Getting three draughtspersons to look at your stand in Free State takes calls and weeks. Send one request instead, with the rooms, the stand and what you have now, and we pass it to draughtspersons and architects who work in towns and cities across Free State.
Rondavel House Plans in Free State
Draughtspersons around Free State draw rondavels and hexagonal huts for homesteads, guest lodges and holiday farms across Free State. Tell them whether the stand is in a town, on a farm or under a traditional authority, and how far the hut will be from the boundary, because thatch and fire rules depend on it.
New to this? Read the rondavel house plans guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before anyone measures up.
Free State notes on house designs
Winter frost makes insulation, ceilings and a fireplace or heating point part of most house designs. In Bloemfontein's Langenhoven Park and Fichardt Park, families build three and four bedroom face-brick houses with double garages. Clarens and Golden Gate holiday homes use sandstone cladding with steep roofs, and on farms a new homestead may include a separate worker's cottage.
Homes and buildings in Free State
The Free State is farm country with a handful of larger towns. Bloemfontein's Westdene, Universitas and Brandwag hold older suburban houses and a university-driven rental market, while Welkom and Sasolburg grew around gold and petrochemicals and have large post-mine and company-built stock. In the east, Clarens, Bethlehem and Harrismith sit among sandstone hills where tourism lodges and holiday homes use local stone. Farmhouses and sheds dot the maize and sheep plains, and the townships of Mangaung and Botshabelo see steady extensions. Cold winters, summer storms and strong wind mean insulation and roof fixing are discussed on most jobs.
Typical rondavel house plans requests in the area come from:
- Families building a new house: a thatched round room as a lounge, studio or main bedroom added to the house
- Farms, smallholdings and rural homesteads: a family homestead of several huts for sleeping, cooking and storing, built in phases
- Owners adding or changing rooms: joining a rondavel to an existing house with a covered passage and a matching roof
- Rental and granny flat investors: rental rondavels for tourists, drawn to the zoning and the fire rules for thatch
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: approved drawings for a rondavel on a farm or smallholding being sold, so the bank accepts it
- Shops, offices and restaurants: guest rondavels with en-suites and decks for a lodge, guest farm or tea garden
- Churches, schools and crèches: a round meeting room or crèche hut with good ventilation and a fire-safe roof
- Developers and builders: a small holiday village of repeat rondavel units on a coastal or bushveld stand
Local tips for Free State
Most asked for in Free State: student and mine-town extensions, sandstone holiday homes, farmhouses and sheds. Who draws them: draughtspersons in Bloemfontein, Welkom and Bethlehem, architects in Bloemfontein. A useful tip: ask whether the village or conservation committee must see the drawings before council.
Around Free State the largest group asking is families building a new house, which usually means a thatched round room as a lounge, studio or main bedroom added to the house. Expect drawn to SANS 10400, thatch rules checked as the baseline, and keep in mind: frosty winters, summer hail and wind, with cracking clay in some towns.
What to include in your request
- Round, six corner or eight corner
- Thatch, sheeting or tile roof
- How many huts and how they link up
- Distance to boundaries and other buildings
- Whether it is a home, a rental or a lodge unit
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Service area: Free State and surrounds
Draughtspersons and architects on our network work throughout Free State, including Bloemfontein, Welkom, Kroonstad, Bethlehem, Sasolburg, Harrismith, Clarens. For farms and smaller towns, ask about travel for the measure-up and how the plans will be submitted to the local municipality.