Get a complete itemised BOQ for your 10 Marla, brands & grades named
Free BOQA price is not a plan. The single document that decides whether your 10 Marla house is built honestly is the BOQ, the Bill of Quantities. This guide shows you exactly what a real BOQ contains, how to read it line by line, and the vague phrases that reveal a contractor is planning to cut corners before he has laid a single brick.
A BOQ (Bill of Quantities) is an itemised document listing every material and labour component of your house, with exact quantities, brand and grade specifications, unit rates, and totals. For a 10 Marla house it names how many cement bags, kilograms of Grade-60 steel, bricks, and cubic feet of sand and crush go in, plus every finishing item by brand.
It is the most important document you sign because it converts a vague verbal promise into a written, verifiable specification. Without it, a contractor can substitute cheaper materials and you have nothing to hold him to.
Most people building a 10 Marla house in Lahore focus entirely on one number: the total price. They compare three contractors, pick the lowest quote, and sign. Months later, when cracks appear or the "imported" tiles turn out to be local seconds, they discover the truth, the price told them almost nothing, because there was no BOQ behind it.
This guide is not about how much a 10 Marla house costs, we cover that in our 10 Marla cost guide. This is about the document that determines whether whatever you pay actually gets built into your walls.
A complete BOQ is organised in the sequence the house is built. Every section names the material, its specification, quantity, unit rate, and total. Here are the sections a proper 10 Marla BOQ must have:
Excavation volume in cubic feet, PCC (plain cement concrete) with ratio, foundation masonry or RCC raft, and anti-termite treatment as a named line item.
Total kilograms of reinforcement steel, and critically, the grade and brand. This is the single most substituted item in Pakistani construction.
Number of bricks, brick quality (first-quality Zig Zag Kiln), wall thickness (9" external, 4.5" internal), and mortar ratio.
Concrete volume for structural members with concrete ratio and cement brand, plus slab thickness. This is your home's skeleton.
Damp proof course at plinth, plaster area with ratio, and waterproofing for roof and bathrooms, each as a specified line.
Flooring and tiles by brand, sanitary ware by make, electrical fittings by brand, doors and windows by material and spec, and paint by brand and type.
For a 10 Marla double-storey house of roughly 3,200 to 3,400 sqft covered area, the grey structure quantities in a real BOQ land in these ranges. Verify your BOQ's numbers against them, a quote far below these is cutting something.
| Material | Approx. Quantity (10 Marla) | What to Verify |
|---|---|---|
| Bricks (first-quality) | 150,000 to 160,000 | Quality: first, not second |
| Cement (50kg bags) | 2,800 to 2,900 bags | Brand named (Bestway/DG Khan) |
| Steel, Grade-60 | 11,000 to 12,000 kg | Grade-60, brand stamped |
| Sand (Chenab) | 6,000 to 6,100 cft | Clean, silt-free |
| Crush (Sargodha) | 4,500 to 4,600 cft | Correct grade |
Exact quantities are calculated from your structural drawings, not plot size. Cross-check any BOQ using our free material calculator and brick calculator.
A common shortcut is quoting from plot size. But two 10 Marla houses with the same covered area can need very different quantities depending on structural design, number of bathrooms, span lengths, and basement. A real BOQ is calculated from your actual drawings, anyone quoting a full BOQ before seeing your plan is guessing.
You do not need an engineering degree to catch a dishonest BOQ. Four checks reveal almost everything:
"10 Marla, Rs X complete." No itemisation means nothing is accountable. Demand the line-by-line BOQ.
The single most common substitution point. Vague steel wording is where Grade-40 enters silently.
No brand named means whatever is cheapest that week. Every finish item should carry a brand.
Concrete without a specified ratio is an undefined mix. Undefined means weak and unverifiable.
Fewer bricks, less cement, less steel than a 10 Marla needs. The house is being under-built to hit a low price.
Silently dropped items you only discover years later. Both must appear as named lines.
A price the market cannot deliver honestly can only be met by substitution. Suspiciously cheap is expensive later.
After 25 years and 500+ projects in Lahore, one thing separates the companies clients trust from the ones they regret: whether they put everything in writing before the first brick. Glorious Builders is built on BOQ-first transparency.
Every material named by brand and grade, Grade-60 rebar by manufacturer, premium branded cement, first-quality Zig Zag Kiln bricks, and every finishing item by make. Every quantity calculated from your actual structural drawings. Every concrete line with its ratio. A fixed-price written contract built directly on the BOQ, so what you approve is exactly what gets built, verified by our own site engineer at every delivery. We prepare this same BOQ standard for 10 Marla and 5 Marla homes across DHA, Bahria Town, Lake City, Fazaia Housing Scheme, Etihad Town, and Gulberg.
Note on 5 Marla: we build 5 Marla homes to the same BOQ standard, but selectively, in established, well-known societies like DHA, Bahria Town, Lake City, Fazaia Housing Scheme, Etihad Town, and Gulberg, where build quality and resale both justify doing it properly. The BOQ discipline is identical; only the covered area and quantities change.
A BOQ is only as honest as the team executing it. Because Glorious Builders has architects, structural engineers, MEP engineers, and construction crews all in-house, the BOQ is prepared, priced, and executed by one accountable company, not handed between subcontractors who each renegotiate. That is why our BOQ can become a fixed-price contract, and why the specification survives all the way to handover. More on this in our professional company vs labour supplier guide.
Glorious Builders gives you a complete itemised BOQ, every material by brand and grade, every quantity from your drawings, every concrete ratio specified, then builds it under a fixed-price contract. In-house teams, Grade-60 rebar, 5-year written warranty. This is what transparency actually looks like.
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