Getting three draughtspersons to look at your stand in Mahikeng 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 Mahikeng and nearby areas of North West.
Double Storey House Plans in Mahikeng
In Mahikeng, a second floor is often the way to fit a family house onto a smaller stand or to catch a view. Draughtspersons in North West 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.
What to know locally in Mahikeng
A three bedroom face-brick house with a covered stoep and a carport is the usual request across Mmabatho and Danville, often sized to suit a bank bond on a government salary. In Montshiwa and Lomanyaneng, families more often start with a two bedroom core house and ask for a layout that lets a third room and a kitchen extension follow later. Granny flats at the back of larger Golfview stands are growing.
Homes and buildings in Mahikeng
Mahikeng has two halves that were planned apart: the old railway town of Mafikeng, with its Carrington Road shops, Golfview and Riviera Park houses and Siege-era buildings, and Mmabatho, laid out in the 1980s around the Provincial Government complex. Most requests come from civil servants building in Mmabatho Unit 9 or Danville, owners adding rooms to Montshiwa and Lomanyaneng houses, and churches and crèches on bigger stands. The ground is flat, hot and dry, with black clay in places, so walls and slabs need an engineer's eye. Draughtspersons work from Mmabatho and Mafikeng offices and quote for the whole North West.
Who asks for double storey house plans around Mahikeng, most often first:
- 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
- Churches, schools and crèches: a two-floor classroom or hall block that saves space on a small site
- Shops, offices and restaurants: a shop below with a flat or office above on a narrow commercial erf
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: approved plans for a two-floor home, including the upper floor, ready for transfer
- Rental and granny flat investors: double storey units for letting, with separate floors for tenants or student rooms
- Farms, smallholdings and rural homesteads: a homestead with bedrooms above to catch the breeze and the view of the land
Local tips for Mahikeng
Plans for Mahikeng are mostly drawn like this: draughtspersons in Mmabatho and Mafikeng, architects in Riviera Park. The requests that come up most: three bedroom family homes, extensions in Mmabatho and church halls. When you ask for quotes, ask whether your stand is on a title deed or still a permission to occupy.
Around Mahikeng 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: flat, hot plain with clay pockets: ask about an engineer for foundations.
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: Mahikeng and surrounds
Requests from Mahikeng go to people who already draw plans for Mmabatho, Montshiwa, Lomanyaneng, Lichtenburg, Zeerust, Ottoshoop and the rest of the area. Mention whether the stand is in an estate or complex, because design rules there come before council.