Very much clever and rare idea to document the building of the house and the relevant costs thereof. It'll be more interesting if you could also include the value of the stand. Overall great content.
stands are merely something separate, as a contractor i come across a lot of these land values that increase over time due to the development of the area
@@aluwanimoyo4093 😅 home style this one. Enjoyments lol the guys where putting on a show. We work hard, we just not working for ourselves. I'm Proud of us.
In 1980 my uncle built a 4 bedroom house, three bathrooms, two lounges, dining room and a huge kitchen in a small town. Including the price of the stand, and all the extras, like flooring, plumbing, baths and showers, basins kitchen fitted cupboards, stove and a pool, the total cost was R48 000. It was one of the most beautiful houses in town. It sold for R2.5 million in 2009. How much will a house like this cost in 2053?
R 48,000.00 from October 1980 would be worth R 1,497,081.08 in June 2024. Your uncle was already rich that's a lot of money. But still a million profit.
Roof is the most expensive part of building a house; I recall getting a quotation in January 2022 simply to get a rough idea of how much I needed to save; it was about R72k when I went back in May 2022 to purchase; it was around R91K when I returned home I cried real tears shame. and with the additional materials that I had to purchase, it increased to +- 106k.
Good overview. The only advise I can add always have room for unforeseen cost. lets say proj estimation are at 500k, always have 100k to accommodate unforeseen.
Very informative video brother, however construction Costs vary according to province, KZN being the most expensive place to build due to difference in material and labour costs, followed by Guateng and Western Province. Architectural and professional fees are much more than alocated on this video (professionally from 9.5% to 14% of the project costs). Also always have 10% to 15% of contingency fees (travelling, accomodation, meals, unforeseen costs). I think this is a powerful platform to feed & lead our potential clients with informative knowledge in the right direction. 🙏🏾
If you go to his paperwork video he explains why his arch fee was so low. He'd already designed the house and only want the drawings for the city. He explicitly refused any other design/arch services which is where your 14% project cost service fee would come in.
Wow I had to see this in the morning. Now I will be precise in my prayers 😅 A quick question: are the costs you showed us for the labour or what you spent with material? Thank you.
Well done buddy.🎉🎉 Building your own house remains cheaper than buying it through the bank but the stress of building, the builder making mistakes then says he will rectify when he plaster or making you purchase extra unnecessary materials just for you to return it is something else. I went through hell, just glad I'm done with those guys. Now I'm left with flooring, ceiling and painting 😅
This is a best Chanel, and can help lot of people understand a work needed to be done to complete a project and estimate, however I question the price's and quality of the work.
This is really awesome ,thanks for this , I just subscribed ,always wanted to know the costs and details , please provide more info in future such as possible narration and more details , how many rooms , was the cost of labour incl etc , thanks so much once again
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Don't let them overcharge you, work with paper and agreements. My tiler tried that, I pulled up the contract and pulled up the invoices I paid... then they go quiet. There are chancers out there, don't fall for them.
I know it's all relative between the cost of living in different countries, but I wish I could build a masonry house for $24,000 USD! You'll probably only get the foundation for that amount here in the US if your lucky (25Mpa concrete mix itself is about $234 USD per cubic meter).
We have many families moving from the US to South Africa because of dirt-cheap properties in SA because of the strength of the US dollar, the average of the couples is 50 yrs, and they usually buy off-plan or finished homes! I will check a link to one of the UA-cam! By the way, I spent a few months in Bethesda, Maryland, and Colombus, Georgia! You have a beautiful country, but the cost of living there is astronomical! Let me not forget to say that South Africa is the most beautiful country in the world! 😍
I’d say this build price is actually a lot more expensive than it should be. Getting ready made delivered concrete truck instead of hand mixing on site. Using clay bricks instead of concrete m120 block. Getting in an external company to rough in all electric - which you can do urself. I built a 2 bedroom apartment on next to my house - cost me $7000 to build the slab, block frame, plaster and electric, roof, ceiling, meranti wooden bi fold doors, and windows. I kept costs down further by taking roof tiles from another house (1500 tiles), I also did polished concrete floors (stain and seal) - which was very low cost. A few years later, when we needed the apartment for family … I spent $10 000 and finished the bathroom (dual shower, toilet and tile). Tiled throughout the unit. I built the entire kitchen and scullery myself and installed granite myself. I used professional labor for plumbing (although I went and purchased all materials at cost). The entire build and finishing - I used 2 Swazi guys. I find that 2 guys are almost as productive as 6 for most of the work as there’s less chatting. I’ve done 38 building projects over the years, incl 18 seperate rooms.
