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 want to build a 3 bedroom house with a full bathroom (shower, bath, toilet basin), another separate toilet, open plan kitchen, lounge & dining area. Wash room for washing machine and tumble drier and a big stoep. The whole house must be spacious and accessible to someone in a wheelchair. Double garage and under cover parking to give someone in a wheelchair access to the house when raining, snowing etc. A fire place, gas geyser and gas stove and a old fasion wood stove. I am considering borehole water. I have a VERY tight budget as I will use money that will be paid to my special needs daughter to make this possible for her. I don't want a sink roof and no gutters but rather the roof hanging over the sides of the house for severe weather conditions. Thermal roofing and wood laminated flooring for the house except kitchen and bathroom and stoep. I want to do this for my daughter that I may know that no matter what, she'll always have her grant and a roof over her head. She loves the country. I want to give her that.
Good day, I am needing a quote for the building of a granny flat in the back yard 2 Bedroom 1 Full bathroom Dining room / Lounge Area Kitchen The quote has to include the following : The price to have the plans drawn up and passed Sanitary ware Electrical Plumbing Ceilings Tiling throughout
Move the geyser cold water vacuums breaker mm above the geyser replace leaking hot water vacuum with new one Replace 38mmx38mm battons under the geyser with the correct x38 Replace irrigation pipe with 40mm PVC on the geyser drip tray seal and secure Replace the 15mm polycop pipe with the 15mm pex pipe on the geyser pressure valve outlet and secure Secure the loose pipe in the ceiling with battons Pipe out the geyser safety valve (TP) to the outside with 22mm copper pipe and secure Replace a leak on the kitchen mixer
I require a quote (estimated cost) for the installation of burglar bars in three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The bars should span the full width of each window (color, white). It should esthetically appealing (clean lines). I am located in Menlopark, Pretoria. The specifications of the windows are as follows: • Window 1 (height x width) – cm – cm; • Window 2 (height x width) – cm – cm; • Window 3 (height x width) – cm – cm; • Window 4 (height x width) – 60cm x cm; • Window 5 (height x width) – 60cm x cm Kindly provide me with the estimated cost for installation. I also need to know that if I should accept a quote, how long it will be before installation. Thank you,
We have a two bedroom, 1 bathroom home. My parents room does not have a bathroom, but the room is flush against the the backyard, so it would be perfect to have a bathroom with a shower/toilet/basin lead out that way. Then, we have built an outside structure(no plans), where this is being used temporarily as extra indoor space, very small, enough for a desk and 3/4 bed. Here we would like to create a proper structure thereby creating another room with a sliding door that leads out to the yard. We have built an awning that can fit 3 cars, so using this, maybe we could build a deck as there is a new view above a certain height that one can view the mountain range from. Thanks, Mr.
I need to build a house for me and my family, I am open to ideas on what might work best.. Ideally have a minimum of 3 bedrooms, spacious kitchen, sitting room, dinning room, a bar, laundry room and a minimum of 3,5 bathrooms 2 door garage with a carport that can fit atleast 2 more cars. Wall fense and braai area next to the bar outside door.
Good day, I was hoping to receive some specs and prices on two concrete slabs we need to throw at Hoerskool Nylstroom. The basic requirements of each slab are: Outdoor Access to spot is slightly intricate for a truck but still achievable Each slab needs to support around 2.7-3 tonnes The area of each slab is probably around 5 m^2
I would like to enlarge the living room area and tear down a couple of walls as well as build new ones. Bathrooms would be halfed in order to make space for a larger walk in closet and a guest toilet. Kitchen island removed and a new one installed yet direction of the island would have to be modified. . New tiles in both kitchen and bathrooms…..Possibly some roof work needs to be done.
A water leak is coming from the first-floor bathroom. It has been leaking consistently for the past 6 months and we need to find out what the source is. We suspect that it is either coming from the shower base or the bathroom taps. Thank you. We have decided to replace the shower so the builder is going to check the leak as well Kindly CC me in the emails for quotes at
Replace L Geyser complete with vacuum breakers and pressure valve, Replace 4 closed coupling toilets, Repair 4 cistern kits replace, Replace underground water pipe 80 Meyers with DBE black underground water pipe from pollprop to DBE, Replace clay pipe surace underground with PVC underground pipe inclusive of 5 elbows 5 y junctions 70 Meyer pipe to be replaced, install 1 outside tap complete with 1 Meyer galvanised pipe and elbows install 3 rodding eyes replace 8 Flexi pipes, Install 4 kitchen mixers complete, Install 7 gullies complete with gully stones, install 8 ball o stops, Install 4 toilet seats, install complete urinal for men's toilet