This construction cost data is derived from an annual survey of real estate projects around the UK. The survey gathers data on market conditions, construction input costs such as labour and materials and the average £/sqft for different residential construction types.
The headline £/sqft figures shown are the average total construction cost per square foot of internal area. The £/sqft includes all labour and material construction costs (including first and second fix) and contractor's margin and preliminaries. They do not include: land purchase costs, utility works, groundworks, site works, client direct costs and professional services fees.
These figures are approximations - the exact £/sqft for any project will depend on the specific site, project details, construction firm used and many other factors.
UK construction costs here are surveyed in six regions.
For the purposes of the survey, Wales in included in the 'Central' UK region.
| Property type | £/sqft |
| Individual detached or terrace style house – medium standard | 190 |
| Individual detached house – prestige | 332 |
| Townhouses – medium standard | 275 |
| Apartments low-rise – medium standard | 249 |
| Apartments high-rise | 335 |
| Aged care/affordable units | 204 |
| Labour type | £/hour |
| Group 1 Tradesman e.g. plumber, electrician | 44 |
| Group 2 Tradesman e.g. carpenter, bricklayer | 38 |
| Group 3 Tradesman e.g. carpet layer, tiler, plasterer | 35 |
| General labourer | 24 |
| Site foreman | 47 |
| Material | £ |
| Concrete 30 MPa (m³) | 138 |
| Concrete block (400x200) per 1000 | 1,128 |
| Standard brick per 1000 | 521 |
| 13 mm plasterboard (m²) | 7 |
| Other costs | |
| Preliminaries | 14.0% |
| Contractor's margin | 4.2% |
| Hire 50t mobile crane + operator (day) | £1,258 |
| Property type | £/sqft |
| Individual detached or terrace style house – medium standard | 141 |
| Individual detached house – prestige | 240 |
| Townhouses – medium standard | 199 |
| Apartments low-rise – medium standard | 193 |
| Apartments high-rise | 225 |
| Aged care/affordable units | 173 |
| Labour type | £/hour |
| Group 1 Tradesman e.g. plumber, electrician | 39 |
| Group 2 Tradesman e.g. carpenter, bricklayer | 35 |
| Group 3 Tradesman e.g. carpet layer, tiler, plasterer | 34 |
| General labourer | 22 |
| Site foreman | 42 |
| Material | £ |
| Concrete 30 MPa (m³) | 122 |
| Concrete block (400x200) per 1000 | 905 |
| Standard brick per 1000 | 475 |
| 13 mm plasterboard (m²) | 4 |
| Other costs | |
| Preliminaries | 13.4% |
| Contractor's margin | 3.5% |
| Hire 50t mobile crane + operator (day) | £1,125 |
| Property type | £/sqft |
| Individual detached or terrace style house – medium standard | 132 |
| Individual detached house – prestige | 167 |
| Townhouses – medium standard | 147 |
| Apartments low-rise – medium standard | 164 |
| Apartments high-rise | 207 |
| Aged care/affordable units | 157 |
| Labour type | £/hour |
| Group 1 Tradesman e.g. plumber, electrician | 35 |
| Group 2 Tradesman e.g. carpenter, bricklayer | 27 |
| Group 3 Tradesman e.g. carpet layer, tiler, plasterer | 26 |
| General labourer | 23 |
| Site foreman | 35 |
| Material | £ |
| Concrete 30 MPa (m³) | 94 |
| Concrete block (400x200) per 1000 | 800 |
| Standard brick per 1000 | 418 |
| 13 mm plasterboard (m²) | 4 |
| Other costs | |
| Preliminaries | 8.5% |
| Contractor's margin | 5.0% |
| Hire 50t mobile crane + operator (day) | £936 |
| Property type | £/sqft |
| Individual detached or terrace style house – medium standard | 131 |
| Individual detached house – prestige | 161 |
| Townhouses – medium standard | 145 |
| Apartments low-rise – medium standard | 165 |
| Apartments high-rise | 216 |
| Aged care/affordable units | 150 |
| Labour type | £/hour |
| Group 1 Tradesman e.g. plumber, electrician | 35 |
| Group 2 Tradesman e.g. carpenter, bricklayer | 28 |
| Group 3 Tradesman e.g. carpet layer, tiler, plasterer | 27 |
| General labourer | 21 |
| Site foreman | 35 |
