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 remodel the house, extend the outside walls by a meter, change the main bedroom window into a sliding door. New roof and get the ceiling a bit high. Upgrade the electrical wiring, change windows and doors, upgrade the current sliding door into the folding one. Upgrade the bathrooms. Change the double garage roof from zinc into tiles ( Tuscan style) extend the back room and laundry, add inside shower and toilet.
The front of the house is a double storey, the back is only one storey. I need another floor added to the single storey, with a double garage, bedroom, bathroom and entertainment room. As well as a kitchen and dining room at the bottom of the existing floor. The bottom floor would be around 11 x 9sqm and the top floor would be 6 x 9sqm.
A few small jobs, eg plastering here and there, rhino lite on 4 walls, varnishing and fitting of 2 doors, fitting of skirting to 25m length walls, fitting of 4 curtain rails, paving in front of double garage for 2 vehicles (approx 4m), "relaxing" of ramp in front of double garage that is currently too high
I am currently away and site visits can be arranged with my son in Durbanville. Please contact me on email and we can then discuss further and make arrangements. We need to lift up all the tiles in downstairs area Inspect the foundation for possible cracks where we had water well up during the winter Repair the slab where and if necessary Ensure it’s ready and in condition to tile or screed Remove skirting which got wet Inspect replace or simply renovate and put back Seal cracks in a wall on outside where we think there was possible water entry Remove windows and doors and plaster ready to have new aluminium single unit inserted Ensure all tiles and rubble chipped up is carried to skip for removal Painting of areas where required Leave site in clean and neat condition
1. Balcony window • Re-secure the window bar’s fittings into the correct position across the width of the window. (The window bar came loose and is currently held in place with cable ties.) 2. Balcony wall (Option 1 - Seal & paint) • Remove all paint off balcony wall down to original brick work • Apply x2 coats of xypex concentrate • Apply primer once xypex has dried • Apply x2 coats white bathroom paint (mould-proof) to entire balcony wall, surrounding balcony walls and balcony ceiling 3. Balcony wall (Option 2 - Paint only) • Apply x2 coats white bathroom paint (mould-proof) to entire balcony wall, surrounding balcony walls and balcony ceiling 4. Kitchen wall • Break through a section of the kitchen wall to create a 'sort of' half wall between the kitchen and living room, given the potential structural limitations of the wall. The aim is: To have light carry through from the kitchen to the lounge in the afternoon, and from the lounge to the kitchen in the morning. The apartment is quite dark. To create more of a connection between the kitchen and the living area, making it feel less isolated, but still separated. To ever so slightly increase the usable surface area in the kitchen. 5. Parquet floor sanding • Sand down the parquet floor and baseboards in the bedroom, lounge and entry-way. Then, re-stain with a light stain to remove scratches, stick down loose pieces and overall lighten the apartment. Thanks so much!
Please email me some quote options. I am only looking for a quote for now. If you have any further questions, you can ask via email. 1x Plinth. Level, smooth, finished floor measuring 2 mm x 1 mm, with a minimum strength of 20MPa. 10x Plinths. Level, smooth, finished floor measuring 1 mm x 1 mm, with a minimum strength of 20MPa.
Need plaster ceilings with shadow line and rhinolite 1 x x trap door Ceilings m2 ceilings Plaster trim m Paint m2 1st 2nd 3rd coat Main house: Garage needs drywall 6m x 2.7m height straight wall to close up the garage doors opening and then pvc ceilings mat white 36m2 with grid and trap door x cornice cove 75mm x 24m Painting of inside walls 65m2 garage under coat only
A small, modular Recovery Plant is required that will be fully enclosed. To fit all the major pieces of equipment the building exterior high will be about 10m, width roughly 6m and length about 8m. The interior will house the equipment, when fully operational these pieces of equipment together will approximately weigh about 12tons - therefore the interior needs to have a steel/iron structure that holds these pieces in the correct position. To access all parts the structure would need to have a staircase. Ideally the building will have good ventilation to regulate the temperature inside the buidling.
1. I have a small section of wall that is falling over. 1m high wall that holds back the yard work and is about 3 M long that will have to be broken down and rebuilt. 2. We want to plant grass in front yard. Grass needs to be able to withstand a lot of traffic of a dog running up and down and be able to survive shaded winters and in the sun summers. Not sure if this is possible. 3. We want to move our pool to a new location. Ideally rebuild new pool but if better to just move current shell also open to that. Would have to explain in person. We have a terrace wall that is breaking away and will have to be rebuilt and when swimming pool is moved the hole must be filled and everything will have to be repaved. An in person estimate would be best as there are a few moving parts to quote on.
Our jetty was damadged by strobg winds. It cknsists of three parts: fixed platform, a walkway onto the floating jetty. bracjets, and beam conections need to be replaced. Most of the railings need to be replaced. Many of the floor planks need to refastend or to be replaced. plaesant on the edge of the Groenvlei lake, just off the N2 on getting to Sedgefield.