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.
I would generally prefer to avoid having visible power outlets on the ceiling, especially if it is just a preparation.
In general, I find projectors annoying. They don’t look good, produce noise, require a separate sound system, and true 4K is unaffordable, etc.
OLEDs are practically infinitely scalable. I think they will outcompete home projectors.
I would look into ultra-short-throw projectors, or whatever those devices are called.
In general, I find projectors annoying. They don’t look good, produce noise, require a separate sound system, and true 4K is unaffordable, etc.
OLEDs are practically infinitely scalable. I think they will outcompete home projectors.
I would look into ultra-short-throw projectors, or whatever those devices are called.
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goalkeeper24 Oct 2019 10:42Golfi90 schrieb:
I had our ceiling outlet done exactly like that. Inside there is now a keystone jack connected to the installation cable, and attached to it is a short LAN cable.Did you set it up like that for an access point?
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goalkeeper24 Oct 2019 10:47Our ground floor is almost finished. However, we will likely have an annoying one-week delay because, due to the issues with the soil inspector a few weeks ago, the concrete slab (part of the structural frame) could not be ordered on time. So, work will probably resume only after November 4th.
Yesterday, we had an appointment with the site manager regarding the windows. According to the schedule, the roof is expected to be installed around mid to late November, and the windows at the beginning of December. That sounds good so far!
Yesterday, we had an appointment with the site manager regarding the windows. According to the schedule, the roof is expected to be installed around mid to late November, and the windows at the beginning of December. That sounds good so far!
goalkeeper schrieb:
Our ground floor is almost finished. However, we will likely have an annoying one-week break because, due to the issues with the soil surveyor a few weeks ago, the concrete slab (part of the structural framework) could not be ordered on time. Be glad it’s only one week. Our general contractor forgot (and without any good reason) and it caused a three-week delay...
goalkeeper schrieb:
Did you do it like that for an access point?Exactly. An Access Point, specifically a Devolo Wi-Fi Pro 1750c, will be installed there.