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I would like to build a house on a 1 hectare lot. The smart home will have floor-to-ceiling windows comprising of 6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 4 car garage, study, home cinema, 2 living areas, a large swimming pool with Jacuzzi connected, pool house with a bar. Furthermore, staff quarters building shall be detached from the house which will form part of a 2 bedroom guest house with a big 4 car garage to store additional cars
KITCHEN: water inlets put in for a washing machine and dishwasher and the electrical plug point for them, kitchen walls painted correctly, curtain rail put up above window. BATHROOM: most crucial is painting**, then - put up a curtain rail above the window, (potentially bathroom redone - new toilet, bath and sink). GENERAL: light bulbs replaced in 3 rooms (2 LED bulbs per room), floors need replacing throughout apartment - tiles - but we would like advice (55 sqm apartment).
1) Replacement of existing partially collapsed brick f retaining wall with interlocking brick (some already purchased = approximately 5m long and going from 1m to 2m high (sloping driveway) 2) Assessment / repair / buttressing of very old existing brick wall with eroded foundation, approximately 6m long and 2m high
I am planning on a large scale renovation of the kitchen, bathrooms, new flooring, painting, etc. I am preparing for my retirement so I need the contractor to be a good one as I need this to be done right and should be able to provide extensive pictures of previous work, references etc. Please get in touch with me soon.
Please only email or Whatsapp me for now. I am looking for an estimate on the project as I am still in the process of getting the plans finalised but would to add a garage/work space to my house. The walls in red must be added to the current structure. I just need a estimation of how much it will cost.
Good day, I am working on a building project and wanted to find out how many 1-bedroom units can be built on land approximately 1 .58 square meters big. This includes parking and enough space to avoid clutter. The building can also be 2 stories high. Also, roughly how much would the entire project cost? The numbers do not have to be perfect; I just need information before hiring another dodgy architect. Thanks and regards, Glaser.
Please note, DO NOT make any calls, SMS or WhatsApp in any way except correspondence via this email only. Before we buy one of the vacant lands (not in an estate complex) in the Pretoria east area a site extent will be between sqm and sqm with the size of .7 sqm house including a double garage (40.1 sqm). I am looking for an estimation or bill of finishes for a new building. Good day, Building Contractor/Estimator Please read this mail carefully which corresponds with the attached files. Please do not make any calls, SMS or WhatsApp in any way except correspondence via this email only. Please study these attached drawing plans, which are to be taken into account and ALL construction materials are to be standard and good quality --- NO China products, any imitative products or non-SABS approval products are accepted. Bear in mind, before we buy one of the vacant lands (not in an estate complex) in the Pretoria east area, the size of the site extent will be between sqm and sqm with the size of .7 sqm house including a double garage (40.1 sqm). Kindly provide us with a rough bill of finishes and project costs on everything on the building plan in your breakdown quote as shown in the building plan as well as follows: - • Substructure: plain and flat level of land with no slope or sleep fall of ground, only standard 20MPa concrete foundation, a minimum of xmm strips without reinforcing system; • Superstructure: all external walls and some of the internal walls are mm thick and the rest are mm thick wall and finished with 10mm thick plaster to all internals and 20mm thick to externals; • Roof structure: - o Roof style is mono-pitch with parapet walls and ceilings fixed under timber rafters; o Roof covering to be hot-dip galvanised sheeting in IBR profile (box rib: 36mm deep & mm pitch) and a minimum of 0.5mm thick full hard, no paint over; o Quality reflective foil sheeting (a silver radiant barrier, using grade D – unreinforced, one surface reflective at minimum of 1 R-value) underlay beneath roof sheeting is compulsorily required; o Insulation in the roof is compulsorily required --- ‘mm thick flexible fibre glass blanket’ to the minimum 3.3 R-value; o NO ceiling and insulation in the garage building; o Quality waterproofing membrane to all parapet walls and all flashings to be used with galvanised sheeting and coated with quality waterproofing paint; • Dura painting products are to be only used and applied with two coats to all surfaces, such as plasterwork, ceilings, door frames and doors, etc.; • Full painting on all new work only both external and internal walls – one undercoat primer plus two coats of Dura paint – colours to Owner’s specification; • Floor ceramic tile --- no porcelain type and prime cost to be between R90 and R, no cheaper or higher than these PC prices (proof of purchase for verification purposes); • Wall ceramic tile --- porcelain prime cost to be between R80 and R, no cheaper or higher than these PC prices (proof of purchase for verification purposes); • Ceiling: minimum of 6.4mm thick gypsum board ceiling on Grade 6 SA Pine 38x38mm brandering with STD and standard 75mm cove polystyrene cornice all around each new room used adhesive only, except the garage; • Standard galvanised gutters and raining-water down-pipes to be painted with galvanized primer plus two coats of quality enamel paint; • One l capacity electrical geyser and one l solar-heating-system geyser with warranty; • Two items of mm diameter (transparent clear colour) SupaVent turbine ventilation (purchased only from www.turbovent.co.za/turbine_supavent.html); • All window frames to be bronzed-coloured aluminium, all glasses to be single anneal glazing at a minimum of 4mm, no less; • Only a driveway (ideally 5m wide by 15m long) is to be laid with standard paving brick; • Standard toilets, baths, basins, shower bases and taps (no economy products to be bought) and an official Plumber Compliance of Certificate is compulsorily required; • You may provide all lighting fittings (standard types) and all electrical covers and sockets, etc. to be installed with standard type products and an official Electrical Compliance of Certificate; • All kitchen units, countertops, and built-in-cupboard units, including bedroom BICs, will be installed as plain and standard design using white melamine; NO landscape/garden/lawn work is required for quotation. Please do not hesitate to ask any questions or enquiries if I missed one or more items. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, Paulo
We would like a modern two between -sqm two storey house with entertainment area, stacked doors from lounge into entertainment area overlooking the pool Pantry in kitchen, with Laundry room Two rooms at the bottom with one with a ensuite, and then a guest bathroom which has a shower, two rooms upstairs which includes main bedroom with ensuite and closet and then office space too We would like a balcony with main bedroom and then a deck on top of a 4 car garage The plot size is sqm
We have a carport but want to change the frames because it's rusting. Need to install and build a built in braai which will form part of the entertainment area. We also want to add to that and make another room. The carports had plans years back but not sure if it is approved (but it is installed). Plans could be at Athlone Department. Everything else needs plans. Currently have a braai but needs to be broken down. Artificial grass to also be installed by the entertainment area.
We have a carport but want to change the frames because it's rusting. Need to install and build a built in braai which will form part of the entertainment area. We also want to add to that and make another room. The carports had plans years back but not sure if it is approved (but it is installed). Plans could be at Athlone Department. Everything else needs plans. Currently have a braai but needs to be broken down. Artificial grass to also be installed by the entertainment area.