Category: Property Developer

Types of Residential Buildings – Homes to Build, Rent or Lease

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 …

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What is the Cost of Building a House & Other Types of Residential Units?

  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 …

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What the Quotation by a Replacement Cost Estimator Entails – Demolitions and Re-Building

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 …

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Hiring a Construction Cost Estimator / Quantity Surveyor

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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 …

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Why You Need a Construction Cost Estimator / Quantity Surveyor to Manage Your Building Project

Ask some random people at your workplace, your friend or an ordinary person in the streets what a Cost Estimator is. More often, they have no idea what that job title means .At least, the word Cost Estimator is self-explanatory for most people. Ask them what a Quantity Surveyor is and they are even more puzzled. Most of them …

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Building Costs Per Square Metre in South Africa 2024 – For New Luxury, Middle Class, Standard and Low-Cost Home – AECOM Report

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 …

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Building Costs Per Square Foot in the United States of America (USA) and Canada

Building Costs Per Square Foot in the United States of America (USA) and Canada The building costs per square foot in the United States of America (USA) depend on many factors. First, you have to keep in mind that building projects have their own unique aspects, thus if somebody in your neighbourhood built a house …

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Building Costs Per Square Foot in the United States of America (USA) and Canada – Single Family Homes

Building Costs Per Square Foot in the United States of America (USA) and Canada The building costs per square foot in the United States of America (USA) depend on many factors. First, you have to keep in mind that building projects have their own unique aspects, thus if somebody in your neighbourhood built a house …

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Building Plan Approval Fees and Town Planning Costs in South Africa

Are you planning to build a residential, commercial, industrial or educational facility in South Africa? Just like in any construction project around the world, building costs will include town planning fees charged by the municipality. Before you commence building a new house, extension , addition or making alterations to your existing dwelling on your residential …

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Building Plan Approval Fees and Town Planning Costs in South Africa

Are you planning to build a residential, commercial, industrial or educational facility in South Africa? Just like in any construction project around the world, building costs will include town planning fees charged by the municipality. Before you commence building a new house, extension , addition or making alterations to your existing dwelling on your residential …

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