by Francois Zietsman | Jan 26, 2015 | Home building
This is slightly on a different topic. Being involved in the building industry for quite awhile one gets jaded and overwhelmed with everything that is the same, especially when it comes to estate living. So what a pleasant surprise when during my “builders break”,...
by Francois Zietsman | Dec 10, 2014 | Home building
No, this is not about some obscure British royalty or the big dogs among developing countries. It is about the importance to be able to equate quantity to time and cost on your building project. That sounded really impressive even if I have to admit that myself and I...
by Francois Zietsman | Dec 5, 2014 | Home building
It really helps you as homeowner if you understand some of the basics of construction. Even in Bible times the importance of good foundations was recognized, you remember the story about building “on rocks and sand”. Well it still applies today as the...
by Francois Zietsman | Oct 30, 2014 | Home building
I just learned that if you want to build houses and find people on the net, I think they call it internet based marketing, you have to post nonsensical blog entries like this. So please excuse me, I am doing this in the interest of technological advance and blatant...
by Francois Zietsman | Oct 28, 2014 | Home building
“Red Tape”, not to be confused with the yellow and sometimes white tape used to measure things, is one if not the major frustrations and delays in building the house. You have everything figured out, put in an offer to purchase the land, applied for a...
by Francois Zietsman | Oct 13, 2014 | Home building
You never thought that a dream can cost you money, lots of money, well wake up. If you are going to build your dream house, that is the reality. If you don’t get this and don’t work out an accurate project costing, that dream will turn into a nightmare quickly...
