Getting three draughtspersons to look at your stand in Bellville takes calls and weeks. Send one request instead, with the rooms, the stand and what you have now, and we pass it to draughtspersons and architects who work in Bellville and nearby areas of Western Cape.
2 Bedroom House Plans in Bellville
In Bellville, a two bedroom house is a common first build for young families and a popular size for retirement cottages and rental units. Draughtspersons working in Western Cape can fit the layout to your stand, check the local building lines and submit the drawings to the municipality for you.
New to this? Read the 2 bedroom house plans guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before anyone measures up.
What to know locally in Bellville
Typical Bellville designs are three- and four-bedroom face-brick or plastered homes with a double garage, plus double storeys on smaller Panorama stands. On the Plattekloof slopes, split-level layouts follow the hill and reduce cut and fill. Cavity walls and good waterproofing matter in the wet winters. Ask how your design copes with the north-west rain and the summer south-easter.
Homes and buildings in Bellville
Bellville has grown from a Tygerberg railway town into the northern suburbs' business centre, and plans here reflect that. Office towers and flats are replacing older houses along Voortrekker Road and Tygervalley, while Welgemoed, Plattekloof and Oakdale hold family homes on mid-sized stands that owners extend and subdivide. Student lets cluster near the CPUT and UWC campuses. Panorama and Durbanville add hillside stands with views over the Tygerberg and wheat country. Sandy soil, the south-easter and heavy winter rain affect foundations and roofs, and every plan goes to the City of Cape Town's northern district.
The requests we see from Bellville usually come from:
- Developers and builders: a repeatable two bedroom unit for a row of low cost houses or semi-detached pairs
- Families building a new house: a first home on a modest stand, drawn small and ready for a third bedroom later
- Rental and granny flat investors: two bedroom rental units on one erf, with separate entrances and meters
- Shops, offices and restaurants: staff housing for a small business, drawn as compact two bedroom units
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: approved plans for a small house about to be sold, or a clear layout for the listing
- Owners adding or changing rooms: an old two-roomed house reworked with a proper bathroom and an open-plan living area
- Churches, schools and crèches: a two bedroom caretaker's or minister's house beside a church or school
Local tips for Bellville
Most asked for in Bellville: student housing, townhouse clusters and office or warehouse fit-outs. Who draws them: draughtspersons around Tygervalley and Durbanville, architects in the CBD. A useful tip: ask whether your stand falls in the Voortrekker Road density zone.
Around Bellville the largest group asking is developers and builders, which usually means a repeatable two bedroom unit for a row of low cost houses or semi-detached pairs. Expect sACAP-registered, drawn to SANS 10400 as the baseline, and keep in mind: sandy soils and winter rain: ask whether a soil test is needed on your stand.
What to include in your request
- The stand size, erf number and street address
- One bathroom or two, open-plan or closed kitchen
- Whether you want to add a third bedroom later
- Your budget and roof type, such as IBR sheeting
- Whether the drawings must go to council
The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be. The brief below sketches the rooms and works out a floor area for you.
Service area: Bellville and surrounds
Requests from Bellville go to people who already draw plans for Tygervalley, Durbanville, Parow, Kuils River, Brackenfell, Stikland, Bellville South and the rest of the area. Mention whether the stand is in an estate or complex, because design rules there come before council.