| Material | £ |
| Concrete 30 MPa (m³) | 94 |
| Concrete block (400x200) per 1000 | 825 |
| Standard brick per 1000 | 462 |
| 13 mm plasterboard (m²) | 4 |
| Other costs | |
| Preliminaries | 11.6% |
| Contractor's margin | 3.9% |
| Hire 50t mobile crane + operator (day) | £950 |
| Property type | £/sqft |
| Individual detached or terrace style house – medium standard | 125 |
| Individual detached house – prestige | 169 |
| Townhouses – medium standard | 149 |
| Apartments low-rise – medium standard | 161 |
| Apartments high-rise | 210 |
| Aged care/affordable units | 159 |
| Labour type | £/hour |
| Group 1 Tradesman e.g. plumber, electrician | 34 |
| Group 2 Tradesman e.g. carpenter, bricklayer | 29 |
| Group 3 Tradesman e.g. carpet layer, tiler, plasterer | 26 |
| General labourer | 22 |
| Site foreman | 34 |
| Material | £ |
| Concrete 30 MPa (m³) | 97 |
| Concrete block (400x200) per 1000 | 830 |
| Standard brick per 1000 | 395 |
| 13 mm plasterboard (m²) | 4 |
| Other costs | |
| Preliminaries | 11.0% |
| Contractor's margin | 4.5% |
| Hire 50t mobile crane + operator (day) | £940 |
| Property type | £/sqft |
| Individual detached or terrace style house – medium standard | 102 |
| Individual detached house – prestige | 143 |
| Townhouses – medium standard | 128 |
| Apartments low-rise – medium standard | 133 |
| Apartments high-rise | 173 |
| Aged care/affordable units | 125 |
| Labour type | £/hour |
| Group 1 Tradesman e.g. plumber, electrician | 27 |
| Group 2 Tradesman e.g. carpenter, bricklayer | 23 |
| Group 3 Tradesman e.g. carpet layer, tiler, plasterer | 20 |
| General labourer | 16 |
| Site foreman | 30 |
| Material | £ |
| Concrete 30 MPa (m³) | 70 |
| Concrete block (400x200) per 1000 | 440 |
| Standard brick per 1000 | 380 |
| 13 mm plasterboard (m²) | 4 |
| Other costs | |
| Preliminaries | 12.5% |
| Contractor's margin | 3.0% |
| Hire 50t mobile crane + operator (day) | £640 |
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Listings data covering more than 95% of the UK market from portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket with additional data directly from various other agents.
The data is updated in near real-time.
This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal or agent's website, they are soon removed from this tab.
Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.
Averages shown are the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.
Listings data covering more than 95% of the UK market from portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket with additional data directly from various other agents.
We use proprietary technology to read the square footage of properties from agent floorplans. Although we cannot determine the square footage for all properties, we can usually get sufficient coverage. Agents are sometimes known to inflate square footage, and this should be borne in mind as a weakness of this data.
The data is updated in near real-time.
This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal or agent's website, they are soon removed from this tab.
Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.
The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.
Property "price paid" data provided by the Land Registry.
Once per month when released by the Land Registry, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month.
You can customise the time period using the filter at the top of the view. The default time period is up to 9 months back from today's date. The latest data covers the period up to 2020-05-28, although some sales that took place before this date may still be added in the coming months.
No additional processes are applied to this data.
Averages shown are the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.
Property "price paid" data provided by the Land Registry, and Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data provided by Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government.
