Hi, we recently bought a plot of land in a new development area in Hesse, and our construction is starting soon.
Regarding our rainwater infiltration system, I asked our future neighbor to send me a house plan (to check the distance to the basement).
However, I noticed that it was actually a planting plan, which needs to be submitted to the authorities together with the building permit / planning permission application.
On it, I saw that he plans to plant a Norway maple quite close to our property line (about 3-4m (10-13 feet) away)!
These trees can already reach 4m (13 feet) in height after 10 years and up to 16m (52 feet) after 20 years, which is almost twice as tall as our houses!
Final height can be up to 35m (115 feet).
Who would want such a huge tree in their own garden?
So far, I haven’t found much information online except that you often have to accept a lot.
According to the building regulations / neighborhood law in Hesse, “very fast-growing avenue and park trees” must maintain a 4m (13 feet) distance from the boundary, and “fast-growing avenue and park trees” only 2m (6.5 feet).
Where does the Norway maple fall in this classification?
Is there anything I can do in advance? For example, can I apply to prevent him from planting it?
I know from my in-laws, who once owned a house and land, that you can’t just do anything you want on your own property. If the neighbor doesn’t agree, it’s not allowed.
I really don’t want such a tree because it would probably block sunlight from my entire garden.
Can I oppose this?
He also wants to plant a Japanese maple between our houses. But there are shrubs that tend to grow more in width than height. I could accept something like that.
I really hope there is a solution.
I don’t want a never-ending neighborhood dispute!
Regarding our rainwater infiltration system, I asked our future neighbor to send me a house plan (to check the distance to the basement).
However, I noticed that it was actually a planting plan, which needs to be submitted to the authorities together with the building permit / planning permission application.
On it, I saw that he plans to plant a Norway maple quite close to our property line (about 3-4m (10-13 feet) away)!
These trees can already reach 4m (13 feet) in height after 10 years and up to 16m (52 feet) after 20 years, which is almost twice as tall as our houses!
Final height can be up to 35m (115 feet).
Who would want such a huge tree in their own garden?
So far, I haven’t found much information online except that you often have to accept a lot.
According to the building regulations / neighborhood law in Hesse, “very fast-growing avenue and park trees” must maintain a 4m (13 feet) distance from the boundary, and “fast-growing avenue and park trees” only 2m (6.5 feet).
Where does the Norway maple fall in this classification?
Is there anything I can do in advance? For example, can I apply to prevent him from planting it?
I know from my in-laws, who once owned a house and land, that you can’t just do anything you want on your own property. If the neighbor doesn’t agree, it’s not allowed.
I really don’t want such a tree because it would probably block sunlight from my entire garden.
Can I oppose this?
He also wants to plant a Japanese maple between our houses. But there are shrubs that tend to grow more in width than height. I could accept something like that.
I really hope there is a solution.
I don’t want a never-ending neighborhood dispute!
As a proud owner of such a concrete structure, I naturally have a completely different perspective when it comes to garages. As a responsible city council member, you must do everything possible to make property ownership affordable for your citizens. These garages are one small part of that concept.
Holiday apartments? No, no lenient approaches, no room for discretion, nothing. Nada, not an option. Such a development area must be completely unattractive to investors. No backdoors. Otherwise, you end up like Sylt. The residents of Sylt can no longer afford to live in their own hometown. Tourism is both a blessing and a curse, and it is only manageable if you control it. Karsten
Holiday apartments? No, no lenient approaches, no room for discretion, nothing. Nada, not an option. Such a development area must be completely unattractive to investors. No backdoors. Otherwise, you end up like Sylt. The residents of Sylt can no longer afford to live in their own hometown. Tourism is both a blessing and a curse, and it is only manageable if you control it. Karsten
11ant schrieb:
That’s exactly right: the architecture of a brick-built plastered flat-roof garage is exactly the same, whereas a precast concrete room module with the same external dimensions offers more than 20cm (8 inches) more internal width or, with the same wall thickness, consists of delivered pumice concrete panels.It is not exactly the same. If I hire a designer to plan the house and garage together, the result is different than if I buy a house from catalog A and a garage from catalog B. Prefabricated garages often identify themselves as such because they look like they were simply "placed next to" the house. They do not exactly match the appearance or the quality of the house. You can see the "difference" when the house and prefabricated garage stand closely side by side.
Alex85 schrieb:
are usually identified as such because they simply look “out of place.”This applies to any garage where the home designer only pays lip service to architecture: most brick-built, fully site-built garages “give themselves away” solely by the width of the stone framing around the door as a non-prefabricated garage and are otherwise just a plain box for the car. So no better at all, and only distinguishable with a trained eye. Ugly remains ugly, whether stamped or hand-crafted. It is the "attention to detail" that makes the difference, not the manufacturing process.
Garages that are allowed more than the standard 3m (10 feet) construction setback width can also have wider concrete wall strips on both sides of the door, even as precast concrete garages, and the parapet can be ordered in designs other than “basic economy.” The plaster texture can also be customized, and the garage can be painted or faced with brick veneer. Visually, there need not be any difference. Therefore, a regulation that legally discriminates against a garage because it is partially or fully prefabricated is not appropriate.
But the homeowner is happy, and their lawyer will take care of it before breakfast.
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