Getting a unit onto a stand in Free State is as much about access as about the building. Describe both in a free request for park homes in Free State, and a supplier serving towns, townships and farms across Free State will price it.
Park Homes in Free State
Looking for park homes in Free State? Say how long the unit must be, what it is for (a home, office or staff housing), the bathroom and kitchen you need, and what the ground is like where it will stand. Suppliers who deliver to Free State and around Free State will quote the unit and transport.
New to this? Read the park homes guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Before you ask for prices in Free State
Most asked for in Free State: farm staff housing, backyard rooms in Bloemfontein, chalets near Clarens. Where the yards and builders are: yards in Bloemfontein, Welkom and Bethlehem; more choice from Gauteng. A useful tip: ask about wall and roof insulation for the cold, and about lightning earthing.
For farms and smallholdings, the biggest group here, park homes usually means staff housing or a farm office placed near the sheds and moved when needed. Getting it to site: trucked along the N1, N5 and N8; farm deliveries over gravel roads.
On the ground in Free State
Granny flats in Bloemfontein suburbs such as Langenhoven Park, Universitas and Brandwag are often let to students. Mines and contractors around Welkom, Virginia and Odendaalsrus hire site offices and ablution units, and the Sasolburg plants bring in contractor camps during shutdowns. Prefab classrooms serve farm schools and growing towns, and steel frame houses are a common choice for farm staff near Harrismith and Vrede, where frost and wind are hard on timber.
Sizes run commonly 6 m and 12 m units, about 3 m wide. Before you agree to anything: check plans with the council before ordering.
Prefab and timber building in Free State
Flat open farmland covers most of the Free State, and much of the prefab work follows the farms. Maize, wheat and cattle farmers around Bethlehem, Reitz, Bothaville and Wesselsbron put up staff houses, offices and stores, while the Eastern Free State near Clarens, Fouriesburg and Golden Gate adds log cabins and holiday chalets among the sandstone hills. Bloemfontein and Botshabelo have steady demand for backyard rental rooms and granny flats, Welkom and Virginia for rooms and site offices on the goldfields, and Sasolburg for contractor units at the plants. Winters are very cold with hard frost and summer brings hail and lightning, so plan insulation and earthing. Ask the municipality about plans before the slab goes down.
Typical park homes requests in the area come from:
- Farms and smallholdings: staff housing or a farm office placed near the sheds and moved when needed
- Backyard landlords and families: a 12 m unit with a bathroom let out as a self-contained rental
- Homeowners: a ready-made cottage or extra bedroom unit set down on a level plot at home
- Lodges, guest farms and resorts: extra staff quarters or a reception unit at a lodge or campsite
Free State and the areas nearby
We pass Free State requests to suppliers based in or regularly delivering to Bloemfontein, Welkom, Kroonstad, Bethlehem, Sasolburg, Harrismith, Clarens. Farm and rural requests should give the nearest town and the farm name, so the delivery is quoted honestly.