Indeed, he was overcharged in some of these calculations. I have done my own based on prices (in the Northern Cape though) and it is much higher in this video. On top of all of that, there is still a lot of work to do. This was just the start.
Have you averaged it out over a price per sq m for the build? I built a 2 bed apartment on my property a few years back, worked with 2 laborers over a year on weekends … I did all the electric, plumbing and tiling/finishing myself. The did the brick/block and slab and plastering … we mixed it all by hand on site
This is what i was looking for. I love the overall breakdown. Maybe just to be a bit selfish. It would be nice at the beginning to mention the size of the house/dimensions (per square meter) and how many rooms. And also add a comment of the sub-breakdowns of the main breakdowns you have here. Example (Paper work includes house plan, Government approval docs, deed etc). But thats just me being selfish. None the less this is exceptional.
This gave me anxiety as im planning to rather buy land and build than buy ready made property. Im breathing by the wound right now. Imali engaka!!!! Thanks for the info
I calculated R450k ad there is still so much to do like tiling, painting, bathrooms etc. Whoever told s that building from scratch is cheaper smokes cheap drugs. One needs roughly 1 metre to build a decent home
@@Cent51 how can i be in contact with you guys? I need to build my own home in the Eastern Cape and I’ve raised more than a RMillion already. I would love to kick off things from August (2024) this year. Note: I’ve budgeted for Labour outside of the building costs already
Must add paint, landscaping, tiling, kitchen cabinets, bedroom cabinets, doors, locks, lights, etc. I'm assuming this property once completed will cost around 1.4m (470k +520k land = 1 million already) Property building isn't cheap.
FYI "Paperwork" does not include the plan, bakwethu. Though the video does show the plans, but architectural services are not included from this very small fee.
Good job, but next time use 152x38 for beam 114x38 for brazing bese ukhanda amakapa ngawo umangabe ukhanda I roofing.... Asbonge bhut'omdala all the way from KZN
Hi Thanks for your videos, they are really helpful. Very appreciative of the efforts of putting these together Just wanted to know, these amounts mentioned here, were/are they both labour and material or how are they calculated please If you may advise Thanks
Hi, yes the amounts include both labour and material. I'll be posting step by step videos soon which will include detailed videos of costs for each stage. I'll share the labour costs for each stage in those videos. One thing to mention however is that my own personal labour cost is not included. I personally did most of the measurements, technical decisions and project management for "free". If you are using an experienced NHBRC registered builder you should add anything between R100k - R800k for builders professional fees.
About R550K on the projects according to those numbers. Are the contractors labour costs included in this etc... If you narrated the video, would have been so great. How many rooms here?
We need more of these contents in South Africa
Your correct it's more relatable
And no half-naked girls dancing?
on behalf of foreigners i support your word
from this one can have a target amount which is not so speculative
True
Me who is young ,having R10 in my account but watching this with so much interest😂❤. Thank you, this was very educational
One day you will build a house too, and who knows you might build one more expensive than this,
Preparations my dear when you are ready you'll know what to do ❤
@@kedumetsemanguba137so true
Damn, this is lovely. I calculated R463,674 🥰🥰
He paid R517k for land add to that
Building is super costly yeses.
Does that cost include materials or it’s only labour costs
@@nsika_xululifetime.
and then there's labour too
Very much clever and rare idea to document the building of the house and the relevant costs thereof. It'll be more interesting if you could also include the value of the stand. Overall great content.
@buildwithtim doing the same thing…you should check him out
stands are merely something separate, as a contractor i come across a lot of these land values that increase over time due to the development of the area
@@Armstrongthabang just came from that Tim channel. All I can say is people out there are living well
Ones these prices include labour
Saving500k 😢
Now this is the content that must infiltrate our feeds. Thank you gents!
This helped me so much as I’m planning to build my small 4 room
Can I do the painting of your house
4 rooms are small😂😂
How do u charge for a four bedroom house@@EVERYTHINGMALEMA
This is the most valuable video. Thank u for this
No bond is the way to go
I remember the funny conversations instead of the prices 😂😂😂😂😂
"UMama ubalekile"
😂 I know right! I'm so glad they didn't just try to cover that with music
@@aluwanimoyo4093 😅 home style this one.
Enjoyments lol the guys where putting on a show.
We work hard, we just not working for ourselves.
I'm Proud of us.
Take responsibility 😅😅
Lol Take responsibility 😅
In 1980 my uncle built a 4 bedroom house, three bathrooms, two lounges, dining room and a huge kitchen in a small town. Including the price of the stand, and all the extras, like flooring, plumbing, baths and showers, basins kitchen fitted cupboards, stove and a pool, the total cost was R48 000. It was one of the most beautiful houses in town. It sold for R2.5 million in 2009. How much will a house like this cost in 2053?
