When do I need a building permit in South Africa?
In South Africa, building applications for the construction of property and land use are highly regulated.
Piece of land, bushes and trees etc, will have to work with the Parks people to decide on which trees can be removed or not. Architect must be willing to assist wit this and see where the house can stand and how the water system works, septic tanks, etc when drawing up the plans. He must work with a surveyor for the necessary certificates. I speak Afrikaans but my wife Katrina will assist in English. We are based in Pretoria and this is our land in the South Coast. We will liaise with the Architect on the logistics etc.
I did some remodelling inside my house, mostly opening spaces by removing a couple of walls. I re-did the kitchen and two bathrooms. I also added two carports, one in the front and the other at the back of the house. I now only need the new plans to submit to the municipality for approval of the work already done. The are no extensions of the house itself. I have the current approved plans from the municipality in my possession. I showed the changes on the attachment, see my notes on the bottom of the first page. Thank you.
Our team wants to construct residential complex, solar power station, and shopping mall on a ,sq.m. virgin land, which is about 10km outside Polokwane in Limpopo. The residential complex will comprise units of 3-bedroom houses on a sq.m. land. The residential complex will consist of 13 blocks and each enclosed block will have 40 units of 3-bedroom houses. The shopping mall will comprise shops and the total area of land for the mall is ,sq.m (parking spaces and kiddies play area included). The solar power station will power the residential complex. It will be build in-between the housing units to serve the two halves of the residential complex.
The plan should be three bedroom house. It should have a four bathrooms, with room each having its bathroom. The should be a laundry room, sitting room with a build in fire place, dining room and a kitchen (with a stove, dishwasher and stove sitting. A single double garage, outside small kitchen that can fit a coal stove.
Nautilus Village situated in Gordons Bay have a specific design, therefore required to meet regulated build/ design. Please see architectural guidelines attached. Single storey design should include; -Lounge area -Open plan kitchen & dinning area -Covered braai area -2 Bathrooms -3 Bedrooms -Double garage
I have a 65 sq m flat, single story. I would like to extend up until the 3 x 9m stoep and enclose. The roof is a zinc flat roof. The 3 rooms will be extended to the end of the stoep. A foundation will need to be installed. The existing 3 x shutter doors will be repositioned. The outer external walls are 50% complete already. Excuse the mess. We had a small storm that day. Can you give me a rough estimate what the costs will be. The Body Corporate have approved the extension. I just need plans to submit. I am overseas but can be reached on whatsapp anytime.
House and Cottage( Ground floors) House around m2 3 bedroom 1 bathroom-Shower and bath. Open lounge, dinning, kitchen. Verander Garden Cottage around 54m2 (6x9) 1 bedroom, bathroom Open lounge kitchen. Verander Nutec house. Log cabin Cement hollow brick & the garden cottage on top of double garage option aswell
I would like to amend the existing plan to include an outside cottage (was a storeroom & already altered internally) and guest toilet in the main house (was a storeroom & already altered internally) I would also like the plans to be submitted and approved by the council Address is 4 Ross Street, Deneysville
Stories: 1 (if possible and within budget 2) Bedrooms: 5 All bedrooms en-suite although 2 rooms share bathroom in between them for my sons Guest toilets 1: Kitchen:1 (separate kitchen from open plan kitchen - is that the service kitchen) Dining room:1 Fancy Living room:1 Family living room : 1 Balcony:1 Veranda:1 Study/library:1 Laundry/service kitchen:1 Pantry:1 Media room/ cinema:1 Gym:1 Garage:4 Other: main bedroom private garden
The building has already been done but our architect disappeared on us (we have reported him to the Architect's Council and the police as we had paid him for the work) and we now need a new architect to draw the plans and submit for approval. We can provide the drafts that the previous Architect had e-mailed us.