takeoff — not a $/m² ballpark.

Most New Zealand build-cost tools give you one number: a dollar-per-square-metre rate multiplied by your floor area. That's a reasonable first gut-check, but it's not what a lender, a QS firm, or your own building consent application actually needs to see. They need a real breakdown.

This generator builds that breakdown specifically for New Zealand's light-timber-frame construction — cavity battens and building wrap under E2 (the direct legacy of the leaky-homes era), H1 2023-uplift insulation and glazing, and bracing/fixing quantities that scale with your real NZS 3604 wind zone rather than a flat national assumption. Quantity surveyors here call the output a Schedule of Quantities, and that's the term this tool uses — not an imported 'Bill of Quantities' label.

You price every line yourself in NZD — this tool gives you the real quantity side for free: timber framing, cladding area (weatherboard, fibre cement or brick veneer, priced by area rather than piece-count), and building consent, CCC and development contribution fees — the council charge cost guides repeatedly flag as the thing most builder quotes leave out.

What's in a New Zealand BOQ from this generator

  • Concrete slab-on-ground foundation
  • Treated timber wall framing (H1.2) and roof trusses
  • Wind/seismic bracing and fixings, scaled to your NZS 3604 wind zone
  • Drained cavity battens and building wrap (E2)
  • Exterior cladding, roof covering and spouting
  • H1 (2023 uplift) insulation and thermally broken double glazing
  • GIB plasterboard, painting, flooring and wet-area waterproofing (E3)
  • Plumbing, electrical, heat pump space heating and hot water
  • Building consent, CCC and development contribution fees
  • Staircases and double internal-access garage, where selected
CurrencyNZD
Construction SystemTimber-framed construction
BOQ StandardNZS 3604 timber-framed buildings
PricingYour own local rates — free

New Zealand Bill of Quantities — Frequently Asked Questions

Does this generator give me a $/m² number like other NZ calculators?
No — those give you one blended rate multiplied by floor area. This generator gives you the real line items behind that number: framing timber, cavity battens, cladding, insulation, priced individually with your own NZD supplier and builder rates.
Why does the output say 'Schedule of Quantities' instead of 'Bill of Quantities'?
Because that's the term NZ quantity surveyors actually use for this document — a real, deliberate localization, not a typo or a rebrand of a generic BOQ.
Does my NZS 3604 wind zone actually change the numbers, or is it just a label?
It changes real bracing and fixing quantities — a disclosed, directional multiplier based on your selected zone (Low through Extra High), not an exact published bracing-unit table, and that distinction is stated directly next to the line.
Does this tool include real NZ material or labor rates, the way a paid QS rate database would?
No — a professionally-maintained paid rate database has thousands of priced items; this tool gives you the real quantities for free and you price them yourself, which is a genuinely different product, not a free clone of a paid one.
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Generate a real New Zealand BOQ, free

Real quantities calculated from your project's size and construction system — you price every line with your own NZD rates. No fabricated national average, no fake accuracy claim.

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