Before you pay for drawings, compare what is included. A free request for plan prices in North West goes to a draughtsperson serving towns and cities across North West, and you see the fees, the stages and the timeline side by side.
Plan Prices in North West
Prices in North West 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.
New to this? Read the plan prices guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before anyone measures up.
North West notes on plans & approvals
The province has several mid-size municipalities including Rustenburg, Madibeng and Matlosana, plus smaller rural councils that may take longer to circulate plans. Estates along the Hartbeespoort Dam, such as Kosmos or Schoemansville, usually want their own design approval first. On communal land, a letter from the traditional council may be requested before the municipality accepts anything, so ask early.
Homes and buildings in North West
North West mixes platinum-belt towns with big farming country. Around Rustenburg and Brits, mine housing, new bonded townhouses and shops keep draughtspersons busy, while Potchefstroom's university brings student housing and the Hartbeespoort and Magaliesberg shorelines attract lifestyle estates and weekend homes. Klerksdorp, Lichtenburg and Mahikeng serve maize and cattle farms where farmhouses, sheds and workers' cottages are drawn. In the villages of Bojanala and Ngaka Modiri Molema, family homesteads often grow room by room, sometimes on land under traditional leadership. Dust, summer heat and occasional heavy rain shape roofs and drainage on most jobs.
Who asks for plan prices around North West, most often first:
- Families building a new house: a clear drawing fee for the house, and a list of the extras that sit on top of it
- Farms, smallholdings and rural homesteads: a fee that shows travel to the stand, since farm and village sites are far from town
- Rental and granny flat investors: a per-unit price for backyard rooms or flats, so the return on the rental can be worked out
- Owners adding or changing rooms: the price of measuring up the house as it is, plus drawings for only the new work
- Shops, offices and restaurants: a quote for a shop or office layout, with the council and fire items itemised
- Developers and builders: a lower price per unit when the same house type is drawn once and repeated
- Churches, schools and crèches: an itemised price a committee can approve, with each stage and extra separated
Local tips for North West
Plans for North West are mostly drawn like this: draughtspersons in Rustenburg, Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp, architects in Potchefstroom. The requests that come up most: mine-town houses, student rooms, farm buildings and Hartbeespoort lifestyle homes. When you ask for quotes, ask if your stand is on communal land and needs a traditional council letter first.
Around North West 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: dolomite and rock in places, hot summers, and heavy storms: ask about drainage.
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: North West and surrounds
Draughtspersons and architects on our network work throughout North West, including Rustenburg, Mahikeng, Potchefstroom, Klerksdorp, Brits, Hartbeespoort, Lichtenburg. For farms and smaller towns, ask about travel for the measure-up and how the plans will be submitted to the local municipality.