Getting three draughtspersons to look at your stand in Welkom 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 Welkom and nearby areas of Free State.
Rondavel House Plans in Welkom
Draughtspersons around Welkom 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.
What to know locally in Welkom
Owners of ex-mine houses in Jim Fouche and Dagbreek often start with a two or three bedroom bungalow and ask for a plan that adds a bedroom, a garage and a covered patio without breaking building lines. Thabong and Bronville families want core houses that can grow in stages. The wide stands also suit a granny flat, and rental demand from mine contractors keeps those requests coming.
Homes and buildings in Welkom
Welkom was planned in the late 1940s as a mining town on a flat plain, with circular streets and traffic circles centred on a hub, and its houses from that period are small face-brick bungalows on generous stands, many now being altered or sold. Mine houses in Riebeeckstad, Jim Fouche and Dagbreek share the area with newer lifestyle sections in Bedelia and Flamingo Park. Thabong, Bronville and Odendaalsrus have township houses being extended. Ground above old gold workings and under tailings dumps can be unstable, so most drawings begin with a site check. Draughtspersons in Welkom work for the whole Matjhabeng area.
The requests we see from Welkom usually come from:
- Families building a new house: a thatched round room as a lounge, studio or main bedroom added to the house
- Owners adding or changing rooms: joining a rondavel to an existing house with a covered passage and a matching roof
- Estate agents, sellers and landlords: approved drawings for a rondavel on a farm or smallholding being sold, so the bank accepts it
- Rental and granny flat investors: rental rondavels for tourists, drawn to the zoning and the fire rules for thatch
- 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
- Farms, smallholdings and rural homesteads: a family homestead of several huts for sleeping, cooking and storing, built in phases
Local tips for Welkom
Popular here: mine-house renovations, backyard rooms in Thabong and extensions. Ask each draughtsperson about this: ask your draughtsperson if your stand sits near old mine workings or dumps. Who does the work: a handful of draughtspersons in Welkom central, architects serve from Bloemfontein.
Around Welkom 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: old mine workings and shallow pans: ask whether a geotechnical report is needed.
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
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: Welkom and surrounds
Our network covers Welkom together with Thabong, Odendaalsrus, Virginia, Riebeeckstad, Allanridge, Hennenman. A street address or the stand number helps a draughtsperson check zoning, building lines and servitudes before quoting.