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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yellow_ms31 Oct 2019 11:13Congratulations on the new arrival! We always said we would wait with number two until the house was finished. The topping-out ceremony is in two weeks, and our little one will be 8 months old one day after the ceremony.
We have roughly the same number of houses here – but it’s still incredibly exciting. Wishing you continued enjoyment with the building process!
We have roughly the same number of houses here – but it’s still incredibly exciting. Wishing you continued enjoyment with the building process!
goalkeeper schrieb:
Our general contractor managed to achieve quite a bit with the concrete plant, so there won’t be a one-week standstill after all:
The ground floor slab is in place, scaffolding has been set up since today, and Ytong blocks are being lifted onto the slab with a crane, allowing work to continue quickly.
So far, everything is on track. I don’t like the Styrodur foam boards being removed again on the neighbor’s side. Just 2–4 hours of work wasted. At least someone noticed it .
Congratulations from me as well!
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goalkeeper31 Oct 2019 11:46Zaba12 schrieb:
At least there is someone who noticed thatOur construction manager is also our site manager – he must have been pleased about that.
goalkeeper schrieb:
Our construction manager seems to have managed to arrange things with the concrete plant so that we won’t have a week of downtime after all:No need for newspaper advertising for him in the coming years, that’s for sure.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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goalkeeper31 Oct 2019 20:4111ant schrieb:
He definitely won’t need newspaper ads for the next few years. He never does – he has been relying solely on word-of-mouth recommendations for 25 years.