Getting three draughtspersons to look at your stand in Rustenburg 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 Rustenburg and nearby areas of North West.
Rondavel House Plans in Rustenburg
Draughtspersons around Rustenburg draw rondavels and hexagonal huts for homesteads, guest lodges and holiday farms across North West. 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.
House designs in Rustenburg: local notes
Rustenburg families commonly build three- and four-bedroom houses with a garage and a braai area, often drawn with generous overhangs for summer heat. On the lower plain where black turf is found, designs keep the footprint simple so the engineer can specify a raft or stiffened slab. In Boitekong, owners ask for small houses that can be extended, and in Phokeng a rondavel cluster or a modern flat-roof house is a common brief.
Homes and buildings in Rustenburg
Rustenburg is a mining city under the Magaliesberg, where platinum shafts, smelters and tailings dams share the plain with suburbs and villages. Older houses in Cashan, Karlien Park, Waterkloof and Geelhout Park are being extended, and Zinniaville and Safari Gardens hold sectional title complexes and older brick houses. Boitekong and Tlhabane grow with RDP houses, rooms to let and small shops. Phokeng and the nearby villages lie on land under the Bafokeng and other traditional authorities, which affects how plans are lodged. Black turf soil in parts of the plain is a regular concern for foundations.
Who asks for rondavel house plans around Rustenburg, most often first:
- Families building a new house: a thatched round room as a lounge, studio or main bedroom added to the house
- Rental and granny flat investors: rental rondavels for tourists, drawn to the zoning and the fire rules for thatch
- Developers and builders: a small holiday village of repeat rondavel units on a coastal or bushveld stand
- Shops, offices and restaurants: guest rondavels with en-suites and decks for a lodge, guest farm or tea garden
- Owners adding or changing rooms: joining a rondavel to an existing house with a covered passage and a matching roof
- Farms, smallholdings and rural homesteads: a family homestead of several huts for sleeping, cooking and storing, built in phases
- Churches, schools and crèches: a round meeting room or crèche hut with good ventilation and a fire-safe roof
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: approved drawings for a rondavel on a farm or smallholding being sold, so the bank accepts it
Local tips for Rustenburg
Most asked for in Rustenburg: houses on black turf soil, rental rooms near the mines, Magaliesberg weekend homes. Who draws them: draughtspersons across Rustenburg, engineers and surveyors near Beyers Naude Drive. A useful tip: ask whether your site is freehold or under a traditional authority before you start.
Around Rustenburg 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: black turf clay in places: ask for a soil test and engineered foundation.
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: Rustenburg and surrounds
Requests from Rustenburg go to people who already draw plans for Phokeng, Boitekong, Tlhabane, Marikana, Kroondal, Mooinooi, Safari Gardens and the rest of the area. Mention whether the stand is in an estate or complex, because design rules there come before council.