What should this job cost in NZ?

Describe the job in plain English and Toolie reads it in seconds: the job type, the size, the scope and your site’s NZS 3604 zones. Your exact price is one free trial away; typical NZ costs by job are below.

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Type any job in plain English (“30m² kwila deck, Mount Maunganui” or “re-roof a 120m² house, Christchurch”). Toolie works out the job type, the size, the scope it would price and your site’s NZS 3604 wind, coastal and H1 zones from the address. No signup to try. Your own price is unlocked by a free 14-day trial: sign in with an email code and it starts straight away, no card needed.

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How it works

1. Describe it

Plain English — the trade, the size, the material, the town. No plan upload, no pricebook setup.

2. Toolie reads it

It detects the job type, parses the dimensions, and pulls your site’s NZS 3604 wind / coastal / H1 zones straight from the address.

3. Unlock your price

Start your free 14-day trial and Toolie gives you the full itemised, code-referenced quote for that job: materials, labour, GST and a send-ready PDF.

Indicative NZ costs by job (2026)

We ran real jobs through Toolie’s quote engine at its default NZ pricebook rates (October 2026) — materials with Toolie’s default 15% markup, labour at its default charge-out rate, a contingency set by the job’s risk, and GST — the price a client would see. Your own rates, site and spec will move these, so Toolie prices your exact job off the description and the address. Use them as a sanity-check, not a quote.

Deck — ~$570–$760/m² installed. 20–40 m², pine 400 mm–1.2 m high (balustrade at 1.2 m) up to kwila or composite
Re-roof, long-run Colorsteel — ~$29,000–$31,000 for a 90–120 m² house, ~$54,000 for a 180 m² two-storey (~$260–$320 per m² of floor), including strip-off and scaffold
Concrete driveway, 40–60 m² — plain ~$185–$190/m² poured by a concreting crew (~$265–$280/m² if the builder pours it); exposed aggregate ~$220/m² (~$320/m²)
Carport — ~$12,700 single (3 × 6 m), ~$19,300 double (6 × 6 m)
Garage on a slab — ~$47,000 single (6 × 3.6 m), ~$65,000 double (6 × 6 m); electrical, lining and painting extra
Bathroom renovation — ~$31,000 for a 5–8 m² room (tiled shower, vanity, toilet, with or without a bath); fixtures at the standard range, so the client’s selections move it
Kitchen renovation — ~$28,000 (6 lm of cabinetry, laminate benchtop, tiled splashback, the client’s appliances installed) to ~$49,000 (L-shape with an island, stone benchtop, new appliances); cabinetry priced as a PC sum
Pile & bearer foundation — ~$32,000 for a 10 × 8 m house (~$400/m²), without a new floor; a ply floor adds ~$11,000
House re-pile — ~$21,000 for a partial re-pile (~20 piles) under a 100 m² villa; a full re-pile with engineering + consent is several times that
Timber pole retaining wall — ~$9,400 for 10 m × 1 m high (~$940/m) to ~$21,300 for 15 m × 1.5 m (incl. the engineer’s PS1 needed from 1.5 m); height, drainage and surcharge move it most
New house build — priced from your plans with the PDF take-off rather than a per-m² rule of thumb

Indicative figures including GST, from Toolie’s quote engine at default rates in October 2026, across Hamilton, Tauranga, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch sites. They move with region, site, materials and supplier prices — a starting point, not a fixed quote. Toolie builds the real NZS 3604 take-off for your job.

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The typical costs above are a starting point. For the itemised, NZ-code-referenced quote on your own job — materials, labour, GST and a send-ready PDF — start the free 14-day trial (it starts straight away, no card needed).

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Common questions

How much does a deck cost in NZ?

Run through Toolie's quote engine at its default NZ rates (October 2026, including materials with a 15% markup, labour at the default charge-out rate, contingency and GST), decks of 20-40 square metres came out at about $570-$760 per square metre installed: treated pine low to the ground at the lower end, a 1.2 m high deck with a balustrade, kwila or composite at the top. Height off the ground, foundations, balustrades and the site move it most. Toolie prices your exact deck off the description and a real NZ pricebook rather than a flat rate.

How much does it cost to re-roof a house in NZ?

Run through Toolie's quote engine at its default NZ rates (October 2026, including GST), long-run Colorsteel re-roofs came out at about $29,000-$31,000 for a 90-120 square metre house and about $54,000 for a 180 square metre two-storey house (roughly $260-$320 per square metre of floor), including strip-off and scaffold; storeys, pitch, hips, spouting and access move it; Toolie sets the coastal zone and fixings from the address and prices the actual roof.

Is the free tool a real quote?

No. The free tool shows what Toolie understands about your job: the type, size, scope and your site's NZS 3604 zones. Your own price, the full itemised, code-referenced take-off with materials, labour, GST and a PDF, comes with the free 14-day trial.

Do I need to sign up to get a price?

For the price of your own job, yes: you can try the tool with no signup to see what Toolie reads, then start a free 14-day trial (sign in with an email code, no card needed) to unlock the price. The typical costs on this page need no signup.

What jobs can Toolie price?

48 NZ job types and counting - decks, re-roofs, fences, carports, garages, sleepouts, bathroom and kitchen renovations, recladding, new builds, and the full foundation set (pile & bearer, re-pile, rib-raft slab, strip footing, pole shed, underpinning, house relocation, driveways and more).

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