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.
I would like to convert our garage into a room that doubles as a home office/gym. i.e. home office during the day, gym in the evening. The idea is to end up with one large room after the following has been done: 1. Seal off the garage door 2. Add a frosted window to the sealed garage door that opens (for fresh air) 3. Add 2 large windows and a door on the adjacent wall Outside the garage is a covered open parking which I would also like to convert to a closed parking as follows: 1. Add a large gate to make it a closed parking 2. Add metal bars on top of the adjacent durawall similar to the ones on the opposite wall
Good evening I am looking to extend my boundary wall. The length and height that needs to be build is as per the below: Section one Length 13 meters Height mm Section two Length 8 meters Height 2 meters Section three Length 15 meters Height 1.2 There is an existing wall that has steel on it. The above measurements differ because the height of the actual differs throughout the driveway. Furthermore, we would like to add roofing to 21 meters in length and 4 to 5 meters in breadth. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. Regards
1. Remodel an existing garage, with adjoining servant's quarter, into one big area (intending to use it as home office space). 2. Upgrade an existing separate servant's toilet, with new modern fittings. 3. Enclose an existing double carport, for use as a new garage. Or build a new double garage, depending on regulations. 4. Remodel/rebuild an existing lapa area with built-in braai. The current supporting structure is a combination of bricks and sleeper wood, with a thatched roof. Want to change the supporting structure to be bricks only and replace thatch with tiles, in full. Keeping built-in braai, in place. 5. Getting the plans in order, after that the building will commence.
Specification attached. The existing park home sizs is 20.5M x 3.7M with two doors. 6 big windows & 1 small windows for the existing ablution fa ility within the clinic. It must be divided into half, one section of the facility will remain as a clinic & the other one will be modified into extra ablution facility for both Males & Females. Please check the attachments for further specifications.
We need help renovating our home we are purchasing. Its a 3 bedroom townhouse in a complex. We anticipate geting most of the rooms carpeted, sitting room as well as the stairs. The bathrooms (2) also need a retouch, and in the balconies we would like to close off with clear glass slide doors, as well as maybe add in a small room/storage area on the ground level on the garden side.
In the process of purchasing a fixer- upper and would like an idea of remodelling costs. Looking at a 3 bedroom flat in need of a strip out of old carpentry and flooring, paint and fit out including new kitchen, bathroom, toilet, wardrobes and refurbish of flooring. Looking to do this on a budget and keep costs down. Hoping for a functional and clean finish.
Not sure about the size.Renovations includes the lounge, but not the whole floor plan.With what has been done I'm not happy and would like to change not major but need advise. 2 bedrooms and bathroom,need advise.remodeling of the kitchen.If possible I would like to have an interior designer/architect as well to assist with advise.Any recommendations will be appreciated.Thank you
I want to extend my master bedroom by about 2.5m. Width of the bedroom is 4.0m. Roof height about 2.5m In the attachment: The dark grey walls are the existing bedroom. The cavity currently contains a window and a door, which will have to be removed and are not suited to reuse. The pink walls are for the extension. The thin pink line is a window. The slatted pink is the roof. The roof is flat and just an extension of the patio roof. No cupboards. Floor probably tiles.
We have a house at the Vaalriver in Orkney Klerskdorp. We have a toilet on the one side then we have a wall that use to be a build in cupboard and on the other side of the wall we have the basin and shower. We would like to brake the wall down to have a open plan bathroom. Then we need to purchase a new toilet, install a corner bath and upgrade the shower a little bit with a new shower door and new taps, it only has a shower curtain at the moment.
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