Know what your Sydney renovation will cost, whether you can build it, what it will add in value and what to hand a builder, before you commit.
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BRUCEAsk about this projectOne address. One plan. One handover. Priced before anyone picks up a phone, so every conversation starts from the same page.
What changed in May, and what it means for a homeowner deciding between improving and moving.
Moving can cost $80,000 to $200,000 in fees and stamp duty alone, without adding a dollar to the place you buy. The decision is about capital, not lifestyle.
What a builder actually needs to price your renovation, and why most briefs leave it out.
A budget and a rough idea is enough. So is a full set of plans. Use it on the home you own, or on one you're thinking of buying.
Add as much or as little as you have: a budget, some photos, a wishlist, a floorplan, or the full drawing set.
Every planning layer that applies to that lot, checked before anything is costed.
What you bring becomes a list of works, trade by trade, showing which quantities were measured and which were assumed.
Every line costed against current, sourced trade rates, with the source and month printed beside it.
Your builder opens it without signing up and can question or revise any line. Everyone sees every change.
Every rate names its source and its month, so anyone can check the basis of a line before relying on it.
Every figure says how much came from your plans and how much was assumed.
Switch on a cheaper option and watch the cost drop under your budget.
Every Sydney lot sits under hundreds of pages of planning rules that were never written for homeowners. UpVal reads them for your address and shows you only what applies.
Every trade is measured separately, and every rate shows its source and month: UpVal's own trade database, past builder quotes and public benchmarks, including Fair Work, ATO and ABS data, updated monthly.
| QuantityMeasured off the floorplan, 31 m² plus 10% waste | 31 m² |
| Labour rateFair Work MA000020 · Nov 2026 | $78 – $124 / m² |
| Material rateABS 6427.0 producer price index · Nov 2026 | $140 – $244 / m² |
| Line total · medium confidence | $6.8k – $11.4k |
| QuantityFloor and 1.8 m upstands, 9 m² | 9 m² |
| Labour and membraneFair Work MA000020 · ATO benchmark · Nov 2026 | $133 – $222 / m² |
| QuantityAssumed from the wishlist, not yet drawn | 4 fixtures |
| Labour and materialsFair Work MA000036 · Nov 2026 · low confidence | $850 – $1,550 each |
