Hello everyone,
After searching for several years, we finally managed to secure a nice building plot! Soon we can get started. I am currently working on the floor plans so that our architect can submit the building permit / planning permission application.
I have a few questions and hope someone might have some experience to help me out
- We would like to install a small bathroom in the basement (habitable basement). Our home builder advised against it due to high additional costs caused by a lifting station and a backflow valve. For the washing machine and two sinks (kitchen area and laundry room), a small floor-level lifting unit would apparently be sufficient, but not for a toilet and shower. However, our basement specialist (whom we chose separately) believes that a small unit would also work in this case. Can anyone share some insight on this?
- Then, I need to plan an installation shaft on the ground floor, said our architect. Now I wonder, does the heating system (air heat pump with ventilation) have to be located in the basement directly under this shaft, or can it be placed somewhere else entirely?
- And one more thing, quite different Our plot is surrounded by other houses on three sides, and the street runs along the fourth side. The building envelope and the house are situated quite far (about 6-7 meters (20-23 feet)) from the street. We can easily install a 1.80 m (6 feet) high privacy fence on the three sides adjoining neighbors, as long as we keep a certain distance from the property boundary. But does anyone know how it works on the street side, well outside the building envelope? Does the building envelope have any influence on fences at all?
Kind regards
After searching for several years, we finally managed to secure a nice building plot! Soon we can get started. I am currently working on the floor plans so that our architect can submit the building permit / planning permission application.
I have a few questions and hope someone might have some experience to help me out
- We would like to install a small bathroom in the basement (habitable basement). Our home builder advised against it due to high additional costs caused by a lifting station and a backflow valve. For the washing machine and two sinks (kitchen area and laundry room), a small floor-level lifting unit would apparently be sufficient, but not for a toilet and shower. However, our basement specialist (whom we chose separately) believes that a small unit would also work in this case. Can anyone share some insight on this?
- Then, I need to plan an installation shaft on the ground floor, said our architect. Now I wonder, does the heating system (air heat pump with ventilation) have to be located in the basement directly under this shaft, or can it be placed somewhere else entirely?
- And one more thing, quite different Our plot is surrounded by other houses on three sides, and the street runs along the fourth side. The building envelope and the house are situated quite far (about 6-7 meters (20-23 feet)) from the street. We can easily install a 1.80 m (6 feet) high privacy fence on the three sides adjoining neighbors, as long as we keep a certain distance from the property boundary. But does anyone know how it works on the street side, well outside the building envelope? Does the building envelope have any influence on fences at all?
Kind regards
The floor area ratio refers to sealed surfaces; gravel is considered equivalent to topsoil.
It might be that parking spaces are not allowed that far forward?!
Also, it seems to me that you are planning within the setback distance, which is usually 3 meters (10 feet), but this also depends on the height of the eaves.
Your architect would be the contact person for this as well.
Best regards in brief
It might be that parking spaces are not allowed that far forward?!
Also, it seems to me that you are planning within the setback distance, which is usually 3 meters (10 feet), but this also depends on the height of the eaves.
Your architect would be the contact person for this as well.
Best regards in brief
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Schnuckline30 Mar 2017 16:07@Curly Because the roof has to be oriented that way. The ridge direction is specified in the development plan. We didn’t get permission to rotate the roof. However, the terrace will still be on the west side. The lower of the two windows on the west wall is the terrace door. I just haven’t drawn the terrace yet.
@11ant HAHA favorite chatterbox. Let’s see how much experience I gain here in the forum, maybe I’ll join the gentlemen.
You might be right about it not being cheap. But it doesn’t have to happen all at once. You can do it step by step. Let’s see how the finances go, we haven’t even started yet. I think a fence or fully grown hedges all around will also cost something. We’ll put a few thousand on that and get what we really want. If the stone thing doesn’t work out, I’ll have to think of something else. Maybe a flowering climber or something.
It’s supposed to be brown, not dark pink, but yes, that’s supposed to represent the fence.
Windows: yes and yes. The lower one is the exit.
Where do you mean by detour?? By the way, the strange thing next to the garden shed is supposed to be a gate. So it’s the entrance to the garden from outside. Hence the path.
HAHAHAHA, exactly like that. Admit it, you’re one of them.
