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.
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
I need assistance in flipping my house into something more modern, yet warm and homey. and I believe your expertise could really help bring that vision to life. 2 Bathrooms, ceiling, painting inside and outside, the roof, the floors, 3bedrooms and wardrobes Please let me know if you’d be available to assist or if we could set up a time to chat further.
Hi Please arrange to seal and mitigate the leaks in the carport at the West Beach property as soon as possible. I also need you to complete the braai and fire pit area, and lay tiles over the 10m x 4m surface. Kindly confirm when the work will resume and provide an updated schedule for completion. Thank you,
Good Evening, I require a boundary wall to be built in 2 sections. Section A: 3m high, 50 meter long wall, bag wash plaster finish, constructed using combination of maxi-brick and cement block to increase build time and be cost efficient (Engineers drawings on hand), with reinforced foundation pad. Section B: 2.5m high, 57 meter long wall, bag wash plaster, constructed using maxi-brick. Thanks
I have an existing boundary wall that was blown over twice. The neigbouring plots of the wall are on 2 different slope gradients. The wall is 4.7 metres long and 1.8 meters above ground. I need the wall rebuilt with rebar reinforcement using xxmm concrete blocks. I will provide the materials. I need a quote for the labour.
We would like to convert our garage and outside room into a flat. The outside room currently has a toilet and shower, but we are looking at extending it into the existing garage. I would like to get a rough estimation of what this would cost us, and it would be great if we could get some quotes to have this done.
I would like to build a 4-5 bedroom, lounge, kitchen and bathroom house at home in Eastern Cape. Whether it will become a 4 or 5 bedroom will depend on the available space in the yard. I would like to get a quote for this project, get a suitable plan and start a budget for the material required and Contractor payment.
I need to redo a very outdated bathroom Remove the bath Fit a walk in shower (there is a shower in the bath currently) Replace basin and toilet for a more modern one retile and paint No major or expensive items needed, preferably kept near R20k, depending on spend, might redo the kitchen as well
It is a 50sqm house 12.5 x 4 m with a height it about 3 meter With or without the verander which is shown in the image I will send upon request which is about 20sqm The roof is IBR sheets and using a sandstone block. Also' the foundation is using a maxi diamond that will blend with the sandstone block It is completely off-grid. So air source heat pump, 5kw hybrid solar system to increase battery capacity. Septic tank, water tank system and storage. Internal walls are metal stud drywall around the bedroom only. Aluminium windows, as per image and standard aluminium doors for the bathroom and wood door for the control room. Barn sliding door for the internal doors. For the foundation, to use polystyrene as an dpm as the floors will be screed/cement rustic vibe. Plumbing and electrical will all be on the inner of the outwalls using metal conduit for the electrical and copper for the plumbing so it's easier for labour and also rustic. The electrical on the drywall will be within the walls and those can be discussed later on. Drainage will be in the foundation to also keep us from having to life the floor to allow drainage. The entire build is first step to eventually consider building the main property at a later stage so trying to keep the costing down as much as possible while we develop the land and build funds for the main house build.