B Boersema Construction

Name: B Boersema Construction
Address: 18th Avenue, Pretoria, 0084, ZA
Telephone: +27123303122
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Boersema Construction specialises in residential building, renovations, and extensions across Gauteng. Get in touch for a quote! Foundations You Can Trust.
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From foundations to finishing, we deliver quality workmanship you can trust. Est. 1991

28/10/2026

There is one moment when security is cheap. It is while the walls are open.

Most people bolt security on afterwards. Bars screwed into a window frame. A camera wire stapled along a wall. A beam on a bracket. It works, but it always looks added on, and it is always weaker than the real thing.

If you are already building, the same things cost almost nothing to do properly.

Burglar bars fixed into the brick, not into the frame. A door that opens the right way for the lock you want. No flat roof that gives someone a step up to an upstairs window. Conduit in the wall for cameras and beams, so no wires run outside later. Outside lights wired in while the sparky is there anyway. A yard gate that actually locks.

None of that is expensive at plan stage. All of it is expensive later.

And it matters here. Last year about one Gauteng household in fifteen had a housebreaking. More than half of those were never reported to the police, so the real number is worse than the one we see.

If your job touches an outside wall, a window or the roof, let us walk the plan with you before the first brick. It costs nothing at this stage.

Boersema Construction. Foundations You Can Trust.

Stats SA, Victims of Crime survey, 2025/26.

20/10/2026

What does it cost to build, per square metre?

Everybody asks. Most answers come off a blog and mean nothing.

Here is a real number. In the first half of 2026, Gauteng homeowners who added on to their houses put the value of that work at about R10 426 for each square metre. That is from Stats SA, from the plans people handed in to their own city.

Now the honest part, because the number can fool you.

That is the value written on the plans. It is not a quote and it is not what the job ends up costing. It leaves out the architect and the engineer. And it mixes a small bathroom with a double storey addition, so it is an average of very different jobs.

Use it as a floor, not a price. If someone quotes you far under it, ask hard questions. If someone quotes you over it, that does not mean they are robbing you. It may mean the job is harder than you think.

The real answer depends on your site, your access, your foundations and your finishes.

Send us your rough square metres and tell us what you want. We will give you an honest range and tell you what would push it up or down.

Boersema Construction. Foundations You Can Trust.

Stats SA, building plans passed, Gauteng, January to June 2026.

14/10/2026

Waiting costs you money.

Many people put a job off for a year. They think the price will wait for them. It does not.

Building costs went up 8,2% in the last year. Cement, bricks, steel, roof sheeting, all of it.

In the same year, house prices went up 5,1%.

Put those two numbers next to each other. The cost of building is climbing faster than the value of your house. So every year you wait, the same job costs more, and your house has not grown enough to cover the difference.

Some things moved much faster. Ready mix concrete went up 12,5%. Copper went up 20,5%.

Now the honest part. A renovation does not always give you your money back when you sell. Sometimes it does. Often it does not. Build it because you want to live in it, not because you think it is an investment.

But if you are going to do it anyway, do it sooner rather than later.

Do you have a quote that is older than six months? Send it to us and we will tell you which parts of it have moved.

Boersema Construction. Foundations You Can Trust.

07/10/2026

How to check a builder in five minutes.

Before you pay anyone a cent, do these five things.

One. Ask for the company name and registration number. Then look it up. A real business is registered and you can find it.

Two. Ask for a street address. Not only a cellphone number. Drive past it if you can.

Three. Ask for two people they built for this year. Then phone those people. Ask what went wrong, not what went right. Every job has something.

Four. Ask about the NHBRC. If a builder puts up a new home for you, they must be registered with the NHBRC and the home must be signed up before they start. That is the law. For a small renovation it usually does not apply. Ask anyway, and see if they know the answer.

Five. Ask for the quote in writing. It must say what work, what materials and when you pay. If a man will not put it on paper, that tells you everything.

A good builder will not be offended by these five questions. We are not.

Boersema Construction. Foundations You Can Trust.

30/09/2026

Are your building plans still valid?

Go look at the date stamp on your approved plans. Then count the months.

The law says your approval lasts 12 months. After that it falls away. It is that simple.

There are two ways to keep it alive. You start building inside the 12 months. Or you ask the city for more time, in writing, before the year is up.

If you did neither, your plans are dead paper. You must submit again. And you pay again.

This catches good people. You saved up. You paid someone to draw the plans. Then life happened. A year went by. Now you are ready to build and you think you are good to go. You are not.

The good news is that this is much easier to fix now than on the day you sell the house.

Go check the stamp. Is it older than a year? Send us a photo of it and we will tell you where you stand. It costs nothing to ask.

Boersema Construction. Foundations You Can Trust.

Building Standards Act 103 of 1977, section 7(4).

22/09/2026

How long does it take to get building plans approved?

The law gives the city a time limit. That surprises most people.

Is your building smaller than 500 square metres? Then the city has 30 days to answer you. Most home jobs are smaller than that. Bigger than 500 square metres, and the city gets 60 days.

What does it cost? In Tshwane you pay about R23 for each square metre, and the smallest fee is R920. In Ekurhuleni it is about R19.71 for each square metre, with a smallest fee of about R1 478.

So the money is not the problem. The waiting is the problem.

And here is the part most people miss. The 30 days only start when the city accepts your file. Not when you hand it in. If one paper is missing, the file comes back to you. You fix it. You hand it in again. Now three weeks are gone and the 30 days have not even started.

We are here to help - from the start.

Boersema Construction. Foundations You Can Trust.

Building Standards Act 103 of 1977, section 7.

16/09/2026

Did you close in your patio? Add a carport? Move your front door?

Then you may need building plans. Most people don't know this.

The law does not only count new houses as building. It also counts changes to a house. A new room. A closed-in patio. A carport. All of that counts.

And the law says you need written approval from the city first. Before the work starts.

Some jobs do not need plans. You can paint. You can redo a kitchen. You can plaster a wall. That is fine, as long as no walls move and the drains stay where they are.

Most people only find out when they sell. That is a bad time to find out. The buyer's lawyer asks for the plans. The plans don't match the house. The sale stops.

Not sure about your job? Send us a photo and tell us what you want to do. We will tell you straight. You need plans, you don't need plans, or it is small work. It costs nothing to ask.

Boersema Construction. Foundations You Can Trust.

08/07/2026

Our new website is live!

Boersema Construction now has a home online: boersemaconstruction.co.za

Whether you're planning a renovation, an extension, or building from the ground up, you can now view our work, learn more about what we do, and send us an enquiry directly from the site.

Same team. Same workmanship. Now easier to reach than ever.

👉 Visit boersemaconstruction.co.za or WhatsApp us (+27697065981) to chat about your project.

Foundations You Can Trust.

07/07/2026

Dieselfde hande. Dieselfde standaarde. 'n Nuwe naam.

For 34 years you've known us as B Boersema Boukontrakteurs — the name behind foundations, walls and finishes across Pretoria that are still standing today.
From today, we build under a new name and a new mark: Boersema Construction.
Why the change? The work grew. The family behind it didn't change — and neither did the way we build. The new name simply carries what we've always stood for to more of the people who need it.

To every client who trusted us over three decades: this name is built on your homes, your walls, your projects. Thank you.

Foundations You Can Trust.

Address

18th Avenue
Pretoria
0084

Telephone

+27123303122

Website

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