An elegant, practical home
Estelle and Barry would like to build a retirement home on their son’s farm in the eastern Free State.
A modern farmhouse
Dear Jonno
Neil and I want to build a new home in the Karoo and eagerly await each week’s copy of Farmer’s Weekly for ideas.We...
Modern rural living
Dear Aubrey
Thank you for calling and discussing the requirements for your new home outside Pietermaritzburg. Looking through my file of more than 700 sketches...
Modern home in rural setting
Dear Jonno
I would like to build a three-bedroom house in Mount Fletcher in the Eastern Cape, so I kindly need your help. I have...
Cost-effective retirement home
Dear Arnold
Here is the sketch of the layout for the retirement home you are planning in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. I’ve made the sizes of...
Designing a block of flats
Dear Jonno
I need your help as I would like to build several one- and two-bedroom flats on a 1ha piece of land. I would...
A cost effective cottage
I would like to build a house and have designed a plan. It is, however, incomplete, so I require your help. I need you to also include the approximate costs.
Retiring at the lakeside
I received a call from Mike and Molly, who would like a stage-built house in a private lakeside home resort. The man-made lake, which...
A home with nine rondavels
You requested that you would like to build nine separate units on your property in honour of the departed, and want these to be traditional rondavels.
Building on limited space
Dear Jonno
I have been reading your Farmer’s Weekly column for a long time and would like to ask for your advice. We have a...
A ‘semi-modern’ home in the Karoo
Greetings William,
Thank you for the detailed layout of your new home to be built in the Karoo. While your room measurements included the outer and...
Cabin in the mountains
Dear Jonno
We would like to build a stone cabin in the mountains on our farm in the Karoo. It must be an open-plan design...
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