ᐅ Building an End-Terrace House – What Technical Requirements Should Be Considered?
Created on: 4 Dec 2018 09:30
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Hello everyone,
First of all, I would like to say a friendly hello to the group. I just registered because I couldn’t find any help on Google for my question.
We are planning to apply for a corner townhouse plot in our community. However, the municipality has not hired a developer to build the houses; instead, the houses have to be constructed independently by the owners.
There is a points system for the application, where factors like the number of children, how long you have lived in the community, and so on are weighted differently.
If you join forces with other interested parties and apply together, these points are added up, increasing your chances of being allocated a building plot. At the same time, you commit to building together, meaning you also have to coordinate with a developer.
We have tried to find people from our community, where we also live, who share the same ideas for building. This turned out to be impossible, as everyone has different opinions on how to build.
Therefore, we will probably apply alone for an end townhouse. However, I am now wondering if there are any laws or regulations regarding self-managed construction of townhouses? For example, if we build two full floors with an attic and a mono-pitched roof, is it allowed for the middle house to have a gable roof and only two full floors? Or does the first person to build set the standard that the others must follow?
Please forgive me if these are beginner questions — but I am one.
Thank you for your help!
First of all, I would like to say a friendly hello to the group. I just registered because I couldn’t find any help on Google for my question.
We are planning to apply for a corner townhouse plot in our community. However, the municipality has not hired a developer to build the houses; instead, the houses have to be constructed independently by the owners.
There is a points system for the application, where factors like the number of children, how long you have lived in the community, and so on are weighted differently.
If you join forces with other interested parties and apply together, these points are added up, increasing your chances of being allocated a building plot. At the same time, you commit to building together, meaning you also have to coordinate with a developer.
We have tried to find people from our community, where we also live, who share the same ideas for building. This turned out to be impossible, as everyone has different opinions on how to build.
Therefore, we will probably apply alone for an end townhouse. However, I am now wondering if there are any laws or regulations regarding self-managed construction of townhouses? For example, if we build two full floors with an attic and a mono-pitched roof, is it allowed for the middle house to have a gable roof and only two full floors? Or does the first person to build set the standard that the others must follow?
Please forgive me if these are beginner questions — but I am one.
Thank you for your help!
goalkeeper schrieb:
The middle house is almost ready for signing "Das" (singular) means: only one middle house, that is: a row of three?
goalkeeper schrieb:
Or do we still need to catch or secure anything? The house with the basement must secure the ones without basements, not the other way around.
goalkeeper schrieb:
Now the basement question needs to be clarified: since we don’t want one and the middle house already has one, wouldn’t it be the cost-neutral solution if we wait with our slab until the middle house with the basement is finished? I would consider it most practical that, in step 1, they build their basement, and in step 2, their neighbors coordinate their slabs while they build the basement ceiling.
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goalkeeper1 Apr 2019 05:3711ant schrieb:
“‘Das’ (singular) means: only one middle house, that is: a row of three?”Yes... a row of three.
We just hope the neighbors will start on time so that we can begin shortly afterwards. However, they will also have a meeting with Viebrockhaus quite soon to coordinate the schedule. Then we’ll see how things look.
Let’s see if our own schedule to move in by August 2020 at the latest can be maintained.
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Mottenhausen1 Apr 2019 09:41The sharp tone was not intentional. Sorry!
It was only meant to show that the well-established pipe dream of a unified construction with your preferred general contractor does not work like that, and the situation has now changed. The middle house builder decides when it starts, determines the building type, and so on. Is that what you want? It just sounded different so far.
It was only meant to show that the well-established pipe dream of a unified construction with your preferred general contractor does not work like that, and the situation has now changed. The middle house builder decides when it starts, determines the building type, and so on. Is that what you want? It just sounded different so far.
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goalkeeper1 Apr 2019 09:50So: we never intended to build a completely uniform row house. We had already suspected that everyone would want to build individually.
The middle unit owner wants and will probably also start construction immediately after infrastructure completion, as they urgently need more space. Otherwise, they don’t dictate anything further since, like us, they also want a pitched roof. Our current disadvantage is that we have to wait for their basement.
I don’t find this too bad at all, since the middle terraced house must be built about 2.5 to 3 meters (8 to 10 feet) set back towards the rear because of the parking spaces, so our house will stand more “free.” To the rear, towards the garden, the overhanging house then acts as a privacy screen. And since our house faces south, the terraced house won’t block our sunlight. Unfortunately, the situation looks different for the other terraced house.
The middle unit owner wants and will probably also start construction immediately after infrastructure completion, as they urgently need more space. Otherwise, they don’t dictate anything further since, like us, they also want a pitched roof. Our current disadvantage is that we have to wait for their basement.
I don’t find this too bad at all, since the middle terraced house must be built about 2.5 to 3 meters (8 to 10 feet) set back towards the rear because of the parking spaces, so our house will stand more “free.” To the rear, towards the garden, the overhanging house then acts as a privacy screen. And since our house faces south, the terraced house won’t block our sunlight. Unfortunately, the situation looks different for the other terraced house.
goalkeeper schrieb:
I don’t find it that bad at all, since the terraced mid-terrace house also has to be built about 2.5 to 3 meters (8 to 10 feet) further back because of the parking spaces, so our house will feel more “open.” The house behind, overlooking the garden, then acts as a privacy screen. And since our house faces south, the terraced mid-terrace house won’t block any sunlight for us. Unfortunately, it’s different with the other terraced house. The thread is getting more interesting day by day.
goalkeeper schrieb:
So: we never intended to build a completely uniform row house. We had nearly expected that everyone would want to build individually.
The middle house owner wants and will likely start right after site development because they urgently need more space. Otherwise, they won’t dictate anything else, as they also want a pitched roof like us. Our disadvantage at the moment is that we have to wait for their basement to be completed.
I don’t find that too bad at all since the middle terraced house has to be set back about 2.5 to 3m (8 to 10 feet) due to parking spaces, which means our house will feel more “open.” The house extending to the rear towards the garden then serves as a privacy screen. And because our house faces south, the terraced house doesn’t block our sunlight. Unfortunately, it’s different with the other terraced house.If you have a complete drawing, please share it here. That would definitely help improve your design, if you have one.
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