@ypg So gravel would probably be okay? Great. The site plan is from the architect. I just colored it, anonymized it, and added the fence and garden shed. The parking spaces are also from the architect. I assume she has clarified that. The setback from the boundary is 2.50 m (8 feet) on the east and west sides (we are exactly at 2.50 m). We exceed the setback on the north side by 25 cm (10 inches). The city says this is acceptable, but we would need the northern neighbors’ approval. Cross your fingers that they won’t cause issues…
@11ant HAHA favorite chatterbox. Let’s see how much experience I gain here in the forum, maybe I’ll join the gentlemen.
You might be right about it not being cheap. But it doesn’t have to happen all at once. You can do it step by step. Let’s see how the finances go, we haven’t even started yet. I think a fence or fully grown hedges all around will also cost something. We’ll put a few thousand on that and get what we really want. If the stone thing doesn’t work out, I’ll have to think of something else. Maybe a flowering climber or something.
It’s supposed to be brown, not dark pink, but yes, that’s supposed to represent the fence.
Windows: yes and yes. The lower one is the exit.
Where do you mean by detour?? By the way, the strange thing next to the garden shed is supposed to be a gate. So it’s the entrance to the garden from outside. Hence the path.
HAHAHAHA, exactly like that. Admit it, you’re one of them.
@ypg So gravel would probably be okay? Great. The site plan is from the architect. I just colored it, anonymized it, and added the fence and garden shed. The parking spaces are also from the architect. I assume she has clarified that. The setback from the boundary is 2.50 m (8 feet) on the east and west sides (we are exactly at 2.50 m). We exceed the setback on the north side by 25 cm (10 inches). The city says this is acceptable, but we would need the northern neighbors’ approval. Cross your fingers that they won’t cause issues…
Would you be willing to share your house design with us while the fence is not yet installed?
You probably meant the distance at the northeast corner, right? Perhaps we can find a “structural” solution together there. I don’t find the ridge direction unfavorable at all; I would keep it as it is.
I have definitely noticed the gate in the fence, which is why I agree: if there is a room at the southwest corner with exits to both the south and west gardens, then there will be a shortcut through the house whenever the gate is farther away.
One of my neighbors spends half the day leaning on his windowsill. That actually prevented someone who damaged my car from fleeing the scene. I myself live above the fence line and could monitor my neighbors’ waste sorting from the street side. But you really have to have that much free time willingly—otherwise, it just won’t work.
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You probably meant the distance at the northeast corner, right? Perhaps we can find a “structural” solution together there. I don’t find the ridge direction unfavorable at all; I would keep it as it is.
I have definitely noticed the gate in the fence, which is why I agree: if there is a room at the southwest corner with exits to both the south and west gardens, then there will be a shortcut through the house whenever the gate is farther away.
One of my neighbors spends half the day leaning on his windowsill. That actually prevented someone who damaged my car from fleeing the scene. I myself live above the fence line and could monitor my neighbors’ waste sorting from the street side. But you really have to have that much free time willingly—otherwise, it just won’t work.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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Schnuckline30 Mar 2017 16:50@11ant do you mean the floor plans of the house?
I'm completely stuck right now and still don't understand what you mean by the beaten path. Silly me.
I'm completely stuck right now and still don't understand what you mean by the beaten path. Silly me.
Schnuckline schrieb:
@11ant do you mean the floor plans of the house?No, the elevations too. We’re not complaining about the shaft either.
Desire path:
Child plays in the south garden – there is ice cream (on the terrace in the west garden) – the blue path through the living and dining room is shorter than the red one through the gate.
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Schnuckline30 Mar 2017 19:22Now it has clicked. The elevation is not finished yet, but this is the same house (attached), except that the double door has been moved to the left, leading into the garden. The two floor-to-ceiling windows are also not exactly in the positions shown but are shifted slightly. No exit is planned to the south, into the garden. Those are just windows. From the inside, it would also be difficult to access. The left window is basically behind the dining area, and the right window is between the sofa and the living room wall unit. The imaginary child is supposed to play in the fenced garden. I have no idea what to do with the front yard; it was not really planned as a walkable area so far. Maybe you have some decorative ideas.
Oh, the file can’t be uploaded somehow. So it is the Celebration 125 by Bien-Zenker.
Oh, the file can’t be uploaded somehow. So it is the Celebration 125 by Bien-Zenker.
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