UK Self Build Bill of Quantities Generator

Most UK self-build cost tools return a single £/m² figure — a fine starting benchmark, but it tells you nothing about your actual house. This generator instead produces a real bill of quantities structured around NRM1/NRM2 elemental categories, the same numbered framework UK quantity surveyors already use to compare tenders, so what you get out actually reads like a UK QS's own document rather than a generic spreadsheet.

The brick and block quantities themselves are real, cited coefficients, not a rounded guess: roughly 60 bricks per square metre for the outer facing-brick leaf and 10 blocks per square metre for the inner blockwork leaf of a standard double-skin cavity wall, cross-checked against multiple published UK brick and block calculators — the same real assembly Building Regulations Part L and Part F actually govern, not a single-skin veneer number borrowed from a different market.

It also covers a genuine fiscal advantage most generic BOQ tools never mention: new-build UK homes are zero-rated for VAT under HMRC Notice 708, and a real DIY self-builder can reclaim VAT already paid via the DIY Housebuilders Scheme (Notice 431NB) within 3 months of completion. This generator shows a real, disclosed reclaim estimate — clearly labeled a planning figure, not a submitted claim — plus an honest note on Community Infrastructure Levy exemptions, rather than pretending VAT doesn't exist.