Looking for floor plans in Cape Town? FloorPlan.co.za puts families, builders and developers in Cape Town in touch with draughtspersons and architects serving Cape Town and nearby areas of Western Cape. Send one request and you receive quotes directly, free and with no obligation.
Floor Plans in Cape Town
Draughtspersons and architects serving Cape Town range from one-person practices who measure up and draw small houses and extensions to firms that design estates and commercial buildings across Western Cape. Give the suburb or erf number so the quote can include site visits, travel and the local council's submission process.
New to this? Read the floor plans guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before anyone measures up.
What to know locally in Cape Town
The City of Cape Town runs an online submission system, and a good draughtsperson will check zoning, building lines and any overlay zone before drawing. In Bo-Kaap, Sea Point and parts of the city bowl, buildings older than 60 years may need heritage comment first. Many sites on the Atlantic seaboard need a geotechnical report. Compare quotes, as fees differ between draughtspersons and registered architects.
Homes and buildings in Cape Town
Cape Town is a patchwork of stand types. On the Atlantic seaboard and in Constantia and Bishopscourt, large houses sit on steep slopes with views, wind and heritage rules. Woodstock, Observatory and the Bo-Kaap hold Victorian cottages where alterations are closely watched. On the Cape Flats, Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha homes get backyard rooms and extra storeys, while the sandy ground and high winter water table shape the foundations. Northern suburbs such as Durbanville and Milnerton favour new estates with design guidelines. Plans go through the City of Cape Town, and many owners ask for both drawings and an engineer.
The requests we see from Cape Town usually come from:
- Families building a new house: a full plan set for a new house, drawn to the stand and ready for council and builders' quotes
- Owners adding or changing rooms: a measure-up of the house as it stands and plans for the new rooms, approved before building
- Developers and builders: unit layouts, site development plans and repeatable house types for townhouses or a small estate
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: a clear listing floor plan with room sizes, and approved plans for the transfer
- Rental and granny flat investors: plans for backyard rental rooms, a granny flat or student units that meet the zoning rules
- Shops, offices and restaurants: a measured layout for a shop, office or restaurant fit-out, with the fire and access notes
- Churches, schools and crèches: plans for a church hall, crèche or classroom block, drawn for council and the fire department
- Farms, smallholdings and rural homesteads: plans for a farmhouse, a homestead or rondavels on a rural stand, with a simple site plan
Local tips for Cape Town
Most asked for in Cape Town: sloping-site homes, heritage alterations and backyard dwellings. Who draws them: studios in Woodstock, Claremont and the city bowl, draughtspersons in every suburb. A useful tip: ask whether an overlay zone or heritage area applies before the first sketch.
Floor Plans usually suits new homes, extensions, listings and businesses, drawn as measured, drawn to scale, 2D or 3D. For families building a new house, the biggest group here, that usually means a full plan set for a new house on a vacant stand, ready for council and builders' quotes. On the ground: south-easter wind, sandy Flats and steep slopes: ask for an engineer's report.
What to include in your request
- What the plan is for: build, approve, sell or renovate
- The address or erf number and the stand size
- The rooms you want, or the size of the building
- Any plans, sketches or photos you have now
- When you need the drawings
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: Cape Town and surrounds
Our network covers Cape Town together with Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River. A street address or the stand number helps a draughtsperson check zoning, building lines and servitudes before quoting.