How Much Does Microcement Cost on the Gold Coast? An Honest Guide

The short answer

Microcement is priced per project, not per metre off a price list. As a guide to where your job will sit: open floors are the most economical surface, bathrooms and wet areas cost more because of the waterproofing system underneath, and specialty work — benchtops, curved surfaces and joinery — is the most involved of all. Send us photos and rough measurements and you'll have a straight number within 24 hours, specific to your space.

If you've seen a cheap per-square-metre price online

What you've found is almost always the material price — the bag of product, not the finished surface. Microcement is a workmanship product: the cost is in the hands, the prep, and the system underneath, not the powder. A material-only price tells you nothing about what your room will cost, and a finished-surface price quoted sight unseen tells you even less.

What actually moves your price

• —The substrate — sound concrete is the cheapest start; tiles can be gone over (often saving thousands in demolition) but drummy tiles need fixing first
• —Wet areas — bathrooms need a verified waterproofing system under the finish; if yours doesn't have one, it gets built — that's not an upsell, it's the difference between a finish and a leak
• —Edges and detail — stairs, niches, curves and hobs take trowel time
• —Area — bigger areas cost more in total but less per metre

The real question isn't the price — it's the price of doing it twice

Microcement doesn't forgive shortcuts. The cheapest quote usually means a skipped membrane, a rushed sealer, or someone who 'did a course' last winter. Redoing a failed job costs more than doing it properly once.

Get a real number for your space

Send us photos and rough measurements and we'll give you a straight quote — no site-visit ambush, no pressure.