Building Alterations
Adding Value to Your Home
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Building Alterations
Building alterations can be a great way to invest in your property and customize it to suit your family’s needs. However, it’s crucial to set a realistic budget that accounts for plans, council approval, building materials, labor, and fixtures. Planning the entire process from start to finish will help you avoid cutting corners and ensure the addition is both functional and valuable. Be prepared for possible delays, such as dust, noise, and disruptions, and secure necessary approvals before commencing work.
Why undertake building alterations?
Building alterations can be a means of investing in your home and personalising your home to provide for your family’s specific needs and desires.
Why undertake building alterations?
Building alterations can be a means of investing in your home and personalising your home to provide for your family’s specific needs and desires.
Alterations may seem a fairly simple process to handle, but there are some common risks homeowners can avoid.
Mistakes to Avoid When Planning a Room Addition:
Set a realistic budget – Don’t underestimate the cost involved.
The most important element to consider before adding a room to your home is your current budget. Never undertake a construction project without carefully setting a budget and shopping around for comparative quotations.
Your renovation budget should cover the following:
• Drafting of plans, council approval and building labour
• Building material costs for room structure, including roof, electrical points, plumbing outlets, specific floor or wall coverings.
• The fixtures and fittings required for your building alteration.
• The size and style of the room.
• Do not cut corners – cheaper is not always better
Planning from beginning to end, will ensure your room addition is functional and adds value to your home. Having a working plan in place will ensure that you keep to your original intention and budget for the room.
- Be prepared for project delays
- While adding a room may not seem as annoying as renovating a kitchen or bathroom, it is by no means trouble-free.
- Make sure you are prepared for the dust, noise and the logistics involved, you may not have access to a certain part of your house.
- Bad weather can also cause unanticipated delays.
- Importantly, get the necessary approvals before giving the building contractor the go ahead.
Our Home Improvement Service Areas
Our Building Contractor and Home Renovation Service Areas include:
Sandton: Fourways, Sunninghill, Woodmead, Bryanston, Illovo, Rivonia, Petervale, Edenburg, Gallo Manor, Wendywood, Kramerville, Benmore Gardens, Parkmore, Sandhurst, Wynberg, Inanda, Hyde Park, Buccleuth and other Sandton suburbs.
Our builders also operate in the West Rand and Randburg areas.
Our Home Improvement Services include:
Paving, Tilling & Cadding
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