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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goalkeeper4 Jan 2020 17:10We just came back from the construction site and are wondering why we didn’t have a floor installed on the left side of the stairwell in the attic, for example, to create a storage room. Or is there a flaw in our thinking? The staircase, like the construction stairs, comes up on the right – the stairwell is 2.20m (7 ft 3 in) wide.
Would it even be economically sensible and feasible to add a ceiling afterward?
Would it even be economically sensible and feasible to add a ceiling afterward?
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goalkeeper4 Jan 2020 17:40opalau schrieb:
Because you would bump your head..?Probably not, since we planned a storage closet under the stairs on the ground floor that works perfectly fine there – so it should work upstairs as well.
@goalkeeper .. you’re missing something here. On the ground floor, you have the storage room located under the upward flight of the stairs. The small storage closet is right by the entrance, standing full height, and it gets lower towards the back.
And this is what it looks like on the upper floor ... floor plan showing the storage space above the rising stair flight and a corresponding cross-section:
And this is what it looks like on the upper floor ... floor plan showing the storage space above the rising stair flight and a corresponding cross-section:
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goalkeeper4 Jan 2020 19:05kbt09 schrieb:
@goalkeeper .. now you’re really missing the point. On the ground floor, you have the storage room located under the staircase going up. The utility closet is just at the entrance, standing at full height, and it gets lower towards the back.
And this is how it looks on the upper floor ... floor plan with the storage room above the staircase and a cross-section:
I’m still confused: so this would work now, right?
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