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New Home Builds

Square One builds homes from the ground up — foundations to handover — managed by a team with three decades on site.

A new build is the most involved thing we do, and it's where thirty years of on-site experience matters most: setting out and casting foundations, framing and roofing, then the long, careful finish that turns a structure into a home you actually want to live in. We run the whole job as one team — there's no handing you between contractors halfway through.

Every build is different, but the shape of the work is consistent. We take a set of plans — your own, or ones we design and detail for you — and turn them into a fixed scope you can budget against, so you break ground with clarity and no surprises. From there we run the site: coordinating trades, ordering materials and keeping the programme moving so the project doesn't stall between phases.

What we build

We take on full residential new construction — single and double-storey family homes, from compact to substantial. A few recent projects give a sense of the range:

  • Pearl Valley Golf Estate, Paarl — a double-storey home, four bedrooms and three bathrooms, built inside a Western Cape golf estate where design rules and finish standards are non-negotiable.
  • Zebula Golf Estate, Bela Bela — a larger double-storey with five bedrooms, four bathrooms, an entertainment area, swimming pool, jacuzzi and four garages.
  • Gansbaai — a four-bedroom, three-bathroom double-storey built from the ground up on the Western Cape coast, exposed to everything a sea-facing site brings.

We also handle commercial construction. [TODO: confirm with Jaden — a commercial project to feature here; the portfolio currently shows residential work only.]

How a build runs

  • Plans and scope — we work from your plans, or prepare a full design and floor-plan package, then price a clear, fixed scope.
  • Groundwork to structure — site setup, foundations and the structural shell.
  • Finishes — the details that make the home: tiling, joinery, fittings and finishes.
  • Handover — a completed home, walked through and signed off.

Because we're a single team from foundation to finish, there's one point of accountability for the whole project. If you're planning a new home in Cape Town, Gauteng or the surrounding areas, we'd like to hear about it — or browse the completed builds below and the full portfolio to see how we finish.

New builds we've completed

A few of the ground-up homes we've delivered. Open any project to see the detail.

View the full portfolio

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