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Plan Prices in Mahikeng
Prices in Mahikeng follow the same drawing rates as the rest of North West, but council fees, travel for site visits and the type of stand can change the total. Give the suburb or erf number and the floor area, and each quote will list those local items separately.
Want to know more first? Our plan prices guide covers the options, the rules and what affects the price.
What to know locally in Mahikeng
Plans for Mahikeng go to the municipal building control office in Mmabatho, which handles both old Mafikeng erven and the former homeland townships. Many owners in Montshiwa and Lomanyaneng built on old permission-to-occupy sites, so a draughtsperson will first ask what proof of ownership you hold. Pre-1960s buildings around the Siege-era centre may need heritage approval before alterations. Ask your municipality which forms apply to your erf.
Homes and buildings in Mahikeng
Mahikeng has two halves that were planned apart: the old railway town of Mafikeng, with its Carrington Road shops, Golfview and Riviera Park houses and Siege-era buildings, and Mmabatho, laid out in the 1980s around the Provincial Government complex. Most requests come from civil servants building in Mmabatho Unit 9 or Danville, owners adding rooms to Montshiwa and Lomanyaneng houses, and churches and crèches on bigger stands. The ground is flat, hot and dry, with black clay in places, so walls and slabs need an engineer's eye. Draughtspersons work from Mmabatho and Mafikeng offices and quote for the whole North West.
Typical plan prices requests in the area come from:
- Families building a new house: a clear drawing fee for the house, and a list of the extras that sit on top of it
- Owners adding or changing rooms: the price of measuring up the house as it is, plus drawings for only the new work
- Churches, schools and crèches: an itemised price a committee can approve, with each stage and extra separated
- Shops, offices and restaurants: a quote for a shop or office layout, with the council and fire items itemised
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: a fixed price for a listing plan or for as-built drawings that unlock a sale
- Rental and granny flat investors: a per-unit price for backyard rooms or flats, so the return on the rental can be worked out
- Farms, smallholdings and rural homesteads: a fee that shows travel to the stand, since farm and village sites are far from town
Local tips for Mahikeng
Popular here: three bedroom family homes, extensions in Mmabatho and church halls. Ask each draughtsperson about this: ask whether your stand is on a title deed or still a permission to occupy. Who does the work: draughtspersons in Mmabatho and Mafikeng, architects in Riviera Park.
Around Mahikeng the largest group asking is families building a new house, which usually means a clear drawing fee for the house, and a list of the extras that sit on top of it. Expect sACAP category stated in each quote as the baseline, and keep in mind: flat, hot plain with clay pockets: ask about an engineer for foundations.
What to include in your request
- The approximate floor area, or the rooms you want
- Single or double storey
- Whether council submission is included
- Whether the stand is sloping or awkward
- What you already have, such as old plans
A rough idea of the rooms is enough: the brief on this page turns it into a block plan and a floor area.
Service area: Mahikeng and surrounds
Requests from Mahikeng go to people who already draw plans for Mmabatho, Montshiwa, Lomanyaneng, Lichtenburg, Zeerust, Ottoshoop and the rest of the area. Mention whether the stand is in an estate or complex, because design rules there come before council.