Do I need an architect if I want to build a house in South Africa?
A professional that is registered with the South African Council for the Architectural Profession must submit the building plans before extending, renovating or building a home.
I’d like to experiment with rammed earth and mud flooring for this project. The project is to extend an attic space and its small balcony into a larger room with a workspace & to ensure that the structure is sitting strong. I’d also like to renovate the flooring for the room beneath the attic. I have attached some reference images for what I would like the space to look like. But, I do not have photos of the current space. I would appreciate it if you could come and have a look asap. Address is 8 Ferndale Road West Bank.
I want to break down my bathroom wall and extend the bathroom onto the porch. The porch will then be extended towards the the boundary of the yard. I want to build a boundary wall that sort of links with the porch through steps from the outside. There should not be any space between the porch and the boundary wall.
Plot size: sqm. Log house, pine ceilings, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lounge, modern kitchen with modern furnishes, tv room, entertainment area with indoor fireplace, tiled floors, build in cupboards in bedrooms (walkin cupboard in main bedroom) , kitchen, laundry room, 2 x garages with rollup doors and carport, tiled paving, storage outbuilding, modern tinted windows, strong wooden doors.
Goodday I have drawn a sketch of what I would like I would be happy to send so you can have an idea of what I would like. It's one block of flat containing 2 units on ground floor and two units on first floor each unit is 36sqm in size containing all identical in design. Another is a ground floor single unit not yet sure of size. And two other ground floor units of 25sqm each in size. Regards
We intend acquiring a farm and rezone it into a commercial-cum- residential facilities, where we are looking at establishing Media Skills Academy in "Video, Film and Television, as well as Radio Production. around Dayton/Cullinan east of Pretoria. Within the visastructure of the envisaged facility to encompass Audio-Visual Studio, lecture rooms. Within the envisaged structure we intend having a fully-fledged studio which will be used a " Production House" and "Post Production" encompassing "Linear and Non-Linear, as well as Final Mixing, as well as Radio Studio and Music Recording Studio.
This number is available on Whatsapp. Please message me. I currently have a 3 tiny bedroom house, with open plan kitchen all on one floor. Garage is not accessible due to land slope. So I want to convert it to a larger sitting room/dining room also widen the kitchen. Plus main bed room +1 bedroom on top, so I want to renovate to a double story. I am not sure of the style, maybe put something on table as a suggetion
I need an 8-bedroom, 8 bathroom double/triple storey house, extension of an old house and a wall fencing. I'm making a research to ensure that I get something that is satisfying & affordable at the same time, for this reason would appreciate assistance from a professional that is good in architectural communications. Below I've attached an image of the design that I want for the professional to know what he/she will be dealing with. I'll be remodelling & renovating my old house to match it up with the new double storey house.
Orientation of the house - sunlight and heat Main bedroom * Apart from other rooms in one * Closest and dressing area * Bathroom * Walk in shower * Dual sinks * Tub 3 other bedrooms * 2 room Bathrooms? Main bathroom * walk in shower wheel chair accessible Kitchen Scullery and laundry Dining area Living room area Garage and workshop space * 4 car garage? Guest toilet Helpers quarters Spaces important to us * Gym * Study * Yoga, meditate, reading * Entertainment space (possibly separate from home) * Table tennis * Pool table * Fire pit Home should be understated. Entertainment space and cottage will probably be attended to after main home is built.
I'd like to build a house with a big dining area, large kitchen and one room on the ground flour. Four rooms at the second floor and a rooftop with some sort of covering for shade. Each room should have its own bathroom with basin with shower head. I have a picture that I'd like the house to look similar to, will attach. House should be more than square meters with spaceous rooms. Paving leading to driveway and grass and trees all over the yard. Vacant land/Plot is square meters.
This is a RDP house and I bought it through the bank, now I am experiencing dampness, mold on the walls and some walls have cracks, the floor is also having dampness that results to the cracking of tiles. I am not sure if it's the right move to remodel the existing structure as to try and fix/cover the damaged areas