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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goalkeeper26 Oct 2019 18:28apokolok schrieb:
@11ant You are seriously underestimating the demand for every type of property in @goalkeeper’s area. The region will be fully developed within two years, guaranteed.All properties have been sold and officially notarized—except for our neighbors’. Additionally, there is a building obligation to construct within two years.
apokolok schrieb:
@11ant, you are seriously underestimating the demand for every possible type of property in @goalkeeper’s area. ? ? ?
apokolok schrieb:
In two years, the area will be fully built up, guaranteed. Why two years? It’s already all “gone”!
goalkeeper schrieb:
And there’s also the building obligation within two years. Exactly. And only a few will be able to fulfill that. Financing one and a half meters (5 feet) of fill is not something anyone can just wave a magic wand over. Meanwhile, the countdown for those two years keeps running, during which you first need to get to know your neighbors and deal with them—whether they build with basements, without basements, or no idea yet. Several plots will still be dropped, without any new buyers stepping in. As a result, I expect to see just three houses scattered around an otherwise undeveloped area. The municipality will then most likely sell that entire area to just one buyer in a single deal. From my point of view, two scenarios are likely here: A) the existing buildings stay, and the “infill gaps” are gradually filled in a coordinated way; B) the investor buys only under the condition of buying out the existing homeowners and then demolishing everything. If even one owner “blocks” scenario B), it remains with three houses, the settlement earns the nickname “Gap Village,” and this creates the first precedent of a mayor personally tarred and feathered by the president of the Court of Auditors. Schilda—the name the world will remember.
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guckuck2 schrieb:
11ant, your posts are off the charts on the doomsday scale again. A little less drama would be very welcome.@11ant But just a little!G
goalkeeper30 Oct 2019 09:31Great news: yesterday, the youngest client in the family, goalkeeper, was born – everyone is doing well so far and we are very happy.