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.
We prefer a newtec type of house but are uncertian if a brick wall house or nutec home are beter.First time building a house.Stand size square meters.house for 2 people.2 bedroom (Not to small)1 bathroom(Big enough for a shower,a bath basin and toilet.open plan kitchen,lounce and diningroom.The plans on attatchment are plus minus what we want.The kitchen on the plan must just move as shown on the hand drawing made.
A small addition to a house in our yard. Similar to the image. There is an existing cement floor, and 1 wall that is one of the walls of my grandmother's house. So all I need is 3 walls and a roof. And obviously a door and a window and an electrical plug. Maybe a 3m× 6m space. Not sure how many sqm that is.
We are adding on a braai room. The braai has already been built onto our existing deck, and we are now looking for someone to build the roof and windows/doors, raise a small section of the deck floor, replace the flooring with an indoor board/tile, add on a small section of deck outside the braai (repurposing the existing deck boards), and adding a standard door from our house to the braai area. Essentially, we are looking for someone to enclose the braai area. The plans are complete and we are working with a local PRINGLE BAY based architect who is very open with communication should you have any questions in the quotation or building process. We are looking to start ASAP and to have the project completed by the end of November. In hopes that we find the right builder, we have other projects lined up as well. Please note, there are 12 files in total but only 8 could be uploaded at a time. Please contact for additional files.
When it rains, water has no drainage and get absorbed through the adjacent building wall. Water front the bathroom shower also leaks through the tiles up the adjacent walls. Need a small cupboard to house the electric DB box. Drainage for the washing machine. New stove connection to the existing 3 phase plug. Curtain rails
Indeed to build a second story patio, loft style and then put a flat concrete roof that has an extension front the patio to the house roof with stairs inside patio and balustrade safety because a very energetic toddler. And the concrete roof must be strong enough to hold a pool and some outdoor lounger area and outdoo kitchen and garden with lots of palm trees and other plants. Keeping in mind that in the so so far future I would like to add my bedroom in that space or other bedrooms since I will making an open plan on the main house open plan kitchen taking down one of the small bedrooms to make way for a dining table and another bedroom I will open to make my main bedroom en-suite and walk in closet. The bathroom will be merged into one (the main house bathroom) and an additional powder room upstairs with a double shower, double basin and 2 toilets…. And downstairs on the kitchen side I want an outdoor toilet with basin and shower but shower must be separate but co-joining and must be locked as it will be a guest shower.
The site is located in Verulam, Hillcrest Drive. We have already commenced with construction, we require assistance with finishing off the structure (walls & roofing), plastering, electrical installations and water & sanitation systems (plumbing) installations. Our property development vision is based on constructing 20 apartments on the site. We have already started with 2 units, they are an incomplete structure and we need a quotation on finishing off the project please. Each unit is 6m x 3m. We are looking at extending to 6m x 4m or 5m and a veranda of 1,5m.
I am looking to add an additional bedroom inside the apartment in order to divide 1 big bedroom into 2. There after I would like to update the bathroom including, new toilet, tiling, bathtub, shower and vanity cabinet. If possible add an additional bathroom as the existing one us very big and can be divided into 2.
The project will require professional advisement on feasibility and viability, requirements include: 1. Upgrading flatlet with cupboards (moving existing ones from house) and kitchen refurbishing (new washup with existing stove to be installed). 2. Installation of new curtain rails and painting of living room (following cupboard moving at 1.) 3. Main bed new tiling and en-suite bathroom renovation. 4. Second bathroom renovation. 5. Grass lapa potential refurbishment /OR replacement with new patio roof. Please note that number 1. & 2. are seen as priority items for immediate action; point 3. and 4. are for near future considerations based on quotes; with point 5 only based on quotation for future works. Thank you in advance,
We are currently still awaiting finalization of purchase which will come with the house plans, and we want to modernize the house. Complete renovations of a small kitchen, as well as a 2 bathrooms, and rebuilding the cupboards in the 3 bedrooms, and then an extension of the backyard covering for the patio