The housing stock
What we are usually working with
Claremont has been subdivided and re-subdivided for decades, so you get gracious older homes on what is left of the original erven sitting alongside clusters of newer townhouses on the land that was sold off. The older stock wants modernising; the newer stock is usually well built but finished to a developer's budget.
The local catch
Everything is tight, including the neighbours
Subdivided plots mean building lines you will hit almost immediately, boundary walls shared with someone who is home during the day, and nowhere to put a skip. On this kind of site the difference between a good and a bad contractor is mostly logistics: timed deliveries, waste removed daily, and a foreman who talks to the neighbours before the noise starts rather than after.
In Claremont
Nothing on this list is unique to Claremont, but the mix is. These are the jobs that actually come up on this patch.
- Extensions that work within tight building lines
- Modernising period interiors without stripping the character out
- Townhouse and sectional-title interior renovations
- Kitchen and bathroom upgrades on developer-standard finishes
- Boundary walls, parking and access improvements
Most relevant here
Also building nearby
Next step
Eddie will come out, walk it with you and tell you honestly what it takes. No charge for the first visit.