Is it cheaper to build or buy a house in South Africa in 2025?
The short answer is that it is cheaper to buy an existing house in South Africa but every year less so.
We bought a property without plans. The improvements on the property cover about sq mt of a 1 sq mt stand. The improvements consist of a 5 bedroom house, 3 bedroom house, staff quarters, a storeroom/salon and a double carport. The 2 houses and staff quarters is connected - one building. The carport and adjacent building forms another unit. I need a quote for drawing plans to the satisfaction of the Municipality of Mogale City.
We would like plans for our house, but would like to build it in two phases. The first part would be a small section on the house, with a small kitchen and living area, one bedroom and bathroom and then a loft over one side, which could act as a second bedroom. I would like the plans to have a second phase which would include a bigger living area, three more bedrooms on a second floor (one of those being the master with an en-suite bathroom), and a small laundry room.
Yes the double garage roof beams must be open at the bottom and the ceiling must only cover the main v shape. The garage is 7 x 7 meter and the bedroom 7 x 4meter. There must be a door from garage into main bedroom. The garage floor must have a smooth finish and bedroom tiled floor. The roof Harvey tiles. Garage with one big double door.
I want a 6 bedroom house with 2 kitchens, modern design. I want some angled walls inside the house, not just square straight. The house must must have a double slanted roof. I want the walls to have some cladding and a full glass wall somewhere. It should be a 3 garage home with enough bathrooms and very high ceilings in the open plan kitchen, dining, and living room, also in the main bedroom I would like high ceiling. I want a home library (office-like), but with a couch and quiet area. The rooms must be of bigger than average sizes, especially the bedrooms. Total land area is m2
Good day We are considering building on our garage (bedroom and bathroom) - checking the requirements of the existing structure regarding load capacity, potentially reinforcing foundations/walls and getting municipal building plans approved. Or any other requirements that I might not know of. Currently, we'd like to know what the costs will be for the plans (if the foundation would allow the building of a second storey) as well as the projected costs for the project.
I have a flat in Fourways bloubosrand that has cracks on the walls between the roof and the walls all around the flat. I have tried fixing then with cement but they seem to appear and disappear. I want to find the root cause so the disappear for good. I am in need of someone to examine the wall so i can bring the findings to the body corporate.
Farmhouse -4 bedroom house,main bed with walk in closet,bathroom with toillet,his and hers vanity,shower and bathtub,room should be spacious. 2nd and 3rd bedroom should have a shower and toilet.4th room should not have a bathroom. 1 bathroom with shower,toilet and bathtub for everyone. Food storage room,open plan spacious kitchen(kitchen will have an installed spacious freezer)lounge and dinning and an office. from to sqm
Hi, I have the approved current plans of my house on PDF. I am wanting to convert the garage into a granny flat. I have drawn the plans on what I want. I took civil /Technical drawing in high-school. So I just need them to be re-drawn to spec. I will submit the plans myself, so I just need them draw by a registered Draughtsman. Garage is currently 33m2 It will be expanded to 49m2 We have an existing carport on plan, that the addition will be built under.
We want to extend the current living room and remove the current walls separating the dining room, stoep and living room to make an open plan space. Due to the extension of the living room, we would require additional or new roof. We want to change the front of the house from current flat roof to a pitch roof with open trusses/rafters and isoboard thin ceiling inside the open plan space. The current plans show the extension to be about 53 square meters for the lounge and 11 square meters of current stoep. The span from left to right is estimated at 12.3 meters. We recently extended the garage space and needed the plans updated. The person already inserted the house extensions, but he assumed a lot of things such as the roof having a ceiling and thus drew 4 x columns inside the open plan space. I would prefer it if we can use trusses that don’t require columns and a low ceiling. I also suspect he used the old plan measurements when he drew the updated plan - so I am not % sure of the measurements indicated on his plan.
*Subject:* Quote Request for Aluminium Windows, Doors, and Roofing *Body:* Good day, I would like to request a quote for the following building materials: *Aluminium Windows & Doors:* - PTT (x1) - PTT (x6) - P (x2) - PT99 (x1) - Pivot Door (Front Entrance) (x1) - Pivot Door (Kitchen) (x1) *Roofing:* - IBR Sheets, 6.0m length (x30) For the IBR sheets, if you do not stock the 6.0-meter length, please quote me on the nearest available size you have. Thank you,