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.
It's a pen handle site.My ideal I need to build a house with granny' s flat and need 3 bedrooms, study room , sewing room, scullery including laundry room, kitchen, with island for stove ,working surface . Open plan for kitchen.,lounge, sitting room and diningroom. 4x garages with storeroom toilet and shower.. My bedroom should have walk in closet, en suite bathroom and walking shower with stool in the shower as I have spine disease and need my bedroom to have enough space. 2x Bathrooms and separate shower balcony for bedroom and open plan. My mind is first double storey as it's a Pen handle house site We need to be cost effective as we can when building.Discussing with the architect and his /her advise will assist.
I wish this project since is a start of Manucaturing company can have enough space for board room and Telephonic board room space for meetings. Ditigaly and through formal physical meeting. Also outside space where all the machinery for manufaturing process will take place. Including nice cosy environment for workers visitor, tea break and Lunch space.
We are finalizing a purchase of a 3 bed plus extra room that can be used as a guest bedroom. Currently there are 2 bathrooms and an external toilet. We would like open up the sitting area to connect with an open space which we would like to convert it to our new dinning. Then convert the current dinning to our kitchen and the current kitchen to an extra bedroom, extra bath and also make space to increase size of the current bathrooms. Remodelling our current study (which is attached to our bedroom) to a decent size walk-in closset with a study section. The other extra room part of it will make space for a laundry room add the rest will be used as entertainment/playroom and/study room. We would also like to add a one room domestic (stand alone)with a shower and a toilet.
* I am planning to build a 3 bedroom house in Lesotho. Preferably I wanted a double storey house but upon reading some articles on the internet I heard it's a bit expensive than single storey house so I resorted to single storey house. While checking some sample plans on the internet I came across a sample that I think it's closer to what I want. I have attached that sample plan althogh I with to make some modifications on it. That is turning a 4th bedroom into a gym since I want a house with a gym and 3 bedrooms. In terms of cost I wanted to build a house not exceeding a ceiling of R1,,.
Good day. I would like a cost estimate for architectural plans to construct 9 apartments on a sqm plot. There is a sqm house currently on the erf which will form the basement 7 bay parking area, laundry room and "club house" with 4x70sqm (2bedr) apartments on 1st floor, 2xsqm (3bedr) and 2x60sqm (1bedr) apartments on 2nd floor and sqm (4bedr) "penthouse" on 3rd floor. Thanks and regards, Shirlette
1and1/2storey Ground level - big covered outdoor living space (veranda) facing east openplan - living, dining, mon kitchen (with scullery) Open out on veranda (extended ceiling in living and dining room) Front door to the North Guest toilet 1 st storey 1 main bedroom with view to east (mountain view) and balcony With en suite bathroom Closet space 2 guest bedrooms 1 guest bathroom Double garage facing north Small storage room Space for laundry Extra room for studio/ sert quaters close to storage or garage with northen windows Lots of natural light (skylights) Style-mon contemporary Chromadeck roof (diagonal rather than flat or A-frame) Wooden shutters east
New Work office above existing double garage + Toilet - Stair to rear downstairs. Extend Kitchen Sink area into existing ground floor Toilet with door exit to outside. Add new outside toilet with garden store - total 6sqm. New Office above to have Balcony. The existing house has Tiled roof but we would want to thatch Office roof. Extend Master Room to Building Line. House and Boundary walls are Face Klinker. Will want to finish top of wall with Plaster and paint x 2 bricks - 80m. House 5 x brick from truss = plaster and paint. New Office plaster and paint exterior. Difficult to match OLD Face Brick
Expansion of a flat house into a double storey. Currently has 3 bedrooms, study nook, kitchen/dining/sitting open plan, enclosed patio/man cave, nanny’s quaters and double garage. sqm stand. Would want to retain two bedrooms en-suite on the ground floor. Upstairs addition: - two en-suite bedrooms upstairs one with walk-in wardrobes - balconies - study - pjama lounge Ground additions: - extra garage - properly separate dining room - patio - swimming pool
Hello Sir I bought a plot on a seaside in Laaiplek Velddrift, about km from Cape Town Central, and will like to develop a 5-6 bedroom house that features everything a beautiful house can have. The house can be divided into 2 separates houses of 3 bedrooms each but just look like one house. The house can go one floor up, and very open for sea view and freshness all around. The size of the plot is m2 and is about m from the beach and situated in the Atlantic Waves development in Laaiplek Kindly advise Thank You
I have flat roof sections in my house above the kitchen and entrance hall and need to build a pitched roof due to water leaks.I have made repairs to no avail and the cost to waterproof does not warrant the expenditure. I was looking at just building the roofing for now above the kitchen and entrance hall and later turning the area above the kitchen into a study. While having to submit plans i would also like to determine cost of adding a patio to the plans infront of the area C on the current plans (attachment 1) which wraps around to area A (New coverage). The current roof is corrugated roof sheeting and would be used for both the area above the kitchen as well as the patio. Kind regards