Whether it is a first home or a big family house, our free service makes it easy to price 2 bedroom house plans in Free State, drawn for your stand and for council. Your request goes to a draughtsperson serving towns and cities across Free State.
2 Bedroom House Plans in Free State
In Free State, 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 Free State can fit the layout to your stand, check the local building lines and submit the drawings to the municipality for you.
The main 2 bedroom house plans page explains the drawings, the standards and the costs in more detail.
What to know locally in Free State
Winter frost makes insulation, ceilings and a fireplace or heating point part of most house designs. In Bloemfontein's Langenhoven Park and Fichardt Park, families build three and four bedroom face-brick houses with double garages. Clarens and Golden Gate holiday homes use sandstone cladding with steep roofs, and on farms a new homestead may include a separate worker's cottage.
Homes and buildings in Free State
The Free State is farm country with a handful of larger towns. Bloemfontein's Westdene, Universitas and Brandwag hold older suburban houses and a university-driven rental market, while Welkom and Sasolburg grew around gold and petrochemicals and have large post-mine and company-built stock. In the east, Clarens, Bethlehem and Harrismith sit among sandstone hills where tourism lodges and holiday homes use local stone. Farmhouses and sheds dot the maize and sheep plains, and the townships of Mangaung and Botshabelo see steady extensions. Cold winters, summer storms and strong wind mean insulation and roof fixing are discussed on most jobs.
The requests we see from Free State usually come from:
- Families building a new house: a first home on a modest stand, drawn small and ready for a third bedroom later
- Farms, smallholdings and rural homesteads: a simple two bedroom farm cottage or village house with a covered stoep
- Owners adding or changing rooms: an old two-roomed house reworked with a proper bathroom and an open-plan living area
- Rental and granny flat investors: two bedroom rental units on one erf, with separate entrances and meters
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: approved plans for a small house about to be sold, or a clear layout for the listing
- Shops, offices and restaurants: staff housing for a small business, drawn as compact two bedroom units
- Churches, schools and crèches: a two bedroom caretaker's or minister's house beside a church or school
- Developers and builders: a repeatable two bedroom unit for a row of low cost houses or semi-detached pairs
Local tips for Free State
Plans for Free State are mostly drawn like this: draughtspersons in Bloemfontein, Welkom and Bethlehem, architects in Bloemfontein. The requests that come up most: student and mine-town extensions, sandstone holiday homes, farmhouses and sheds. When you ask for quotes, ask whether the village or conservation committee must see the drawings before council.
Around Free State the largest group asking is families building a new house, which usually means a first home on a modest stand, drawn small and ready for a third bedroom later. Expect sACAP-registered, drawn to SANS 10400 as the baseline, and keep in mind: frosty winters, summer hail and wind, with cracking clay in some towns.
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
A rough idea of the rooms is enough: the brief on this page turns it into a block plan and a floor area.
Service area: Free State and surrounds
We pass Free State requests to people based in or regularly working in Bloemfontein, Welkom, Kroonstad, Bethlehem, Sasolburg, Harrismith, Clarens. Rural stands should give the nearest town and the farm or village name, so site visits are quoted honestly.