Jonno Smith

Jonno designs a farm shop that includes a shisa nyama/braai area; an entertainment hall/restaurant, a car wash and filling station.

In this instalment of HillbillyHomes, a client requests a design for an affordable, three-bedroom home that is small but comfortable.

Avid Farmer's Weekly readers Bashi and his wife want to build a small, thatched rondavel in a quiet corner of their existing property.

I was recently called out to a tourist development site in the Cradle of Humankind in North West. The proposed development offers comfort, convenience, and the aesthetics of living in the wild.

A two-bedroom, two-bathroom stone cottage on a farm in southern Drakensberg.

A client in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, recently asked me for additions to an existing 6m-diameter thatched bedsit to accommodate a new farm manager and his family.

Stephen, for whom I had previously done design work, recently approached me with a further request for cost-effective tourist accommodation in a rural, farm-style design.

The living areas and bedrooms should thus be placed around an enclosed inner courtyard. We also want as many large windows and sliding doors as possible, and the styling should be contemporary, but complement the natural environment. We need three en suite bedrooms, with a large living area that includes a lounge, dining room, spacious kitchen and study. We also need a double garage that can be attached to the main house.

I recently received a call from Grant, who requested my help with renovations to an old farmhouse on his recently purchased game farm in the Camperdown area of KwaZulu-Natal.

Dear Jonno I have been following your columns every week and decided to get in touch with you. I recently saw your plan for a farmhouse...