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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goalkeeper27 Dec 2019 17:05I just had contact with the neighbor in the middle house:
He will probably build a 2.20m (7 feet 3 inches) basement as well, similar to the Viebrock house – based on my civil engineering plans, underpinning work should not be necessary.
However, we will receive his plans soon/sometime so that my general contractor can review them. He expects to start construction in February/March, which would suit us well.
He will probably build a 2.20m (7 feet 3 inches) basement as well, similar to the Viebrock house – based on my civil engineering plans, underpinning work should not be necessary.
However, we will receive his plans soon/sometime so that my general contractor can review them. He expects to start construction in February/March, which would suit us well.
This looks like it’s heading towards a happy ending – I have to ask, loosely inspired by Beckenbauer: “So, was it Christmas already today?”
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goalkeeper31 Dec 2019 09:04This is how it would look with the two 15cm (6 inches) pull-out pantry units. The sink has not been adjusted yet and would be moved further to the right.
Alternatively, the two circled filler panels could be widened so that the side-by-side refrigerator would be positioned further away from the open dishwasher door. In that case, the 30cm (12 inches) pull-out pantry would remain.
Still a bit undecided.
Alternatively, the two circled filler panels could be widened so that the side-by-side refrigerator would be positioned further away from the open dishwasher door. In that case, the 30cm (12 inches) pull-out pantry would remain.
Still a bit undecided.
With the 2x15cm (6 inches) units... storage planning... possibly 1x15cm (6 inches) unit for towels and for storing baking trays and similar items vertically, and the other one for oil bottles and so on. In this case, you might consider skipping the tall pull-outs on the cooktop side and instead plan for 2 drawers and 2 pull-outs. That would give you 4 storage levels instead of just 3.
