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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goalkeeper17 Oct 2019 09:56The crane has been gone since early this morning. Fortunately, the team worked quickly, allowing the foundations to be poured beforehand. This was very important, as otherwise the heavy formwork panels would have had to be installed and removed using the excavator. Now, only the slab remains before masonry work begins.
The photo clearly shows the difference in elevation.
The photo clearly shows the difference in elevation.
goalkeeper schrieb:
The picture clearly shows the difference in height.Oh man, it really wouldn't have taken much more to end up with just a simple basement...
Scout schrieb:
Oh man, that really was just a step away from a simple basement...Yes, looking at that picture, I also found myself missing the basement...G
goalkeeper17 Oct 2019 10:46Scout schrieb:
Oh man, there really wasn’t much left to make it a simple basement...kaho674 schrieb:
Yes, looking at that picture made me miss the basement too... However, this is just an optical illusion, and I hope this helps ease some of your disappointment.
The foundation has nothing to do with a basement. For example, the foundation area that was excavated and lies underground consists only of unreinforced lean concrete (economical). Additionally, the excavated soil (clay) can be placed between the foundations. With a basement, it would have needed to be removed.
We are glad about this: a 35,000 saving, and I won’t have to keep going down to the basement to fetch water later on.
Tina mit K17 Oct 2019 10:56And you don’t have a basement that can flood.
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Fummelbrett!17 Oct 2019 10:59...and no place to laugh
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