Feb 16
Building a House – Buy Land, Residential Lot or Plot After you have found the best location or neighbourhood to build a house, you should search for land or a residential plot to buy in that location. There are many ways to find plots or land for sale in a specific location. From real estate …
Feb 16
After the Architect or Building Designer has produced drawings of your proposed house, you have to calculate the cost of construction. One of the mistakes that clients make is leaving building cost estimating in the hands of the contractor or an engineer who is working on the project. Let’s be honest, a building …
Feb 16
The next step after choosing a location and buying land to build your house is getting an Architect or Certified Building Designer to design your house. What is the difference between an Architect and Building Designer? To start with, both the Architect and Building Designer can design residential houses, and they can help clients …
Feb 16
Architectural 3D Modelling is something that an Architect is familiar with, especially if the designer is well-versed with software like ArchiCAD. Engineering design also involves a lot of computer-based 3D modelling. When it comes to BIM, an acronym for Building Information Modelling, you have to imagine an architectural modelling platform that is open to …
Feb 15
There are many advantages to building and having your own house or residential property. In this regard, there are two types of property owners – the homeowner who wants to have their own custom designed home and the property developer who builds residential buildings for selling or renting. If you intend to build a house …
Feb 15
The cost to build a house depends on specific factors which may not be obvious to a client but clearly laid out by a construction estimator. Building a house is a complex process which takes into account the client needs to begin with, but during the planning stage, when feasibility studies are done, a …
Feb 15
A replacement cost estimator is needed when you are planning to demolish and rebuild your home or any type of property that you own, for example an office building, industrial facility or apartments. You will also need a replacement consultant when you lose a home through man-made accidents and catastrophic natural phenomena. Facility managers are …
Feb 15
A construction cost estimator is a professional who prepares cost estimates for your building plans. This professional also provides contract management during the building phase, overseeing the valuation of work done and managing costs until the final account is negotiated and settled at the end of the project. If you are a client who intends …
Jan 17
Building Costs Per Square Metre in South Africa – How Much is a New Luxury, Middle Class, Standard and Low-Cost Home? How Much Does It Cost to Build a Mansion or Villa? [ez-toc] Building Costs Per Square Metre in South Africa – AECOM 2023/2024 Report Shown below is the estimated cost of building residential property …
Jan 17
[ez-toc] CONTENTS: Building Costs 2023 – 2024 Building Costs 2021 Building Costs 2015 BUILDING COSTS IN SOUTH AFRICA – 2023 to 2024 The latest building costs in South Africa based on STATSSA end-of-year statistical release P5041.1 October 2023 are shown below. This should give you an indication of building costs in 2024. For more detailed …
