Planning an extension: foundations, slabs & costs—a 2025 guide before breaking ground
Planning a home extension in South Africa? This 2025 guide covers costs per m², foundations & municipal approvals. Get a realistic budget & avoid costly mistakes.
Create a new entrance to the lower level Granny flat. Requires break through concrete floor and excavate approximately 65 cub.m soil up to head wall on flat. Build stairway and shaft for a lift. The supply and installation of lift is not included in this job. Construct 7 m dry wall to construct entrance. Break in and install three doors in existing walls. Changes to some aluminium windows. Revamp electricity supply and distribution inside flat. Complete project by attending to finishing where affected by main work.
I am a potential buyer and need to get quotes on the repaires in order to negotiate the buying price Most of the walls interior and exterior need water damage repairs aswell as the the roof, roof also needes some new gutters and facialboards 1 ceiling needs replacemenst with down 6 lights, apx 18m² Bathroom windows need replacment with aluminium windows apx 1.5×1.5 m Deck top replacement est 90m² Swiming pool needs some new tiles sanding and repaint. Whole house needs paint outside and inside Boma needs plaster repaire and paint Outside showers need repairs on wooden borders Built in stewl braai needs sanding and repaint External lights and plugs need replacment
I am in need of a basic house build with maxibrick and plastered, 2 bedroom with the rest as open plan area. The house will be about square meter and will need a septic tank. My requirement is basically a completed shell (Foundation, floor, walls, plastering, Ceilings, Roof with Chromadek. (Piping for the electricity and plumbing, septic tank and connection should be included. The following are excluded from the requirement: (Cabinets in kitchen and Bedrooms, Electrical wiring and lights,Tiling, Painting.
A new window will be inserted into bathroom by my window manufacturer. That window must be closed up and exterior repaired also. Interior: remove bath and replace with new. Tile over wood floor and up dry wall. Position taps for new double basin. Retile and structure shower. *Pics of current bathroom. Am flexible but would like to start soon’ish. * need two-three weeks to order window before job starts
we have seen a plot large m2 in Marloth Park We are from the Netherlands and are unfamiliar with the process in Africa.We are looking at a house with 4 bedrooms. 2 master bedrooms with shower toilet double sink- 2 slaapjamers with shared bathroom and seperate toilet. house with thatched roof, functional kitchen not large, living room max 30 m2 you live outside, large terrace with piece of canopy and pool with steps and seating. simple carport functional and beautiful, good driveway/entrance these are the starting points. Have you maby examples we ourselves do have kind of examples see photos
The House is 3 bedrooms, 1 living room, a kitchen, a toilet, a bath, and a Garage. I would like to a convert the living, the main bedroom and the Garage in Bachelor with 3/4 bathroom and a kitchenette. Then, the kitchen is to be remodelled as a Bachelor with only a 3/4 bathroom. An outside door needs to be opened in one of the rooms. Both rooms need to be linked. The toilet should be converted into a 3/4 bathroom. The shower needs to be converted into a kichen, to be shared between the connected rooms and a Bachelor.
I’m looking to build a multi residential property as an investment and looking for ball park figures I’ve found land varying from m2 to m2 We can have a chat on how many units are realistic for the space I have found and see ball park figures for building I’m currently in the process of selling a property, which will fund this project
Double storey houseDining & seating room open plan including kitchen with scallery, master bedroom with closet and ensuite leading to sunroom with cladded glass door, 2nd bedroom and general toilet separate. Upstairs - 1 bedroom with ensuite, entertainment area leading to outside balcony with cladded glass door. 6x3 swimming pool , pegola built next to it
Hi. What would the cost of a 6 by 10m turn key nutec house, with a wrap around porch be? As per the picture but on a concrete slab foundation, with skirting covering foundation to make it look like the picture. Pitched roof Lounge, open plan kitchen(fully fitted with washing maching plumbing attachments) 2 bedroom, with en suite each (shower basin, toilet) Electrical and plumbing Built in fireplace with bricks (braai) in the lounge Attached carport at back of property Cavity(insulation) walls
building blocks 4 ton building sand 3ton crusher run 4 ×mm building brick force 4 × 3,6m big six roofing sheet 3 × 3m**50mm beam 20 building cement 42.5N 2kg mm roofing nails 1kg 4inch wire nails 1 × concrete airbrick 1× pvc airbrick 1 × door mm 1 × 1.2* 1.5m aluminum window 1× 2m*mm lintel 1× 1,2m*mm lintel 10m of 3mm roof wire