Wardrobe cost calculator
What a built-in wardrobe costs to build in India — carcass, shutters, hardware, loft and carpentry, itemised. It also shows the thing every other calculator leaves out: the area on your wall against the area actually built.
Free, no signup. Rates are indicative and city-dependent — a studio quotes from its own catalogue.
The wall the wardrobe runs along.
Floor to the top of the shutters, not to the ceiling.
Almost always quoted separately, and almost always forgotten until it appears as an extra.
Doors
More usable wardrobe for less money, if the room has space to swing a door.
Carcass
Boiling water proof. Worth the difference in Kochi, Mumbai, Chennai — it is the panel that either survives a monsoon or delaminates in year three.
Shutter finish
The default. Hard-wearing, cheapest to replace, and invisible in a photograph.
The number every quote hides
On the wall
56 sqft
elevation area — width × height
Actually built
222 sqft
developed area — every panel, 5 uprights included
Difference
4×
A quote “per sqft” can mean either of these, and they carry completely different rates. A homeowner comparing ₹1,150 per sqft against a developed-area rate is comparing two different units — which is how the cheapest-looking quote becomes the dearest job. The long version.
| Item | Qty | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| BWP plywood carcass5 uprights, top, bottom, back and 16 shelves | 222 sqft | ₹100 | ₹22,200 |
| Laminate shutters8ft × 7ft of shutter face, 4 doors | 56 sqft | ₹95 | ₹5,320 |
| Hinges4 doors × 4 | 16 pc | ₹180 | ₹2,880 |
| Drawer channels — soft close6 drawers | 6 set | ₹900 | ₹5,400 |
| Carpentry — fabrication and fitting56 sqft of elevation | 56 sqft | ₹280 | ₹15,680 |
| Cost to build | ₹51,480 | ||
| GST at 18% | ₹9,266 | ||
Cost sheet
₹919 /sqft
₹51,480 in materials and labour, against elevation area
What the market charges
₹1,150–1,500 /sqft
₹64,400–84,000 all in — 1.3–1.6× the cost sheet
Not a designer? This page works out what a wardrobe costs to build. If you want it actually built — .
The gap between the two is not padding. It is wastage, accessories, supervision, transport, warranty, overhead and profit. A studio that cannot name what sits in that gap ends up discounting it away — which is the real reason to quote line by line rather than per sqft.
Want this as a quote your client can approve?
Houscade turns the build-up above into a draft quote: the same 5 lines, priced at the middle of the market range (about ₹74,360 before GST), with your cost beside each one so the margin shows. Change any rate to your own, then send it as a link your client opens on their phone and approves in one tap.
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Why the two areas matter more than the rate
A wardrobe is quoted per square foot, and there are two defensible ways to count the square feet. Nobody states which one they used, so a homeowner holding three quotes is comparing three different units and picks the lowest-looking number. That is why the cheapest quote so often becomes the most expensive job — and why the fix is one line in the quotation, not a lower rate.
Quoting these for a living?
This page uses indicative rates. Houscade quotes from your catalogue — your ply rate, your hardware, your carpentry — and turns it into a room-by-room document your client opens on their phone and approves in one tap, with GST on every line.