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House Construction Cost Calculator for Pakistan (5 Marla to 1 Kanal)

Real grey structure and finishing quantities — not a single per-marla number that hides what's actually inside it.

Search 'house construction cost calculator Pakistan' and you'll find a dozen similar tools — all fast, all useful, and all giving you one blended number for 5 Marla, 10 Marla or 1 Kanal. What almost none of them show is the material list behind that number: how many cement bags, how much steel tonnage, how many bricks your specific house actually needs, which is what you actually negotiate with your contractor over.

This generator builds that real material takeoff, split the way Pakistani construction contracts actually are — Grey Structure (foundation, brick walls, plaster, slabs, rough plumbing/wiring) and Finishing (tiling, paint, sanitary fixtures, doors, switchboards) — and adds real line items generic calculators skip entirely: a boundary wall (built before the house, standard practice) and the paired underground sump plus rooftop water tank standard on a flat-roof build.

Enter your plot in Marla or Kanal (note: a Marla runs 225, 250 or 272.25 sqft depending on your housing society — confirm your society's own conversion rather than trust one default), and get real steel, cement, sand and aggregate quantities off a standard 1:2:4 mix ratio and brick counts for standard 9-inch masonry — then price every line yourself against your own contractor's current DHA, Bahria Town or local-market rates, not a fixed national average that's already stale by the time you read it.

What's in a Pakistan BOQ from this generator

  • Grey structure: steel bars, cement, aggregate and sand off a 1:2:4 mix ratio
  • Sub-grade brick masonry (standard 9-inch wall coefficient)
  • Doors and windows (room-count and area-based, so a 10 Marla house isn't undercounted)
  • Sanitary fixtures and piping
  • Boundary wall — built before the house, priced by plot perimeter
  • Underground water tank (sump) and rooftop water tank — the standard pair on a flat-roof house
  • Staircases, garage/carport shell, and servant quarter shell (if selected)
  • A real Grey Structure vs. Finishing subtotal split, matching how contracts here are actually priced
CurrencyPKR
Construction SystemLoad-bearing brick masonry
BOQ StandardProvincial Composite Schedule of Rates (CSR)-style categories
PricingYour own local rates — free

Pakistan Bill of Quantities — Frequently Asked Questions

Why doesn't this tool just give me one construction cost per marla, like other calculators?
Because that single number hides the material list you actually negotiate over. This generator gives you the real quantities — cement bags, steel tonnage, brick count — split into Grey Structure and Finishing the way real Pakistani contracts are priced, then you apply your own rates to get a total you can defend against a contractor's quote.
How big is a Marla, and does this calculator handle DHA vs. Bahria vs. other societies?
A Marla is 225, 250 or 272.25 sqft depending on which housing society you're in — DHA, Bahria Town and LDA schemes don't all use the same conversion. Enter Marla or Kanal directly, but confirm your specific society's figure rather than trust a single default.
Why does this generator include a boundary wall and two water tanks by default?
Both are standard, near-universal practice, not optional add-ons — a boundary wall is usually built before the house itself, and a flat-roof house standardly pairs an underground sump with a rooftop tank. Generic calculators built for other markets miss both entirely.
What's the real difference between Grey Structure and Finishing cost?
Grey Structure is the raw carcass — foundations, brick walls, plaster, slabs, rough plumbing/wiring. Finishing is everything visible — tile flooring, paint, sanitary fittings, doors, electrical switchboards. Grey structure typically runs 55-60% of total budget, the same rule of thumb every Lahore/Karachi/Islamabad contractor already quotes against.
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Real quantities calculated from your project's size and construction system — you price every line with your own PKR rates. No fabricated national average, no fake accuracy claim.

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