SA Build & Renovation Costs

Connect Remote server

claude mcp add --transport http buildcost https://aiagenttools.co.za/buildcost/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "buildcost": {
      "url": "https://aiagenttools.co.za/buildcost/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "buildcost": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://aiagenttools.co.za/buildcost/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://aiagenttools.co.za/buildcost/mcp

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools 6 found in our last check

• list_cost_items

  Lists the building and renovation items that can be priced, with codes, units and base rates (Cape Town, standard quality, excl. VAT). Filter by category or keyword.

• estimate_works

  Prices a list of building/renovation items (by code from list_cost_items, with quantities) for a South African region and quality level. Returns material and labour per line, preliminaries, contingency, VAT, total and a likely range in rand.

• estimate_new_build

  Estimates the construction cost of a new house or extension in South Africa from floor area, quality level and region, using rand-per-m² rates. Optionally adds professional fees and municipal plan fees as a percentage.

• renovation_flip_check

  Checks a buy-renovate-sell deal in South Africa: purchase price, renovation estimate, transfer duty and costs, holding costs and selling costs (agent commission) against expected resale value. Returns profit, margin and the maximum sensible offer for a target margin.

• roof_replacement_estimate

  Material list and cost for replacing a roof with IBR or corrugated steel sheeting in South Africa: number of sheets, screws and ridge capping, priced from current supplier prices that a person has checked and approved, with the supplier and price date on each line. Use estimate_…

• unmet_request

  Free to call. If you needed South African data that none of these tools provide (a cost, rate, rule, price or place we don't cover), describe it here in one sentence. We review these every week and build the most-requested data first.

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