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:
Yes.Then 3 will be enough.G
goalkeeper26 Mar 2020 11:30Today, the general contractor offered me an additional cost for switching from woodchip wallpaper to fleece – I am supposed to pay a total of 4500 € more while keeping the same substrate. Skimming to Q3 level costs an extra 5.50 €/sqm (per square meter) net.
This only covers materials and 15 hours of skimming and sanding.
I’m starting to feel like I’m being taken for a ride, or what?
This only covers materials and 15 hours of skimming and sanding.
I’m starting to feel like I’m being taken for a ride, or what?
goalkeeper schrieb:
I’m starting to feel like I’m being taken for a fool, right?Can you really still fool someone with a surface-mounted utility street?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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In our bathroom (about 10m2 (108 sq ft)), we installed a total of 9 spotlights, each with 5 watts (each 350 lumens), based on the electrician’s recommendation. Okay, we have some very dark tiles on the walls (only the wet areas were tiled). The lighting is really bright! But I don’t think it could have been any darker...
I find the extra cost for switching from textured wallpaper to paintable fleece quite steep! Is the material really that much more expensive? After all, the work involved remains the same. Or would the textured wallpaper not have been painted while the paintable fleece would have been?
I find the extra cost for switching from textured wallpaper to paintable fleece quite steep! Is the material really that much more expensive? After all, the work involved remains the same. Or would the textured wallpaper not have been painted while the paintable fleece would have been?
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goalkeeper26 Mar 2020 12:58Golfi90 schrieb:
I find the price difference from textured wallpaper to paintable fleece quite steep! Is the material really that much more expensive? After all, the labor should be the same. Or would the textured wallpaper simply not be painted, while the paintable fleece would be?There is a flat surcharge of 3000 € for material and additional effort, since the corners supposedly need to be sealed with acrylic, plus 700 € net for 15 hours of sanding with a drywall sander – painting is done for both options. Apparently, a different type of paint is also required, which is more expensive.
Winniefred26 Mar 2020 12:59I would stick with the 4000 Kelvin lights. We have a small bathroom and even six light fixtures. But in the bathroom, I really need it to be bright. Otherwise, I'm not usually that particular, but in the bathroom, it was important to me, and we haven’t regretted it. Mirror lighting is a separate matter for me anyway; I would consider that independently from the other spotlights.
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