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.
goalkeeper schrieb:
I don’t find this discussion unnecessary at all. It’s good that a wide range of different needs can be met. Exactly. First of all, the most important thing is that everyone is happy within their means—let others behind the seven mountains have something more or less nice, or in turquoise where we have violet, or vice versa. Secondly, this thread can tolerate a few pages of off-topic deviation.
ghost schrieb:
If the trend continues like this, I think that in some areas there will only be multifamily houses. The multifamily house concept is by no means exhausted—there is more potential for attractiveness than what was understood under this topic decades ago. Especially in communal living—not just shared apartments, but multifamily houses with modular design elements that allow active older residents living as couples after their children have moved out (including day care options and similar mutual support within the microcosms of the house or neighborhood)—there is still a lot of potential. The multifamily house itself does not deserve to be broadly seen as just "temporary housing for future homeowners"—there is much more to it. The two-family house also suffers from more neglect than it deserves.
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goalkeeper21 Nov 2019 17:28So, we will be weather-tight just before Christmas...
Starting Tuesday, the roof will be installed, and from December 9th, the windows will be fitted.
"I love it when a plan comes together!"
Starting Tuesday, the roof will be installed, and from December 9th, the windows will be fitted.
"I love it when a plan comes together!"
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goalkeeper21 Nov 2019 17:36...oh yes...and just now I received the email from the building authority that as of this afternoon the middle house has been sold to the already known future owners.
goalkeeper schrieb:
...oh yes... and the building authority just sent an email that as of this afternoon, the middle house has been sold to the previously known future owner.This will be exciting! Did it include a basement, right?
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goalkeeper21 Nov 2019 17:45ypg schrieb:
This will be interesting! Did it include a basement? Probably with a basement. Since our total depth including the foundation slab is 2.50 m (8 feet 2 inches), it would be wise to build a basement that isn’t too tall. This way, he can avoid the additional retaining structure, which, according to our main contractor, is less complex with strip footings than it would have been if we had filled it with a retaining wall.
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