GGB Free framework · no invented numbers
What will the build really cost?
The honest answer starts with the complete framework — every category a real budget must cover, and the ones no area-based number should ever pretend to price. Where a verified, dated market basis exists, an indicative range renders with its source; where it doesn't, this tool says so instead of guessing.
Only the figures you type, on this device — nothing is stored or sent unless you choose to send it. Indicative framework, not a quotation, and projections are never promises. A professional feasibility study and BOQ replace this before any commitment.
Build-cost questions, answered straight
- How much does it cost to open a restaurant in Dubai?
- Honestly: it depends on the site, and anyone giving one number without seeing yours is guessing. Cost is decided by floor area, finish level, kitchen process depth and — most under-estimated — the base-build condition of the unit (an ex-restaurant with services in place and a bare shell are different projects). This tool shows the complete cost-category framework; a scoped feasibility study prices your concept against your actual site.
- Why does this tool refuse to show a number?
- Because a number without a defensible basis is a trap that costs real money. GGB publishes an indicative range only against a dated cost survey or costed-project basis for the specific market — where none is on file, the tool says so and shows the framework, the information a real number needs, and the honest route to one. That refusal is a feature: it is exactly the discipline a feasibility study applies to your project.
- What do restaurant fit-out budgets usually miss?
- Four things, repeatedly: the MEP gap between the unit as found and kitchen-grade services; professional and authority fees treated as an afterthought; pre-opening operations (recruitment, training, pre-opening payroll) left off the capex entirely; and working capital — the cash to operate until revenue stabilises. The framework in this tool lists every category precisely so none of them can hide.
- Is the CAPEX range a quotation?
- No — and it never will be. Even when a verified market range set exists, the output is an indicative range for the feasibility conversation, carrying its source, its verified-as-of date and its assumptions. Quotations come from BOQs priced against a real design for a real site — that is a later, professional stage this tool deliberately points you toward.