ᐅ Building an End-Terrace House as a Self-Managed Project with a General Contractor
Created on: 27 May 2019 10:48
G
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.
G
goalkeeper30 Oct 2019 18:26tomtom79 schrieb:
but you can’t be envied for the stress of building.On the surface, however, it is still a pleasure to watch your own house take shape.
Winniefred30 Oct 2019 18:49Congratulations from me as well! Ours are 4 and 6, and I still remember exactly how exciting it was.
By the way, I really like your approach to house building and the topic of neighborhood. I wish you a speedy completion!
By the way, I really like your approach to house building and the topic of neighborhood. I wish you a speedy completion!
G
goalkeeper31 Oct 2019 10:05Our general contractor seems to have had some influence at the concrete plant, preventing a week-long standstill:
The ground floor ceiling is in place, scaffolding has been installed since today, and Ytong blocks are being lifted onto the ceiling with a crane to allow bricklaying to continue quickly.
Everything is going smoothly so far.
The ground floor ceiling is in place, scaffolding has been installed since today, and Ytong blocks are being lifted onto the ceiling with a crane to allow bricklaying to continue quickly.
Everything is going smoothly so far.
B
boxandroof31 Oct 2019 10:19I enjoy following this discussion, so congratulations on the new arrival!
It’s great to hear that things are going so well despite the challenges. We also had a dedicated company for the shell construction, which is really invaluable. Please keep us updated when your neighbors start building and you have been finished for a long time.
It’s great to hear that things are going so well despite the challenges. We also had a dedicated company for the shell construction, which is really invaluable. Please keep us updated when your neighbors start building and you have been finished for a long time.
G
goalkeeper31 Oct 2019 10:58boxandroof schrieb:
Please keep us updated when your neighbors start building and you have already finished Which neighbors? One of the scaffolders mentioned earlier what a great, large plot of land I have.
He was a bit disappointed when I told him that 19 other houses will still be built on “my” plot. oops: