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In Bryanston, tiling labour runs about R180 – R320 per m² for floors and R220 – R380 per m² for walls, with a minimum call-out of R350 – R650 for small jobs. Removing old tiles adds R80 – R150 per m² and fresh screed R120 – R250 per m², which older homes often need. Tiles themselves, from R150 – R900+ per m², are quoted on top of labour.

Many 1970s and 80s Bryanston homes sit on clay that swells in summer rain and shrinks in the dry months, and the movement telegraphs through rigid old screeds into the tiles. Big trees close to the house make it worse by drying the soil unevenly. A tiler can relay with a flexible adhesive and movement joints, but a pattern of cracks across rooms deserves an engineer's look first.

An exact match for a 1980s tile is rare, but a good tiler has ways round it: harvesting tiles from under a fridge or inside a cupboard, sourcing seconds from salvage yards, or introducing a deliberate border or feature strip so the new tiles look intentional. Bring a clean sample tile rather than a photo, since colour and thickness matter.

Where the original tiles are firmly bonded and the floor is level, overlaying saves days of rubble and dust in a large house. The catch is height: doors, skirtings and the step to the stoep all shift by the tile thickness. On sprawling homes with several floor levels already, most tilers recommend lifting so the finished levels tie in neatly.