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I NEED A BUILDER
Often the first thought on your mind when you or your beloved want to add on that extra room, or convert the roof eaves to a decent braai area. "Oh! We have time you say", baby is only due in 6 months, or the nephew's 21st is only in 3 months, so. "We have plenty time!".
Oh suffer my bleeding heart, if you have yet not started, 6 months, 'ain't gonna cut it'.
So what sort of builder do you need? Well surely they should be registered; with who? The NHBRC (National Home Builders Registration Council), why, well if you property is bonded, and even if you have cash set aside, you will still need the NHBRC registered builder.
Why? Because the NHBRC is there to regulate and control the output quality of the builder's end product, and essentially YOU and YOUR BOND. In short, without the NHBRC, the bank would be circumventing the very control they helped establish in the first place.
What about the CIDB? Oh very well, what about it you say? They are primarily there to regulate the industry in albeit in a slightly different manner, their job is regulation all the same. What is the difference you may ask?
Simply in a nut shell:-
NHBRC - Quality Control, Future comeback Post Construction, Residential Projects
Organisation set up by the Financial Industry to protect the Bond Holder, and ultimately themselves.
CIDB - Quality Control, Capability Control in terms of Financial Capability, and Skill, Any Projects, particularly Government Funded.
Organisation set up by the Government to Control the Industry, and protect the Government, ultimately the Voter or Beneficiary

But you first asked for a Builder, because why, you wanted to do that little extension, "Oh to hell with the plans!".
Simply put - NO PLAN - NO RIGHT TO OCCUPATION!!
Don't waste your time, go see a Plan Drawer, Technician, Architect, Draughtsman, whatever level of advice and skill you are willing to pay for, go see them, and get the advice.
WHY! Oh why? Do you speak to the toothbrush salesman and take his advice because, a "Dentist" is what you will need at the end of the day!
Would you ever take your Wife, Child, Husband, Family member to see an unregistered Doctor? Never! So why do you go to an unregistered Building Contractor?

To Construction Industry participants

Plenty of the average people who wish to build houses do not have proper plans, and because of that, they cannot qualify for NHBRC or Bond Holder support. The plans many have also fall far short of the SANS 10400 (Previously National Building Regulations 1990) and as such cannot be approved by the Municipality or a Building Control Officer in the municipal role.

These days plans (any structure over 1m2 in area, and over 1m above the ground) have to comply with the following:-

Prepared by a SACAP registered individual (Architectural Professional)
SANS 10400 and NHBRC requirements.

To this end I have developed a series of standard plans in the range of 60 to 125 m2 sizes, These I am in the process of drawing up and preparing for submission and use by the individual clients.

I NEED AGENTS TO RESELL THESE PLANS OR CONTRACTORS TO UTILISE THESE PLANS - 10% PLAN FEE AS BENEFIT OR REWARD

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IF YOU CAN SEE THIS AS A BUSINESS VENTURE TO PARTAKE IN, I CAN PROVIDE THE NECCESSARY DOCUMENTATION

For the time being, you will find attached the following:-

1. Fee Schedule for the Clients Eyes to show where the fee is derived from

2. A3 Sample Plan set with 3D options illustrated in colour

a. The Sketches are in A3 size, you can use for the clients to choose their plan, (preferably hard copy), but the plans should be kept and displayed on the tablet.



FINAL DOCUMENTS

9. Final documents will be couried to the Agent:- (WAITING PERIOD CAN BE UP TO 14 DAYS)

a. A1 sized drawings consisting of:- (6 copies - 4 for submission and 2 for construction)

i. Plan Section & Elevations with annotation as per SANS 10400 requirements

ii. Door & Window Schedules, Details & layout drawings for construction

b. A4 documents (2 copies) (signed by myself) for submission of plans to the relevant municipality

i. Municipal Application Form

ii. SANS 10400 Form

iii. SACAP Compliance Certificate



Well that should outline the requirements from my side. Please contact me for further detail.