Step one of certainty
The 48-Hour Estimate
Any project. More than 90 cost categories. Within 10% of your real build cost — in two days.
No cost, no obligation — plans or just a brief.
Before you commit to land, a design, or a builder, you deserve a real number. The 48-Hour Estimate is exactly that: your project, costed by our in-house estimating team acrossmore than 90 cost categories, returned within 48 hours, landing within 10% of your real build cost.
It works because it doesn't start from zero. Every estimate runs through our 90-category estimating engine — sharpened on every project we deliver — so your number is built from structured, current cost data instead of the per-square-metre folklore this industry usually trades in.
Have plans? We cost the drawings. No plans yet? A Qualifying Budget Estimate from your brief tells you where you stand before you spend a dollar on design.
No cost, no obligation
Find out what your build actually costs — this week.
Send us what you have, whether that's a full set of drawings or a paragraph describing the home you want. You'll have a real number back within 48 hours.
More than 90 cost categories · within 10% · back in two days
Where it fits
Fast truth first. Perfect truth next.
1 · The map
The Forever Home Process
35 published steps from questionnaire to keys — so you always know where you are.
2 · The fast number
The 48-Hour Estimate
90+ cost categories, within 10%, in two days — the go/no-go number, early.
3 · The precise number
The Perfect Estimate
Contract-grade: back-costed labour, model-measured materials, twice-quoted trades — into an open-book tender.
Frequently asked questions
The 48-Hour Estimate — your questions answered
What is the 48-Hour Estimate?+
A detailed early feasibility on any project, returned within 48 hours — your build costed across more than 90 cost categories by our in-house estimating team, landing within 10% of your real build cost. It's the number that tells you where you stand before you commit to anything.
How can it be that fast and still accurate?+
Because it doesn't start from scratch. Every 48-Hour Estimate runs through our 90-category estimating engine, refined on every project we've delivered — so your project is priced against structured, current cost data, not a per-square-metre guess.
What if I don't have plans yet?+
We prepare a Qualifying Budget Estimate from your brief — size, site and ambitions — so you know where you stand before spending a dollar on design.
What happens after the 48-Hour Estimate?+
If the number works and we're the right fit, your project moves to The Perfect Estimate — our contract-grade estimating system: labour priced from $20M+ of back-costed homes, materials quantified from a 3D model of your home, and every subcontract trade priced twice into an open-book negotiated tender.
What does it cost?+
Ask us when you start your project — the point of the 48-Hour Estimate is that certainty should come early and cheaply, not after months of design.
Get your number in 48 hours.
Plans at any stage, or just a brief — tell us what you've got and you'll know where you stand this week.
Get your 48-hour estimate