Caland Construction
Building Construction in Cape Town

Recommended home renovators, Call the Caland group now for a Quote. Possibly the best building contractors in Cape Town, kitchen renovations, building alterations, renovators, home improvements in Cape Town. View some Before and after home renovation photos, of work completed. You can call us now for a quote.

With so much choice for home improvement contractors as well as building contractors offering to do renovations to your home, it can be quite a daunting task to find the right building contractor to suite your building requirements. The Caland group has been delivering quality, expert workmanship in the building industry for the last 15 years. You can view many before and after photos for Building alterations, renovations, as well as new homes that we have built for clients in our project gallery. With close supervision of the building project, monitoring and clear concise planning and execution of project time lines, we pride ourselves on completion of our projects within the allocated time frame. Great communication with our clients is extremely important to us, so that our clients are well informed and part of the process and decision making when they are called upon to make selections for their finishes. Our projects are carefully planned prior to commencement, so that there is a smooth transition and workflow at all times. We will appoint the necessary engineers, should they be needed, as well as give the necessary guidance during the design process so that the building project does not exceed your required budget. We only use qualified contractors and tradesmen, that have been part of our team for many years, thus delivering a very high standard of workmanship on all our projects. Below is a basic guide as to the process and important points to be aware of when going through the selection process of appointing your building contractor to perform the Building alterations for you on your project. This covers all aspects, renovations, building alterations, home improvements, essentially any work or modifications that you intend carrying out on your property. First and foremost, you would need to get plans drawn up for your proposed project based on what your requirements and budget is. All home owners planning to renovate, excluding internal renovations, which are not of a structural nature, must comply with certain fire regulations, as well as all the general guidelines that is set out by the local municipality or if applicable the Homeowners associations, must make an application for approval of their plans, before commencing work on site. This should be one of the first considerations in planning alterations or building renovations, closely followed by careful consideration of the impact of the building on your neighbours. This will give you a clear idea of what you can expect as the end product. The plans can then be given to the contractor to do a bill of materials and cost the project for you. Once you are satisfied that the building plans are complete as per your brief and the contract price is within your allocated budget, then only will the plans be submitted to the local municipalities building control department for approval. Should the Renovation or building alteration require mass ground excavations, plumbing drainage, new electrical connections, pool installations, boundary walls, fencing any structural changes then a building plan needs to be submitted to the Local building council. All types of Building Renovations, building alterations, home improvements must have all the necessary requirements in place prior to commencement of the building work. The scrutiny fee is then calculated based on the extent of the work planned, which must then be paid before it will continue through the process. Approval for all building work like, new homes, Building alterations, building renovations, kitchen renovations any related work where you might require a building contractor, must be obtained. Once the plans are all approved and you are ready to commence with your project. Now you have gathered all your quotes from the respective Building contractors and you have appointed your building contractor, you are ready to go. You have all your costs neatly broken down for you, with all your provisional sums for your finishes. Provisional sums are the budgeted amount for items, like floor cover, doors, door handles, sanitary ware, kitchens, built in cupboards etc.