Looking for wooden houses in Pretoria? PrefabricatedHomes.co.za passes your request to timber home builders who work in Pretoria and nearby parts of Gauteng. Say the size, the rooms and where it must stand, and they quote you directly, free and with no obligation.
Wooden Houses for Pretoria
Wooden houses in Pretoria: give the size or number of bedrooms, whether the stand slopes, the cladding you like, whether you have plans and the address. Timber builders serving Pretoria, Gauteng can quote for the frame, cladding, insulation, base and finishes.
Want to know more first? The wooden houses guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
What to know locally in Pretoria
Soshanguve, Mabopane and Winterveld ask for two and three room nutec houses on big township stands, sometimes as a family's main home while a bigger house is planned. In Waterkloof, Brooklyn and Lynnwood the request is usually a timber wendy house or a modular studio behind the main house. Smallholdings in Kameeldrift and Bon Accord put up wooden houses and log homes, where termites and treated timber grades are worth asking about.
What gets put up around Pretoria
Pretoria stretches a long way, and the prefab work changes from one end to the other. Mamelodi, Soshanguve, Atteridgeville and Hammanskraal want backyard rooms and nutec houses that can be let out, often added one room at a time. The eastern suburbs, from Faerie Glen to Moreleta Park, ask for wendy houses, garden offices and lapas on sloping stands that step down the ridges, while smallholdings in Kameeldrift and Roodeplaat put up timber cottages and staff rooms. Many security estates set strict rules on outbuildings, so read the house rules before ordering. Yards and erectors sit in Rosslyn, Silverton and Pretoria West. Summer storms can be violent, with hail and lightning, and winters are dry with frosty mornings in the low parts of the city.
Typical wooden houses requests in the area come from:
- Backyard landlords and families: a timber cottage to rent out on a large plot or smallholding
- Homeowners: a timber family home on a sloping stand where brick would need big foundations
- Farms and smallholdings: a farm house or staff house built from treated pine near the plantations
- Schools and creches: a timber hall, office or classroom block on the school grounds
Getting it right in Pretoria
Most asked for in Pretoria: nutec rental rooms in the townships, wendy houses and garden offices in the east. Where the yards and builders are: prefab and timber yards in Rosslyn, Silverton, Waltloo and Pretoria West. A useful tip: ask whether the quote covers offloading where township streets are narrow.
For backyard landlords and families, the biggest group here, wooden houses usually means a timber cottage to rent out on a large plot or smallholding. Getting it to site: flatbeds and crane trucks from Rosslyn and Silverton reach most suburbs in a day.
Where we take requests around Pretoria
Our network covers Pretoria together with Centurion, Hatfield, Waterkloof, Montana, Silver Lakes, Mooikloof, Akasia. A street address and a photo of the gate help a builder work out the delivery before quoting.