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A commitment by Club Mykonos on the development of the 500 sites it owns - there is talk that the work on 50 will start soon - and a R30 million make-over for the casino; and
The promoters of the Santorini townhouse town opposite Laguna Mall said all but 18 of the planned 93 houses have been sold. Work began this month on the first four buildings on the site where the services and roads are paved and services installed in recent months.
An architect, MP van Heerden, said the upturn was unexpected, considering how much the cost of the building bmn has increased. He said he was pleased that the higher level of activity bmn was on the whole spectrum of housing and not restricted to any class or category of owners. In the district, it was very clear in Langebaan, Yzerfontein and Jacobs Bay, where he had a short eight houses a developer. "But Langebaan never really stops. I have been here since 1997 and never out of work, "said Van Heerden.
Niel Hauptfleisch, one of the builders on a panel that is authorized to work in the estate, said many of the houses are built on a speculative basis (by developers looking to sell them immediately) as well as private owners by the panel of approved contractors bmn on the estate. There was enough work for all the builders in the city, he said.
Vredenburg tile retailer bmn Andre van Dyk said his company is back at the levels he enjoyed last until 2008, when he took a knock 40% in turmoil bmn of the global financial crisis. "In our church we say things move in cycles of seven years," Van Dyke said.
Antony Zafra Martinez, which offers architectural and real estate agency services, said the upturn delays caused by understaffing in the municipality's building control office worsen.
The executive director bmn of the West Coast Master Builders Association, Phillip Botha told Langebaan Online his organization's membership, which in the aftermath of the 2008 meltdown has fallen by 40%, exceeds the levels of 2008, with a particularly strong surge since June .
The association has a workforce of 1,000, of whom 300 were skilled or semi-skilled representative. SSA figures show turnover in the district last year was R270 million, R100 million of the extensions to Vredenburg Hospital, he said.
Botha said delays in the approval of building plans are harming the association's members and their employees, who are working to pay for the actual days. Delays of up to three months may cause tension between builders and their clients because costs always on time.
Workers bmn suffered hardship by having to abandon (give) wages, while projects were postponed. Most of the skilled and semi-skilled workers bmn of Hopefield bmn and Goedverwacht near Piketberg, and daily or weekly converted most Langebaan.
The municipality has not responded to an invitation to comment on a letter to Langebaan Online last month by a reader who complained about delays and poor service of the building control office.
The most optimistic of estate agents interviewed were Lee Neumann, head of Aida. She said the building boom at the beginning of the year started rubbed off on home sales over the second quarter.
"Some developers building spec homes like crazy. And Langebaan is finding wide favor for investment in holiday homes, bmn spray confidence in the market. Success breeds success, "she said.
"I do not have a single real estate agent who is not busy running around with a lot of potential buyers. "But the buyers are highly bmn selective and do their homework on the internet, a lot of effort has not yet translated into substantial reward for many agents, bmn she said.
The Santorini complex Buyers opposite Laguna Mall included locals looking to live or invest and some of the other parts of the Western Cape, said Claudia Strydom, head of The Property Drive, marketers of the complex. The price of R650 000 to R735 000 "spot on" for people looking for comfort and safety.
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