Home renovations in Cape Town

A whole-house renovation is not one big job. It is a dozen jobs that have to happen in the right order, and the order is what separates a smooth project from a house that is open for months. Structural work before services. Services before closing walls. Waterproofing before finishes. Finishes before the snag list. Cape Town's housing stock makes this more interesting than it sounds. A 1950s Goodwood house has solid brick walls, no cavity and a damp course that may or may not still work. A 1970s Bellville house may have been extended twice, each time with a roof tied into the last one. A newer Durbanville home has modern services but detailing at parapets and balconies that was value-engineered at construction. We plan around the structure you actually have. Sometimes that means keeping a wall that a plan said to remove, because it is carrying more than the drawing showed. Sometimes it means opening a room differently to avoid moving a drain. We will always tell you which is which, and what each option costs, before demolition starts.