Whether it is a first home or a big family house, our free service makes it easy to price double storey house plans in Newcastle, drawn for your stand and for council. Your request goes to a draughtsperson serving Newcastle and nearby areas of KwaZulu-Natal.
Double Storey House Plans in Newcastle
In Newcastle, a second floor is often the way to fit a family house onto a smaller stand or to catch a view. Draughtspersons in KwaZulu-Natal 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 Newcastle
In Madadeni and Osizweni, three bedroom houses and house extensions dominate, often built in phases by owners who add a kitchen, bathroom, then bedrooms over several years. In Fernwood and Pioneer Park, new family homes tend to be four bedroom with a covered patio, double garage and a fireplace or good insulation for the cold winters.
Homes and buildings in Newcastle
Newcastle lies in northern KwaZulu-Natal in a wide valley below the Drakensberg foothills, with a steel and textile past and hot summers followed by cold, frosty winters. Fernwood, Lennoxton, Pioneer Park and Signal Hill have family houses on mid-sized stands, while the large townships of Madadeni, Osizweni and Blaauwbosch hold thousands of RDP and brick houses that owners keep extending. Charlestown, Utrecht and Dannhauser are small farming and mining towns nearby. Black cotton clay and old coal workings can affect foundations in some areas. Plans are drawn by a handful of local draughtspersons, with larger firms travelling in from Pietermaritzburg and Gauteng.
Typical double storey house plans requests in the area 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
- 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
- Farms, smallholdings and rural homesteads: a homestead with bedrooms above to catch the breeze and the view of the land
- Rental and granny flat investors: double storey units for letting, with separate floors for tenants or student rooms
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: approved plans for a two-floor home, including the upper floor, ready for transfer
Local tips for Newcastle
Popular here: phased township houses, crèches, churches and Highveld-edge family homes. Ask each draughtsperson about this: ask Newcastle's building office which township conditions apply before drawing. Who does the work: a few local draughtspersons; larger studios travel from Pietermaritzburg and Gauteng.
Around Newcastle 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: clay and old workings in places, with frosty winters: 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
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: Newcastle and surrounds
Our network covers Newcastle together with Madadeni, Osizweni, Blaauwbosch, Utrecht, Dannhauser, Charlestown. A street address or the stand number helps a draughtsperson check zoning, building lines and servitudes before quoting.