Builder Costs by City
Every UK city ranked by average builder cost, highest to lowest. Figures based on national rates adjusted for regional pricing.
Where does your city rank?
| # | City | Avg. Cost | vs Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central London | £8,156 – £21,678 | +45% |
| 2 | Westminster | £8,100 – £21,528 | +44% |
| 3 | Kensington | £8,044 – £21,379 | +43% |
| 4 | Chelsea | £7,988 – £21,229 | +42% |
| 5 | Islington | £7,875 – £20,930 | +40% |
| 6 | Camden | £7,819 – £20,781 | +39% |
| 7 | Hackney | £7,763 – £20,631 | +38% |
| 8 | Hammersmith | £7,706 – £20,482 | +37% |
| 9 | Wandsworth | £7,650 – £20,332 | +36% |
| 10 | Richmond upon Thames | £7,650 – £20,332 | +36% |
| 11 | Fulham | £7,650 – £20,332 | +36% |
| 12 | Southwark | £7,594 – £20,183 | +35% |
| 13 | Lambeth | £7,594 – £20,183 | +35% |
| 14 | Wimbledon | £7,594 – £20,183 | +35% |
| 15 | Brixton | £7,538 – £20,033 | +34% |
| 16 | Stratford | £7,538 – £20,033 | +34% |
| 17 | Greenwich | £7,481 – £19,884 | +33% |
| 18 | Ealing | £7,481 – £19,884 | +33% |
| 19 | Kingston upon Thames | £7,481 – £19,884 | +33% |
| 20 | Walthamstow | £7,481 – £19,884 | +33% |
| 21 | Lewisham | £7,425 – £19,734 | +32% |
| 22 | Barnet | £7,425 – £19,734 | +32% |
| 23 | Enfield | £7,369 – £19,585 | +31% |
| 24 | Hounslow | £7,369 – £19,585 | +31% |
| 25 | Harrow | £7,369 – £19,585 | +31% |
| 26 | Bromley | £7,313 – £19,435 | +30% |
| 27 | Croydon | £7,313 – £19,435 | +30% |
| 28 | Bexley | £7,313 – £19,435 | +30% |
| 29 | Henley-on-Thames | £7,200 – £19,136 | +28% |
| 30 | St Albans | £7,144 – £18,987 | +27% |
| 31 | Sevenoaks | £7,088 – £18,837 | +26% |
| 32 | Guildford | £7,031 – £18,688 | +25% |
| 33 | Oxford | £6,975 – £18,538 | +24% |
| 34 | Woking | £6,975 – £18,538 | +24% |
| 35 | Winchester | £6,919 – £18,389 | +23% |
| 36 | Brighton | £6,863 – £18,239 | +22% |
| 37 | Tunbridge Wells | £6,863 – £18,239 | +22% |
| 38 | Watford | £6,863 – £18,239 | +22% |
| 39 | Hove | £6,750 – £17,940 | +20% |
| 40 | Reading | £6,750 – £17,940 | +20% |
| 41 | Chichester | £6,638 – £17,641 | +18% |
| 42 | Horsham | £6,638 – £17,641 | +18% |
| 43 | Slough | £6,638 – £17,641 | +18% |
| 44 | Newbury | £6,638 – £17,641 | +18% |
| 45 | High Wycombe | £6,581 – £17,492 | +17% |
| 46 | Maidstone | £6,525 – £17,342 | +16% |
| 47 | Basingstoke | £6,525 – £17,342 | +16% |
| 48 | Canterbury | £6,469 – £17,193 | +15% |
| 49 | Crawley | £6,469 – £17,193 | +15% |
| 50 | Bath | £6,469 – £17,193 | +15% |
| 51 | Cambridge | £6,469 – £17,193 | +15% |
| 52 | Milton Keynes | £6,413 – £17,043 | +14% |
| 53 | Worthing | £6,413 – £17,043 | +14% |
| 54 | Aylesbury | £6,413 – £17,043 | +14% |
| 55 | Chelmsford | £6,413 – £17,043 | +14% |
| 56 | Hertford | £6,413 – £17,043 | +14% |
| 57 | Southampton | £6,300 – £16,744 | +12% |
| 58 | Bristol | £6,300 – £16,744 | +12% |
| 59 | Stevenage | £6,300 – £16,744 | +12% |
| 60 | Harlow | £6,300 – £16,744 | +12% |
| 61 | Saffron Walden | £6,300 – £16,744 | +12% |
| 62 | Eastbourne | £6,244 – £16,595 | +11% |
| 63 | Portsmouth | £6,188 – £16,445 | +10% |
| 64 | Hastings | £6,188 – £16,445 | +10% |
| 65 | Margate | £6,188 – £16,445 | +10% |
| 66 | Folkestone | £6,188 – £16,445 | +10% |
| 67 | Bournemouth | £6,188 – £16,445 | +10% |
| 68 | Poole | £6,188 – £16,445 | +10% |
| 69 | Cheltenham | £6,188 – £16,445 | +10% |
| 70 | Southend-on-Sea | £6,188 – £16,445 | +10% |
| 71 | Luton | £6,188 – £16,445 | +10% |
| 72 | Basildon | £6,188 – £16,445 | +10% |
| 73 | Salisbury | £6,075 – £16,146 | +8% |
| 74 | Cirencester | £6,075 – £16,146 | +8% |
| 75 | Exeter | £5,963 – £15,847 | +6% |
| 76 | Dorchester | £5,963 – £15,847 | +6% |
| 77 | Stroud | £5,963 – £15,847 | +6% |
| 78 | Colchester | £5,963 – £15,847 | +6% |
| 79 | Bedford | £5,963 – £15,847 | +6% |
| 80 | Braintree | £5,963 – £15,847 | +6% |
| 81 | Solihull | £5,906 – £15,698 | +5% |
| 82 | Edinburgh | £5,906 – £15,698 | +5% |
| 83 | Gloucester | £5,850 – £15,548 | +4% |
| 84 | Swindon | £5,850 – £15,548 | +4% |
| 85 | Frome | £5,850 – £15,548 | +4% |
| 86 | Bury St Edmunds | £5,850 – £15,548 | +4% |
| 87 | Warwick | £5,850 – £15,548 | +4% |
| 88 | Leamington Spa | £5,850 – £15,548 | +4% |
| 89 | Taunton | £5,738 – £15,249 | +2% |
| 90 | Torquay | £5,738 – £15,249 | +2% |
| 91 | Weston-super-Mare | £5,738 – £15,249 | +2% |
| 92 | Falmouth | £5,738 – £15,249 | +2% |
| 93 | Norwich | £5,738 – £15,249 | +2% |
| 94 | Birmingham | £5,738 – £15,249 | +2% |
| 95 | Sutton Coldfield | £5,738 – £15,249 | +2% |
| 96 | Plymouth | £5,625 – £14,950 | Avg |
| 97 | Truro | £5,625 – £14,950 | Avg |
| 98 | Penzance | £5,625 – £14,950 | Avg |
| 99 | Yeovil | £5,625 – £14,950 | Avg |
