House construction cost in Bangalore (2026)

Construction cost per sq ft in Bangalore: four finish levels

In Bangalore, a G+1 house costs about ₹1,650–2,000 per sq ft with economy finishes and ₹3,350–4,100 with luxury finishes. All four tiers use the same local prices and structure; only finishes and services change.

Basis: G+1, isolated footings, roughly 3 m floor height, conventional brickwork and site-mixed M25 cost allowances. Line rates include overheads/profit; the total adds 5% contingency. Each band is ±10% around that total, rounded to ₹50/sq ft. Finish rates are national assumptions; only the listed materials and wages are local.

Excluded: land, authority and professional fees, utility connections, special foundations, basement, rock breaking, major dewatering, interiors, furniture, borewell, lift and solar. Compound wall and sump are off in the worked example; they can be added in the calculator.

Material prices in Bangalore: sources and selected inputs

The Bangalore model prices cement at ₹395 a bag, steel at ₹65/kg and red bricks at ₹9,000 per 1,000, each taken from a reported local price listed below.

Bangalore sand and jelly references here are sold by tonne. The calculator works in cft, so the conversion assumption is visible below. Ask for weighbridge quantity, delivered price and approved grading on one quotation. Changing red-brick walls to blocks also changes quantities and mortar; a cheaper block price cannot be substituted into a brick BOQ.

VDM publishes planning bands, not firm dealer offers. The September wage reference is older than the material review. Delivery, unloading, grade and supplier billing terms need confirmation. The rates below preserve the sources' stated billing basis. They have not been normalised to a single delivered invoice. Confirm all payable additions before using the budget to place an order.

Ready-mix reference: M20 ₹5,200–6,200/m³; M25 ₹5,600–6,800/m³, reported. VDM Constructions — Bangalore planning price list · Daily-updated list; checked 20 October 2026 RMC is not used in the house estimate above. The engine builds concrete cost from cement, sand, aggregate, labour and sundries; replacing that with an RMC quote requires removing the corresponding site-mix inputs and pricing pumping/placing separately.

Mason, helper and labour-only construction rates

Labour for a full standard house in Bangalore works out to about ₹700–850 per sq ft in our model; the reported local labour-contract reference is ₹330–400/sq ft.

Local contract reference: ₹330–400/sq ft, reported. Reported full residential labour contract; structure-only is reported separately at ₹210–260/sq ft. Ask for a written trade-by-trade scope. Sturdy Groups — labour rates paid across Karnataka · 12 September 2026

Our labour figure covers civil work, finishes, electrical and plumbing, with overheads and contingency. It is computed from wages and quantities, not quoted. Compare shuttering hire, scaffolding, curing, tile work, services and supervision line by line before choosing a contract.

Day rates describe one worker's time. A per-sq-ft contract also depends on output, included trades and who supplies tools. These references are not a minimum-wage determination. Labour is already included in the with-material total; do not add it twice.

30×40 ft plot, G+1: a worked Bangalore estimate

A G+1 house of 1,680 sq ft on this plot costs about ₹32.4 lakh to ₹39.6 lakh in Bangalore with standard finishes.

30 × 40 = 1,200 sq ft of land. For this illustration only, 70% coverage gives 840 sq ft a floor and 1,680 sq ft across G+1. This is a budgeting assumption, not a BBMP/BDA setback rule or a promise of sanction. If your approved drawings actually provide 1,200 sq ft per floor on a suitable plot, use the separate 2,400 sq ft example below.

Standard finishes, with material, no wall or sump extras. 840 × 2 = 1,680 sq ft. The unrounded engine rate is ₹2,142.47/sq ft (shown to two decimals only to audit this example).

Calculation: ₹34,27,945.72 direct/overhead subtotal × 1.05 = ₹35,99,343 including contingency. Each stage already includes its share of the 5%. Whole-rupee stage rounding is allocated so the rows add to ₹35,99,343. Steel and shuttering for footings are grouped in “RCC frame” by the engine, so these rows are not a contractor payment schedule.

Budget range: ₹32.4 lakh to ₹39.6 lakh. The exact arithmetic makes the estimate traceable; it does not make the final building price exact.

1,000, 1,200 and 1,500 sq ft house examples

These are floor areas, not plot sizes. Ground-only work carries the foundation over less built-up area. Adding an upper floor to an existing house also needs a structural-capacity assessment; this new-build model does not assess extensions.

Local approvals, plan fees and rules

Approval fees are not in the estimate. Get the authority's itemised demand note for your plot and budget it separately.

Soil, foundations, monsoon and water

The estimate assumes ordinary soil and isolated footings. Your soil report decides whether the foundation costs more.

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