A unique cottage plan
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....
5 tips on designing a home
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...
An unusual gathering place for a rural community
A client, Lethu, recently collected the working drawings I had prepared for his two-bedroom home.
Two-bed farm cottage
Tyron asks Jonno to design a double-storey farm cottage for him. Look at what Jonno comes up with.
Variation on a glass-front theme
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...
Wilderness hideaway with a view
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...
A timber home on a lake
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...
Tuscan – family style
Thami, a client for whom I previously designed a community hall, called to ask for another plan, this time for a family home.
A house with rondavels
Jonno has a challenge to design a house with four adjoining rondavels for John in Zimbabwe. See what Jonno comes up with.
A house design with many rooms and a view
I received a call from a couple in the Midlands who have bought a farm with the most magnificent view of the Drakensberg.
A home with a low-pitched roof design
Dear Jonno I kindly need an architectural drawing of the plan of the house shown in your article of 25 July 2014. I also need...
Refurbishing an old farm hall
I received a call from a Farmer’s Weekly reader in the KZN midlands. On his farm is a sturdy hall, built in the 1860s, that once served as a meeting...
Cosy staff cottage
Patrick wants to build a simple dwelling for two of his labourers on his farm. He asks Jonno for help.
Octagonal farmhouse design
Chris and Madelein from Botswana want to build an Octagonal farmhouse on their 17ha farm. They ask Jonno for assistance.
Namibian farmhouse design
Heiko has a farm in Namibia and is looking to build a farmhouse on the land. Read on to see what Jonno has come up with.
A family home that also caters to hunters
Stephanus requested a home redesign that accommodates hunters during the hunting season. Find out what Jonno comes up with.
A wooden cottage design
Three readers phoned me after seeing my plans for a little one-bedroom cottage in the 13 June issue.