R 48,000.00 from October 1980 would be worth R 1,497,081.08 in June 2024. Your uncle was already rich that's a lot of money. But still a million profit.
@@BaSingTales He did not do it cash though. He took a bond and paid it off over 20 years.
@@BaSingTalesi think you're missing the point, or im reading incorrectly
The good old days....how we wish we can just build at even double that price.
Thank you so much for your transparency. This is eye opening unique and refreshing content.
Roof is the most expensive part of building a house; I recall getting a quotation in January 2022 simply to get a rough idea of how much I needed to save; it was about R72k when I went back in May 2022 to purchase; it was around R91K when I returned home I cried real tears shame. and with the additional materials that I had to purchase, it increased to +- 106k.
If the foundations are not done properly, the whole house because stupid expensive.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 sorry to laugh but it's the "real tears" emphasis that gets me 🤣
5,000 usd isn’t a lot of money
@@tonyrossifyin south africa it kinda is
Why did it go up by almost 40% in just 3 months?
Good overview. The only advise I can add always have room for unforeseen cost. lets say proj estimation are at 500k, always have 100k to accommodate unforeseen.
LEGIT!!! otherwise youl cry tears of pain 😢
Leo, I need your advice bro.
Surely you'll need an extra 50% just in case
I totally agree with yoy
I did the calculations for yall
1: Paperwork 23 400
2 Site Preparations 14 557
3 Foundation 107 635
4 Brick Walls 72 492
5 Roof 102 300
6 Windows 30 932
7 Rough Electric 19 616
8 Plaster 38 892
9 Ceiling 19 746
10 Rough Plumbing 34 104
The whole thing adds to R463 674
You haven't calculated the labour cost
@@confidencentombifuthi9977 it's included in the prices shown
Way cheaper than buying an existing structure
How much did they purchase the land for? That's not included
How many rooms that is very important Question to give full picture without number of rooms it meaningless
Thanks
So interesting to see your costs against ours here in George. Cool content you guys have!
Nice! I just watched your George house video. Interesting.
I am yet to see finished product 😊
All the best!
Very informative video brother, however construction Costs vary according to province, KZN being the most expensive place to build due to difference in material and labour costs, followed by Guateng and Western Province. Architectural and professional fees are much more than alocated on this video (professionally from 9.5% to 14% of the project costs). Also always have 10% to 15% of contingency fees (travelling, accomodation, meals, unforeseen costs).
I think this is a powerful platform to feed & lead our potential clients with informative knowledge in the right direction.
🙏🏾
I thought EC was the most expensive due to the fact that everything is far.
If you go to his paperwork video he explains why his arch fee was so low. He'd already designed the house and only want the drawings for the city. He explicitly refused any other design/arch services which is where your 14% project cost service fee would come in.
Wow I had to see this in the morning. Now I will be precise in my prayers 😅 A quick question: are the costs you showed us for the labour or what you spent with material? Thank you.
How much was labour…or was it included in your price breakdown?
How many rooms?
@@ChooseU4ever I also think EC is the most expensive - this is also particularly reflected in the prices in their housing market - especially EL.
Best building content to ever come out.
Nice to see you guys document this build like my build!
Thank you for this video...straight to the agenda!
Thanks very much for videoing the process of building your house and sharing the costs. Very helpful 👍
This is excellent, I hope your projects are going well!
Well done buddy.🎉🎉
Building your own house remains cheaper than buying it through the bank but the stress of building, the builder making mistakes then says he will rectify when he plaster or making you purchase extra unnecessary materials just for you to return it is something else.
I went through hell, just glad I'm done with those guys. Now I'm left with flooring, ceiling and painting 😅
This is a best Chanel, and can help lot of people understand a work needed to be done to complete a project and estimate, however I question the price's and quality of the work.
For those who are asking how many room is it, it's a 3 bedroom, 2 and a half bath (one en suite) with a kitchen and a lounge.
How much can this house sell for?
everything looks professionally done....👊👊👏👏
Thanks this house is already looking good building is hectic no cheap I can't wait to see the final product 😀
I have a dream of building my mother a beautiful big home one day and, watching this video just inspired and motivated me ❤. Grateful for such content
Yeah this video is eye opening...I'm planning to budget for my place
Great content big brother man 👍🏾👍🏾 thanks for the detailed information, which is a great guide
Thanks to whoever made this video.
This is really awesome ,thanks for this , I just subscribed ,always wanted to know the costs and details , please provide more info in future such as possible narration and more details , how many rooms , was the cost of labour incl etc , thanks so much once again
Keep up the good work. This is amazing to see
Zimbabwean brothers thanks for a nice job ,your labour is greatly appriceated !!!!