| 100 | Barnstaple | £5,625 – £14,950 | Avg |
| 101 | Ipswich | £5,625 – £14,950 | Avg |
| 102 | Peterborough | £5,625 – £14,950 | Avg |
| 103 | Great Yarmouth | £5,625 – £14,950 | Avg |
| 104 | Kings Lynn | £5,625 – £14,950 | Avg |
| 105 | Northampton | £5,625 – £14,950 | Avg |
| 106 | Coventry | £5,513 – £14,651 | -2% |
| 107 | Worcester | £5,513 – £14,651 | -2% |
| 108 | Lichfield | £5,513 – £14,651 | -2% |
| 109 | Market Harborough | £5,513 – £14,651 | -2% |
| 110 | Glasgow | £5,513 – £14,651 | -2% |
| 111 | Aberdeen | £5,513 – £14,651 | -2% |
| 112 | Musselburgh | £5,513 – £14,651 | -2% |
| 113 | Shrewsbury | £5,400 – £14,352 | -4% |
| 114 | Nottingham | £5,400 – £14,352 | -4% |
| 115 | St Andrews | £5,400 – £14,352 | -4% |
| 116 | Leicester | £5,344 – £14,203 | -5% |
| 117 | Manchester | £5,344 – £14,203 | -5% |
| 118 | Chester | £5,344 – £14,203 | -5% |
| 119 | Altrincham | £5,344 – £14,203 | -5% |
| 120 | Wilmslow | £5,344 – £14,203 | -5% |
| 121 | York | £5,344 – £14,203 | -5% |
| 122 | Harrogate | £5,344 – £14,203 | -5% |
| 123 | Cardiff | £5,344 – £14,203 | -5% |
| 124 | Wolverhampton | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 125 | Hereford | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 126 | Stafford | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 127 | Derby | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 128 | Loughborough | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 129 | Kettering | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 130 | Wellingborough | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 131 | Knutsford | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 132 | Leeds | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 133 | Ilkley | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 134 | Inverness | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 135 | Stirling | £5,288 – £14,053 | -6% |
| 136 | Walsall | £5,231 – £13,904 | -7% |
| 137 | Salford | £5,231 – £13,904 | -7% |
| 138 | Dudley | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 139 | Telford | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 140 | Kidderminster | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 141 | Lincoln | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 142 | Corby | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 143 | Warrington | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 144 | Stockport | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 145 | Macclesfield | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 146 | Newcastle upon Tyne | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 147 | Sheffield | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 148 | Dundee | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 149 | Perth | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 150 | Paisley | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 151 | Livingston | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 152 | East Kilbride | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 153 | Dunfermline | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 154 | Penarth | £5,175 – £13,754 | -8% |
| 155 | Stoke-on-Trent | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 156 | Chesterfield | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 157 | Grantham | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 158 | Liverpool | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 159 | Skipton | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 160 | Ripon | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 161 | Falkirk | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 162 | Fort William | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 163 | Oban | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 164 | Kirkcaldy | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 165 | Hamilton | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 166 | Newport | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 167 | Belfast | £5,063 – £13,455 | -10% |
