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Extension Plans in George
Many homes in George were built decades ago and are now being extended with extra bedrooms, enclosed patios and converted garages. Draughtspersons across Western Cape draw alterations and additions, check building lines and handle the council submission. Give the erf number and say whether the house has approved plans on record.
New to this? Read the extension plans guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before anyone measures up.
George notes on drawings & surveys
Drawing work in George includes holiday home plans for Wilderness and Herold's Bay, guesthouse layouts along the Garden Route, and as-built plans for cottages sold in Denneoord and Dormehlsdrift. Pacaltsdorp and Thembalethu residents often need measured drawings for backyard rooms. Business owners at the Garden Route Mall area and in the industrial zone use layouts for fit-outs and fire escape routes, and electrical plans with solar for homes.
Homes and buildings in George
George sits between the Outeniqua Mountains and the sea, and rain falls in every season. Retirees and lifestyle buyers build in Heatherlands, Blanco, Fancourt and Wilderness, often on steep stands with forest and mountain views. Older homes in the Rosedale and Denneoord areas get extended, while the oak-lined streets near Courtenay Street hold older buildings with heritage value. Pacaltsdorp and Thembalethu have many backyard rooms and extended RDP houses. Damp, wind from the Indian Ocean and fynbos fire risk shape the plans, which are lodged with George Municipality.
Who asks for extension plans around George, most often first:
- Families building a new house: an extra bedroom, a bigger kitchen or a study, drawn to join neatly onto the existing house
- Rental and granny flat investors: a garage or outbuilding converted into a rentable room with its own entrance
- Owners adding or changing rooms: alterations and additions plans that show demolitions, new walls and the roof join for council
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: plans that bring an altered house into line, so the sale can pass through transfer
- Shops, offices and restaurants: an added storeroom, kitchen or office wing on an existing shop or workshop
- Developers and builders: extended unit types or an added storey on existing houses before they are resold
- Churches, schools and crèches: a classroom, hall or vestry added to an existing church or school building
Local tips for George
Most asked for in George: retirement and holiday homes on slopes, with backyard rooms in the townships. Who draws them: draughtspersons in the CBD and Blanco, architects on the Wilderness route. A useful tip: ask your draughtsperson how the plan handles rain run-off and damp on a slope.
Extension Plans usually suits added rooms, storeys, garages and patios, drawn as existing and new work drawn together. For families building a new house, the biggest group here, that usually means an extra bedroom, a bigger kitchen or a study, drawn to join neatly onto the existing house. On the ground: all-year rain, steep stands and fynbos fire risk: ask about drainage.
What to include in your request
- What you want to add and where it will go
- The address or erf number and the stand size
- Whether the house has approved plans on record
- Photos of the area to be extended
- Whether you will live in the house while building
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Service area: George and surrounds
Draughtspersons and architects on our network work in George and surrounding areas, including Wilderness, Blanco, Pacaltsdorp, Thembalethu, Herold's Bay, Mossel Bay, Knysna. Give the suburb or erf number so the quote can include the site visit, travel and the local submission process.