The ultimate 2025 guide to building a house in South Africa: from vacant land to dream home
Building a house in South Africa? Our ultimate 2025 guide covers costs, land, plans & builders. Follow our step-by-step process to build your dream home.
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We would like to extend the size of our house by adding 2 additional bedrooms and upgrading one existing bathroom. We dont any plans and would appreciate assistance and guidance on how to extend the size of our house. We are also open to converting new 2 bedrooms into a double story loft or section. For example, extend by one bedroom on the ground and the second bedroom on top of the first bedroom.
Good day. I want to brake open the dining room wall and build a 7m x 4m braai room onto the house. The braai needs to be removed from the patio and sealed. The window that will be removed need to be used on side of the new room. The other side needs a sliding door that will go out to the pool area. I need a wall build on the patio to make 2 rooms. The one sliding door that will be remove will be replaced with the window of the one room that will become bigger. The one room on the back needs to be extended with a meter. So, it will be plus minus 35sqm project. I need quotes to see what I need to budget for as I want to start this project in January
I need your assistance with obtaining a house enrollment certificate. I was approved through the Zakhelikhaya subsidy application, and the funds have already been paid to Cashbuild for me to collect building materials. However, they require me to have a house enrollment certificate before I can proceed. There are over 90 of us who were funded under the same program, and we are all currently stuck due to the same issue — none of us can move forward without the house enrollment certificate. Once we get the house enrollment certificate we can move forward and build houses. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
My eldery gran lives in our stand alone beach house. She struggles to move around so want to put up around five wooden railings around the areas she most frequently walks and needs more support. Then I'm also looking at getting a quote for taking the tub out of her ensuite bathroom and puttin a walk-in shower in there.
Good morning. I required a quote to build a 50m2 room with 4 windows on the 1st Floor. Walls to be prepped and primer painted white. Roof is flat ibr where the section will be built. New flat roof to be installed with new IBR sheets with gypsum celing. Straight stairs to be install for access. All interior finishings and electrical wiring will be arranged by myself. Thank you
Old cottage on a farm with structurally sound walls and roof (zinc, A-frame). Cottage is approximately 60sqm and has one bedroom with en-suite bathroom and walk in shower. Other bedroom is bit smaller with no en-suite bathroom. The second bathroom has it's own separate entrance (thus functions as a guest bathroom). The entire property is essentially hollowed out, all that remains are walls and roof. I have a minute a minute and a half worth of footage which couldn't be uploaded.
4 bedroom, 1 living room, 1 dining room, 1 laundry room, kitchen, double garage, patio. Master bedroom - ensuit bathroom with bath and shower, double sink and toilet. Additional room as a walk-in closet. 2nd bedroom - ensuit bathroom with bath and shower, double sink and toilet. Additional room as a walk - in closet. 3rd bedroom - Built in wardrobe along one wall. Ensuit bathroom with shower, sink and toilet. 4th bedroom - Built in wardrobe along one wall. Ensuit bathroom with shower, sink and toilet. All bedrooms should have 2 plug points on either side of the 'bed' and a plug point on the direct opposite wall. Walk-in wardrobes should have a plug point. Guest toilet with sink Large living room Large dining room to fit 8-12 people Laundry room to fit 2 machines and built in shelves Large kitchen with multiple plug points, space for double door fridge, freezer fridge, microwave, oven, 4 plate electric stove and 4 plate gas stove with cupboard compartment for gas tanks, kitchen island in the middle that seats 8, and 2 large sinks along the other wall. Walk in pantry to be included. Double garage with door leading into the house (preferably the kitchen). Outside patio with built in braai stand and ceiling. Please note that sqm size was an estimate and if my requirements exceed that then it's acceptable as I do require spacious rooms.
We want to add a second story to the northern flank of this building as indicated in "lugfoto_aanbouings". In the resulting 60m^2 area, we would need a bedroom with a east-facing covered balcony and North-facing windows, a main bathroom and a baby-room. We played with concepts of A-frame type roof structures with dormer windows to the north, or a copy of the existing structure's roof on a second story. Short term, we need to know whether the house can structurally support a second story, how long such a project would take and what the cost of such additions could amount to. Long term we need an Architect and contractor
I have a Facebook house, I want to plaster most of the internal walls. Also want to break down walls between living room, dining room and kitchen to make it open plan. Also want to put island and new cupboards in kitchen and rooms. Want to upgrade/modernise the bathrooms. Might want to add a 4 x 4 meter extension to the main bedroom, so I can also make the bathroom bigger and add a dressing room. At the back, I want to break out some of the windows of the lounge and dining room to add large sliding doors. Want to redo the pool. Want to redo the fence. Want to just change the entrance a bit to give it a more modern look from the front.