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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goalkeeper4 Sep 2019 08:52HilfeHilfe schrieb:
That would have been my idea as well.
Right now, he’s only thinking about the costs. He hasn’t hired a general contractor yet – that’s exactly the problem.
Besides, I don’t want to tell him what to do. He now has the information and is welcome to contact me if he has any questions.
I want to avoid giving the impression that I’m pressuring him to make a decision or steering him in any particular direction.
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goalkeeper4 Sep 2019 14:20As an interim update, he has informed me that he is waiting for house construction offers including a basement—after that, he will let me know.
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goalkeeper13 Sep 2019 12:48The topic of deep foundations is settled. The neighbor will start building next year and will then deal with the issue of underpinning – as will we.
He seems to take the matter a bit lightly – we will see.
He seems to take the matter a bit lightly – we will see.
goalkeeper schrieb:
The topic of deep foundations is settled. The neighbor plans to start building next year and will then deal with the issue of underpinning – as will we.
He seems to be taking the matter a bit lightly – we will see.He is not registered here eitherG
goalkeeper13 Sep 2019 13:26Zaba12 schrieb:
He is also not registered here That’s probably for the best.
By the way, the invitation to the new development’s opening arrived yesterday. It will actually be completed by the end of September, so we can start on October 1st.
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goalkeeper19 Sep 2019 10:37Today, the construction supervisor informed me that the structural engineer strongly criticized the foundation proposal to the geotechnical expert. According to him, it would never hold using the L-shaped concrete blocks. There is also a risk that during a later underpinning, everything could slide away. It seems the expert did not take into account that there will be an adjacent property development on one side at a later date.
Our construction supervisor is now working with the structural engineer on a cost-neutral alternative, which they apparently have already found. We will receive an update today or tomorrow on how the foundation will proceed.
The start of construction must strictly be maintained by October 1st.
Our construction supervisor is now working with the structural engineer on a cost-neutral alternative, which they apparently have already found. We will receive an update today or tomorrow on how the foundation will proceed.
The start of construction must strictly be maintained by October 1st.
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