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'm still confused: so this would actually work now, right?Pinky0301 schrieb:
According to the drawing, the clearance height on the stairs is 1.59m (5 ft 3 in).G
goalkeeper6 Jan 2020 16:22Topic Staircase Lighting: We visited the house again today to consider the electrical planning. In our case (staircase with risers), does lighting only at foot level make sense as the sole source of light in the stairwell?
Could it possibly be too dark, requiring an additional wall light at each flight?
I assume the electrician will charge a fair amount for this. So the question is: real added value or just a nice-to-have?
Furthermore, I am still uncertain about how to implement a practical night light/orientation light for the corridors? There is a socket combination with an integrated LED and dusk sensor from Gira. However, it is already quite dark there, so the light would be on constantly. Are there any other options?
Otherwise, we discussed the following today with our friend, who is also an electrician:
- Various outdoor sockets at the front, back, and sides near the parking spaces
- Outdoor lighting for the parking spaces
- All electric roller shutters on the ground floor controllable from one location
- All exterior windows will have sockets recessed in the reveal for Christmas lights
- We'll have a conduit installed at the future TV height to later run cables from bottom to top (exact location not yet 100% decided)
- Locations for LAN outlets for PoE access points
- Finalizing all socket placements
- Raised outlets in the master bedroom for the TV
Could it possibly be too dark, requiring an additional wall light at each flight?
I assume the electrician will charge a fair amount for this. So the question is: real added value or just a nice-to-have?
Furthermore, I am still uncertain about how to implement a practical night light/orientation light for the corridors? There is a socket combination with an integrated LED and dusk sensor from Gira. However, it is already quite dark there, so the light would be on constantly. Are there any other options?
Otherwise, we discussed the following today with our friend, who is also an electrician:
- Various outdoor sockets at the front, back, and sides near the parking spaces
- Outdoor lighting for the parking spaces
- All electric roller shutters on the ground floor controllable from one location
- All exterior windows will have sockets recessed in the reveal for Christmas lights
- We'll have a conduit installed at the future TV height to later run cables from bottom to top (exact location not yet 100% decided)
- Locations for LAN outlets for PoE access points
- Finalizing all socket placements
- Raised outlets in the master bedroom for the TV
hanse987 schrieb:
Don't skimp on the conduit thickness for the TV. An HDMI connector is quite large, and there’s more than just that one cable. I’ve seen cable ducts being plastered over a few times. Don’t forget a power outlet behind the TV.Yeah, maybe a network cable as well. (My TV won’t have internet access…) The power outlet can be installed directly at TV height on the wall. I can’t think of any cables beyond those two.
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