Whether it is a first home or a big family house, our free service makes it easy to price double storey house plans in Kimberley, drawn for your stand and for council. Your request goes to a draughtsperson serving Kimberley and nearby areas of Northern Cape.
Double Storey House Plans in Kimberley
In Kimberley, a second floor is often the way to fit a family house onto a smaller stand or to catch a view. Draughtspersons in Northern Cape can check height limits, building lines and neighbours' consent before the design starts, and arrange the engineer for the upper floor.
New to this? Read the double storey house plans guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before anyone measures up.
Kimberley notes on house designs
In Hadison Park, Diamant Park and Royldene, buyers choose single storey face-brick homes with three bedrooms, a double garage and a braai area, usually under a concrete tile or IBR roof. Galeshewe and Roodepan owners more often ask for a simple two bedroom house that can take a third room later. Granny flats behind older Belgravia houses are a rising request for rentals.
Homes and buildings in Kimberley
Kimberley grew around the Big Hole, and its older suburbs of Belgravia, Kimberley North and Monument Heights have Victorian and Edwardian houses with corrugated iron roofs, verandas and lacework that may carry heritage protection. Across town, Galeshewe, Roodepan and Ritchie have township houses and backyard rooms being extended, while Hadison Park, Diamant Park and Royldene offer modern face-brick homes. Flat, dry land and hot summers mean thick walls, deep overhangs and sensible roof insulation. Draughtspersons work from Kimberley offices and handle plans for the whole Sol Plaatje area and into the wider Northern Cape.
The requests we see from Kimberley usually come from:
- Families building a new house: a family house stacked on a small suburban stand, with bedrooms upstairs and a balcony
- Owners adding or changing rooms: a second floor added to a single-storey house, after the foundations are checked
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: approved plans for a two-floor home, including the upper floor, ready for transfer
- Shops, offices and restaurants: a shop below with a flat or office above on a narrow commercial erf
- Rental and granny flat investors: double storey units for letting, with separate floors for tenants or student rooms
- Churches, schools and crèches: a two-floor classroom or hall block that saves space on a small site
- Developers and builders: double storey townhouses and house types that fit more units on a stand
- Farms, smallholdings and rural homesteads: a homestead with bedrooms above to catch the breeze and the view of the land
Local tips for Kimberley
Popular here: renovations of older houses, backyard rooms in Galeshewe and 3 bedroom homes. Ask each draughtsperson about this: ask if your house is over 60 years old before you plan any change. Who does the work: draughtspersons around Du Toitspan Road, architects with heritage experience in Belgravia.
Around Kimberley the largest group asking is families building a new house, which usually means a family house stacked on a small suburban stand, with bedrooms upstairs and a balcony. Expect sACAP-registered, ECSA engineer on structure as the baseline, and keep in mind: hot, dry and flat; old mine ground in places: ask about a geotechnical report.
What to include in your request
- The stand size, slope and zoning height limit
- Rooms wanted on each floor and any balcony
- Concrete slab or timber for the upper floor
- Whether this is a new house or an extra floor
- Neighbour and estate approval needed
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: Kimberley and surrounds
Our network covers Kimberley together with Galeshewe, Roodepan, Ritchie, Barkly West, Hadison Park, Beaconsfield. A street address or the stand number helps a draughtsperson check zoning, building lines and servitudes before quoting.