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Know what it really costsbefore you commit
A feasibility study is the first stage of your project. It tells you what your build will actually cost, what your site will allow, and what could go wrong, while changing your mind is still cheap.
- Duration
- 3 to 4 weeks
- Investment
- [$X,XXX]
- Commitment after
- None
The short version
A feasibility study is a paid piece of professional work that answers one question properly: can this project be built, on this site, for a budget you are willing to spend?
It is not a quote. A quote is a number at the end of a guess. A feasibility study is the work that makes the number real: your site assessed, your council requirements checked, your scope defined, and a cost plan built from all of it. At the end you decide whether to go ahead, with the facts in front of you.
We do not give free quotes
It is a fair question, because plenty of builders will. Here is the honest difference, and why it protects you more than it protects us.
A free quote
- Priced from assumptions, because nobody has paid for the investigation that would replace them
- Tends to come in low, because it is competing against other quotes
- Site conditions, consent issues and specification gaps surface later, as variations
- The number you sign is rarely the number you pay
- Three quotes give you three numbers and no way to tell which one is honest
A paid feasibility study
- Priced from your actual site, your actual scope, and current supplier costs
- Gives you a range with the contingency shown, not a single hopeful figure
- Finds the problems now, while the fix is a drawing change rather than a variation
- Produces a document you own and can take to your bank or your architect
- You can compare it against anything, because it shows its working
The cheapest quote and the cheapest project are rarely the same thing. What costs the most on a build is the thing nobody found until the slab was down.
Your next four weeks
What we do, and the small number of things we will need from you along the way.
Week
01
We assess your site
We walk the property and look at the things that quietly set your budget: ground conditions, access for machinery and deliveries, services, levels, drainage, orientation, and what is already there.
From you: property access, and any reports, plans or surveys you already hold.
Week
02
We check what you are allowed to build
Zoning, consent pathway, and the constraints that apply to your property. This is where projects usually meet their first surprise, and it is far better to meet it now than after the plans are drawn.
From you: nothing. We will come back to you if we hit something that changes the brief.
Week
03
We define the scope and build the cost plan
We turn what you want into a defined scope, then price it properly, with realistic ranges and the contingency stated openly. Where a decision is still open, we show you what it does to the number.
From you: your must-haves, your nice-to-haves, and an honest budget ceiling.
Week
04
We sit down and walk you through it
In person, line by line. What it costs, what we found, what the risks are, and what we recommend. You get the full document to keep, and you take whatever time you need to decide.
From you: an hour or two, and everyone who is part of the decision in the room.
What you receive
A document you own, whether or not you build with us.
Site report
What your ground, access, services and orientation mean for the build, and what they cost.
Consent position
What your zoning allows, which consents you need, and how long they realistically take.
Cost plan
Realistic ranges, broken down, with the contingency shown rather than buried.
Defined scope
Exactly what is included, what is not, and which decisions still move the price.
Programme
How long the project takes, in what order, and when each decision has to be made.
A bank-ready pack
Everything in one document you can take to your lender or hand to your architect.
What it costs
Feasibility study
[$X,XXX]
Payable before we begin. Fixed, so there is no surprise at this stage either.
If you proceed
[Credited / not credited]
Set your policy here and apply it to every client, every time.
As a share of your build
[Under X%]
Against the cost of finding a site problem after the slab is down.
This is professional work, priced the way an architect prices a concept design or an engineer prices a structural assessment. It buys you a decision you can actually rely on.
Projects we have taken through this process
Swap these for your own work. Recent projects carry more weight here than anything written on this page.
Three ways this can end
All three of them are a good outcome. That is the point of doing it first.
Go ahead
The numbers work. We move to a contract built directly off the feasibility, so the scope and the price are already agreed and nothing needs relitigating.
Adjust the brief
The project as imagined does not fit the budget. Now you know that with a real number attached, so you can change the scope, stage the work, or wait, before spending anything further.
Do not build
Sometimes the honest answer is that the site or the budget will not support it. Finding that out for the cost of a feasibility is the cheapest outcome on this page.
What homeowners usually ask
Why should I pay when another builder will quote for free?
Because a free quote is not the same product. Nobody can afford to spend three or four weeks investigating your site for free, so a free quote is priced from assumptions instead. Those assumptions are what later become variations. You are not paying us for a number, you are paying for the work that makes the number trustworthy.
What if I decide not to build?
Then the study has done its job. You will have spent a small fraction of the project cost to avoid committing to something that was not going to work, and you will know exactly why. You keep the document either way.
Can I take it to my bank?
Yes. That is one of the main reasons it exists. Lenders want a defined scope and a credible cost plan rather than a one-page quote, and this gives them both.
Can I use it with a different builder?
It is your document, you have paid for it. [State your position plainly and stick to it.] Most homeowners who go through the process with us do not want to start again with someone who has not seen the site, but you are not trapped.
Is the price in the study the final price?
It is a range, and we will explain what sits inside it. Anything still open, such as fixtures, finishes, or a decision you have not made yet, is shown as a decision with a cost attached rather than hidden inside a single figure. When the scope is locked, the range narrows to a contract price.
How is this different from what my architect does?
An architect designs the building. A feasibility study prices and de-risks it. The two work well together, and if you already have a designer we will work alongside them rather than duplicating anything you have paid for.
Next step
Start with a conversation
Before anything is booked or paid for, we spend an hour understanding your project and you get to see how we work. If a feasibility study is the right next step, we will say so. If it is not, we will tell you that too.
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