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.
tomtom79 schrieb:
Because the neighbor is building a basement but will start later, and apparently has unusual price expectationsHonestly, I’m afraid this wouldn’t be the last potential buyer waiting in line. At least the last one backed out when it was still just a raw lot; the next ones might only get cold feet once there’s already a partly built abandoned structure. Building here really becomes a test of patience.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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goalkeeper5 Oct 2019 15:45kaho674 schrieb:
I think I missed part of the video. Could you quickly explain the advantage again?He wouldn’t have to underpin our foundation since he is building with a basement.
We wouldn’t face any “risk” of future settlement, and the costs would be significantly lower because underpinning is quite expensive.
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Fummelbrett!5 Oct 2019 16:12The way you list your neighbor’s cost estimates, it seems they are budgeting very tightly. It’s basically none of your or our business, but we know that these amounts are far from covering all expenses. I’m afraid many DIY builders underestimate the costs – and I hope your neighbor is planning generously and has a few (many) tens of thousands of extra funds available, so their construction site doesn’t remain unfinished forever...
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goalkeeper8 Oct 2019 16:46So – I haven’t received any feedback from my certified engineer that the neighbor’s architect has contacted him. Also, today the foundation trench next to the neighbor’s property was excavated. And it doesn’t look like it is at basement depth.
So, I guess the issue is settled.
So, I guess the issue is settled.
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