About Coral & Teak

Who we are

You deal with one contractor throughout: we take a project from the brief to handover. As the company is new, you will find no years in business and no count of finished buildings on this page. We publish only what we can show.

What you can check is our written process and a villa site recorded stage by stage. You talk to us directly on WhatsApp, from Zanzibar or from abroad.

What we build and renovate in Zanzibar

New buildings are the core of our work in Zanzibar. The main lines are turnkey villa construction and building a house to live in, and we also build hotels, lodges and guesthouses in phases.

Work on an existing building is a separate job. A renovation of a house or villa starts with a survey of what is already there, and only then with an estimate.

Around these sit the parts that make a building complete: architecture and drawings, swimming pools, interior design and fit-out. If you live abroad, we can also act for you on site through project management with photo reports, checking the work against the drawings while you are away.

What we do not do

We do not take on work outside Zanzibar, and a few more limits apply to every enquiry:

• We build on a plot you already hold.
• We do not publish a price per square metre. Each job is priced from drawings and a site visit, as explained in how an estimate is built.
• We do not start on site until you have accepted a written quotation and signed the contract.
• We do not give legal advice. Questions about permission to build are covered in our guide to the building permit in Zanzibar.

How you can check the way we work

Two things are open to you before you sign: a written process and a villa site recorded in dated photos. The written process, step by step, sets out what happens at each step and what you receive from us.

During a build, every stage ends with a photo report sent to you on WhatsApp. You see photos of the work, with a short note on what was done.

The villa build in progress follows one site through three dated stages: earthworks with the boundary wall, reinforcement of the roof slab and the concrete pour. Captions describe only what is visible in each frame.

Where the name comes from

The name joins two building materials: coral stone and teak. Here coral stone stands for walls and structure, and teak for joinery and the finish.

Together they are a reminder that one contractor answers for both halves of a building. The name says nothing about which materials go into yours. That comes from your drawings, your budget and the estimate you agree with us.

Company details

Company details appear on this page only once each one is confirmed, so ask us on WhatsApp for any detail you want to check before an agreement is signed.

Company

Coral & Teak

Address

Nungwi, Zanzibar