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 want to build a house in mpumalanga as our retirement and vacation home. I have a picture of how it must look and the details on what must be included. Need an architect to assist with formal plans. 3beds upstairs, all ensuite (toilet separate with own door) with the master bedroom having balcony. Downstairs, open plan. Double garage, kitchen with laundry at the back of kitchen, dining room and lounge that opens (big sliding doors) to pool area. Beautiful staircase design.
3 bedroom, Open plan kitchen facing a glass roller door the kitchen must have a scullery, Main bed room facing glass roller door patio , walk in closet, en-suite bath room shower and bath tab, Second bed room en suite bath room, Third room guest room jst a normal room but open, Double garage, Guest bath room bath tab with shower head, Dining with seating room/ tv room, Study /office, The garden must have pool , and pool house / lapa , And gym.
Please refer to the attached brochure. I am planning to build a house similar to Appluase 26 but with a balcony similar to the grande, coastal hamptons and modern with a balcony. Downstairs will be dedicated to social family spaces, with a large gourmet Kitchen overlooking an open area flowing seamlessly to the wide Outdoor Living. Upstairs there are four Bedrooms, with a separate Study and two Bathrooms. width 9.08m (incl. nib wall) length 17.73m total area .62m2 26 squares
A house based on karoo architecture with some restraints due to being situated in an urban conservation development in Montagu, Western Cape. I am trying to limit the first phase cost to R1m by building an initial open space, that can later be further developed. Initially, hopefully, a single bedroom, single bathroom, two car garage space. Excluding verandas, i expect about 22m by 8m ground coverage, with about 80m empty loft space. I am not looking at fitted rooms. Just good, basic design ideas. A first phase of no more than R1m.
modern contemporary double storey house 5bed ensuite 3 garages swimming pool entertainment area theatre house laundry maids room outside guest wing study modern fittings open plan large corridors lots of glasses high walls and ceillings large entrance abd porte cochee chromadek roof
A braai room at the side of an existing house with french doors to garden. Entrance door from kitchen and sliding doors of the bedroom. Flat roof with extension to create cover between braai room wall and house wall. Windows on the side of house cant are built over. Size approx 8m x 4m. Moving into house mid-Feb.
Hi we are hoping to get a new painting,white specifically with white tiling, our kitchen is small and outdated so just want to get rid of everything in there. From there just wow us with the rest of the work. We need a new look in the house. The area that needs to be painted is about x looking at the plan , that is 3 rooms, 3mx3rooms.
- Expand the existing patio (pink tile area) by ~mm towards the grass, and ~mm towards the boundary wall. - Add a brick and mortar braai and a brick and mortar countertop next to it (as indicated on the attached drawing) - The whole patio/stoep area will be covered with a roof, transparent IBR, and one support post support will be needed for it. Please whataap me
Change the existing double garage into two bachelors with a shared bathroom. Each bachelors will have their own little kitchenette. We have a decent idea of the design we would like, but need to draw up the plans to be submitted We also want to put in a “drywall” into the house to have an extra room and add paving around the house for extra parking space.
Two storey house with 3 bedrooms of 3x3 sqm each and full bathroom on the top floor. Kitchen, dinning room, lounge and toilet on ground floor. I would also like to build 3 backrooms of 3x7 meters each and a boundary wall around the house. Please let me know what you will quote for all these services.