WHAT YOU GET IN A PACKAGE
A FULL SET OF WORKING SUBMISSION DRAWINGS
Working drawings detail and describe carefully and accurately all Floor Plans, Dimensions, Sections, Elevations, Site plan, Roof design, Drainage layout details. Electrical layouts and legends and Window and Door schedules. They include all required building specification and all necessary SANS xa regulations and details relating to energy efficiency requirements. The drawings comply with the requirements of the National Building Regulations for approval at any local authority in South Africa
All the forms required for the Council applications will be provided in the package. Should you wish to submit plans yourself you can do so. Should you elect to utilise the services of a Council Coordinator for plan submission, a full list of specialists per Province are provided in the package.
You may contact Flexi Home Plan for assistance.
BUILDING CONTRACT - 6 pages
The building contract is set up to best industry standards and will cover you for all aspects of the building process including Payment stages to the Contractor, Insurance, Building defects procedures, Building snags, Penalties, the Contractors obligations and contract period etc.
FULL SPECIFICATION - 10 pages
The full building specification is set up to best industry standards. It will cover you for your contractor to follow all aspects of the building procedures, including best building practices to be used for Foundations, the Superstructure, Cement Mixes, Reinforcing, Plumbing, Electrical, Painting etc.
FULL SET OF SKETCH PLANS
SITE PLANS
Example of a Site Plan.
After purchase of your plan choice you become a client of ours, the Site Plan can then be ordered to attach to your plan. The charge ranges between R 450 and R 900
and up to R 1800 for larger units.
We will require the following information in order to draw up the Site Plan: Your Suburb, the Stand number and Stand diagram showing dimensions and North Point or the Surveyor General Diagram. We require the position of the sewer connection point. This information can be obtained from the Land Owner, Land Agent or your Local Council.
Alternatively we do provide a standard prototype site plan of your house with your package as a template example. Your Site Plan can be modified and boundaries drawn to scale by a competent person or your council coordinator.
CHOICE TO ORDER MIRRORED PLANS
You may select a plan in its mirrored format . The adjoining diagram shows a house in its mirrored image. You can therefore see how the east entry house to the left is mirrored to swop it to a west entry house shown to the right. Your North point must also be considered when mirroring plans.
CUSTOMIZING A PLAN
Should you select a plan but wish to Customize certain rooms or areas then a consultation with Flexihome plan needs to be booked. The prescribed fee is R 490 per half hour We will discuss your change requirement and do a custom order form. We may ask for a sketch or a mark up of what you require . We will add the amendment drawing fee to the package cost and send a new order form .
SCHEDULE OF MATERIALS & COST
AUTOCAD DWG file
You may request a copy of the original Autocad DWG drawing file to be sent to you . This would be charged at about 15 % of your package cost. With knowledge of a CAD program or using a person who is proficient with CAD you can edit or make your own minor changes to the plan. However more major changes are recommended to be done by Flexi Home Plan who understand how the structure relating to your change may have to be correctly amended. Contact Flexihomeplan for CAD copies
Example of a cost schedule sheet.
You may choose to select the Schedule of Material and Costs. This will give you a full break down of all the elements in the building project together with its related cost. Estimate Costs of all subcontractors are also calculated and a full project cost total is established.