Construction & BIM software in South Africa

Design, cost and quote — in South Africa

SangoImmo is a single tool for building professionals, developers and homeowners in South Africa: draw the plan, and the same model gives you the takeoff, the construction cost and a detailed quote in R Rand. You can request a Mobile Money deposit and turn a quote into an invoice and a buy list. No engineering office, no annual licence.

What it does

Find or list building professionals in South Africa

The SangoImmo directory lists masons, tilers, electricians, plumbers, painters and carpenters by city. If you build, browse professionals and contact them on WhatsApp. If you are a tradesperson, list a free public profile and win more work. Open the directory →

Building in South Africa: what changes, what doesn't

Most of what a builder does is the same everywhere: measure the walls, count the blocks, price the labour. What changes across a border is the currency the client reads, the language the quote is written in, and the standards the inspector cites. SangoImmo quotes in R Rand, writes in French or English, and works with no network — which matters more on a site outside Johannesburg than any feature list.

Compliance checks in the app cover SANS 10400, the French NF DTU codes of practice and CEMAC-region practice. In South Africa, the reference documents are published by SANS (South African National Standards) — use the app's checks as a first pass, then confirm against the current national text before you submit anything.

Prices and methodology in South Africa

South Africa has its own seaboard, so imported materials — reinforcement steel, tiles, sanitaryware — land close to the main markets and carry less inland haulage than they do in the landlocked interior. Prices still move with the port, the exchange rate and the season, which is why the app costs from your prices rather than from ours.

SangoImmo prices in R Rand and adjusts for local conditions. Our published, measured cost index is Cameroon-first — we do not invent price tables for markets we have not measured, and that includes South Africa. What you do instead is better anyway: enter the prices your own suppliers in Johannesburg quoted you this month, once, and every future estimate uses them. See how the numbers are built in the guides and in our methodology.

Frequently asked questions

Does SangoImmo work in South Africa?

Yes. SangoImmo works across Africa, including South Africa: it prices in R Rand, works offline and runs on web, Android and iOS. You can design, cost, quote and find building professionals.

Is it free in South Africa?

Designing, 3D visualization and costing are free. The client-ready export pass is also free in South Africa while we grow (it is a small paid pass in Cameroon).

In what currency does it quote?

In R Rand. You can also enter your own supplier prices so the quote matches your market in South Africa.

Does it cover Johannesburg and the other cities?

Yes — the app is not tied to a city list: it costs whatever you draw, wherever you build, from Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Gqeberha to a site with no address yet. The one thing we do not do is publish invented per-city price tables for South Africa; our measured index covers Cameroon only, so you enter your own local prices and the estimate becomes genuinely local.

Which building standards apply in South Africa?

The national reference documents are published by SANS (South African National Standards). SangoImmo's built-in compliance checks cover SANS 10400, the French NF DTU codes of practice and CEMAC-region practice — treat them as a first pass and confirm against the current national text before submitting.