Cost of building a pickleball court

Let's take a look. This will take around 20 m³ of concrete, but I'll calculate with 21 m³. With a 1:2:3 mix (for simplicity), you'll need about 145 sacks of cement, 8 m³ of sand and 12 m³ of gravel. Cement is around 220 a sack. Call it 33k to leave some extra. Sand is maybe 7k per cubic meter, so 56k Gravel is around 8k per cubic meter, so 96k With rebar spaced at 60 cm you'll need about 75 pieces. If we go with 8 mm, figure about 250 per 6 meters. Roughly 19k. That's 204k for the concrete alone. Add forms, tie wire and admixture — I'd put in 20k. Let's round to 250k for materials and small incidentals. Now, since you'll be painting it, you actually want a fairly smooth finish. Broom finish is for walkways, not courts. I'd do a trowel finish and use rubberized chlorinated floor paint. 150 m² with 2 coats needs 16 four-liter cans of rubberized paint. At 2k a can, paint comes to about 32k. Add thinner, rollers and so on, and being generous you're looking at 40k. Allowing for inflated hardware prices, the total so far is 300k. Labor on 'pakyawan', meaning contracted per job, is around 50% of the material cost. 450k. I'd budget 500k for this. My basis: I'm an avid DIYer and laid a small concrete slab myself a few months ago… using Cavite prices from the start of the Hormuz crisis.

Lol, this is funny — I can actually contribute here. I did some canvassing within the past 6 months. One quote I got for 100 m², a 6-inch slab, no rebar, with concrete from a nearby batching plant: 1.2M. I had them revise it with a thinner slab and rebar for support, and that got it down to around 800k. This is all from memory — I'm out and don't have my actual notes. You could probably go cheaper still, but if you don't get the concrete from a batching plant, you risk an inconsistent slab. Keep in mind that's without lighting and without paint. My planned area is raw land.

For public use? Then it'll be triple-use. You forgot what happens to a basketball court when the local barangay decides to hold an 'event.' And you'd be inviting that right next to your house.

What does it matter if it's the 'foreigner price'? You can say no. You can get quotes from a couple of local builders and compare. You can research material costs, and you should know the average rates for regular and skilled labor in your area. Then you can make an informed decision.

Looks like you're a foreigner, and you should think about quality — then you'll end up paying the foreigner price anyway

My dad was a cement finisher for 50 years…. Sadly he passed away 15 years ago…. He could easily have given you the answers you're looking for.