SM Teken: Completely non-responsive building plan company

8 months later and NOTHING! I get ignored for weeks and months on end and communication from SM architectural & Town Planning Services is completely non-existent. I suggest you report SM Teken to the SACAP, like I have, as this should not be allowed by a licensed professional practitioner.

I had to mostly do my own plans/drawings. SM Teken just put screenshots from my drawings into the plans. I need to phone council for my own updates. I need to phone SM Teken to tell them that council has been waiting for feedback for weeks with no response. SM Teken just ignores you. It's shocking.

My tinyhouse is only 28sqm! 8 months and R18k later and I have nothing to show for it. Demanding the full payment prior to plans being approved should have been a warning sign.

I was also told that my tinyhouse will be labelled as cold storage and I can live in it so they don't have do to insulation calculations!!! It was also incorrectly laid out as 4.8m X 6m when it should be 6m X 4.8m and I was told I can build it however I want once the place are approved. Crazy!

DO NOT, and I mean DO NOT pay a cent to them until you have your plans approved if you want to use them. Better yet, stay away and find someone else.