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!
Well, the ratio of usable space to enclosing walls becomes very unfavorable. Either the staircase is positioned perpendicular to the basement axis, which results in a T-shaped basement layout (making the mentioned situation even more pronounced); or the basement determines the staircase location (most likely a single straight flight, which is not ideal for a house width under 12 m (39 feet)). There is one small alternative: basement access from the outside.
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Mottenhausen4 Apr 2019 20:59Inefficient, since you still have the two long sides and only save about 3.5m (11.5 feet) of basement exterior wall at the front and back. This also leads to additional costs because the "split foundation slab" has to be made separately for the basement and the non-basement part. For example, the concrete pump may need to be mobilized multiple times.
Yes, this partial basement seems like a rather reckless idea to me.
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goalkeeper schrieb:He probably means that your slab-on-grade foundation would need to be stepped down deeper than if everyone was building without a basement.
that a foundation must be built in any case if the middle house builds the basement first, otherwise our house with a slab-on-grade foundation would be damaged by the sheer weight of their basement.
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Mottenhausen4 Apr 2019 21:19Conclusion: It’s going to get more expensive anyway, so it’s best to build a full basement right from the start.
A half basement only shifts the "problem area – step" away from the property line to the middle, underneath your house.
Excavation work could be cheaper for both of you if a shared pit is dug, right? I mean, then we’re back to the point where “the middle house decides everything,” but there’s no way around that now.
A half basement only shifts the "problem area – step" away from the property line to the middle, underneath your house.
Excavation work could be cheaper for both of you if a shared pit is dug, right? I mean, then we’re back to the point where “the middle house decides everything,” but there’s no way around that now.
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goalkeeper4 Apr 2019 21:1911ant schrieb:
Yes, this partial basement idea seems a bit like a flash in the pan to me.
He probably means that your concrete slab would need to be stepped down deeper than if everyone was building without a basement.I understood it the way I described it. There was no mention of stepping down.
I prefer the partial basement over the crawl space. Let’s see how our general contractor plans it exactly.
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goalkeeper4 Apr 2019 21:24Mottenhausen schrieb:
Conclusion: it’s going to be more expensive anyway, so it’s best to build a full basement from the start.
A half basement only moves the "problem area - step" away from the property boundary to the middle, underneath your house.
The excavation work could be cheaper for both if a common pit is dug, right? I mean, then we’re back to the issue of "the middle house decides everything," but that can’t be helped now.Well... but going from $7,000 for the foundation, which you might share, to a partial basement for $30,000 or even $50,000 for a full basement is quite a jump.
As I said – once the revised quote is in, we’ll see if it fits our budget or not.
Building a house with blinders on is not an option for us – it still has to remain affordable somewhere.
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