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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goalkeeper25 Jul 2019 14:53Reply from the building management (BGM) in summary:
- In the other development areas of the municipality, this has already been the case, and all (basement contractors) liked it.
- Current basement contractors also find it great (based on received feedback).
- Plots (500 €/m² (46.45 USD/ft²)) were sold at a discounted price specifically to give everyone the opportunity to have a basement up to the attic level.
- They therefore did not see any obligation to inform the sellers in advance.
- Favorite part: they offer to reverse the purchase, of course at our own expense.
- In the other development areas of the municipality, this has already been the case, and all (basement contractors) liked it.
- Current basement contractors also find it great (based on received feedback).
- Plots (500 €/m² (46.45 USD/ft²)) were sold at a discounted price specifically to give everyone the opportunity to have a basement up to the attic level.
- They therefore did not see any obligation to inform the sellers in advance.
- Favorite part: they offer to reverse the purchase, of course at our own expense.
Quite cynical.
Although building with a basement is already very common in this area.
Of course, this has decreased here in recent years as well, but assuming that most plots will include a basement solely due to the minimal lot division is not incorrect.
I think it’s time to really recalculate how much additional cost a basement actually causes under the given circumstances.
What still needs to be excavated could possibly be spread out entirely on the property.
That already saves a significant amount of cost.
Maybe this way there will still be a sort of small win-win situation from the whole situation, even if it probably won’t end up being cheaper overall than originally planned.
Although building with a basement is already very common in this area.
Of course, this has decreased here in recent years as well, but assuming that most plots will include a basement solely due to the minimal lot division is not incorrect.
I think it’s time to really recalculate how much additional cost a basement actually causes under the given circumstances.
What still needs to be excavated could possibly be spread out entirely on the property.
That already saves a significant amount of cost.
Maybe this way there will still be a sort of small win-win situation from the whole situation, even if it probably won’t end up being cheaper overall than originally planned.
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yellow_ms25 Jul 2019 15:09Well, it almost sounds like the conservative majority wants a basement, so that’s just how it will be done...
And yes, we are also building with a basement – but due to the sloping site, there was no other option.
And yes, we are also building with a basement – but due to the sloping site, there was no other option.
yellow_ms schrieb:
that the conservative majority wants a basementHowever, if I were truly consistently conservative, I would want only my basement as a basement; not my ground floor above it to be considered a lower ground floor just because I’m told afterwards that the "water level" of the terrain surface is now supposed to be one point five meters (5 feet) above the finished floor level of the ground floor. At this point, I really want to know what substances are being consumed in the municipal administration of Schilda. Needing a boat lift between my street and my garage, in my understanding, completely contradicts the supposed goal of "building for average income earners."https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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HilfeHilfe25 Jul 2019 16:40goalkeeper schrieb:
Response from the BGM in essence:
- In the other building zones of the municipality, this was already the case and everyone (basement builders) liked it.
- Current basement builders also find it great (feedback received).
- Plots (500 €/m² (approximately $46.50 per ft²)) were sold at a discounted rate specifically to give everyone the chance to build basements up to the roof level.
- Therefore, they did not see any obligation to inform the sellers in advance.
- Favorite part: they offer to reverse the purchase, of course at our own expense.
So now? Redesign the house including additional costs?goalkeeper schrieb:
Favorite part: they offer to reverse the purchase, of course at our expense.Find allies and reach out to the opposition and the media. Extra3 has already covered far less absurd cases.Alone, you can only swallow it and make a decision – "This far and no further" or "Keep calm and carry on."