Every month, The Brief will survey in-store prices of the same basket of building materials across four different hardware wholesalers in Windhoek namely, Build it, Buco, Pupkewitz Megabuild, and Ark Trading.
The survey aims to provide shoppers with guidance on which hardware wholesaler offers the cheapest basket of building materials for that particular month.
What’s in our cart?
Roofing Galvanized IBR
Copper Tube 460 Class 0
Aluminium Window (Bronze)
Aluminium Sliding Door (Bronze)
Brick 7MPA
Brickforce 150 MM 15M ROLL
Brickforce 75MM 15M ROLL
Lintol concrete 1200X110X75MM
Lintol concrete 1800X110X75MM
Lintol concrete 900X110X75MM
Ceiling Board 1200X3000X6.4MM
Door Frame Steel 813X2032X115X1MM
Lockset 2 lever
Door Hardboard Interior 813X2032MM
32.5 Cement Ohorongo
42.5 Cement Ohorongo
Paint 20 litres
After analyzing our data on 17 building materials across 4 major hardware wholesalers it was determined that Buco emerged as the most affordable hardware wholesalers in Windhoek for the month of June 2023.
The total cost of the cart of building materials at Buco amounted to N$7,041.25, whereas Ark Trading had the highest price for the same cart, which totaled N$7,798.14.
In second place was Build It, with a cart cost of N$7,706.62.
Our analysis revealed that the products with the most significant price differences were the aluminium sliding door (Bronze), aluminium window (bronze), and ceiling Board.
Pupkewitz Megabuild offered the most economical aluminum sliding door, priced at N$2,191.30, while Build It had the most expensive aluminum sliding door, priced at N$3,371.79.
Meanwhile, Built had the least expensive Aluminium Window (Bronze), priced at N$803.66, while Buco It had the most expensiveAluminium Window (Bronze) priced at N$929.00.
Build It had the least expensive ceiling Board, priced at N$172.92, whereas Buco had the most expensive ceiling board, priced at N$234.77.
*Please note: The list of products we collect is limited and not intended to be an absolute measure of affordability. We aim for products to be broadly comparable.
In almost all cases it is possible to find any of these products at a cheaper price or to find cheaper alternatives, depending on location or time of month. Our sample is intended to simply reflect the total price of the cart in a single visit on a particular day.
