QS4AU Builder Pro prices NSW residential work from the QS4AU Sydney Professional Price Book v1.2 — 23 trade and cost divisions, Sydney metropolitan base, October 2026, AUD excluding GST. Job-type outputs combine those division rates with app-specific scope, quantity and complexity assumptions.
Rates are QS4AU professional estimating assumptions for Sydney metropolitan work, October 2026, in AUD excluding GST. They are not quotations and have not been verified as current trade prices.
Component build-ups are labour hours × trade rate plus material, × 1.10. The material figure is the balancing amount, not a supplier price.
Check prices before you quote or sign a contract. Treat rows marked Check Market or Verify Urgently as provisional.
Percentage, adder and statutory rows apply only to the base they state. Fees and levies change — confirm them with the authority.
This tool is not legal, tax, engineering or insurance advice.
By proceeding you confirm you are a building professional and accept responsibility for independently verifying all quantities, rates, approvals and site conditions before issuing any quotation to a client.
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QS4AU 23-division framework · Sydney metro base Pricing basis October 2026 · SAMPLE · AUD excl. GST
23-division QS4AU Sydney pricing base · NSW approvals, BASIX, BAL and HBCF built in · Editable quantities/rates/PC sums · Builder margin separate · Print / Save PDF
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📍 Sydney site settings
Region applies the QS4AU regional index to every row (Low/Mid/High). Job default uses each job's own approval answer; Exempt, CDC or DA + CC overrides it. BAL adds the Division 23.2 uplift to the envelope cost. Site class adjusts slabs, footings and piers (M = base). The NSW Long Service Levy (0.25% of works incl. GST, from $250,000) and HBCF insurance (residential work over $20,000) are added automatically below the builder margin. Changing a setting re-prices the current estimate.
Select job type — in this sample, Granny flat and Exterior repaint are open
Project — header for tracker & claim
Enter the contract details below. They are used across the variation register and the payment claim.
The agreed contract sum before any variations.
1 · Variation register
Record every change from the day you spot it. A variation without a written instruction, a reference and a valuation is the hardest to get paid. Only variations marked Approved or Paid flow into the contract sum below.
Ref
Description
W/I
Valuation
Status
No variations yet — add your first one below.
APPROVED TO DATE
$0.00
2 · Running contract sum
The figure your progress claim is built on
Original contract value$0.00
Variations approved to date$0.00
Revised contract value (ex GST)$0.00
3 · Progress claim
Value the work one of two ways, then deduct retention and everything certified in earlier claims and add GST. Pick the basis your contract uses.
Per your contract terms.
Of the revised contract value.
Typical market splits — edit names and %s to match your signed contract.
Stage
% of contract
Stage value
Status
Stages complete to date: $0.00Schedule total: 0%
0 if none held.
Total of earlier claims.
⚠ Read before issuing — limitations
Valuations are estimates. Rates and quantities carried from QS4AU Builder Pro are a starting point and must be checked against your actual labour, supplier and subcontractor costs before you rely on them. Price variations in the order your contract requires — contract rates first, then rates derived from them, then fair market rates — and keep the evidence (written instruction, photos, dockets, daily records) that supports each one.
This tool prepares a claim — it does not certify one. If the contract is one the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) applies to, you are responsible for confirming the claim meets the Act (in writing, identifies the construction work, states the claimed amount and is served on time). The Act generally does not apply to a contract with a residential owner-occupier — for those, claim under the terms of your Home Building Act contract.
Stage schedules are typical splits, not a standard. The stage names and percentages offered here are common market conventions to start from — replace them with the payment schedule in your signed contract, and remember the deposit on NSW residential building work must not exceed 10% of the contract price (Home Building Act 1989), and progress claims should relate to work actually done.
Timing, retention and payment terms follow your contract. Claim dates, response/schedule deadlines and retention handling are set by the contract you signed, not by this tool.
QS4AU Builder Pro provides commercial and administrative assistance only and is not legal advice. If a variation or claim is disputed or high-value, get advice from your quantity surveyor or lawyer.
✓ Pre-print certification
Before issuing this as a client quotation, confirm each item below. All boxes must be checked to enable printing.
QS4AU Sydney Price Book
Variation V001
Cost the change in four parts — labour, materials, plant and preliminaries — then add overhead & profit.