And olso overcharging
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Don't let them overcharge you, work with paper and agreements.
My tiler tried that, I pulled up the contract and pulled up the invoices I paid... then they go quiet. There are chancers out there, don't fall for them.
You're doing the Lord's work keeping us informed. Thanks!
Yes we need more videos like this... thank you for sharing it gives so idea for us that want to build
this is a great video, straight to the point
I know it's all relative between the cost of living in different countries, but I wish I could build a masonry house for $24,000 USD! You'll probably only get the foundation for that amount here in the US if your lucky (25Mpa concrete mix itself is about $234 USD per cubic meter).
For perspective, the minimum wage in South Africa is $1.30 USD per hour.
We have many families moving from the US to South Africa because of dirt-cheap properties in SA because of the strength of the US dollar, the average of the couples is 50 yrs, and they usually buy off-plan or finished homes! I will check a link to one of the UA-cam! By the way, I spent a few months in Bethesda, Maryland, and Colombus, Georgia! You have a beautiful country, but the cost of living there is astronomical! Let me not forget to say that South Africa is the most beautiful country in the world! 😍
I’d say this build price is actually a lot more expensive than it should be.
Getting ready made delivered concrete truck instead of hand mixing on site.
Using clay bricks instead of concrete m120 block.
Getting in an external company to rough in all electric - which you can do urself.
I built a 2 bedroom apartment on next to my house - cost me $7000 to build the slab, block frame, plaster and electric, roof, ceiling, meranti wooden bi fold doors, and windows.
I kept costs down further by taking roof tiles from another house (1500 tiles), I also did polished concrete floors (stain and seal) - which was very low cost.
A few years later, when we needed the apartment for family … I spent $10 000 and finished the bathroom (dual shower, toilet and tile). Tiled throughout the unit. I built the entire kitchen and scullery myself and installed granite myself. I used professional labor for plumbing (although I went and purchased all materials at cost).
The entire build and finishing - I used 2 Swazi guys. I find that 2 guys are almost as productive as 6 for most of the work as there’s less chatting.
I’ve done 38 building projects over the years, incl 18 seperate rooms.
@@JDAfrica well said🤍
How much can you sell this house for if you built it for 24k
This channel is going far
Omg no unnecessary talking, thank you for the vid 👌🏾
WATCHING FROM NORTH CAROLINA 😊
The video is very informative. Would really like to know if the costs include labour as well?
Subscribed, notifications & sharing
Great content, just maybe next time add give us a total, and maybe add add the data on the description it would be nice to read some details about it
Betway would finance this project well
Dope video dude. Really help a lot as iam thinking of building rather than buying an existing structure
Extremely grateful. Thank you
as a future homeowner this was very informative 🤍
Respect... thanks for the transparency
Thank you gents for this vid keep the hard work up masekinnes😌🔥👏🏼
damn to think I built a house bigger than this for less than 300k, I guess location matters right?
Where is your house ma guy?
Even construction companies.
Some prices were steep I build 3 bachelor pads 4 yrs ago 25 square meter each Ive spend 200k for everything
@@bontlephushudi1437 you lie! Where was this? In a township somewhere? Were they en-suite with their own balconies?
Indeed, he was overcharged in some of these calculations. I have done my own based on prices (in the Northern Cape though) and it is much higher in this video. On top of all of that, there is still a lot of work to do. This was just the start.
Very nice videos I have watched almost all of them great content
Have you averaged it out over a price per sq m for the build?
I built a 2 bed apartment on my property a few years back, worked with 2 laborers over a year on weekends … I did all the electric, plumbing and tiling/finishing myself.
The did the brick/block and slab and plastering … we mixed it all by hand on site
Maybe add the total costs at the end of your video - would add to it in a good way. Great video!
Yes but I believe with enough research and the right supplies and supplier , paramount costs can be reduced
Thanks for such insightful video, this is good content 👌
This is what i was looking for. I love the overall breakdown. Maybe just to be a bit selfish. It would be nice at the beginning to mention the size of the house/dimensions (per square meter) and how many rooms.
And also add a comment of the sub-breakdowns of the main breakdowns you have here. Example (Paper work includes house plan, Government approval docs, deed etc). But thats just me being selfish. None the less this is exceptional.
Does this prices also include labour?
Thanks for sharing this, it can help a lot of people
This is very helpful my bro,tnku so kuch n keep u e good work
Where is that house built, seems like material is very cheap in that location.
