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Buying and building in Cape Town

Building dreams

Sunday showhouses make house hunting in SA much nicer than it is in the UK. One can just wander in an out of a variety properties that are on sale, even those that are way out of your price range, and really get a feel for the market without signing up with agencies.

Laws regulating of the property market also make for a much more pleasant experience. Once a buyer has made an offer and a seller has accepted it both parties are legally bound to proceed and can’t just accept a better offer or just change their mind, as they can the UK so none of the gazumping nonsense that so many people suffer there.

Photo strip gallery of the renovation (scroll bar below)

  • Devils Peak, our house is where pink square is

  • This is what R1.5 million buys you

  • Table Mountain from our garden

  • Back door

  • Bad furniture & boxy little rooms

  • Demolition starts

  • Blowing the place up

  • The walls come down

  • Back door gets knocked through

  • Does this loo still work?

  • The bath in our bedroom

  • A stunning bedroom

  • View before neighbour builds second storey

  • Audi won't fit!

  • Deck goes up and Audi fits!

  • Deck is finished

  • View from lounge. (Bloody) Neighbour builds 2nd floor

  • Cooking up a kitchen

  • Matching the cupboards

  • Deck is ready for sundowners

  • Our blue "Beach House"

  • Our plan is open

  • Coming together

  • Wine racks need filling

  • Barbara gives her approval

  • Moon rising over Devil's Peak

There also seems to be less reason for conducting a structural survey, maybe because most of the houses are a lot younger than they are in the UK.

Perhaps we took a risk not doing a survey but we have done so much work to the house now and the builders have found nothing that we need to worry about … that is except the enormous and ever-rising cost.

My word, the cost! And it is not that we can even blame the builders as they have been absolutely consistently brilliant in sticking to their quote and timings, but every time we go to the house we have a new (brilliant) idea. We have had a great time adding and finessing and generally carrying on as if there is no budget restriction. Here is a little show of how our dream is taking shape!

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