Apartment feasibility screen

Apartment development feasibility calculator Australia

Screen an apartment site in minutes with a free feasibility calculator powered by the Popurise engine. Enter land, yield, build cost, revenue and debt, then watch profit, cost and feasibility metrics recalculate live.

  • Free to use
  • Popurise engine
  • Live recalculation
  • Editable assumptions
  • Apartment-only model

Powered by Popurise calculation logic

The same engine behind the full app, streamlined for a quick apartment feasibility screen.

Intelligent, editable assumptions

Benchmark-style defaults you can inspect and override on every line before the result settles.

Timing generated for you

Construction, soft-cost and selling windows are generated from a single project duration.

Assumptions

ASite & yield

sqm
sqm
%
Net saleable area ÷ GFA
sqm
21,671 sqmcalculated
289 dwellingscalculated

BLand & acquisition

$
$9,044 / sqmcalculated

CRevenue

$
Per sqm of net saleable area
$1.4mcalculated
$411.7mcalculated

DConstruction & costs

$
Per sqm of GFA
%

ETiming & debt

%
Annual; the engine applies it once
%
%

Feasibility result

Indicative
Popurise enginePriming

Calculating…

Your feasibility result will appear here in a moment.

How it fits your workflow

From quick screen to full feasibility

Use this free property development feasibility calculator to screen apartment sites before building a full monthly cash flow model. Screen a site quickly, inspect and edit the assumptions, then move the live ones into the full Popurise app for detailed modelling.

01

Screen the site quickly

  • Land, GFA, efficiency and dwelling mix
  • Build cost, revenue, debt and contingencies
  • A quick read on profit, cost and revenue
02

Inspect and edit the assumptions

  • Quick inputs upfront, grouped by how you think
  • Advanced fees, contingencies and debt detail — editable
  • Timing generated from duration; commercial excluded for speed
03

Move into Popurise for deeper work

  • Detailed timing and monthly cash flow
  • Equity and project IRR
  • Full debt modelling and a scenario workflow
Need the full model?

This calculator is for quick apartment site screening. The full Popurise app gives you monthly cash flow, project and equity returns, debt drawdown, scenario comparisons and a full project workspace.

This free calculator

  • Quick apartment site screen
  • Development profit and profit on cost
  • GRV and total development cost
  • Finance cost
  • Save with a private reopen link
  • Email summary
  • Excel and CSV export

The full Popurise app

  • Monthly cash flow
  • Project IRR and equity IRR
  • Debt drawdown and full debt modelling
  • Timing and Gantt control
  • Scenario comparisons
  • Saved project dashboard
  • Full feasibility workspace

Indicative only. Not a QS report, valuation, tax opinion or lending model. Talk to the Popurise team about a specific site.

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Questions

Apartment feasibility, answered

What the calculator measures, what it leaves out, and where the full Popurise app takes over.

What is an apartment development feasibility calculator?
It turns site, cost, revenue and debt assumptions into the numbers that decide an apartment deal — development profit, profit on cost, GRV and total development cost. This one runs the Popurise engine, so a quick screen uses the same logic as a full feasibility.
How is profit on cost calculated?
Profit on cost is development profit divided by total development cost. Development profit is total realisation value less every cost line — land, construction, holding, selling, fees, contingencies and finance.
What does the calculator include and exclude?
It models an apartment-only scheme — land, GFA, efficiency, dwelling mix, build cost, revenue, contingencies and debt. Timing for construction, soft costs and selling is generated from a single project duration, and commercial income is excluded.
Does this replace a quantity surveyor report?
No. It is an indicative screen, not a quantity surveyor report, valuation, tax opinion or lending model. Use it to decide which sites are worth a full feasibility and formal advice.
What is the difference between this and the full Popurise app?
The free calculator gives a quick site screen — development profit, profit on cost, GRV, total development cost and finance cost. The full Popurise app is property development feasibility software that adds monthly cash flow, project and equity IRR, debt drawdown, timing control, scenario comparisons and a saved project workspace.
When should I move to a full feasibility?
When a site clears the quick screen and earns deeper work. The full Popurise app adds detailed timing, monthly cash flow, IRR and complete debt modelling — beyond what an early apartment screen covers.
Can I save or export the result?
Yes. Save the scenario to get a private reopen link, email yourself a summary, or export a formatted Excel workbook or CSV — a feasibility spreadsheet you can keep, edit or share.
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