| 168 | Mansfield | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 169 | Bolton | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 170 | Crewe | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 171 | Bury | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 172 | Kendal | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 173 | Durham | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 174 | Gateshead | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 175 | Hexham | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 176 | Whitley Bay | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 177 | Huddersfield | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 178 | Wakefield | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 179 | Beverley | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 180 | Ayr | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 181 | Kilmarnock | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 182 | Greenock | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 183 | Elgin | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 184 | Motherwell | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 185 | Peterhead | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 186 | Swansea | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 187 | Barry | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 188 | Lisburn | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 189 | Holywood | £4,950 – £13,156 | -12% |
| 190 | Preston | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 191 | Wigan | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 192 | Lancaster | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 193 | Rochdale | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 194 | Oldham | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 195 | Sunderland | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 196 | Morpeth | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 197 | South Shields | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 198 | Bradford | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 199 | Doncaster | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 200 | Rotherham | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 201 | Halifax | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 202 | Dumfries | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 203 | Wrexham | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 204 | Bridgend | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 205 | Caerphilly | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 206 | Bangor | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 207 | Newtownabbey | £4,838 – £12,857 | -14% |
| 208 | Blackpool | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 209 | Carlisle | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 210 | Middlesbrough | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 211 | Darlington | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 212 | Stockton-on-Tees | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 213 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 214 | Hull | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 215 | Scarborough | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 216 | Barnsley | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 217 | Llandudno | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 218 | Pontypridd | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 219 | Cwmbran | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 220 | Carrickfergus | £4,725 – £12,558 | -16% |
| 221 | Burnley | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 222 | Redcar | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 223 | Grimsby | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 224 | Scunthorpe | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 225 | Aberystwyth | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 226 | Bangor | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 227 | Neath | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 228 | Colwyn Bay | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 229 | Brecon | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 230 | Tenby | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 231 | Derry | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 232 | Newry | £4,613 – £12,259 | -18% |
| 233 | Hartlepool | £4,500 – £11,960 | -20% |
| 234 | Carmarthen | £4,500 – £11,960 | -20% |
| 235 | Haverfordwest | £4,500 – £11,960 | -20% |
| 236 | Rhyl | £4,500 – £11,960 | -20% |
| 237 | Ballymena | £4,500 – £11,960 | -20% |
| 238 | Coleraine | £4,500 – £11,960 | -20% |
| 239 | Craigavon | £4,500 – £11,960 | -20% |
| 240 | Antrim | £4,500 – £11,960 | -20% |
| 241 | Larne | £4,500 – £11,960 | -20% |
| 242 | Merthyr Tydfil | £4,388 – £11,661 | -22% |
| 243 | Omagh | £4,388 – £11,661 | -22% |
| 244 | Enniskillen | £4,388 – £11,661 | -22% |
| 245 | Downpatrick | £4,388 – £11,661 | -22% |
| 246 | Cookstown | £4,388 – £11,661 | -22% |
| 247 | Dungannon | £4,388 – £11,661 | -22% |
| 248 | Armagh | £4,388 – £11,661 | -22% |
| 249 | Strabane | £4,275 – £11,362 | -24% |