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 have the plans but they still need to be submitted to council. I have recently bought a plot in De Rust, where I would like to build a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom home. Around sqm. I am going to be completely off grid and want someone that can integrate solar electricity and water collection systems into the build. I want a very simple and elegant build, open plan. I have a strict budget to stick to and will be building through means of a building loan through the bank. I am ideally looking for a turn key solution and want to avoid having to sub contract too much of the work. Thank you in advance for your quote.
The current house inside walls must be removed to create one big open plan. The roof re structured. The current garage and outbuildings must be converted into a one bedroom flatlet with small kitchen. A workshop will be added to this at the back. New addition with a TV room and three ensuite bedrooms will be build onto the current house. Attached find current house plans as well as a plan for the new project. The specifications are as follows: Cemcrete or relevant floor, no floor tiles. Structure build with light clay stocks to be washed and sealed with limited plaster and paint work. Open roof trusses painted white. No solar or electrical geyser only Gas geysers for all bathrooms and kitchen. Gas stove for main house kitchen. No stove for flatlet. Covered patio. Windows to specifications. Lights and fittings to specifications. No baths for the 4 bathrooms only showers.
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).
rewire a Relief Home with a total of sqm (25 single plug points; 15 dounble plug points; 15 single light swithes; 6 double light swithes; 4 2way light switches; complete rewiring of a DB - 3Phase and N with 3-circuits and 3-earthleakages. Three(3) 20l Heatech geysers with Solar Intelligent Controllers each (SRC8/SRC9)
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.
Please reach out to me via email. We need a COC as we are selling our property. It is a 3 bedroom (each with 1 plug and 1 light), 2 bathroom home (each 1 lught noplugs) , open plan kitchen( 2 lights, 1 extractor fan, gas stove, no oven, DB board, 3 plugs) / lounge (2 lights, 3 plugs), hallway (1 light no plugs) with a granny flat with 1 bedroom (1 light, 2 pkugs), 1 bathroom (1 light, 1 plug) open plan kitchen / dining room( no oven nor stove, 3 plugs, 2 lights), 1 garage with only 1 plug and 1 light. 1 store room with 1 plug and 1 light. Indoor braai with 3 lights and 2 plugs.
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