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Build cost estimate
Region
Cape Town & Winelands
Rates updated
October 2026

What will your build cost?

Answer a few questions to get a budget range based on current South African building rates, adjusted for where and how you're building. Add more detail for a tighter range, then send it to us and we'll talk it through.

1What are you planning?
2The basics
All levels, measured over the outside walls. Garages and basements are added separately below.
Rooms inside the existing house that will be reworked.
Living areas, bedrooms or passages, measured on plan.
Inside each unit. Stairs, lobbies and passages are added for you.
The site
Outside
3Add more detail Optional. Tightens the range.
How it's built
Inside
Energy, comfort and extras

4Talk it through with us

An estimate like this is a starting point. Send it to us and we'll look at your site, your brief and your budget together, and tell you honestly what it will take.

How this estimate works

Not included

  • Land, transfer duty, bond and legal costs
  • Municipal development charges and bulk services contributions
  • Town planning, rezoning, departures and heritage applications
  • Loose furniture, curtains, décor and landscaping beyond the allowance
  • Finance costs and interest during construction
  • Ground conditions or structural problems that only show once work starts