Hillbilly Homes

Dear Jonno I’m always fascinated by your unique country design homes. In one of your recent articles, you suggested the use of throw-away wood quarterings....

Every one of us is unique and has a different idea of what we want our home to look like. To date, I have prepared over 4 800 working drawings for clients, and have not produced a single exact repeat! Here then, briefly, are the most important aspects that should be considered when designing a home.

A client, Lethu, recently collected the working drawings I had prepared for his two-bedroom home.

Jonno designs an A-frame cottage on a game park for George.

Tyron asks Jonno to design a double-storey farm cottage for him. Look at what Jonno comes up with.

Dear Jonno Thank you for the initial sketches you sent me for my idea of a u-shaped lodge building. Here is my plan for moving...

Dear Jonno We find your regular advice in Farmer’s Weekly on the design and construction of houses exciting and informative. My wife and I have a...

Dear Jonno We’ve enclosed a sketch of a house that we would like to build. We have not allowed for any doors, apart from the...

Thami, a client for whom I previously designed a community hall, called to ask for another plan, this time for a family home.

Jonno has a challenge to design a house with four adjoining rondavels for John in Zimbabwe. See what Jonno comes up with.

Practical features, which provides character to a home.

I received a call from a couple in the Midlands who have bought a farm with the most magnificent view of the Drakensberg.