Renovations and waterproofing in Durbanville

Durbanville sits high and open on the northern edge of the city, which is good for views and hard on walls. The north-westerly front that comes through in winter drives rain almost horizontally into west and north-facing facades, and any crack in the plaster or gap around a window becomes an entry point rather than a cosmetic problem. The older houses near the town centre were built with plaster on brick, often with a damp course that has since failed. That shows up as rising damp at skirting level, paint that bubbles back within a season, and a smell in the rooms that face the ground. Newer estates have the opposite problem: the waterproofing is recent but the detailing at parapets, balconies and roof junctions is where it leaks. We work on both. That includes single-storey family homes in Vierlanden and Goedemoed, townhouse complexes where the body corporate needs a scope it can approve, and older properties where the renovation has to respect a structure worth keeping.