The ultimate 2025 guide to building a house in South Africa: from vacant land to dream home
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Project: 4-Bedroom Residential House Scope of Work: 1. Construct a 4-bedroom house with the following layout: - 3 bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms - 1 shared bathroom with bath and shower - 1 separate toilet 2. Design an open floor plan living area combining: - Kitchen - Sitting/ Living room
I have the plans but they are outdated and require revision. This is a new home we are buying and I want to do the renovation in phases. 1st will be to repaint and fix all cracks and damp, repair ceiling, replace cornices and skirting of entire house, possible removal of pillars and resculpting of walls. Next phase will be the kitchen - total remodel. Next will be a walk in closet in the main bedroom. After that the remodel of main bathroom etc.
The existing structure is a standard house layout with rooms such as a sitting room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, and lounge. These spaces are currently unsuitable for church services. There is a need to reconfigure the internal layout, remove some walls to create a large open-plan worship space, and ensure the structure remains sound, possibly with the use of load-bearing pillars. In addition, the church requires: • A formal electrical and plumbing upgrade, • Architectural redesign and submission of plans to the City of Johannesburg Municipality for approval, • Construction of new walls where necessary and appropriate extensions to increase capacity, • A complete bill of materials, estimated costing, and proposed timelines for project completion.
Good afternoon. Please see attached plan. Please note we just need a more or less budget pricing, once plans are approved we will get proper quotes with site visits. The roof is to be double roman tiles in grey. The wall and roof insulation to have double sided sisilation and wool insulation. The cladding outside to be vertical (as per picture attached) so Nutec sheets and then mmx12mm vertical slats. I need a price for the super structure, foundations, walls, drywalls, ceilings, plumbing lines and electrical lines (fittings I will do), gutters and ceiling. Painting, Tiling, joint skimming, Kitchen and bedroom cupboards, flooring etc I will do myself. Many thanks
I need help with a renovation at our home. it will include: Retilling, kitchen countertops, aluminum stacking doors, dicking outside, boma build, and some landscaping. I am hoping to have this all done by December . I only have photos of the house with the previous owners furniture in still, but you will get the idea. Thank you
Bathroom Remodeling (3x3) - Remove wall & Floor Tile, Plaster, Painting, Re-Work Plumbing, Installations of Toilet/basin,Shower,Bathtub. Bedrooms (5x4 & 4 x 3) - Remove floor tiles, Floors (80m2) - Screed bedrooms and Bathroom floors (+-40m2), polish concrete, seal floors with water-based sealer, seal floors with hard coat sealer.
On the existing property,we want to add ground and 1st floor in the from and side of the house. Ground floor additions consists of a large kitchen, bedroom, lounge, dining ,game room. 1st floor consists of main bed with ensuite, gym room,guest room,study room, TV room and another bedroom. Flat Roofing is corrugated sheets with high walls.On the plan,the red pard is the existing part of the property.
It is a four bedroom house but two bedrooms are too small to such an extent that built in wardrobe cannot fit in. I would like the existing garage to be turned into master bedroom. Passage or corridor is too small for two people to walk pass each other. I would like the four bedrooms be turned to three bedrooms with bathrooms each and the fourth bedroom must be the existing double garage.
I have a 4 bedrooms, 4, 5 bath, 3 garages square meter house. The master is on the ground floor and I want to convert it to a guest bedroom and extend one of the bedrooms upstairs into a master bedroom with a walk in closet and onsuite, and also extend one of the other bedrooms upstairs to the existing balcony.
Looking to build a 7 x 7m garage where I currently park my cars . Possibly have plumbing for a washing machine too. Two aluminium windows on the east wall Would like wood planks across the top to use as storage space With an automated sectional garage door There two options : A pitched roof or a lean roof