Every draughtsperson starts with the same questions: what is there now, how big is it, and what are the drawings for. Answer them once in a request for extension plans in Pretoria, and we pass it to draughtspersons and architects who cover Pretoria and nearby areas of Gauteng.
Extension Plans in Pretoria
Many homes in Pretoria were built decades ago and are now being extended with extra bedrooms, enclosed patios and converted garages. Draughtspersons across Gauteng 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.
Want to know more first? Our extension plans guide covers the options, the rules and what affects the price.
What to know locally in Pretoria
Students pay for rooms in Hatfield, Arcadia and Sunnyside, so owners commission as-built drawings and fire-escape layouts when converting a house. Agents in Lynnwood and Menlo Park use floor plans in their listings, and shop owners in Brooklyn and Menlyn have commercial layouts drawn for tenant fit-outs. Many buyers of older Pretoria houses discover extra rooms that lack approval, which as-built drawings can fix.
Homes and buildings in Pretoria
Pretoria has a different rhythm from Johannesburg: jacaranda streets, red-brick Victorian and Art Deco houses, and a ring of newer estates. Older suburbs such as Arcadia, Sunnyside, Brooklyn, Waterkloof and Muckleneuk hold buildings that may fall under heritage rules, while Hatfield and Sunnyside have student flats and rental blocks. To the east, Mooikloof and Faerie Glen are filling with modern double storey homes, and in the north Mamelodi, Soshanguve and Ga-Rankuwa see families extend their houses and add backyard rooms. Hills and rocky outcrops affect slopes, and the Apies River floods in places. Draughtspersons, technologists and architects across the city quote directly.
The requests we see from Pretoria usually come from:
- Families building a new house: an extra bedroom, a bigger kitchen or a study, drawn to join neatly onto the existing house
- Owners adding or changing rooms: alterations and additions plans that show demolitions, new walls and the roof join for council
- Rental and granny flat investors: a garage or outbuilding converted into a rentable room with its own entrance
- Developers and builders: extended unit types or an added storey on existing houses before they are resold
- Shops, offices and restaurants: an added storeroom, kitchen or office wing on an existing shop or workshop
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: plans that bring an altered house into line, so the sale can pass through transfer
- Churches, schools and crèches: a classroom, hall or vestry added to an existing church or school building
Local tips for Pretoria
Most asked for in Pretoria: heritage-area alterations, student flats near Hatfield and Mooikloof family homes. Who draws them: architects in Brooklyn and Waterkloof, draughtspersons across the east and north. A useful tip: ask if your old house sits in a heritage area before you plan alterations.
Jobs range from one room to a whole new wing. Here, families building a new house lead the requests, typically for an extra bedroom, a bigger kitchen or a study, drawn to join neatly onto the existing house. One local point to raise: rocky hills and clay in places, floodplain along the Apies: ask about site levels.
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: Pretoria and surrounds
Requests from Pretoria go to people who already draw plans for Centurion, Hatfield, Waterkloof, Montana, Silver Lakes, Mooikloof, Akasia and the rest of the area. Mention whether the stand is in an estate or complex, because design rules there come before council.
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