People living in rural and maritime areas can now get an engineer certified plan for a 2 bedroom house from the Ministry of Housing at no cost to them.
This means Fijians will not have to spend hundreds of dollars on engineers and architects when drawing up plans for a two-bedroom home.
This has been revealed by the Minister for Housing, Premila Kumar who says these houses are engineered to withstand category 4 cyclones as the maritime communities are mostly impacted by cyclones.
She says the plan is for a weatherboard house that can be built with materials worth $18,700.
The plan also includes the price listings of the materials to be used.
The concept design was provided by the Koro-I-Pita Model Town Trust and Shri Singh and Associates and Rawlinson Jenkins Pte Ltd assisted with the engineering certification and the bill of quantities for the house plan.
Kumar says this will also benefit those living in informal settlements as they would not have to get an architect and an engineer to draw up plans for their houses when their settlements are upgraded.
Fijians who want to construct the 2 bedroom homes in urban areas will need to get approval from their respective municipalities.
The Minister says the plan can also assist those who want to get money from their FNPF accounts to construct their home as it has been accepted by the Fund.
She has also confirmed that the Ministry is developing plans for two and three-bedroom homes suitable for the urban areas.
People can get the plan from the Ministry's website on housing.gov.fj
They are only required to enter their name, email address, TIN and reason for downloading the plan.
Fijians can also visit the Ministry of Housing where a computer has been dedicated for people to download the plan and also get printouts.
