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peeling paint after winter For Homeowners Cracks, Damp or Peeling Paint After Winter? What to Check Before You Repaint This Spring Cracks, Damp & Peeling Paint After Winter | Spring Home Maintenance SA 4 min read Read more South African contractor checking an outstanding customer invoice on his phone beside his work bakkie. For Contractors The Job Is Done. The Money Still Hasn’t Arrived. “I’ll EFT You on Friday” There’s a WhatsApp message most contractors have seen before. “Thanks, everything looks good. I’ll EFT you on Friday.” Then Friday disappears. Monday comes and you send… 4 min read Read more South African homeowner checking gutters and exterior maintenance around a suburban home before summer. For Homeowners The Small Jobs Around the House We Leave Until They Become Big Ones The Little Jobs Around the House That Get Expensive When You Leave Them Some things around a house are broken enough to annoy you, but still working well enough to ignore. The toilet keeps running… 3 min read Read more South African contractor preparing a customer quotation after completing a site visit. For Contractors You’re Not Too Expensive. Your Quote Might Just Be Bad. You’re Not Too Expensive. Your Quote Might Just Be Bad. It’s easy to blame price when you lose a job. You quoted R38 000. Someone else got it for R34 500. There’s the answer. Before you decide you… 4 min read Read more South African homeowner going through a renovation quote with a contractor outside their home. For Homeowners How Do You Actually Know If a Contractor Is Legit? How Do You Actually Know If a Contractor Is Legit? A lot of contractor hiring in South Africa still starts with a forwarded WhatsApp number. “Use this guy. He did work for my neighbour.” You send a… 4 min read Read more The Job Isn’t Finished When the Tools Go Back in the Bakkie For Contractors The Job Isn’t Finished When the Tools Go Back in the Bakkie The Job Isn’t Finished When the Tools Go Back in the Bakkie You’ve finished the work, packed the tools and the bakkie is already open outside. The client has had a look and seems happy, so it is… 5 min read Read more Before the First Big Summer Storm: What to Check Around Your Home Now For Homeowners Before the First Big Summer Storm: What to Check Around Your Home Now Before the First Big Summer Storm: What to Check Around Your Home Now The first proper summer storm is a terrible time to discover that a gutter is blocked. You usually don’t notice the problem when… 5 min read Read more A contractor discusses additional work with a homeowner during a renovation, illustrating how changes to the original scope can affect a contractor's price, time and schedule. For Contractors The Job Was R5,000. Then the Client Added "Just One More Thing"... Published: 27 August 2026 The quote was R5 000. By the time you arrived on site, nothing had changed. Same job, same price. Then the client asked if you could quickly look at the loose tap while you… 8 min read Read more Homeowners comparing several contractor quotes during a home renovation, highlighting the importance of checking the scope, materials and exclusions before choosing the cheapest quote. For Homeowners The Cheap Quote That Ends Up Costing You More Published: 25 August 2026 Say you need a bathroom redone and three quotes come back at R18 500, R21 000 and R11 500. Most of us are going to look twice at the R11 500 one. That is a meaningful… 6 min read Read more
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