For Gauteng the quotes are reasonable, but in Limpopo you can build a similar house for R250k if you self manage the project
Do you think so for other areas like north west and Jan too?
At the coast you will pay 3 times more at least.
this channel has got me thinking. thx DIYBuiderZA
This gave me anxiety as im planning to rather buy land and build than buy ready made property. Im breathing by the wound right now. Imali engaka!!!! Thanks for the info
This is good , we need more of these videos
Detailed video. Beautiful house altogether and that neighbourhood is coming out nice.
Quick ques whats your floor area?
Darkie wa Spana ema nyana joe. All these mega structures mo mzansi ke mense ba rena.
I calculated R450k ad there is still so much to do like tiling, painting, bathrooms etc. Whoever told s that building from scratch is cheaper smokes cheap drugs. One needs roughly 1 metre to build a decent home
R450k is only 23,000 USD
@@blkimble by saying "only" are you implying that it's small money?
@@sizakeletwala8033 in USD, yes, very small
@@blkimble 23000 is still a lot to USA citizens
@@sizakeletwala8033 how much can you sell this house for after it’s built ?
Hi please share size of building and province as costs are also influenced by such
looks like it's about 116sqm according to the building plans he showed at the start of the video
Eita madjita!!meditation!!! Beautiful workmanship!
Quick question. How big is the house? Square meters? (Under roof) That would put these values in perspective...thank you for your transparency.
Approximately 140sqm
@@Cent51 how can i be in contact with you guys? I need to build my own home in the Eastern Cape and I’ve raised more than a RMillion already. I would love to kick off things from August (2024) this year.
Note: I’ve budgeted for Labour outside of the building costs already
Must add paint, landscaping, tiling, kitchen cabinets, bedroom cabinets, doors, locks, lights, etc. I'm assuming this property once completed will cost around 1.4m (470k +520k land = 1 million already)
Property building isn't cheap.
In the Northern Cape, for that price, the house would be way better!
Thank you for this, ⭐️
Thank you, this video was an excellent idea.
FYI "Paperwork" does not include the plan, bakwethu. Though the video does show the plans, but architectural services are not included from this very small fee.
Thanks for the video.
About 425, I wonder how much the how will be worth once completed and furnished
Thanx brother we need this kind of content
Siyabonga kakhulu mfowthu for this. Please tell us how big was the house e.g. how many badrooms and overall cost?
3 bedroom
Good job, but next time use 152x38 for beam 114x38 for brazing bese ukhanda amakapa ngawo umangabe ukhanda I roofing.... Asbonge bhut'omdala all the way from KZN
Yoh!! Ay ziyakhala🤣🤣.. yeer! Thank you for sharing this my brother.. you just gained a new sub🔥🔥
Beautiful video thankx a lot❤. If its possible please include site and total labour
This type of content 👌🏾🔥🔥 keep up bro
Really it's a motivation, love it than bond house
Nice to see price kwenza nokuthi sibeke imali efunekayo❤
Cries in foundation, thank you for this video 🎉
It was beautiful yo watch. Thank you ❤
great content vele a house is important but our priorities are not the same
Hi
Thanks for your videos, they are really helpful. Very appreciative of the efforts of putting these together
Just wanted to know, these amounts mentioned here, were/are they both labour and material or how are they calculated please
If you may advise
Thanks
Hi, yes the amounts include both labour and material. I'll be posting step by step videos soon which will include detailed videos of costs for each stage. I'll share the labour costs for each stage in those videos.
One thing to mention however is that my own personal labour cost is not included. I personally did most of the measurements, technical decisions and project management for "free". If you are using an experienced NHBRC registered builder you should add anything between R100k - R800k for builders professional fees.
I see no cavity walls
Can I hire you guys to extend my kitchen hleee bathong . This Info is indeed helpful .
@@diybuilderza howzit, can you give me a contact number? I have an upcoming project I'd like you to assist me with.
@@alexcope8142 those are only mandatory on coastal areas
I hope amajita are getting paid well because this is hard work.
This was so satisfying to watch 😍😁😁
About R550K on the projects according to those numbers. Are the contractors labour costs included in this etc... If you narrated the video, would have been so great. How many rooms here?
Not included, usually, labour cost is roughly 35-40 % of the cost of all material & contracting
Be patient he just started this channel. It takes time to do these things. Narration is not easy
He's said it's included
Included but not his own labour, he did some of the work himself.
Total costs (So far) R463 674
Now I understand why so many people are going the Nutec route in building a house on a plot.
Very informative thanks brother
Beautiful content. Well done👌🏽
Good video. Don't forget to add the price of the land.
Thank you so much, informative content.
very informative and interesting video
Thanks for this information.
This is great! Thank you