We match the Land Registry data to EPC data provided by the MCHLG. Due to the fact that not all properties sold have had an EPC and vagaries of addressing in the UK, we are not able to determine the square footage of all properties, but we can usually get sufficient coverage.
The private paid data is updated once per month when released by the Land Registry, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month. The energy performance certificate database is updated monthly.
You can customise the time period using the filter at the top of the view. The default time period is up to 9 months back from today's date. The latest data covers the period up to 2020-05-28, although some sales that took place before this date may still be added in the coming months.
No additional processes are applied to this data.
The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.
Listings data covering more than 95% of the UK market from portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket with additional data directly from various other agents.
The data is updated in near real-time.
This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal or agent's website, they are soon removed from this tab.
Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.
The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.
Room let listings on SpareRoom, the UK's biggest room letting website.
The data is updated in near real-time.
This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from SpareRoom, they are soon removed from this tab.
Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.
The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.
Listings data covering more than 95% of the UK market from portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket with additional data directly from various other agents.
The data is updated in near real-time.
This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal or agent's website, they are soon removed from this tab.
Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded. Yields are calculated by comparing only properties with the same number of bedrooms, e.g. 3-bedroom properties for rent with 3-bedroom properties for sale.
The calculation used is (average_weekly_asking_rent * 52 / average_asking_price), expressed as a percentage. It is a top-line gross yield, meaning no expenses are considered.
The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.
Listings data covering more than 95% of the UK market from portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket with additional data directly from various other agents and room let listings on SpareRoom, the UK's biggest room letting website.
The data is updated in near real-time.
This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from Zoopla, Rightmove or Spareroom, they are soon removed from this tab.
Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Yields are calculated by comparing only properties with the same number of bedrooms, e.g. 3-bedroom properties for rent with 3-bedroom properties for sale. For the SpareRoom data, hypothetical properties consisting of two to six average double rooms with shared bathrooms are used to derived average rent. For all sources, listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.
The calculation used is (average_weekly_asking_rent * 52 / average_asking_price), expressed as a percentage. It is a top-line gross yield, meaning no expenses are considered.
The average shown is the interquartile mean, a type of average that is insensitive to outliers while being its own distinct parameter. The 80% range means that 80% of the listed properties fall inside this range.
Zoopla Zed-index
The data is updated in near real-time.
The data shows growth over the last five years.
No additional processes are applied to this data.
Listings data covering more than 95% of the UK market from portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket with additional data directly from various other agents. Property "price paid" data provided by the Land Registry.
The listings data is updated in near real-time. The Land Registry data is updated once per month when released, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month.
The price paid data shown goes back to January 2015. The listings data is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal or agent's website, they are soon removed from this tab.
Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.
Average sales per month are for the last 3 finalised months. Turnover is average sales per month divided by total for sale. Inventory is 100 divided by turnover.
Listings data covering more than 95% of the UK market from portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket with additional data directly from various other agents.
The listings data is updated in near real-time. The Land Registry data is updated once per month when released, typically towards the end of each calendar month covering up to the end of the previous calendar month.
This is a real-time market snapshot - the data covers currently listed properties. Once properties are removed from the portal or agent's website, they are soon removed from this tab.
Duplicates from multiple sources are matched and reconciled as far as possible. Listings with obvious errors, where price or number or bedrooms appear out of range, are discarded.
We receive data on the extent and corporate ownership of all land titles in England & Wales from the Land Registry.
The data is updated once per month when released, typically in the first few days of each calendar month.
This is an ownership snapshot - the data represents ownership as recorded by the Land Registry at the last monthly export.
No additional processes are applied to this data.
The construction cost data is derived from an annual survey carried out by Turner & Townsend.
The data is updated annually when the new cost survey data is released, typically around the middle of the year.
We select a subset of Turner & Townsend costs to display. No additional processes are applied to this data.
We source different expert forecasts Savills, Knight Frank, OBR
The data is updated annually when new forecasts are released, typically towards the beginning of the year.
We calculate a consensus forecast using a simple mean average.