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:
The plan is to pave in front of and alongside the house and at least to spread the 120 cubic meters (4,238 cubic feet) of soil in the garden so it can settle. My wife said I could do this with a shovel.That would be a nice task for the mayor; he doesn’t have to govern until Ash Wednesday and has time.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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goalkeeper14 Jan 2020 10:39Has anyone installed a split air conditioning system? We now need to choose one, but the location in our bedroom is a bit challenging. We didn’t really want it on the side because we plan to put tall 2.30m (7 ft 7 in) cabinets there. Above the door would be my favorite spot. However, the bed is positioned between the dormer windows – do you think with a small 2.5kW unit the air flow would be too direct during night mode while sleeping, or are the louvers simply directed upward then?
A ceiling cassette would of course be the optimal solution – but it costs quite a bit.
A ceiling cassette would of course be the optimal solution – but it costs quite a bit.
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goalkeeper14 Jan 2020 11:50Golfi90 schrieb:
I wouldn’t install it directly above the bed It wouldn’t fit there anyway because of the dormer.
lastdrop schrieb:
The air conditioning is off at night, right? I don’t have one [yet], but I always assumed it cools down in the evening and then the system is turned off. Have you ever lived in an attic? In our current rental, it’s over 30 degrees Celsius (86°F) in summer—even at night. Our new house faces west, has 2m (6.5 feet) wide windows, and is in the attic. So the system will also run in night mode during midsummer nights.
Müllerin schrieb:
I’d probably ask an HVAC specialist about what makes sense. I’m asking one during the appointment on Thursday. But experience reports from owners would also be great.
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