What moves the final price most?

Interior finish level is the biggest variable: custom interiors add 20–50% to the base build depending on materials. Budget a further 10–15% of the yacht’s value per year for crew, maintenance and operations once she is in the water.

How long does a build take?

A 25–30 m phinisi typically takes 18–24 months from contract signing to delivery; a 50–60 ft custom catamaran is usually completed in 14–18 months, with milestone reporting throughout.

How do I get a fixed quote?

Start with a design consultation: we translate your brief into an itemised proposal covering hull, propulsion, interior and delivery. Contact the team on WhatsApp +62 811-2859-0000 or sales@balipremiumtrip.com.

How much does it cost to build a phinisi per metre in Bali?

About USD 24,000–40,000 per metre for a 25 m standard-class phinisi, USD 33,000–60,000 at 30 m, USD 51,000–74,000 at 35 m, and USD 89,000–178,000 once you reach superyacht-class at 45 m and above. The figure is the published contract band for the class divided by length overall.

What is a fair deposit for an Indonesian yacht build?

Fifteen per cent of contract value at design freeze, released only when the general arrangement, specification annex and milestone schedule are all signed. A yard asking for 30–50% before the keel is laid is asking you to finance its working capital, and it removes your leverage for the rest of the build.

How much should I budget for a 30 metre luxury phinisi?

Between USD 1,000,000 and USD 1,800,000 for the contract at 30 m, which is USD 33,000–60,000 per metre, typically giving four to five cabins with charter-standard systems. Hold a further 8–12% outside the yard price for variation orders, specification upgrades and the delivery voyage.

Why does cost per metre rise with length?

Because displacement grows faster than length. A hull that is 60% longer carries far more than 60% more weight, tankage, machinery and interior volume, and each of those lines scales with mass rather than with metres. That is why a 40 m yacht sits closer to four times a 25 m yacht than to twice.

What does luxury interior fit-out cost per square metre?

Charter-standard fit-out runs USD 10,000–15,000 per square metre of interior area, premium USD 15,000–22,000, and bespoke USD 22,000–30,000. Interior is the widest band in any build budget and the line most likely to overrun, so it is the one to specify in writing first.

Does the timber specification change the price much?

Enough to move a build from the lower to the upper half of its band. Ulin keel and frames with teak planking and decks is the traditional premium standard; mixed hardwood throughout is the cheapest to build and the most expensive to own, because recaulking and haul-out intervals shorten.

Berapa biaya bangun kapal phinisi 25 meter?

Kisaran nilai kontrak untuk phinisi baru kelas standar 25 meter adalah USD 600.000–1.000.000, setara USD 24.000–40.000 per meter, umumnya 3–4 kabin. Angka akhir ditentukan spesifikasi kayu, mesin, dan kelas interior — kuotasi tertulis diterbitkan setelah spesifikasi dibekukan.

What is normally excluded from a build quotation?

Owner-supplied equipment, the delivery voyage and its crew, berth or mooring fees during and after the build, import duties if the vessel goes onto a foreign registry, and the owner contingency. Confirm each of these in writing, because they are the lines that turn a fixed price into a surprise.

How do I get a fixed quotation instead of an estimate?

Freeze the specification first. A written quotation follows a general arrangement, a specification annex naming timber species and machinery, and an interior class — without those three, any number is an estimate. Once they exist, the quotation is issued as a fixed, milestone-based price with a variation procedure attached.

What a yacht build in Bali actually costs

Published bands, cost per metre, interior rates and the payment schedule. The numbers every other page on this site links back to.

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Length sets the band, specification sets the number

Two boats of the same length can differ by a factor of two once the interior class and systems are chosen.

The bands below are honest planning ranges, published so an owner can budget before there is a drawing to price. They are not quotes, and no yard can give you one without a specification.

What follows is the arithmetic underneath them: cost per metre by length, interior fit out by class, timber by grade, and when the money actually moves.

Cost per metre, by class: USD 24k to 178k
Interior fit out per square metre: USD 10k to 30k
Typical deposit at design freeze: 15 percent

The published bands

Four project classes, and where a refit candidate sits against a new build.

Used 20 to 30m phinisi, refit candidates: USD 350k to 800k
New build phinisi, standard class: USD 600k to 1.2M
Luxury through superyacht class: USD 1.8 to 8M

Planning ranges in USD, not quotes. Final pricing follows the design brief and specification.

Cost per metre, by length

Cost per metre rises with length, because systems and structure do not scale linearly.

Length overall Class of build Contract value Per metre

Length overall: 25 m
Class of build: Standard class new build phinisi
Contract value: USD 600k to 1M
Per metre: USD 24k to 40k
Length overall: 30 m
Class of build: Standard to luxury
Contract value: USD 1M to 1.8M
Per metre: USD 33k to 60k
Length overall: 35 m
Class of build: Luxury phinisi or catamaran
Contract value: USD 1.8M to 2.6M
Per metre: USD 51k to 74k
Length overall: 40 m
Class of build: Luxury, upper band
Contract value: USD 2.6M to 3M
Per metre: USD 65k to 75k
Length overall: 45 m plus
Class of build: Superyacht class
Contract value: USD 4M to 8M
Per metre: USD 89k to 178k

Per metre figures are derived from the contract values beside them, not quoted separately.

What moves you inside the band

Interior class is the single biggest lever, and the line most likely to overrun.

Interior class Per square metre What it buys Effect on the band

Interior class: Charter standard
Per square metre: USD 10k to 15k
What it buys: Durable hardwood joinery, commercial grade galley and heads
Effect on the band: Lower half of the band
Interior class: Premium
Per square metre: USD 15k to 22k
What it buys: Veneered panelling, stone in the heads, upgraded climate control
Effect on the band: Mid band
Interior class: Bespoke
Per square metre: USD 22k to 30k
What it buys: Rare veneers, marble, custom furniture, integrated AV
Effect on the band: Upper half, and the likeliest overrun

Rates are per square metre of interior area, not of deck area.

Three timber grades

What you save now, you pay in haul outs

Timber specification is a lifetime decision, not a line item.

Ulin and teak

Upper half of the band

Ironwood structure with teak planking and decks. The traditional premium standard.

Ulin with mixed planking

Mid band

Structural life largely preserved, with more topside upkeep and earlier recaulking.

Mixed hardwood

Lower half of the band

Lowest build cost and the highest lifetime maintenance. Shorter intervals between haul outs.

When the money actually moves

Five releases, each with something that has to be true first.

Design freeze, 15 percent
General arrangement, specification annex and milestone schedule all signed.
Structure, 40 percent
Surveyor sign off against the scantlings, released in two stages as the hull progresses.
Systems, 30 percent
Engines and generators aligned, electrical, plumbing and climate commissioned.
Handover, 10 percent
Trial acceptance criteria met and the certificate pack delivered.
Retention, 5 percent
Held to the end of the agreed defects liability period after delivery.

A yard asking for more than a third before the keel is laid is asking you to fund its cash flow, not your boat.

Before you budget

Get a read on your number

Send length, intended use and the interior class you have in mind. We reply with the band it lands in and what would move it.

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What a yacht build in Bali actually costs

Length sets the band, specification sets the number

The published bands

Cost per metre, by length

What moves you inside the band