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A quiet marketplace for compliance-checked housing plans by African architects. Drawings, schedules and BOQs — drawn once, sold cleanly. Buy, build, and bring receipts.
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Near you · Harare
How it works
We removed every step that wasn't trust. What's left: a clean handoff between buyer, architect, and the local authority — with a paper trail.
Browse
Each plan ships with a real-time compliance badge — Council-ready, Review, or Fail — checked against the by-laws of your city. No surprises at the planning desk.
Pay
Funds sit with SmartGuta, not with the architect, until you confirm the files. Auto-released after 7 days if you forget. One click, zero anxiety.
Receive
Get the full package: drawings, BOQ, the compliance report, signed metadata. Every file traceable back to a verified studio — and verifiable on a public ledger.
Build
Take the package to council and your builder. If anything is off, raise a dispute — our admins step in within 48 hours, weekends included.
Real outcomes
Receipts, not promises. Studios that ship, buyers that built, councils that stamped — every quote below comes with a name, a face, and a paper trail.
Tendai Mafuta
VERIFIED@tendai.mafuta · Home-owner · 1 build
View profile →Mutare, ZW
Council didn't blink.
“The compliance report did the talking. We walked into the planning desk, handed over the SmartGuta pack and were stamped in 11 days. My builder said he'd never seen it that fast.”
Chikuni & Partners
VERIFIED@chikuni.studio · Studio · 24 plans
View profile →Harare, ZW
Quiet shopfront, loud orders.
“We went from word-of-mouth referrals to a steady catalogue inside three months. The verification ledger is what closed it — buyers stopped asking us to prove who we are.”
Rumbidzai N.
VERIFIED@rumbiehome · Self-builder · 1 build
View profile →Gweru, ZW
Escrow was the unlock.
“I would not have paid an architect I'd never met without it. The money sat with SmartGuta until I had the drawings in hand. Felt safer than my bank transfer for groceries.”
3 of 47 case studies · updated weekly
See every outcomePeople on SmartGuta
Browse portfolios, contact a studio, or follow a buyer's build — the same info hub powers both sides of the marketplace.
STUDIO
Chikuni & Partners
Studio · 7 yrs
STUDIO
Moyo Studio
Studio · 12 yrs
STUDIO
Kanyemba Atelier
Atelier · 4 yrs
BUYER
Tendai Mafuta
Home-owner
STUDIO
Tafara Designs
Studio · 6 yrs
BUYER
Rumbidzai N.
Self-builder
6 of 340+ profiles · updated daily
See the full directoryCompliance check
Our engine runs the plan against the local by-laws — Harare 2024 set today, more cities every quarter — and surfaces every check, every score, every clause.
Disclaimer. Auto-zoning results are indicative only. Final approval rests with the relevant local authority. This compliance check does not constitute formal approval.
Compliance check
Atrium Bungalow · Type A
Site coverage ratio
Building height
Front setback
Move building line back 600 mm.
Habitable ventilation
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0
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Whether you are buying your family's first home plan or running a 40-architect studio — SmartGuta is the cleanest way to move between drawings and council approval.
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