“I Can’t Wait”: Smart Lady Spends Over N2m on Cement, Blocks, Sand, Builds Fine House for Her Mother
- A touching video of a woman buying building materials has been doing the rounds on social media
- The footage posted on TikTok shows the woman spending R60,581,91 (over N2m) on building materials to build a house for her mom
- The video left many South Africans inspired as they responded with emotional and positive comments
Owning a home is something that numerous South Africans desire. Some people get ownership by purchasing already-built houses, while others would rather build their homes.
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A lady had inspired and reignited the flame of hope in many South Africans after sharing a video of herself using her savings on buying building materials to build a house for her mother.
Building a home from scratch gives you the power to create a property that meets your standards in every way possible, Fine Magazine states. You have the freedom to choose the location, size, layout, and finer details of your future home.
Thembi (@citymom01) took to TikTok to share the video showing her spending R60 581,91 (over N2m) to buy various materials to build the house.
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The footage also shows the construction process in and outside the house as workers roll up their sleeves to bring the structure together.
"Dear mom, thank you for everything you have done for me. I hopedone you enjoy the new home I built for you❤️.
South Africans inspired by lady's house project
Netizens responded with positive comments to the post as they shared how moved and inspired by Thembi taking on the huge task of building her mother a house.
kea replied:
"This makes me wanna be successful so I can give my parents all they ever wanted."
Tiisetso Mokwatlo commented:
"Can we see the before?"
MaPhumJwara replied:
"I love these videos abuyisa ithemba bakithi ️."
Momo wrote:
"This is the slip I want to see. Not that one from Konka ."
Irene Manchidi said:
"This is what dreams are made of sebenzile mahn."
Austin said:
"I can't wait to do this for my mum."
Daughter built house for mum
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a grateful daughter made her mother reap the fruit of her labour on her. After spending one year and two months abroad, she sent money home.
The money was used to build a beautiful house for the mother. The 25-year-old teacher (@lusanda_jiba) was proud of what she could do for the woman at a young age.
Lady built small house
In other news, a young lady, @kakokaondjafa, shared a video of the small house she built for herself. She said she could not believe she was now a landlady.
The lady's house is as small as one built as a security outpost attached to a big building. The flooring of the building is tiled.
Source: Briefly.co.za
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