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.
ypg schrieb:
That doesn’t mean you can’t still dig the basement in by 80 cm (31.5 inches). I would also advise against a basement that protrudes by 1 meter (39 inches). There isn’t even space for a staircase landing, and a terrace with a slope also requires room.That’s why, with the 1.5 meter (4 feet 11 inches) difference in terrain between “sold as seen” and “start of construction,” I wouldn’t even consider placing the basement on the current, unexcavated plot. Instead, I would naturally dig it in so that the top edge of the finished ground floor slab matches the new zero level on the plan. Because only then does it effectively correspond to the original slab design.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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goalkeeper8 Aug 2019 22:16kaho674 schrieb:
I wouldn’t overestimate this situation. I think nerves are already on edge even before the construction starts. After all, it’s anything but a relaxed building process. That certainly wouldn’t upset me – as a sales professional, I’m used to much worse.
However, I don’t always like the tone here – whether that’s intentional or not remains to be seen. Some posts don’t really follow a certain netiquette.
11ant schrieb:
That’s why, with a 1.5m (5 feet) terrain difference between "as-is purchase" and "start of construction," I wouldn’t even consider placing the basement on the current unexcavated plot. Of course, it should be dug in so that the finished floor level of the ground floor matches the new reference zero level on the plan. Only then does it effectively correspond to the previous slab planning. That’s what I assumed as well. Basically, the elevation now is roughly like this, right?:
Just the question remains how to access the terrace. You either need stairs going up from the basement or stairs going down from the upper floor, if the garden level is left unchanged.
goalkeeper schrieb:
However, I don’t always like the tone here – whether some intend it that way or not is another matter. Sometimes, certain rules of netiquette are not being followed. Facts aside!
You should follow netiquette if you criticize it – whether your criticism is justified or not.
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goalkeeper9 Aug 2019 09:19kaho674 schrieb:
Would a split-level foundation actually be more expensive than raising the ground level? I’m not very familiar with the costs involved. Since that option is not under consideration anyway, I haven’t looked into it.