ᐅ Building an End-Terrace House as a Self-Managed Project with a General Contractor
Created on: 27 May 2019 10:48
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goalkeeper
Hello everyone,
some of you might have already followed one of my threads about us having to or being allowed to build our end-terrace house on our own responsibility – depending on how you look at it. This means that we are buying an end-terrace plot (215 sqm (2315 sq ft)) in a new development area in the Rhein-Neckar district and will be building on it ourselves – but in coordination with our two terrace neighbors.
The municipality, which sold the plots through a local resident model, ideally wanted applicants to apply as a complete housing group with several families and then build accordingly with a general contractor, construction manager, or architect. Of course, that didn’t really work out, so now there are only individual applicants and also homeowners.
After we were awarded the plot, the addresses of the other terrace neighbors were shared to discuss certain matters, such as roof style, whether or not to have a basement, etc. It was immediately clear that everyone preferred to do their own thing. However, we were still able to agree that the housing group will have a gable roof with a pitch of 35 to 40 degrees (within this 5-degree range).
As the end house, we will build without a basement, while the middle house and the other end house will have basements. This obviously presents a challenge as we would have to make a deep foundation or simply skip it, and the middle house would have to support us, as we will start construction first. The current agreement with the middle house is that we will build a deeper foundation at his expense, as supporting our house later on would be considerably more expensive for him.
We are currently close to signing with the construction manager, the notarization appointment for the plot is at the end of June, and we hope to start construction in the fall of this year. Meanwhile, several other freely planned housing groups are being built around us, which might get in the way with their cranes.
I will document the progress here from time to time – such a self-planned terraced house doesn’t come along very often.
some of you might have already followed one of my threads about us having to or being allowed to build our end-terrace house on our own responsibility – depending on how you look at it. This means that we are buying an end-terrace plot (215 sqm (2315 sq ft)) in a new development area in the Rhein-Neckar district and will be building on it ourselves – but in coordination with our two terrace neighbors.
The municipality, which sold the plots through a local resident model, ideally wanted applicants to apply as a complete housing group with several families and then build accordingly with a general contractor, construction manager, or architect. Of course, that didn’t really work out, so now there are only individual applicants and also homeowners.
After we were awarded the plot, the addresses of the other terrace neighbors were shared to discuss certain matters, such as roof style, whether or not to have a basement, etc. It was immediately clear that everyone preferred to do their own thing. However, we were still able to agree that the housing group will have a gable roof with a pitch of 35 to 40 degrees (within this 5-degree range).
As the end house, we will build without a basement, while the middle house and the other end house will have basements. This obviously presents a challenge as we would have to make a deep foundation or simply skip it, and the middle house would have to support us, as we will start construction first. The current agreement with the middle house is that we will build a deeper foundation at his expense, as supporting our house later on would be considerably more expensive for him.
We are currently close to signing with the construction manager, the notarization appointment for the plot is at the end of June, and we hope to start construction in the fall of this year. Meanwhile, several other freely planned housing groups are being built around us, which might get in the way with their cranes.
I will document the progress here from time to time – such a self-planned terraced house doesn’t come along very often.
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goalkeeper23 Jul 2019 10:16HilfeHilfe schrieb:
So, do people coordinate with each other? Or is everyone just starting to work on their own thing now?How exactly should they coordinate? So far, everyone is just doing their own thing.
apokolok schrieb:
I hear the basement being hammered.
Are the roads finished yet?I can only hear it from quite a distance at the moment.
Curbstones have already been installed – so the road will be finished soon as well.
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goalkeeper23 Jul 2019 11:26apokolok schrieb:
What does the site look like on location?
1.5m (5 feet) should also be visible there.
Would you like to send me a private message with the exact location of your build? I’m also in the RNK area. Sure... the 1.5m (5 feet) is clearly visible as well. Private message sent.
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HilfeHilfe23 Jul 2019 11:36So is it then a planning error?
Which is more cost-effective, filling in or building a basement?
Which is more cost-effective, filling in or building a basement?
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goalkeeper23 Jul 2019 11:49HilfeHilfe schrieb:
So, is it a design error then?
Which is more cost-effective, filling the ground or building a basement? Apparently, it is not a design error but rather due to the drainage situation. Since we don’t have exact elevations yet, it is not possible to estimate the costs or determine what would be more practical.
It seems to be the new trend not to bury ducts anymore, but rather to lay them on the existing ground surface and then cover them with fill material. I can clearly hear the basement knocking: the builder is essentially “involved” with the filling process and at least saves the basement volume when constructing a basement. However, it becomes problematic when height restrictions are still based on the original ground level. One and a half meters of fill is not something even an experienced yoga practitioner can simply breathe away before breakfast; it practically means that an entire knee wall disappears into thin air :-(
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