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.
We need a retrospective plan and urgent Council approval for an outbuilding that was extended a few meters longer than the actual plans indicated on approved plans back in . This "extended" part of the outbuilding was to utilise what would have been an unsighted "dead corner" where two boundary walls meet. There are also a few windows and doors to be added to some outbuildings that were installed over the many years since the plans were approved. PS ... the one photo is of the whole property and the more close-up shows the "pencilled" in extension to the then staff quarters which needs retrospective approval.
We would only request to get the existing Building plan and we would like to make a few alterations. Like building or installing a new Pool and alterations to the kitchen and etc. We recently bought a house but we are still in the Registration process and still finalizing it. So therefore the property is still in the owners name and we therefore need to work through the Estate Agent and the owners or sellers to obtain Power of Attorney and etc.
We have built a new braai room and added the furniture - basically a table with 8 chairs and a bar counter with 4 stools. The room has zero decorations in . I need someone to help me get the room cozy and bringing it to life. I will need decorate it over time as I get money to do this. I am planning on decorating it with quality but cost effective decorations. (Mr Price etc) Perhaps one or two expensive statement pieces. We want to go the Nguni route but I cannot imagine this without some greenery. The space is very limited - so we won't be able to add furniture. It has stack doors on both sides, a glass door leading into the house and the other wall has a pizza oven and braai. It has a high ceiling with nice wooden beams. The walls are empty. I am too scared to go out and buy decorations as I am sure nothing will fit together. The house doesn't have a theme. I tried when we bought the house two years ago but with disastress outcome. Nothing works. So the house will need decorating in the near future. Room for room.
Greetings I hope you are well I would like to get a qoute for the construction for a mini shopping complex with 3 retail stores and 4 offices and a standalone structure for restaurants like kfc with drive thru. Retail stores m² m² m² Office space 2x 36m² 2x 49m² 1x 30m² Restaurant with drive thru 2x m² Pavement and parking area with capacity of cars
We are looking for design services to help us plan + help us source furnishings and art/decor for: 1) a kitchen/living/dining space 2) a master bedroom 3) a kids-room with bunk beds. We can provide style/inspiration photos - we will likely want a modern, clean, black and white type theme throughout, with pops of color.
I am looking for a quotation of property development design. I have 10k m² of land and I want to do plan for business development. Filling station design with convenience store and two kitchens for fast food restaurants; Debonairs and steers. Automatic car wash room. The remaining area land for other buildings such as hardware store.
I want to extend my 3 bedrooms and main bathroom, build a new ensuite onto the main bedroom - I need smart advice. This might mean a new roof pitch but I need input here. I want to remove my current pool, build a scullery, office and braai room with a toilet and basin where my current pool area is and plan for a new pool in a different spot.
I just need a drawn up plan of a pre-existing built farm house, to give to the town planner at municipality, needed for a health inspection request for my small home business. I will give you the exact measurements. I just need a quote please so that I know if I can afford to move forward. Please Kind regards
Hi, we are Media Owners and specialize in Billboards in South Africa. Looking for an Architect that can assist us with building plan submissions on existing and new Billboards as required by the Municipality. We will provide our own site plans to scale and engineer drawings but we need a SACAP registered entity to submit.