Is it cheaper to build or buy a house in South Africa?
The short answer is that it is cheaper to buy an existing house in South Africa but every year less so.
1. Installation of patio stoep concrete slab= 9 square metres for tiling 2. Installation of outside entertainment area concrete slab for tiling = 12 square metres 3. Renovation of outside entertainment area including replastering and renovation of braai structure to accept fabricated standard mild steel braai unit 4. Installation of appropriate lighting for entertainment area
Current three-bedroom house require renovation into four-bedroom ensuite double storey house with eight metre long double garage. Plan (not approved/submitted to municipality). 1) Ground floor (1-bed, lounge, kitchen, and outside bathroom), 2) First floor (3-bed & study - all with veranda), We consider starting with ground floor...
We bought a house where the main bedroom and ensuite bathroom as well as a second bathroom burned down. We are struggling to come up with a better layout for the bedroom and two bathrooms, hoping to bring in a walk in closet. We already broke down the walls, it's more or less 4.5 meters wide and 10m long in total.
We invite architects with the necessary experience in designing retirement villages and lifestyle living estates to contact us to form part of our development team. The intention is for all consultants to be involved on a risk basis during stages 1, 2 and 3 of the project. We have 6 ha available for the development.
I am moving into a new house and I want to change the wall colour in the lounge from a bright blue to Plascon’s Antique Petal (off-white/creme). The room is approximately 20sqm with only two full walls. (See attached photos). The contractor needs to have their own equipment. I would like for painting to commence on 14 December.
The outside has to be according the Khamabga Bay guidelines. Inside open spaces, minimalist, nothing extravagant but a homely house. 2-3 bedrooms, upstairs a main bedroom on suite. Must be very big with walk-in closet not cuboards. Downstairs two small bedrooms. Joint rooms with bathroom in middle that has a door at both entrances to bathroom.
We are still in the planning phase to build on an erf we bought in Murdock Valley in Simon's Town. It is on quite a steep slope in Rocklands. To aid our planning we are looking for a rough estimate cost per square meter for average & luxury home prices (double storey up the slopes) - excluding the cost of excavations and retaining walls required. There is a road adjacent to the plot so should be easily accessible. We are just looking for a rough estimate and a potential price range to work with for our planning.
4 bedrooms with BIC's, 2 bedrooms with en-suit. Main bedroom to have a shower, bath, double basin and toilet, other ensuit to have a shower and toilet and basin. 3rd bathroom by the rooms with a shower toilet and basin. Open plan kitchen, living room and lounge with a patio and sliding doors opening up to the patio. Entrance porch, double garage and scullery with a small laundry room outside near the garage. Preferably a house just under m²
We are currently launching a project that aims to deliver WASH facilities to the homeless population of Cape Town. We will base our three facility designs (a trailer, a bus-type mobile, and a stationary facility) on LavaMae's designs - https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/lava-mae_o Scope of requirements: We are looking for technical designs for 3 options for a WASH Facility: Retrofitted Bus Trailer Static Building design Technical Drawings Min requirements for these facilities would be 2 toilets & 2 showers, we can expand from there as applicable and add in other elements, for example, we got quite a lot of feedback about the needs for Laundry/Dryer services (The homeless have nowhere safe to let their clothes dry when they hand wash them). *NB It important that all of the spaces are calm, safe and welcoming Tech specs for Showers from Lava Mae. we of course need to make sure that the design is applicable to SA context and situation Looking forward to receiving your quote. Kind regards, Carla
I would like to extend the existing 3 floor house on all levels to a create a modern house. Ideally I would like to use steel frame and glass to take advantage of the views. Currently, the ground floor has an open plan kitchen and lounge, the middle floor has 4 bedrooms and the top floor has a family room and garages. I would like to incorporate two guest flatlets as part of the extension.