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!
Has the zoning plan or parts of it already been posted? Do the building boundaries and the floor area ratio even allow this?
I’m not really convinced about the 3m (10 feet) offset; that would spoil both the middle and the northern plot.
You might be able to live with it, but it would be better otherwise.
136m² (1,463 sq ft) of land for a mid-terrace house even seems quite tight to me, although things do get crowded in this densely built-up area.
I’m not really convinced about the 3m (10 feet) offset; that would spoil both the middle and the northern plot.
You might be able to live with it, but it would be better otherwise.
136m² (1,463 sq ft) of land for a mid-terrace house even seems quite tight to me, although things do get crowded in this densely built-up area.
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goalkeeper1 Apr 2019 14:21apokolok schrieb:
Has the development plan or parts of it already been posted? Do the building boundaries and the floor area ratio even allow this?
I’m not really convinced about the 3m (10 feet) offset; that would negatively affect both the middle and the northern plots.
You could probably live with it, but it would be better otherwise.
136 m² (1465 sq ft) of land for a terraced middle house seems borderline to me, even though it does get tight in this densely populated area.It is actually 141 m² (1518 sq ft). Data on the floor area ratio is attached and fits with how the middle house is planned, considering the increased floor area ratio of 0.75 including parking spaces.
A floor area ratio of 0.75 corresponds to 105.75 m² (1138 sq ft); the house would be 6.5 m × 11 m (21 ft × 36 ft), which is 71.5 m² (770 sq ft), the parking spaces 5 m × 6.5 m (16 ft × 21 ft), amounting to 32.5 m² (350 sq ft), and together 104 m² (1120 sq ft). So this is permitted. The building boundary only applies to the street side, not to the rear.
Winniefred1 Apr 2019 15:00I think your approach is good. This way, you can maintain a good relationship with the neighbors in the long run. Everyone has their own ideas about their home, and I believe they should be able to realize them within the limits of what is officially allowed. The fact that you want to build staggered does make the situation a bit more complicated, but in the end, these are all problems that can be solved.
I’m also curious to see how the whole process will go until completion and hope you keep us updated!
By the way, we also have a townhouse, part of a row of four, with an identical row of four adjoining it. Our houses are all the same, but over the years some have been remodeled or extended (either into the garden or to the side). Things inevitably change over the decades even after completion. In our row, there is a great neighborhood with lots of mutual help as well as tolerance, and I think that’s exactly why it works so well.
I’m also curious to see how the whole process will go until completion and hope you keep us updated!
By the way, we also have a townhouse, part of a row of four, with an identical row of four adjoining it. Our houses are all the same, but over the years some have been remodeled or extended (either into the garden or to the side). Things inevitably change over the decades even after completion. In our row, there is a great neighborhood with lots of mutual help as well as tolerance, and I think that’s exactly why it works so well.
goalkeeper schrieb:
I don’t find it that bad at all, since the mid-terrace house also has to be set back about 2.5 to 3m (8 to 10 feet) at the rear because of the parking spaces, so our house will stand more “free.”No, not bad at all, you can actually see some advantages in it. But it does significantly qualify almost my entire point about coordinating the roofline and other heights. Essentially, my most recent advice regarding the "schedule" for your basement and their slab-on-grade construction remains valid.However, the offset also leads to some not entirely trivial detailed questions concerning the exterior wall alignments of the middle house, which in the “projecting” area are also side “exterior walls.” Personally, I don’t see this as a strong point of provider V.
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goalkeeper1 Apr 2019 19:5311ant schrieb:
No, not bad at all, you can actually find some positives in it. But it does largely challenge almost my entire argument about coordinating the roofline and other heights. What still basically stands is my most recent advice regarding the "schedule" for his basement and your slab-on-grade construction.
However, the offset also leads to some not-so-trivial detailed questions about the exterior wall alignments of the middle house, which then also form "exterior walls" on the sides in the "overhanging" area. Personally, I don’t see this as the provider V’s strong suit. Respecting your argument, but when other homeowners already have a clear idea of their dream house, which is also extremely expensive, they won’t agree to any “compromises.” Roofline and overall height simply don’t matter to them—they just want to realize their vision of the house, like we do.
goalkeeper schrieb:
Your sermon, with all due respect, The world won’t end if you discard my sermon as old news. In a staggered row of houses, it simply doesn’t apply.
goalkeeper schrieb:
They don’t care at all about rooflines and overall height – they just want to realize their idea of a home, just like us. When you’re sitting in the garden, you’ll hardly manage to see only your own house. In that context, it’s really beneficial that aesthetic coordination hasn’t been completely ignored.
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