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Double Storey House Plans in Welkom
In Welkom, a second floor is often the way to fit a family house onto a smaller stand or to catch a view. Draughtspersons in Free State 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.
House designs in Welkom: local notes
Owners of ex-mine houses in Jim Fouche and Dagbreek often start with a two or three bedroom bungalow and ask for a plan that adds a bedroom, a garage and a covered patio without breaking building lines. Thabong and Bronville families want core houses that can grow in stages. The wide stands also suit a granny flat, and rental demand from mine contractors keeps those requests coming.
Homes and buildings in Welkom
Welkom was planned in the late 1940s as a mining town on a flat plain, with circular streets and traffic circles centred on a hub, and its houses from that period are small face-brick bungalows on generous stands, many now being altered or sold. Mine houses in Riebeeckstad, Jim Fouche and Dagbreek share the area with newer lifestyle sections in Bedelia and Flamingo Park. Thabong, Bronville and Odendaalsrus have township houses being extended. Ground above old gold workings and under tailings dumps can be unstable, so most drawings begin with a site check. Draughtspersons in Welkom work for the whole Matjhabeng area.
The requests we see from Welkom 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
- Rental and granny flat investors: double storey units for letting, with separate floors for tenants or student rooms
- Shops, offices and restaurants: a shop below with a flat or office above on a narrow commercial erf
- 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 Welkom
Most asked for in Welkom: mine-house renovations, backyard rooms in Thabong and extensions. Who draws them: a handful of draughtspersons in Welkom central, architects serve from Bloemfontein. A useful tip: ask your draughtsperson if your stand sits near old mine workings or dumps.
Double Storey House Plans usually suits new two-floor houses and added upper floors, drawn as plans, elevations, sections and stair details. For families building a new house, the biggest group here, that usually means a family house stacked on a small suburban stand, with bedrooms upstairs and a balcony. On the ground: old mine workings and shallow pans: ask whether a geotechnical report is needed.
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: Welkom and surrounds
Our network covers Welkom together with Thabong, Odendaalsrus, Virginia, Riebeeckstad, Allanridge, Hennenman. A street address or the stand number helps a draughtsperson check zoning, building lines and servitudes before quoting.