Articles related to "NHBRC"
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The value of professional advice when building
You need expert advice when building a home. It is worth paying for a professional now, as this may save you a substantial amount later.
Property Advice
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Property Power
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25 Nov 2015
How to choose the right building contractor
Your building project can turn into a nightmare if you don’t choose your contractor carefully. Learn what to look for and what to avoid.
Lifestyle and Decor
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Jackie Gray-Parker
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02 Oct 2015
A guide to buying property off-plan
Find out everything you need to know about buying a new property from a developer.
Property Advice
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The Property Guide
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18 Sep 2015
Is your builder NHBRC registered?
With a residential property development boom being predicted in Cape Town (according a recent article in a leading Cape newspaper), one is made aware of the extensive building that is taking place in many of the surrounding ...
Lifestyle and Decor
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Tahir Desai
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08 Apr 2015
Do you have to pay a bad builder?
You’re busy putting up a new house. Your builders haven’t performed, and you’re reluctant to pay until they do. And - big and - you’ve heard that the Constitutional Court recently found that the builder doesn’t actually have a ...
Lifestyle and Decor
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Lea Jacobs
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02 Apr 2015
How to choose the right contractor
Your plans have been drawn up, and your finances are in place. There’s just one more hurdle before you can start your new building project: finding yourself a contractor.
What should you know about the company or person you’re ...
Lifestyle and Decor
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Martin Hatchuel
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26 Feb 2015
Home inspection industry in for a shake-up?
Cowboy home inspectors watch out! A new bill will seek to define and regulate their role in the property industry.
The Estate Agents Affairs Board (EAAB) recently announced that the Property Practitioner’s Bill is being ...
News
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Jacqueline Gray
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05 Feb 2015
Should I buy or build a house?
It’s probably the oldest question in the property investment book: should I build my next home, or buy an existing one?
The very fact that this question has had such a long and illustrious ...
Lifestyle and Decor
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Martin Hatchuel
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23 Oct 2014
Expect more building failures as South Africans flout regulations
Fatal building failures in South Africa, like the collapse of a new Tongaat shopping mall, will proliferate due to a lack of adequate policing of building standards and of building materials.
The Tongaat building collapse was ...
Lifestyle and Decor
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John Graham
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04 Dec 2013
Think Before You Build
After sifting through the property market for months, you come to the conclusion that the only way you are ever going to have the home you truly want is to have it custom built.
Building your own home carries with it a number of ...
Lifestyle and Decor
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Jackie Gray-Parker
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05 Sep 2013
