What a Custom TV Unit Costs in South Africa (2026 Prices)

Custom cabinetry in South Africa is priced by the linear metre, the same way kitchens and built-in cupboards are. At Kannjane a custom TV unit or media wall runs R4,500 to R8,000 per metre, built, finished and installed.

A typical TV wall is two to four metres wide. Two metres at the bottom of the range is R9,000, and four metres at the top is R32,000. That feels like a wide spread, so here is what moves you along it.

The retail end of this market is priced for convenience and imported finishes. A national wall unit specialist quotes entry level wall mounted TV units at R39,500 to R55,000, mid range at R55,000 to R85,000, and premium above that, with a separate R450 fee just to come and measure.

That is not a criticism of the product. Those are panel built units with imported hardware, and the price includes their overheads, their showroom and their delivery. It is simply worth knowing that a local joinery team building the same wall in your own dimensions does not have to cost that.

Lighting is the detail that makes the biggest visual difference and the one most people forget to budget for. An LED strip under a floating shelf, or a light behind the unit to lift it off the wall, costs a few hundred rand in parts and changes how the finished job looks.

Per metre pricing hides a lot, so ask what is included. These are the things that move the number:

The three options are not really competing for the same buyer. Flat pack is the cheapest up front and the shortest lived, because the panels and fittings are the thinnest available. Retail wall units sit at the top of the price range and come in fixed sizes you then have to design your room around. Custom sits in the middle.

What you buy with custom is fit. The unit is made to your wall, to your TV size, and to the height you actually want, with the storage you actually need. If you are having cupboards built at the same time, a TV unit made from the same board and finish in the same workshop costs less than a separate job, and the room looks like one piece of work rather than three.

Two numbers decide the design. The first is the wall width you have to work with. The second is the TV itself, because the unit has to be proportioned to the screen, not the other way around.

A common mistake is building a unit that is too shallow for the equipment, or too low for the screen height once you are sitting down. Measure the room, not just the wall. If you send us a photo of the wall with the width and the TV size, we can size it and quote it from that. Our built-in cupboard guide explains the same per metre logic if you want to price the rest of the room at the same time.

Think about what the unit has to carry before you settle on a design. A TV, a soundbar, a decoder, a router and a games console all need space, ventilation and a plug point. If equipment sits behind a closed door, the back panel needs ventilation or the hardware cooks.

Custom TV units are one of the jobs we enjoy most, because there is no showroom equivalent. Nobody else in Komani is building a media wall to your exact wall, and that is the whole point of going custom.

We build floating media units, wall units with drawer storage, TV stands with shelving and full media walls, all finished to match the rest of your cabinetry. If it is made of wood, we can build it. Send a photo of the wall and the measurements on WhatsApp and we will come back with a per metre price and a sketch.