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Buy land to build your factory – Cost Simulator

Buy your own land to build factory. Calculator and simulation model: Just plug in your numbers — land price, construction cost, loans even consulation fees and more— and see the all-in total and the RM per sqft. Default: Puncak Alam figures are an illustration. Your numbers Land and Built-up Gross Floor Area, GFA (sqft) GFA…

September 9, 2026

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Buy your own land to build factory.

Calculator and simulation model:

Just plug in your numbers — land price, construction cost, loans even consulation fees and more— and see the all-in total and the RM per sqft. Default: Puncak Alam figures are an illustration.

Your numbers

Land and Built-up

Gross Floor Area, GFA (sqft)

GFA = Gross Floor Area — the built factory floor, not the land.

Land area (acres)

1 acre = 43,560 sq ft

Industrial land (RM / sf)

Construction (RM / sf GFA)

External works / extra (RM)

Fence, drain, road, extra slab — 0 if already in the construction psf.

Consultants, council, power

Other consultants, not architect (RM)

Leave 0 with no quotation. If you have quotes, one lump: C&S + M&E + QS + soil + survey. Do not add the architect — tick the box below. Guess only if you must: about 1.5–3% of construction.

OSC / PBT / IWK / water (RM)

Leave 0 until the council quotes. One-off contribution, not the monthly bill. Paste the quotation total.

TNB MD (kW)

Declared Maximum Demand in kilowatt — ask the electrical engineer. Light factory often 100–200 kW. Not Amp. × RM45 = MV connection only (source ≤ 6 km).

Substation / deposit (RM)

Leave 0 if you tap existing low-voltage. If TNB wants an on-site 11 kV substation (usually above ~350 kVA / ~500 A), put that quote here. RM45/kW does not include this.

SST 6% on construction services
CIDB levy 0.125% of works
Architect fee (LAM Cat 3 on works, not land)

Loan

Cash buying — exclude loan

LTV (%)

Share of land + construction the bank funds. Fees stay cash.

Interest rate (% p.a.)

Default 4.5%. Reducing-balance, monthly rest.

Tenure (years)

Spreads the principal. Brick RM/sf does not change.

Tick cash buying if you write the whole cheque. That drops loan stamp (0.5%) and loan legal. Interest is shown separately so RM/sf GFA stays a build figure, not a 20-year finance bill.

Cost stack

Every line is a cheque (or a line inside the builder’s contract). Blank consultant/council boxes are 0 — not a free lunch, just “no quote yet”.

How the math works

Land = acres × 43,560 × RM/sf. Construction = GFA × RM/sf GFA. External is a lump on top.
MOT stamp 1/2/3/4% on the first RM100k / next RM400k / next RM500k / excess above RM1m. Loan stamp 0.5% of the facility. Legal 1.25% on the first RM500k then 1% (SRO 2023). No first-home exemption on industrial land.
Architect (if ticked) is LAM Category 3 on works, not land. CIDB 0.125% of works above RM500k. SST 6% on construction services only.
TNB connection = RM45 × kW MD. Substation is whatever you type. OSC / extra consultants stay 0 until you type them.
All-in ÷ GFA = RM per sq ft of factory floor. All-in ÷ land sq ft = RM per sq ft of dirt, after the shed is on it.
Tick cash buying to drop the loan: no loan stamp, no loan legal, day-1 cash = all-in. Leave it unticked for LTV, 4.5% interest and tenure — that only splits cash vs bank and shows the monthly instalment. Interest is not folded into RM/sf GFA.

Weighing rent versus buying a ready shop or factory instead? Open the commercial companion — Rent vs Buy a Shop/factory Simulator (new window).

Disclaimer. This is not advice, quotation or an offer. Stamp, legal and other costs follow published scales (check the respective party for more information); The numbers used here are only for illustration purpose — a blank box means “not entered”, not “free”. Estate Market Pulse is not responsible for decisions made from this page.