Fitout cost estimator
Four questions, one number, no form. Change any input and the range moves with it.
Most estimators in this industry hold the answer behind an email address. This one does not. The figure updates as you go, and nothing is sent anywhere.
Estimate your fitout
What are you fitting out?
Sets the base rate per square metre.
How big is the tenancy?
Gross lettable area, as it appears on the lease.
What condition is the shell in?
The largest single swing in a fitout budget, and it’s settled in the lease rather than the design. What is the difference?
Landlord provides
You provide
What level of finish?
Laminate and simple lighting at one end, extensive joinery and feature lighting at the other.
What the estimator is doing
It starts from the published range for your sector, narrows that band according to the level of finish, then adds a separate allowance for shell condition. Shell is additive rather than a percentage because a cold shell costs what it costs regardless of how nice the joinery is.
The result is rounded to the nearest thousand, because a fitout estimate that reads $187,432 implies a precision no estimator has.
The ranges it is built onEstimator questions
How accurate is a fitout cost estimator?
It’s a planning figure, not a quote. It tells you whether a tenancy is in the right order of magnitude for your budget, which is the question worth answering in the first five minutes. A priced scope follows a site assessment and a documented design.
Why does shell condition change the number so much?
Because a cold shell means you are buying air conditioning, ceilings, lighting and fire services before choosing a single finish. That allowance sits on top of the base rate rather than inside it, which is why the estimator adds it separately.
Does the estimate include dental chairs or medical equipment?
No. Clinical equipment is bought directly from your supplier and is excluded from every figure on this site. Equipment also has to be selected before services are set out, so it is worth pricing early even though it sits outside the build.
What about GST?
Every figure on this site is exclusive of GST.
Other tools
How much space do I need?
Count the rooms you want and get an indicative floor area, including circulation.
Space plannerClinic lease checklist
Fourteen questions to answer before you sign a tenancy you intend to fit out.
Lease checklistPublished cost ranges
The per-square-metre figures behind the estimator, with inclusions and exclusions.
CostsSend us the floor plan
A site assessment tells you what the tenancy can take and what it will cost to get there, ideally before you have signed for it.