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.
Break a wall to prepare for a 2.4m sliding door.
Remove,existing steel doors and frames at seevant's quarters and replace. Prepare the walls where rising damp caused damage and repaint. Repair/ replace gutters and downpipes where required ( half the house has been done), attend to fascia boards and external ceilings where required and possibly damlseal and paint brick boundary wall.
2 storey 3 bedroom house (1 x ensuite) 1 x shared bathroom 1 x downstairs toilet, with lounge, utility room, kitchen diner and 1 x garage + storage area. Any attached examples are just idea templates and not the complete design proposal
Removing the old front wall and building the new one