Tool
Fit-out budget calculator
A planning range from the same published figures as the rates guide. Add costs only where your quote excludes them.
The inputs are contractor and agency marketing ranges, which overlap because each firm bundles a different scope. Treat the result as a negotiating range to test three quotations against — never as a price. See methodology.
= 232.3 m²
10% is a planning assumption you can change; it is not a sourced rate.
Only fit-out scopes appear above. The lower design-service rates in the table below do not include construction. Package scopes overlap: check the written inclusions before entering extra costs, and leave included items at zero.
“+” means the published upper figure is a reference point, not a ceiling. A quote may be higher.
How the calculation works
Floor area in square feet is multiplied by the published low and high package rates. Only the excluded amounts you enter are added. Your reserve percentage is then applied to each subtotal. The rate sources do not provide a property-type multiplier or a preliminaries formula.
The categories people omit
- Authority permit fees, consultant appointment and developer NOC fees and deposits
- Preliminaries: site establishment, protection, waste removal, supervision, insurance, cleaning
- Provisional sums — allowances inside a quote that are not yet prices
- Long-lead procurement, plus shipping, duty, clearance and storage
- Furniture, appliances and window treatments
- External works, landscape and pool
- Snagging, making good, completion documentation and the final account
- Contingency, held separately and released only against a defined item
All of these are covered in the hidden costs guide.
Where the rates come from
| Band | AED / sq ft | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Basic space planning and layouts | 100-200 | euphoriainteriors.com |
| Design development, sourcing and coordination | 300-500 | euphoriainteriors.com |
| Full turnkey design and fit-out | 250-1500+ | markfitout.com |
| Premium turnkey, move-in ready | 600-1000 | euphoriainteriors.com |
| High-end bespoke villa | 800-2000+ | markfitout.com |
All figures come from contractor and agency marketing pages rather than audited datasets. They are indicative ranges for budgeting, not quotations. fixitdubai.ae: Published renovation ranges use different scopes and cannot be ranked directly against the package bands. They are additional examples, not a market average. Compare quotations only after matching their written scopes and exclusions.
