Here is the short version.
DevCraft House is two senior full-stack developers in South Africa — Cheney and John Mendoza. We work as contract delivery capacity for agencies and businesses that have more work than they can build in-house, and we build and maintain websites, apps and monthly SEO retainers. Rates are published: R700 an hour, R5,600 a day, reserved capacity from R15,000 a month, retainers from R2,500 a month. The fastest way to start is a WhatsApp message or a 45-minute scope call.
Or email john@devcrafthouse.co.za — we reply the same day on weekday afternoons.
What it costs
Published, with the minimum attached. A bespoke scoped build is the one thing we do not publish, because that number depends on integrations and content readiness — it is quoted in writing after the scope call.
Hourly
R700 per hour
Two-hour minimum
Embedded day rate
R5,600 per day
Five-day minimum
Monthly capacity
from R15,000 per month
Reserved days each month
Partner capacity
R5,600 per day; volume terms from ten days a month
From ten days a month
SEO Growth
R8,700 per month
Monthly, three-month start
Care Plan
R2,500 per month
Monthly, cancel anytime
Digital Marketing
from R6,500 per month
Monthly
Who you are actually dealing with
Cheney Mendoza
CEO & Founder
John Mendoza
Lead Developer
The person who scopes the work writes it. That is the whole point of a two-person shop, and it is the reason the rates are what they are.
How we work
You approve the scope before anything is billable
A written scope with deliverables, timeline and a fixed number — usually within two working days of the first call.
The two people who scope it are the two people who build it
No account layer, no offshore handoff, no junior swapped in after the pitch.
Your NDA, your subcontract, your client
We work under your agreements and we do not approach your client. That is written into the contract, not promised in a call.
Small first step
Buy a day, or a five-day block, or a single hour of advice. Nobody has to commit to a quarter to find out whether this works.
What we will not claim
We publish no client names, no logos and no case-study metrics, because we have not been given permission to. On a call we will walk through comparable builds, the constraints they had and what was delivered — and we will tell you if you do not need us.
Start with one message
No form, no qualification funnel. Say what you need done and when, and you will get either a written quote or an honest recommendation somewhere else.
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