Paving Atlantis

Paving in Atlantis, Cape Town

Paving Wiz lays driveways, yards and parking areas in Atlantis, Witsand, Protea Park, Robinvale and Avondale. Atlantis covers two quite different kinds of job — houses on sandy ground, and the industrial area with vehicles that weigh twenty times what a car does.

Inland sand, without the salt

Atlantis sits back from the coast, so the sand is the same problem as everywhere on this side of the metro but the salt and the constant wind are not. That means joint sand stays where it is put for much longer, and stabilising the joints is a choice rather than a necessity.

The sand still has to be dealt with the same way: excavate to firm ground, build up with graded stone compacted in layers, and restrain every edge.

Two kinds of job in one town

Domestic driveway Industrial yard
Paver thickness 60mm 80mm
Base Compacted G5 Deeper G5, thinner lifts
Edge restraint Haunched concrete Heavier, continuous
Typical duration 2 – 3 days 1 – 2 weeks, phased
Bay marking Not usually Quoted separately

Getting plant onto a site

Access decides more of the price here than people expect. If a truck can reverse to the work area, sand and stone come off the back of it. If it cannot, every cubic metre gets barrowed, and that is hours rather than minutes. We check access on the site visit and price it openly rather than absorbing it into the rate.

What it costs in Atlantis

Domestic and industrial work price differently here, so it is worth seeing them side by side.

Job type Paver Installed rate
House driveway 60mm R300 – R420/m²
Front yard and path 50mm R280 – R380/m²
Light commercial parking 60mm R320 – R450/m²
Industrial yard, trucks 80mm R420 – R620/m²

Labour on its own is R100 to R200 per square metre. The full breakdown — pavers, labour and sub-base — with more worked examples is on our paving prices Cape Town page.

Atlantis paving questions

Do you cover the industrial area?

Yes, yards, hardstanding and access routes as well as houses.

What does poor access cost?

It is labour time rather than a fixed figure. We state it as its own line so you can see what it is adding.

How much for a 50m² driveway?

R15,000 to R21,000 installed in standard grey brick.

Get a written quote in Atlantis

Tell us what you need paved in Atlantis, roughly how big it is and what is on the ground now. We come out, measure it, check the fall and put a written figure to it. There is no charge for the visit.

We also cover the rest of the West Coast and Blaauwberg. Related guide: driveway paving in Cape Town.

Prefer to talk? Call 081 408 9946