Getting three draughtspersons to look at your stand in Rustenburg 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 Rustenburg and nearby areas of North West.
3 Bedroom House Plans in Rustenburg
Three bedroom homes make up most of the new family houses drawn in Rustenburg, from suburban stands to extensions on township plots. Draughtspersons in North West know the local building lines, coverage limits and submission steps, and can fit a layout to the way your stand lies.
New to this? Read the 3 bedroom house plans guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before anyone measures up.
House designs in Rustenburg: local notes
Rustenburg families commonly build three- and four-bedroom houses with a garage and a braai area, often drawn with generous overhangs for summer heat. On the lower plain where black turf is found, designs keep the footprint simple so the engineer can specify a raft or stiffened slab. In Boitekong, owners ask for small houses that can be extended, and in Phokeng a rondavel cluster or a modern flat-roof house is a common brief.
Homes and buildings in Rustenburg
Rustenburg is a mining city under the Magaliesberg, where platinum shafts, smelters and tailings dams share the plain with suburbs and villages. Older houses in Cashan, Karlien Park, Waterkloof and Geelhout Park are being extended, and Zinniaville and Safari Gardens hold sectional title complexes and older brick houses. Boitekong and Tlhabane grow with RDP houses, rooms to let and small shops. Phokeng and the nearby villages lie on land under the Bafokeng and other traditional authorities, which affects how plans are lodged. Black turf soil in parts of the plain is a regular concern for foundations.
Typical 3 bedroom house plans requests in the area come from:
- Families building a new house: the family house on a suburban or estate stand, with a garage and a covered patio
- Rental and granny flat investors: three bedroom houses designed for letting, with a durable finish and easy upkeep
- Developers and builders: three bedroom house types repeated across a cluster or a row of stands
- Shops, offices and restaurants: a manager's or owner's house next to a shop, lodge or workshop
- Owners adding or changing rooms: two extra bedrooms added to a small house, with the old and new work clearly shown
- Farms, smallholdings and rural homesteads: a three bedroom farmhouse or village house with a wide stoep and a store room
- Churches, schools and crèches: a three bedroom parsonage or teacher's house on church or school grounds
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: approved plans or a clear listing layout for a three bedroom house on the market
Local tips for Rustenburg
Most asked for in Rustenburg: houses on black turf soil, rental rooms near the mines, Magaliesberg weekend homes. Who draws them: draughtspersons across Rustenburg, engineers and surveyors near Beyers Naude Drive. A useful tip: ask whether your site is freehold or under a traditional authority before you start.
Around Rustenburg the largest group asking is families building a new house, which usually means the family house on a suburban or estate stand, with a garage and a covered patio. Expect sACAP-registered, drawn to SANS 10400 as the baseline, and keep in mind: black turf clay in places: ask for a soil test and engineered foundation.
What to include in your request
- The erf number, stand size and any title deed limits
- Your layout preference: linear, L-shape or courtyard
- En-suite, family bathroom, scullery and garage wishes
- Whether there is an existing house on the stand
- Whether the plans must be submitted to council
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Service area: Rustenburg and surrounds
Requests from Rustenburg go to people who already draw plans for Phokeng, Boitekong, Tlhabane, Marikana, Kroondal, Mooinooi, Safari Gardens and the rest of the area. Mention whether the stand is in an estate or complex, because design rules there come before council.