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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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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goalkeeper24 Oct 2019 11:13kaho674 schrieb:
Christmas is moving in? Second Sunday of Advent
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goalkeeper24 Oct 2019 11:29Scout schrieb:
You probably mean that you will be able to recycle the topping-out wreath as an Advent wreath. Our main contractor and we don’t have time for a topping-out ceremony. No problem: that means more beer and mulled wine for me.
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goalkeeper25 Oct 2019 20:23And here are the daily updates:
Our end terrace house will start with its earthworks on November 4th. However, what’s more interesting is that I made contact today with our middle house neighbor (or maybe not?). I actually just wanted to find out how things are going with him (curious as I am).
He told me that his notary appointment at the end of September fell through because his bank did not approve his financing. He is now waiting for approval from bank number two, which seems to be overdue as well.
I won’t speculate on that.
So, it remains exciting.
Our end terrace house will start with its earthworks on November 4th. However, what’s more interesting is that I made contact today with our middle house neighbor (or maybe not?). I actually just wanted to find out how things are going with him (curious as I am).
He told me that his notary appointment at the end of September fell through because his bank did not approve his financing. He is now waiting for approval from bank number two, which seems to be overdue as well.
I won’t speculate on that.
So, it remains exciting.
goalkeeper schrieb:
He informed me that his notary appointment at the end of September fell through because his bank did not approve the financing. He is now waiting for approval from Bank No. 2, which is apparently already overdue.
I won’t make any assumptions about that.
So the situation remains uncertain. The way you describe your entire process and everything surrounding it at the moment always makes me smile. It feels like you are the only expert on site with your general contractor. The neighboring house will probably also be a highlight, soon to become part of the municipal history.
By the way – our neighbors went to 5 banks.
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goalkeeper25 Oct 2019 22:47danixf schrieb:
The way you describe your entire process and everything around it, I can’t help but smile. It feels like you are the only expert on site working with your general contractor. The neighboring house will probably be a highlight as well, one that will soon become part of local history.
By the way – our neighbors visited 5 banks.The “Building Competence Center” is definitely not established in the area yet.