ᐅ Building an End-Terrace House – What Technical Requirements Should Be Considered?

Created on: 4 Dec 2018 09:30

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!

Maria161 Apr 2019 10:00

#115

I think it is perfectly reasonable to politely point out that you have developed a specific schedule for your house and its financing. If he can manage to finish the basement before you or at least fit it reasonably into your timeline, you will of course be happy to arrange things cost-effectively for him—that is, to start only after him. However, you cannot realistically keep your contractor waiting indefinitely or take on higher interest costs just because, for example, his contractor has longer lead times or there have been delays in the planning stage.

goalkeeper1 Apr 2019 10:01

#116

ypg schrieb:
If you have a complete set of drawings, please share them here. That would definitely help improve your design, if you have one.

Will I even receive a complete set of drawings for the entire timber frame?

kaho674 schrieb:
This thread is getting more interesting by the day.

Is this really that unusual for you? There are several timber frames like this in the latest new development in our community.

kaho6741 Apr 2019 10:12

#117

goalkeeper schrieb:

Is that really that unusual for you? Here in the municipality, there are several similar terraced houses in the latest new development area.

In our socialist regulatory state, there was no individualism. Sometimes that can be a blessing, as you can see now.

If the houses are staggered in depth, you might also boldly rotate your roof. Something similar to MadameP’s design, if that is allowed:
https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/Doppelhaus-mit-ungleichen-haelften-verschiedene-Grundrisse.29304/page-13

ypg1 Apr 2019 10:19

#118

goalkeeper schrieb:
Am I going to get a complete drawing of the entire beam?

You will probably have to obtain or create that yourself.
At the latest, when you have yours reviewed, please make a hand sketch for us.

Mottenhausen1 Apr 2019 11:35

#119

Can’t you avoid the 3m (10 feet) offset? The goal is: exterior walls with high thermal insulation and thickness, interior walls thinner but with high sound insulation. With the houses offset like that, this no longer works well. Not to mention the roof, eaves, waterproofing, and so on. Part of the gable facing the neighbor ends up exposed and needs to be plastered or covered with slate. If possible, I would adapt the house to the middle house. That’s what this discussion has been about for 20 pages.

goalkeeper1 Apr 2019 11:47

#120

Mottenhausen schrieb:
Can’t you avoid the 3m (10 feet) offset? The goal would be: exterior walls with high thermal insulation and thicker construction, interior walls thinner but with good soundproofing. With the houses offset, this no longer fits well. Not to mention the roof, roof overhangs, waterproofing, etc. Part of the gable facing the neighbor is then exposed and must be plastered or clad with slate. If possible, I would adjust your house to match the middle house. That’s what this discussion has been about for 20 pages.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t work, and I’ll explain why: Our plot measures about 10m x 21m (33 feet x 69 feet) and the neighbor’s is 6.5m x 21m (21 feet x 69 feet). We have to provide two parking spaces, which isn’t an issue for an end house since our house width will be 7m (23 feet). This allows us to place the parking spaces beside the house.

The middle house must reserve at least 5m (16 feet) in front of the house for parking, then there’s about 11m (36 feet) of house length, leaving 5m (16 feet) to the property boundary. So the remaining space for terrace and garden is already very limited.

In our case, we can start building the house just 2.5m (8 feet) from the front, followed by about 10 to 10.5m (33-34 feet) of house length, then approximately 3 to 3.5m (10-11 feet) terrace, and a 5m (16 feet) garden with a width of 10m (33 feet). We find this layout good because we have a small garden for the kids plus a sufficiently sized terrace.

If we were to move the house further back, it would be a waste of space because the gained open area at the front couldn’t be used. And we don’t like placing the garden to the side either, since then we wouldn’t be able to watch the children from the terrace.

Also, asking the neighbors to adapt their house to ours doesn’t work because of the parking spaces.

ᐅ Building an End-Terrace House – What Technical Requirements Should Be Considered?

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